Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19

/ Nigh. n woman. i eACldllllct
That's what | need. A woman-th
right sort of woman-a wife,"
A CANDIDATE FOR "RESPECTA
BILITY."
To handle this new business proper
ly | must put myself in position t
look the whole field over. / must &c
in line n in touch with 'respecta
bility." When Sam Eilersly came i
for his "rations," 1 said: Sam, wan
you to put me up at the Traveller
club"
THE Travelers!" echoed he, with
blank look.
The Travellers" said l.. ITS abou
the best Of the big clubs, isn't it? Ant
ii has as members most of the men
60 business with and most of those
want to get into touch with"
He laughed. 1T can't be done"
why not?' l asked.
OIL don't know. You see-th,
fact is-well, they're a lot of old fogie.
up there. You don't want to bother
with that push, Matt. Take my ad.
vice. Do business with them, but avoic
them socially"
Il want to go in there" / insisted. %
have my w reasons. You put ms
up"
Il tell you, it'd be no USE" he re-
piled, in a one that implied he wished
to hear no more of the matter.
You put me up l repeated. "And
if you do your best. I'll get in all right
I've got lots of friends there. An6
you've got three relatives in the com.
mittee on membership"
AT this he gave me a queer, SHARP
glance-a little fright in it.
| laughed. You see, I've been look
ing into 1T, Sam. I never take a iumr
till I've measured it,"
You'd better wait a few years, I'm.
TIL he began, then stopped and
turned red.
Until what? ?" aid l. Il want you tc
speak frankly"
Well, you've got a lot Of enemies
a lot of fellows who've lost money il
deals you've engineered. And they'll
say all sorts of things"
III take care OF that" said /. quite
easy in mind. "Mowbray Langdon's
president. isn't he? Well, he's my clos
est friend | spoke quite honestly. II
SHOWS now simple-minded | was in GER
tam ways that | had never once noted
the important circumstance that this
closest friend had never invited ma
10 MS mouse, or anywhere where IG
meet his uptown associates at intro.
ducing distance.
Sam looked surprised. "Oh, in that
case" he said. "I1l see what can be
zone. But ms tone was not quite cor.
dial enough to satisfy me.
To stimulate him and give him an
earnest of what l intended to do for
him, when u little social deal had
been put through, / showed him how
ne could win ten thousand dollars ir
the next three days. And you needn't
bother about putting up margins" said
l.. as l often had before. "Ill take care
of that"
He stammered a refusal and wen,
but he came back within an hour
and in a strained sort of way. ac.
cepted my tip and offer.
That's sensible" said I. when will
attend to the matter at the Trav.
elers? / want to be warned so I car
pull my own set of wires In concert
I'll let o know" he answered
hanging his head.
| didn't understand his queer actionS
then. Though L am an expert in financa
| hadn't yet made a study of that 9th.
er game-the game of gentleman
And / didn't know how seriously ths
frauds and fakirs who play it take il
md themselves. / attributed his con.
fusion to a ridiculous mock modest1
had about accepting favors; il
struck me as being particularly silly or
$3.50 SNN"Sioiy OCSouSt lot once ne NE1t If
o give as well as to take.
He didn't call for his profits h,,
wrote asking me to mail him the CHECK
or them. l did so, putting in the on.
'elope with 1t a little jog to his mem.
Dry on the club matter. / didn't co.
him again for nearly a month and
.hough L searched and sent I couldn't
his trail. On opening day at Morris
lark, | was going along the passage
'ehind the boxes in the grandstand. or
way to the paddock. / wanted r.
Tee my horse that was about to rus
or the Salmagundi sweepstakes AMI
o tell my jockey that / would Civ,
Inn fifteen thousand instead of ter
IL he won-for / had quite
punch down. I was a figure at thu
racks In those days. | went into rae.
on my customary generous scale
liked horses, just as 1 liked every.
hlng that belonged out under the his
also / liked the advertising my
tring of thoroughbreds gave me.
vas rich enough to be beyond the stag.
L which a man excites suspicion by
r~equenting race tracks and rambling
Iouses; l was at the height where
.rodlgalities begin to be taken as eyi.
ences OF Astounding su~perfluity, not of
dangerous ~profigacy. Jim Harka.
ray, who failed at playing the same.
anne l played and won, said to ms
Nth n sneer n day: You certainly
o know how to get a dollars worth o.
otorlety out of a dollars worth o,
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