The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

business IL was 10 get ner slSiluture W
advertising contracts for their various
publications.
"I'll tell You what" said one OF the
solicitors, who was a most perseverlng
Individual. II am bound TO get an ad-
vertising contract from that old lady.
MY reputation depends on 1t. l am
going home now to think of scheme"
His fellow solicitors smiled. They
had all tried their wiles on the old lady,
and all in vain. But they did not do
Justice to the depth OF intellect pos
sessed by the man they laughed at.
E;e went home, sat down and thought
end thought.
"what?' he asked himself. care maid
en- ladies of an uncertain age chiefly
interested inf"
For five minutes he sat still while the
| wheels revolved. Then. like an inspir-
alton, the proper answer to that riddle
came into his head.
| maiden ladies of an uncertain age
are chiefly interested in cats" was the
way he put it to himself. II will tell
her cat story.
what. If anything, could be expect
cd to start slight thaw in the icy at
mosphcre which surrounds her?
"What has such softening, such
genializlng influence as humor? / Will
tell the old lady funny cat story"
With the problem solved he acquired
what he thought was an amusing story
about a eat. and thus equipped again
sent in his card to the feminine adver-
Using manager from Boston. Artfully
he steered the conversation into the d.
rection OF felines, and at the proper
moment he began his great experiment.
"The wife of friend of mine who
lived in Jersey City" he began, "had
as her dearest pet handsome tabby
which was called Flossy. The tabby
lived to great old age. and finally, in
the due course of time, became de-
funct. This sad event happened in the
winter time, and It was therefore i'm
possible to provide Flossy fitting
sepulchre in the frozen earth. My
friends wife, in her dilemma. appealed
TO her husband. Every morning on his
way to his office in the city my friend
crossed from the Jersey shore on the
ferry.
FRED said his wife, 4 am anxious
that Flossy shall have proper burial.
will wrap the remains neatly in n
parcel, and when you cross the river
this morning you can commit them to
the deep
Certainly said my friend. The
parcel was neatly wrapped in brown
: paper and he carried it in one hand
when he left the house. While wait
ing for the ferryboat to start he got
into conversation with n friend, who
proved so interesting that when he got
off the boat on the New York side ht
found that he still had Flossy in his
: possession.
"'Oh. never mind he said to him
self. 'Tll keep Flossy here at the office
and when go home tonight I'll takC
her along and drop her into the river
accordingly he dismissed Flossy
from his mind entirely and plunged
> Into his days work"
The advertising solicitor. who wa
: telling the story, was glad TO note tha
: by the time he had reached this poin
: In the narrative he had succeeded il
getting the close attention not only o
the lady from Boston, but as we'll tha
Of the four or five clerks and steno
: graphers in the room. They had al
4 quit their work and We're listening Gag
: erly to his story. Already he saw sue
y cess ahead, and with that as an insplr
alton he told the rest of the story wit
J. renewed animation and enthusiasm
! He looked, the old lady from Bosto
straight in the eye and went on.
4 "When evening came he picked u
= Flossy, still wrapped in her brow
u paper shroud, and took a car from hi
c Office down TO the ferryboat, At tn
dock. as it happened, he met again til
9 friend with whom he had talked dul
ing the trip across the river in tn
p morning. They exchanged salutation
and, half unconsclously, he notice
- that his friend also carried a brow
:, paper parcel in one hand.
y 1.-THE two men walked into the cabi
- and sat down together on the plus
=, covered seats which ran along one sid
:, of the room! Between was vacaI
=, seat, on which they laid their respec
tive bundles.
"The talk between them was on IL
prospects for n rise in Metropolta
n stock. a subject on which my friend
j. friend was especially we'll posted. An
N MS my friend held an interest of Sc
n eral thousand dollars in the stock. it
=. easy to understand why he was deep
70 interested in what he could learn of /
n. prospects
i. "At any rate he listened so closely
V. the story that presently the boat Ian
70 ed at the dock in Jersey City, and
re sat up with shock to remember tn
le he had again forgotten TO decently /
ter Flossy. But he picked up his bu
die from the vacant seat and went {
home, smiling at the curious train
to circumstances which had resulted