The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

made my way out into the street m the train of His Excellency,
 him gently upon his diaphanous shoulder. Possibly I can be of service to you if you are really in search of employment" | "Ah!' he replied, turning and scrutinis- | ing me closely. And who. pray. may l | ask, have the honor of addressingr | I told him, adding that I believed he was acquainted with an ancestor of mine | in Hades-an old fellow named Noah. "Oh, indeed" said he cordially. Why, yes. know him. Very we'll Fact is. he is an ancestor of mine. too, so that We , meet upon a common basis of relation ship. I should judge that you are my cousin nine million, four hundred and sixty-three thousand, eight hundred and twenty-seven times removed"
 And here he iapsed into one of his old habits.
 Come to think of it," he said. 'Noah and I were talking about you only last l Thursdax night. We were wondering how you were getting on. and were delighted | to hear from Elijah, who had recently re- turned from town, that he had seen you at one of his meetings at the Madison Square Garden and that you seemed we'll"
 Ordinarily take oftsnse at liars. but in | this particular case realized that it was only in the interest of pure geniality that the old gentleman had spoken without due regard for the precise truth. It was simply to place me at my ease that he had ventured the observation, and I nat urallx feli into his mood.
 "Yes. had quite a pleasant time with Elijah" I returned. T showed him the town, and gave him a run out to Clare mont in my automobile. He brought let ters of introduction to me from Noah. and one of my earlier ancestors as well-a chap named Adam-and we hit it off re- markedly we'll together"
 | As I finished this folderol the Baron glanced at me keenly and then with . short laugh extended his hand.
 | Now I know we're related" he ob- served. ''I can tell by the strawberry mark of mendacity upon your soliloquy." And from that moment we were fast friends.
 How did you get hefe?'' I asked
 up through the subway in Park Ave- nue." he answered. That cavein there some time ago filled the main streets of Gehenna with Park Avenue houses, one of which, liking the general style of it's architecture, I rented and occupied last winter. Having occasion last week to go up on the roof to look after one of the chimney pots, which appeared to be clog ged up, was interested to observe that the hole through which the house had fallen was still open, so crawled through and here I ann"
 q gazed at him with open-mouthed ad- miration. Here. indeed, was no impair ment through age of those powers which
 had originally won fame. if not fortune,
 for old Hieronymous of Bodenwerder. | His Point of View.
 "Once here I became much interested in all that went on about me-" he con tinued. ''f read all the newspapers I
 could find and was amazed at the vast opportunities for the sudden acquisition of
 wealth upon every side of you Americans. It seemed as if all one needed to be- | come millionaire was an abundance of
 nerve, a sanguine temperament, and an imagination unshackled by existing facts.
 With the keen eye given to my kind perceived your magnates blowing the
 most beautiful iridescent bubbles, for
 which they supplied the wind and the public the soap. and which. when pierced, left the magnates with the soap and the public with the wind. Why should not
 do this as well as they? thought I. And so have remained over. My chief ob- ject is to get a job of one kind or an- other, where may earn the wherewithal
 of your circulating medium to hire an of- flee in a confidence inspiring neiRhbcr-
 hood like Wall Street, and there hang ont
 my shingle: