Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03

| in the c. G. & Y. elevators: then l got a
! job firing on fast freight. ard from that
took to braking on local passenger run.
Then l was yardmaster, and then in the
| sup rintendent's office and then came the
! job of sup rintendent and after that general
| manager, and l worked my way up till
| ran the C. c. & X. road single handed.
| Meantime l was looking after your citys
| interests Three times alderman and then
| once as mayor. for the boys knew they
/ could bank on me. 1 got hold of interests
| here and interests there Cheap. rundown
| interests they were, for the most part but
l built 'em up. Take the c. G. & x, for in
stance. Biggest road In the state today.
| How'd it get 500 l made 1t. 1t was all
run down. and on its last legs when l took
| hold. | acquired it and"
| He paused once more fighting back that
queer tendency to let slip his grasp on his
J subject.
| Il remember that c. G. & X deal" wills
/ pered Greer to his wife. 'He juggled shares
| and pulled wires and spread calamity ru-
! mOrs till he was able to smash the stock
| down to a dollar-ten per. He scared out all
the other big holders. gobbled their stock.
| reorganized. and reaped a clean five mil
| lion the deal
! 'Hush"' retorted Mrs. Greer This is
| too rich to miss. l must remember it all,
! To-
| 80 you see" Caleb was continuing 81
| fought my way up. Every move was a
| fight and every fight a win That's
! my motto. Fight to win. An if you don't
! win, let it be your executor, not you, that
| knows you lost. But the biggest fight of AL
| was to come. l controlled the city.
! helped control the state. | had all the
money any man needed. and | spending
! it right here in the town where it was
! earned | was a successful man. But the
| man who's satisfied with success would be
satisfied with failure. And wasn't salts
| fed.
There was still one thing l couldn't get
! couldnt get one set of people to recognize
me when they met me in the street, to ask
me to their houses. to come to my house
! Why? | don't know. Maybe they don't
/ know. Maybe they didn't want to know
| There's a lot of things society folks dom
| seem to want to know. And one of those
! things was me. L couldn't win 'em over
| | built this house. Cost S200,J1 more'r
| any other house in town. If you doubt 1t
| step down TO the building commissioner
| and look over the specifications. Built Il
on the most fash'nable avenue. too. Blu
! still society wouldn't say: Pleased to know
YOU May be it's my lack of blue blood.
| thinks /. Though my piles been made
| good deal cleaner than many an aristo
Gratis l married a lady OF the first fam
| lilies here"-a ripple OF uninteillgibie sur
prise broke in on his ears; but quickl!
| died What was the result? She Wal
/ asked out and / wasn't But l kept OF
| fighting. And at last I'm in the winning
| stride.
I'm not a college man myself All m!
| eduCation's hand made and since l wa:
| thirty. But | was bound my son should b.
| one. And he is He's in society, too. The
| best New York affords. I'm told. My girl
| had advantages, too, and you see the re
suit. Do unto others what you can't do 70
| yourself. That's worth remembering some
| times. And now at last l get my come
back for all my outlay.
Tonight l guess / cover the final La
of the race. For the blueSt blood of Grant,
is-are-is among my guests here. and In
meeting EN- on equal terms. All this talk
maybe. isn't what the etiquette books cal
good form But If you knew how man,
I'years I've worked for what I've won to
night, you'd sympathize with me for want
ing to crow just a little"
Il '.Heavens" murmured Mrs. Greer. doe
the creature think any ones going to re
| gard this as his debut? And the awful
part of 1t is. the whole speech will be Il
| every paper, tomorrow. Oh, IL only the re
| porters will get our names wrong!'
! NO fear of that" answered Greer. 9Th
| typewriter list is probably being put /
print even now. But what aiis Conover?
| So resumed caleb, beaming about him
Il wanted the chance TO let you all know
me as 1 really am. Not what my enemie
| say about me. Is there any reason why
| shouldn't be your friend and entertain yo
| often? None in the least you'll all say
1t seems little. thing perhaps, to yo
| whove been in the game always. But it
| meant a lot to mep
He paused. There seemed nothing NOR