Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-25

NV lDNliu ShilltiT4ll. wa
in the midst OF the splendid. terracec
rahsy beds my gardeners had just SCI
OUT; 4 stopped short and slapped my
thigh. "A woman" l exclaimed
"Ihats what I need. a woinan-tht
right sort of wonlan-a Wife,"
y CANDIDATE FOR "~RESPECTA.
BILlTY."
To handle this new business proper.
~ l must put myself in position t.
iook the whole field over. 1 must gel
IN line and in touch with "respecta.
bility." When sam Eilersly came in
Tor his "~rations." | said: Sam, wan,
YOU TO put me up at the Traveller
club"
The Travclers," echoed he. with .
blank look.
The Travellers" said 1. TITS about
the best OF the big clubs. isn't it? And
!, mas as members most OF the men .
90 business with and most OF those J
want to get into touch With"
re laughed. ut can be done"
Why not" l asked.
OH don't % You see-tha
fact ls-well. they're Il lot of old fogie,
up there. You don't want to othe,
with that push. Matt. Take my ad.
wee. Do business with them, but avoiG
them socially"
Il want to go in there" I insisted. y
nave my own reasons. You put me-
up"
II tell you. it'd be no use" he re-
Piled, in u tone that implied h wished
To near no more of the matter.
You put me up" l repeated. ANA
II YOU do your best. I'll get in all right
I've got lots of friends there. And
ouv got three relatives in the com.
mttee on membership"
AL TINS lie gave mo n ullper Sbary,
slance-a little fright in it.
laughed. You see, I've been look-
ing into it. Sam. never take a juml
tlli I've measured it,"
o better wait a few years, un.
til he began. then stopped and
turned red.
Until what" said L. II want you to
speak frankly"
We'll. you've got a lot Of enemies
a lot OF fellows wao've lost money IL
deal you've engineered. And they'll
say all sorts Of things"
III take are of that" said l. quite
easy in mind. "Mowbray Langdon'a
president. isn't he? Well, he's my clos.
est friend" l spoke quite honestly. II
shows how supplemented l was in GER
tain ways that l had never once noted
,he important circumstance that Thu.
closest friend" had never invited ma
10 ms house. or anywhere where &c
Qleet his uptown associates at intro
| ducing distance.
sam looked surprised. "Oh. In that
case" he said. III see wha can be
done" But his tone was not quite cor.
dial enough to satisfy me.
To stimulate him and give him an
earnest of what L intended to do 70,
him. when IL little social deal had
been put through. l showed him how
he could win ten thousand dollars ir
the next three days. And you needn't
bother o putting up margins said
|. as l often had before. I'll take card
of that"
He stammered a refusal and went
out: but he came back within an hour
n In a strained sort OF way. &C.
cepted my tip and offer.
That's sensible" said 1. when will
you attend to the matter at the Tray.
elers? I want to be warned so l car
pul! my w set OF wires In concert"
I'm let you know he answered
hanging his head.
1 didn't understand his queer actionS
then. Though l am an Expert in finance
l hadn't yet made a study of that 9th,
err game-the game of .eent,sme ou'a
And 1 didn't know how seriously thu
frauds and fakirs who play 1t take n
n themselves. / attributed his CON.
FUSION to a ridiculous mock modest3
he had abou accepting favors: il
struck me as being particularly silly or
N CSN1Aoi' pSSduae LOT once ne wal
to give as we'll as to take.
He didn't call for his profits. bu,
wrote asking me to mail him the checp
for them. l did SO. putting In the en-.
velope with it a little jog to his mem.
DRY on the club matter. 1 didn't Sc,
him again for nearly a month: and
though 1 searched n sent L couldn't
get his trail. On opening day at MORT,
park. l was going along the passag,
behind the boxes in the grandstand. or
my way to the paddock. I wanted IL
see my horse hat was about to rns
for the S~almagundi sweepstakes. and
to tell my jockey that l would giyi
him fifteen thousand instead OF ter
thousand, II he won-fcr 1 had quite 4
bunch down. I vas a figure at thu
tracks In those days. I went into rae.
Ing on my customary generous scale
/ liked horses. just as l liked every.
thing that belonged out under the bis
sky: also l liked the advertising my
string OF thoroughbreds gave me. !.
was rich enough to be beyond the stage
at which a man excites suspicion by
f~requenting race tracks and gamblinl
houses: l was at the height where
prodigalities begin to be taken as eyi.
dences of Astounding su%perfuity, not Of
n dangerous profligacy. Jim Harka.
way. who failed at playing the sam.
game l played and won, said to md
with a sneer one day: You certainly
do know how to get a dollars worth O,
notoriety out Of a dollars worth O,
advertising"
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