The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-21
BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER.

| the way from my palace in Fifth ave-
nue. to the address given and burst into
the room, but L was not the first. There
were sixty or seventy other Million
aires ahead Of me, and all had their
check books open in their hands. They
were standing in line awaiting their
| turn, and at last I worked my way up
to the desk. Your name?' said the man
at the desk. 'Eliph' Hewitt I an
l swered. How much do you want to
/ give away" he asked. Two hundred
and fifty Millions 1 answered. Very
WELL he said. We have no recipient
/ open today, but we may have soon.
viii enter your name 1t was then
knew that this was but another Of the
/ employment bureaus that are the curse
| of the man who has millions TO give
away. They promise freely. but they
/ never perform. If anything turns up
| said the employment man, we VIII let
you know. Our fee is 100000 00.' At
| that he handed me the fee-S6, 900, 900
in tainted money. 1t was the old game.
decOying the poor millionaire by means
of a cleverly worded advertisement and
then, instead of taking his millions.
giving him more"
Il don't think Peter Wimble would
have started that kind of an employ
ment bureau" said Mr.. Parsley, grave
/ ". Mr.. Wimble is, as the world goes.
/ an honest man, but he has never both
/ cred any college presidents by trying to
! force his wealth on them And I do
not think his wealth is badly tainted
1t may be slightly stale around the
| edges, but IL does not pollute the at
mosphere. I think you could safely ac-
cept a small sum from him. You might
! stiplate that it be taken from
the cleaner portion
No said Eliph' Hewitt. ''No,
| thank you. l shall not sell Peter VIM
| BILE copy Of this book. 1 shall not
/ take even the small sum that is the
/ price of this book which is S., 81 down
and 81 a month until paid, from Mr.
Wimble. If he comes TO me and asks
me to sell him a copy Of this book I
shall say: No. Mr.. Wimble; I cannot
take your money. Give, If you viii, 10
the church Of which Mr. Parsley is the
worthy pastor, a liberal sum. No bet
ter use can be made Of the cleaner por-i
ton of your wealth than that. for Il
know Mr. Parsley, who has bought n
copy of 'Jarby's Encyclopaedia OF
knowledge and Compendium Of Liter.
AZURE, Science and Art and who rec
omnends it, to be a man of no ordinary.
nina. He saw at a glance the wonder
ful value of this book to all who seek
to be abreast of the knowledge of the
day, and ne paid down 81 Of clean
money for it. But your money 1 cam
not accept, for it is tainted. 1t pains
me. Mr.. Wimble' I will say, to de-
prive you of the sOlace and pleasure
TO be derived from the pages Of this
book and to deprive your wife"
The little book agent paused and a
light seemed TO dawn on his face.
Mr.. Parsley" he said. Il need not
deprive Mr.. Wimble of the benefits Of
this book. l need not shut him out
from contact with the priceless gems OF
wit and wisdom it contains. 1 need not
prevent him from finding in its pages
the lessons that will make another
man Of him. His money 1 may not
take, Mr.. Parsley, but with your name
at the head of my list. and with a let
ter of introduction from you TO Mrs.
WimbIe. I may yet rejoice in putting
upon his parlOr table this book, with
the beautiful and uplifting sentiments
7 it contains. His money my conscience
fOrbids me to take, but Mrs. WimblC's
money is not tainted. I will not refuse
to sell her a copy, either bound in cl0th
at s., or in half morocco at $3.50. Here
is the place you sign your name, Mr..
Parsley. 1 can take your dollar now or
when the volume is delivered to you
Nh Parsley hesitated.
"Of course" he said, Il feel that
have honestly earned all the money I
receive, but how it was earned before
it was put in the contribution box L
cannot say. If you have any doubt as
to how it originated perhaps you would
not want me to buy"
EIiph' Hewitt reached for the dollar
that the minister held in his hand. He
took it and folded 1t and put it in his
vest pocket.
For your sake, Mr.. Parsley" .he
said, II will take the risk"
! Copyright, 1907, by Ellis Parker But
ler.)