The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-07
Copyright, 1903, by Robert owa
RusSell.)

Once there were two Nerve Speclal-
lists who had gone out into the Clover
Belt to seperate the Jays from their
Bank-Accounts.
When they arrived in the alsh ana !
Unknown. they found that the glad
some Reub had been reading the Pa
pers and their Scheme fattened out.
se they were trying to get back 10
New York.
In anv part of the U. S. A. when a
Pneumatic Enterprise blows up ana
1a.res o Napoleon of Finance hanging
on to the ragged Edge Of the Jump
ing-Off Place, his one Desire IN hlle
ia 70 make a Swift Touch for enough
to carry him to Jersey City. He figures
that he can swim the rest or the way.
The two polite Grafters were very
keen to get back to the tnropoll9
Metropolis, where so mucn Is hdp~
pening that one may go BROKE -
exciting Comment and Where the "a
| nation in the Button-Hole is often 40 |
ing a, Double Turn with the EXPIRED
| Meal Ticket. - I
But when they did the Committee
| on Ways and Means they founo una
| they were sitting on the Haro-Fan'
| with no Assets except some Laundry
1 Sdo W NC SIlN wv
ters wishing them all kinds OF !uch.
In every Business Combination o.
two or more there is one Human foA
who is known on the OUTSIDE as 'he
brains of the Concern. he rios ~
the Schemes and then allows Mr. Patsy
Roliver to climb over the 1raflsoih
and take all the Chances
IF the Deal eXplodeS he is sitting OUT
side of the Danger zone, fannlns Ellh-
self and explaining that his Partner
did not follow Directions.
Any one who has attended a fh!siz
cal culture Soiree may have nouceu
that the Artist who gets the DECISION,
fer being walloped into a Pulp, never
collects the Purse. The Coin IS passed
over TO a pale Gentleman Of thought-
fnl Mien who is known as the Mana
ger, He attends to the lnteile.tual
part OF the Game and holds our "pou'
IS per cent. of the Gross.
: IF 2 Manager is very Successful ana
I owns a Spark-Wagon carrying nVe
peonle he becomes known as a FRO
: moter. If he can induce a large buiCii
of Good Things to go out ana conheCt
: with the WhereWithal n tnen o,nIs
: most OF it up and hand 1t 20 MN
, u-bara he is sitting on the Front Porch,
: drinking his Hickey, then he is known
as a Great F~inancier.
The Bunko Team stranded ou- III ~
q Prairie Wilderness had a MahaSei
who had sufficient Gall 10 We 80"
# moter and who hoped TO be a 1rea
Financier some day., in case the u"i
v forgot to lock up at Night. -.
% The other half Of the Outfit was IN
Customary Mark. He went out am
e dug UP and then whacked WIN VI
Brains of the Concern. He was ARA
Is to cut loose for the Manager Oh
&c told him. ANY time tndt W" N "
YOU stop eating
A. I1-h Of U01ll0 YOU 40 IL NOu W
D. meqv asked the Mark who was wear.
at Of splitting the Receipts ~
N II can always find one" repned IN
&c astute Manager. They are corr d
70 the rate of one a Minute ana lntS NV
Of or get next until it is too late. Do 40
is desert me in this Crisis. If you stch
II T think may be able to n som
-. Work for you to do
It befell tina the Village IN VIM
1h they were shell-roaded had adVeIIiSe
a Balloon Ascension for lndepenaEhc
" Day. The Natives r~eJoiced IN the rdt
nf that the Colonies had throMh u -
OF Yoke of British Tyranny and Oppres
. sion and in order to give evidence {
their belated Joy they were gong
20 watch the man up in the Balloon.
~ When the Natal Day of our giorloN
Liberty dawned on the zap SetIeinei
III and the Local Population peSdh
70 c~oaguIate along Main Street, 1t was ois
- covered that the daring Aeronaut ha
Le been taken with Cold Feet and refuse
~ The Committee was in despair. NO
Ter comes the Part showing the value OF
,c- Manager. The Brains of the Concel
he went to the Committee and agreed
send his Partner up in the baIooil
of consideration of 100 Plunks TO MN
yet the Hand paid. Then he ssught q
ny the patsy end of the Sketch anu broA
err the Good News to him.
.rn I'VE get 100 Samoleons," he &
lch planned. ~, :,
ew Mark. IF l give the whole snow al
ich +aEa all the Chances. why no the Lol
End for me?"
clip You forget that it was my Mast
old Mind that evolved the whole Par
TO said the Manager. Il have promised
ore send YOU up. Therefore my Reputat'
as a Manager is at stake. L thlhh
on am entitled to at least % per cent.
ne account of the Strain of my Repul
le. LANDSCAPE. think of the Injury IN
ZION If YOU should let go OF the 1T
80 peze and splatter yourself al over !
would be Ion to my ProIeSaI'l
Standing. In addition to thlnh,liS :
all the Details of this CnderldhIt5
N. conducted the Business Negotiatlo
with that skill ana 9dSdcion CLc
for usually lacking in the Common 9hH
Of known as the Producer. In other "or'
.ars I made them hand over the Curren'
an In Fact. | figure thal nav ;.
ons cally everything connecIeu 49, :
Ion. Job except the one minor ue.ai -
' in ing I'D in the Balloon. lou nav
far relieved of all Worries ana Respoi9to
Ties. | have cmoothed out the Prem
ded naries and now all you have to 90 IS
lin make the Ascension"
tate IT can see that l am lucky %
lich 1Ia14, said the Mark. slip me
;on- FIFTY and I will take a Chance
800 tho Money!"
ourt II shall hold the Money unit
Inc come back,'' said the Manager.
any; should prefer not to give it TO you IN
- anv-binp annens. it viii not he
his - ~ 1o,, and might fall into
nth - rraenonsih1e Strangers.
Y in i1atLu7 nf erarv good Manager
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