The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09

THINGS THAT WE'RE DGSE TO
HIM,
Ccopyr.gh. 1903. by Robert Howard
Russell.)
once 11on a Time there was a Tapi-
oc-.
4 Re.ative had died and left him a
,a-E- Eale Of the Carnegie Library Com
pound As soon as it was noised around
that cne Mark actually carrying Money
in ms Clothes. very Skort-Card Man
IN tbs Business began to break through
the crowd, saying, I saw him first
I. m TwinkIing OF IN Eye the Le-
gate was transformed from an ordi-
mar. hand-me-dOwn Plug to one of
our Prominent Citizens.
Many who had beer. unable to place
him while ne was feeding at a 81, Oat-
meal Resort on a Side-Street now dash
I'd madIy across the Car Tracks TO give
him tha Joyous Mitc and ask him to
come up to the House some Evening.
And he like every other Proud Nor
,Ij who is being pelted with Bouquets,
IA cied that his Popularity was based
AE.'-A H. ~ AHo NSOtAl4NAN' 't1NA NA
not arise from the Fact that ne was
known up At the Bank.
Those who docto-ed up the Bricks for
him did not take the Trouble to put
any GoId-PIating on the Outside. They
nailed his Currency and then promised
70 deliver the goods by Messenger Boy,
50 as TO save him Trouble.
He learned hat d great many Elk
clusive Organizations wanted to take in
Il fen Members who We're Socially
Prominent. Every time that he was
handed the Social Prominence Gag he
fell and signed an Application Blank.
In a Couple of Months he had SO nan
Brothers and Fellow CIubmen that he
could not turn a downtown Corner
without running INTO a Hot Touch.
Also he was Pie for the DignifieG
Gentlemen ref-=senting the Eastern
Publishing Ho. e. Long ago this spe-
cies of the He up Man was known as
a Book Ager but in these latter Days
ne is a Sped Envoy who brings Clad
Tidings Of Er=at Joy to the superior
intellectual classes who are known &c
be there W n the Coin.
Every Il pnOtic Salesman who corn
cred tn lark sang the old Solo about
giving ~.eciaI Terms to a few Book
Lovers N order to derive a certain.
Prest Pc from the use of their Names.
Tai. Man who never has studied
any .o.ume kept the Winter Book
and I'll him that he is a Bibliophi!e
ana Re Viii swell Il few Inches, whether
he .aovs the Meaning of the Word or
Tot.
II a short une the Prominent Citizen
had a Library that was greatly admired
by all who visited his Apartments and
.e Books wer- in frst-cIaSS Condition.
H never took ny OF them down, for
fear that he could not put them back
IN the Right Place.
After about three months he became
-st Art critic and Su~re-euOugh COuHuIS-
sour Tie knew it because Il great many
Dealers took him into the Back Room
and told him SC.
Then hey would throw the Light on
a Creation n "a had been in the Salon
or else tenderIy remove the Cotton Bat
ting from a Brc1z that could not be
broken with a Maui. He would try to
convince himself that there was a GER
tain Difference between these Master
pieces and the Junk 4 a he saw in the
80 ceE- Stores He had to see a Differ
rnce or else ne could not have got away
WIFI tile tllLLoLSStNlL l'ILIllS-
So M became a walI-knOwn Collector.
Many Friends told ham he had Exquisite
Taste and he began 10 believe ii him
self. 50 ne attended exhibitions and be-
gan to roast the Noterns.
Whereas he had ben known in the
Old Days as a ParErr Blacksmith. he
now discovered that he was a Strong
.'ard at Dinner Parties. especially if
ne stood ror the Checf1. He got many
al Laugh out of the antique Wheezes
That ne hid cribbed from the Joke
Book and .yhen he arose 10 spring the
prehistoric Toast everybody applauded
before he said a Word. because that was
the safest tme IL Applaud.
Among other startling Discoveries
mao by the Popular L.lder of the
smart Set was one concerning his Bus.
mess SagacitS- He received long type
written Letters from the Pneumatic
Ero-hers. representing the Smoke Syn
dictate. offering to let him in on th9
,s-guu.. Floor provided he would rush
>he.k Iv Return Mail. otherwise Il
would Lee Foo Late.
II appeared from these Letters thar
-I- Syndicate had acquired all the
Claims or the East Slope Of the Bullion
Eau@- ana were within SO feet of he
We'll known Mine that was turning out
$4,000 a Minnie Already three Shafts
il -l- original Capital had been sunk
p rl- Cr,. was found to contain Ger
man silver. Brass. Gold Filings. CeIlu-
lolI. Eo--E and Peps;n. all in Paying
Quantities.
The Expert employed by the Company
had just completed his third Dream
ana estimated that ,ha Lodes some