St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-20

q nature likely to cause something {
a nervous strain.
My information CT his method
came from his advance agent
One of the interesting stories relat
ted by him was that OF a sale OF 5000
which at the very last moment cam
near flashing in the PAN
By appointment the Frenchmal
called upon the wife of multimillion
aire brewer, whose former husban
had left her an immense fortune.
She had, in consequence, bank &C
count of her own, and while she dis
played a spirit of independence it wa
evident to the Freedman that sh
would rather not let her husban,
know that she was interesting hersel
IN art, as he cared but little for sucl
frivolities.
The CRATER had persuaded her t,
purchase four pieces, for which sh
was to pay $4,000. She was ON tn
verge Of drawing her check for tn
amount when suddenly the front doc
opened and, looking in that direction
she said:
my! That's my husband"
Before the husband had removed hi
hat and overcoat, in the hallway, tn,
Frenchamn said: "Never mind now
here is my card, send me your checl
this evening, in care of the Auditor
ium."
He took the four pictures and, turn
Ing them face to face, handed them t,
her and said, soto voce: "Put then
away"
This she did, and on returning to tn,
parlor introduced her husband to tn
Frenchman who, turned to the lady
II hope to hear from you in the neal
future" he said with an order fol
some of this beautiful work"
Then, bidding them good-by, h
quickly departed.
The next morning he found letter
In his hotel box with an enclosure of {
check for $1,000.
Another story related by the agen
was that of the Frcnchman's banner
sale.
It seems that $1,000 was the usua
stake set by him as days graft. al
of which must come from one custom
er. He never attempted to canva:
more than one person a day.
On this occasion he had closed salt
for four pieces. for $4,000, with {
wealthy widow, and was nervously
waiting for her to draw her check.
At last. seating herself at her desl
with check book and pen in hand She
hesitated, and, to the Frenchman's
displeasure, arose from the chair as II
about to change her mind "Have 70,
two more Of those pieces at $1,000
each?" she asked in 3 meditativt
tone. f..
He told her that he had.
She resumed her seat at the desb
and. as If purchasing a quart OF Der
ries: "I'll take those too," she said
"as want to present them to my
nieces."
She hen drew her check FOR s. 200
! The -frenchman confessed that, hav.
ing a favorable opportunity to glance
at the woman's check book ha. saw
that her bank balance'was som gthing
over 100000, and. considering this
the amount Of purchase was but Z
trifle, after all.
The end Of this transaction. ROW
ever, had not yet come. The following
morning about ten oclock one of the
bell boys raped at the Frenchmans
door and presented card from his
customer Of the day before, with q re-
quest for an interview.
The CRATER was on the point OF send
ing her word that he was not in. fear
ing that she had discovered the fraud
ulent character of ms work and want
ed return Of her money.
However, nervy rs he was by nature.
he decided to face the music and In
structed the bell Toy to show her to
his apartments.
She quickly made her errand known.
She wanted one more of those 81 900
pieces. saying that she had decided to
present it to her nephew who was a
brother of the two nfeces for whom
she had selected the two the day be-
fore. On receiving it. she opened her
hand satchel and paid for It with q
81 900 bill.