The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-24
THE GRAND PROMOTER.
He Lets His Laundress in on the
Ground Floor.


softly opened he felt a chill go up ms
back. He had made a close STUDY OF o.
the way a creditor enters an once, anu
he realized that the conner was oH7-
He had already decided that II Nas d
woman and the chances We're even y
that it was one of his numerous lana-
ladies who had unearthed him. MiiSii
the person strobe into view. IT.
1t was woman, but not one OF ms
landIadies. 1t took him half minute
as she stood there to recognize her q
the laundress he had parted from
three ~oonfbs previous. The parting
had been a very quiet one. de mao
simply retired from that quarter Oh lll9
city and killed two birds with one stone
-landlady and laundress. 800, A.. .
$50 I have found you outE' ss1u my
laundress as she sat down on a DroAei
backed chair and set her Jaw
'Can it be my dear laundress' ME-,
F4azeIton % exclaimed the major as ne
Jumped up. mo. But 1t IS. Excuse
this emotion. my dear woman, puI you
take me of my feet. 50 you ala mo-
die2"
'sWhy should I die p
Because people who are hit by
three ton automobile and hung nun
bred feet high generaly ole over -
When I was told by a policeman Lhau
you had been hit and taken to the nos
Dital and the last reports from you
showed that you had been unconscious
for thirty hours, 1 gave up all hopes.
] felt almost as If a sister of mine was
passing from earth away Wen WEI
but how strangely things 90 turn out;
Here you are, in the best OF healtll ailu
with a complexion that a princess
might envy. and all the time nave
thought Of you as lying meath the
willow"
nSir. you owe-nne for doing up seven
teen shirts" solemnly replied the Mo-
man. not in the least fiattereo by MS
1T can not be, Mrs. Hazelton-it
can not be- I never owned seventeen
shirts at once in my life
s'Then it was doing up one shirt sev-
enteen times, which amounts 70 the
same thing. / was never stIueh ny a.
auto. never went TO the hospital NO
policeman ever held any conversation
with you about me. You simply trleu
70 blk me. [ have been looking Tor
you for weeks I have found you.
want my money"
my dear, dear woman, do you Know
what a coincidence is?" asked the major
as he walked about
you owe me for seventeen Shirts
sir"
And I sat here thinking Of you as
YOU entered that door. / was WonoeI-
ing If you had a tombstone at your
grave. AS I wondered the tears came
were one OF the few who trusted me
Instead Of demanding cash down when
I came for my shirt you wrapped 1t up
and smiled on me. Many ana many
time I vowed that"
you vowed that you would dead
beat me. and you did. but you'll pay
now OF thereH be row..
"And when I got to thinking that
vo,1r grave was unmarked Il felt it my
duty to order a. tombstone for IT,
should have got one with lamb on
TOP. It would have stated that you
were virtuous. honest and always iron
ed an the wrinkles out Not the equal
Of steam, perhaps. but pelleI ella ll., d
John Chinaman. That tombstone Woul9
have cost all of $500, Mrs. Bazleton, ana
the potted flowers on the grave would
have cost .S25 more. That's the KIM OF
q man I am.
Seventeen shirts, Major Crofoot, ana
I don't leave until am paid.
fsVVhv mix seventeen shirts with Sentl-
rneDt nv dear woman? However, let
me saw to you that 1 am glad you are
here. The debt is one Of honor anu
shall be discharged at once. Seventeen
shirts at 8 cents apiece is $l.So. L could
hand YOU a check for that amount anu
Won would 90 away smiling, but am !
any such man? " Oulo mat = 1- ~ 90
the gratitude yelling up in my bosom
everv time my thoughts have turned
To vou9 Heaven forbid! 1 was on my
uppers when you trusted me. even
believe YOU would have loaned me
money in addition.
s'Neyer in this world! empnatlcai4y
replied the launeress.
ssYou gave me a chance. You IN
stflled hope and ambition where all was
dark despair before. 1t was only aLter
I heard of your death that fortune pc
ran to smile on me. She came at ms
in on h|pw
aid come. Mrs. Hazleton, are you pre-
narad to take the seCretaryship OF the
Great American Canned Cabbage COM
many, at a salary of $4,000 year
mo, sir. III take nothing but my
..There is a Worldwide demand fol-
canned cabbage. We cut it up either
rsvv or boiled We use both white and
mink cabbage We have testimonials
from presidents, kings and emperors as
to what our goods are Put up in 20
cent cans, and a profit Of 10 cents on
every can. We are shipping $4,000 cans
10 India today. Lillian Russell Is gong
to retire from the stage so as to have
nothing to do but eat our cabbage.
shall let you in on the ground floor as
TAR as stock is concerned. 1t is 80 TO-
day. but will double in two weeks. Let
me show my gratitude by
by paying this little bill" interrupt
ed the laundress-
Golden opportunity of your life. The
demand for our canned cabbage is
something gigantic. AS secretary all
Won would have to do would be to send
out circulars to boarding houses and
foom our goods to laundresses. Have
Won got a two-dollar bill about yOu?'
t'If 1 have 1t won't get into your
h~nds.'
Two dollars handed me today viii
reserve you $4,000 worth Of stock"
IN have none Of it,
show my gratitude is to hand you a
check for $50 and let you run across
to the bank and cash it. Your full
name is-is-what, please?"
Eliza Jane Hazleton, sir"
'Ah, remember now. There was
never an Eliza Jane yet but what was
q dear, good woman. Here, dear, take
this. They may pay you a hundred at
the bank by mistake. II they do so
don't let your conscience trouble you.
we are now square. and I trust that