The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-03-19

IA. G. Pymacher Might Have Had
sss,OOO For Two Lemon Marvels
Reward Fer Mrs. j. e. Kane Reach.
ed Into the Thousands, but Chance
Was Unkind.
1t may no longer be said that Johr
w. Gates and his fellow millionaires
from the west are devoid Of sentiment
and the finer feelings or that they are
not possessed of gratitude. Like other
men, their hearts and their pockets are
to be reached through their stomachs,
and it is best done by means of pie,
which must be of the good old home
made variety.
Mr.. Gates brides himself on being
good judge of pie, as he is OF other
things. He knows good pie when he
tastes it. and he is ready to reward
the maker. A cheek was recently
drawn for a sum that represents
small fortune, and it was in payment
for two pies. The transaction probably
stands UNIQUE, and the highest price
ever paid for pie is represented by that
check. But had the turn of a coin been
different the check would have been
drawn for about 100000, the profits re-
sulting from deal in Northern Pacific
securities.
Although the check was recently
drawn, the pie was eaten last May,
but the memory of it still fingers to
make the mouths of the eaters water.
The history of the pie and the check
was recently related to reporter OF
the New York Herald by one of those
interested with Mr.. Gates in the spec
ulations of last spring.
j. T. Harris, now head of the firm of
Harris, Gates & Co., then had an office
at II West Thirty-third street, New
York. During the days when the New
York stock market seemed to have
gone crazy Mr. Harris Office was Oc-
cupied every afternoon by a number
of gentlemen from the west whose in
terests were common. Employed there
then was ]. e. Kane, telegraph OPP
orator, whose duty it was to keep
close watch of the market and post the
spectators on every turn. When the
excitement was at it's height, Kane
was told to take his luncheon at the
iWaldorf-Astoria and have it charged
to his employer, who was DESTROYS that
he should be out of the Office as short
a time as possible.
No offense is meant to any person
when it is said that Mr.. Kane found
the food provided for him by oscar" a
trife too rich for his digestion, so he
arranged to have a luncheon sent to
him FROM his home.
1t so happened one day. just at noon.
that there was a lull in speculation
and the operator was permitted to eat
without keeping one hand on the tele-
graph key. He had just prepared to
bite into a thick piece of lemon pie
when the Office manager, Mr.. r. NJ.
Rogers, now general passenger and
freight agent of the Cincinnati, Rich
mond and Muncie railroad, entered the
room. He was hungry, and the pie at
tracted his attention. Hints that were
not 70 be misunderstood were made,
and the pie was divided into halves.
BEST pie ever ate" said Mr.. Rog-
ers, with his mouth full. "Where'd
you get it,"
Wife made it," responded Kane,
with his mouth equally full.
Then Rogers was struck by an in
spiration. He remembered that Mr.,
Harris had invited some friends to
have luncheon with him in the office
the next day. and he planned a sur
Prise for them.
DO you think that your wife would
make a pie like that for me tomorrow
If | would send the porter up for it?'
he ventured.
Sure she would" replied Kane, who
was proud to have his wife's cooking
appreciated.
And so it was arranged. The next
day there was spread a lunch table in
that office, with big gorgeous lemon
pie as the centerpiece. and gathered
around it were .Iohn W. Gates. j. Il.
Harris George f Randolph, now con-
Dected with the Baltimore and Ohio;
L. n. uueston. Chicago capitalist,
and II. =. Shonts. president Of the In
diana. Iowa and Illinois railroad.
All Of the other food was sighted,