The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28

would get two cents in return" said
Jabez, with proud smile
Then / suggest that you give your
money to some institution that is al
ready heavily endowed and that will
thus be worthy Of your unexampled
generosity" And the reporter named
such an institution.
Then he took down. in great detail
all the facts in the life Of Jabez as seen
by the millionaire himself, getting
thereby a picture of the man that no
one else in the wide world would have
painted, and worth at least six columns
| to the reporter, who had it all for the
mere taking it down in shorthand.
The reporter was of a grateful dis
position. and knowing that this inter-
view would spell success for him, he
wished to make a return to Jabez, and
being not only grateful but also Wag-
gish, the form of his return was as
follows:
Mr.. Holtite,' said he, CHARITY IS
charity, and a good deed much blown
about penetrates to remote places and
is put to the credit of the doer Of the
deed. but If the good deed can be made
to bear immediate fruit, If your bread
comes back on the return wave, so to
speak, you will probably stand for a
long time on the beach chucking loaves
into the sea-"
60 on" said Jabez; at am listening"
MY idea is" said the reporter, "and
hope you will take my frankness in
the proper spirit, that the public would
as soon believe that Roosevelt was a
hgurehead or that William of Germany
was a puppet as that you, JabeZ Hol-
tite, would actually give away money,
and l think there are thousands in this
great w IN orlo er{xr AL
lar apiece to see you in the act"
All, they know am a wonder as an
ACQUISITION" said Jabez, mentally hug
ging himself.
Sure" said the reporter. Now why
not hire Madison Square garden, erect
platform in the middle of the arena,
and give away thousand dollars ev-
cry hour on the stroke of the clock?
You might also give them a fifteen
minute talk on how to become a mill
llonaire on capital of two cents and
an atrophied conscience. You catch
my pOint?"
why certainly" said Jabez. Young
man, you have a brilliant future"
The whole world knows the result.
Madison Square garden was crowded
every hour at dollar a head.
And every hour, at the stroke Of the
| clock, Jabez Hottie gave to we'll
known and influential institutions a
thousand dollars, and q fifteen minute
talk worth a thousand more to persons
with the proper consciences, and he
felt that it was well worth giving when
the gate receipts were so large.
He came to think that it would have
been better for him if he had begun TO
give sooner in life, and hislrioutn grew
less hard solely from the human feel
ings that surged up in his heart, every
time he handed out a check for a, thou
sand dollars and realized that the gar
den was packed at a dollar per-
AT the end of the week he had given
away $4,000, and had taken in $500, 900,
and then, to show that his regeneration
was genuine, he hired the garden for
another week and doubled the price of
| admission, doubling also his gift
And to show that he was no migrate
he gave the reporter a season pass and
allowed him to interview him every day.
And at times he could hear his own
! heart beat, and then he knew that he
| had become generous. And his reputa-
ton as a cheerful giver was almost as
| great at the end of the second week as
his former reputation for meanness.
| 1t all depends upon the way it's done.