The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

among all my belongings. searching.
searching. restless. impatient. ~ last
I knew what allied me-wfat the lack
was that yawned so gioomily from
everything I had once thought beauti-
ful. had once found sufficient. ! was
In the midst OF the splendid. terraced
pansy beds my gardeners had just set
out: i stopped short and slapped my
thigh. "a womani" exclaimed.
That's what I need. A woman-tho
right sort OF womnn--n wifc!"
w
A CANDIDATE FOR "REsPEcTA-
BILITY.'
To handle this new business proper
~ ] must put myself In position To
| look the whole field over. I must get
In line and In touch with "respccta-
bility." When Sam Ellcrsiy came In
for his "rations." I said. Sam. want
you To put mo up at tho Travellers
club"
The Travelersi- echoed he. with n
blank look.
"The Travellers" said I. ITS about
tho best OF tho big clubs. isn't III And
u has M members most OF tho men
| do business with and most OF those
want TO get into touch with"
lie laughed. 1T can't DO done"
why not?" I asked.
4
fact is-well. they're N lot OF old fogies
up there. You don't want To- bother
| with that push. Matt. Take my adj
vice. DO business with them. but avoid
| them socially"
Il want TO 20 In there" l insisted. Il
have my own reasons. You put mo
up"
II tell you. itd be no use" he re-
piled. I'm tone that implied he wished
| To hear no more OF the matter.
You put me up" l repeated. And
~ you do your best. I'll get In all right.
I've got lots OF friends there. And
you've got three relatives In the COM
| mittec ON membership"
At this he gave me queer, sharp
| glancc-a little fright In 81.
laughed. You see. I've been look
Ing into II. Sam. l never take a jump
| Till I've measured a."
You'd better wait n few years, un-
| TIL he began, then stopped and
turned red.
Until what?" raid 1. Il want you to
/ speak frankly"
well. you've got lot Of enemies
lot OF fellows who've lost money I'm
deals you've engineered. And they'll
say all sorts Of things"
''l'll take care OF tnat." said !. quite
easy In mind "Mowbray Langdon's
| president. isn't he? Well. he's my clos
est friend spoke quite honestly. IL
shows how simple minded was In ccr-
tain ways that had never once noted
the important circumstance that this
| closest friend had never invited mo
| To his house, or anywhere where III
| meet his uptown associates at intro
I ducing distance.
Sam looked surprised. "Oh. In that
case" he said, I'm see what can be
done" hut his tone was not quite cor
| dial enough to satisfy me.
| To rtlff1ninfa him mud fssNa him
| earnest OF what l Intended tc do for
| him. when our little social deal had
| been put through, I showed him how
\ nc could win ten thousand dollars in
| the next three days. And you needn't
| bother about putting up margins" said
/ ], as l often had before. "l'll take care
/ OF that"
| He stammcrci n refusal and went
I out: but he came back within AN hour,
/ and in u strained sort or way, ac-
| ccpicd my tip and offer.
That's sensible" said I. When will
/ you attend 20 the matter Mt the Trav-
| clcrSr l want TO be warned 80 I can
pull my own set OF wires in concert"
"I'll let you know" he answered,
| hanging his head.
| didn't understand his queer actions
/ then. Though ann an expert I'm finance.
| ! hadn't yet made study OF that 9TH
\ or gume-the game or gentleman"
| And I didn't know how seriously the
| frauds and fakirs who play II take IL
| and themselves. I attributed his con-
! fusion to ridiculous mock modesty
| he had about accepting favors: it
struck me rs being particularly silly on
! this occasion. because for once he was
! to- give as well as TO take.
lie didn't call for his profits. hut
| wrote asking me To mail him the check
| for them. I did So. putting i'm the en-
vclopc with II little jog To his mem
/ DRY on the club matter l didn't see
him again for nearly month: and
| though l searched ana gent l couldn't
/ get mis- trail. ON opening day at Morris
/ park. I WIS going along the passag.
| behind the boxes in the grandstund. on
/ my way to the paddock. wanted to
/ see my horse that was about TO run
| for the Salmagundi sweepstakes. and
To tell my jockey that l would give
| him fifteen thousand instead OF ten
| thousand. IL he won-for l had quite u
/ bunch down. ] was "a figure ut the
! tracks I'm those days. l went into rae
| Ing on my customary generous scale.
/ liked horses. just as l liked every
| thing that belonged out under the big
sky. also liked the advertising my
| string OF thoroughbreds gave me.
| was rich enough To be beyond the stage
| NJ which n mnnecNcitcs suspicion by
| frequeniing race tracks and gambling
houses: I was at the height where
| probabilities begin tn bc taken as evil
denccs OF Astounding superiority. not OF
| a dangerous pTofigacy. Jim Harka-
way, who failed ut playing the same
| game | played and won. said To me
! with a snecr ono day: You certainly
do know how To get "A dollars worth or
notoricty out OF "A dollars worth Of
| advertising
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