The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

lodge a complaint. After a few minutes to the visitor;
 Say, when are you going to pay that $10 I lent you some years ago?"
 MT Morgan afterward declared that he had recognized the mans voice. His face had changed so that no one would have remembered it. Another time when a question was under discussion, MT. Mor- gan meditated for a moment and said:
 Twelve years ago last month-about the latter week in the month-we re- ceived a letter from the Postmaster Gen eral bearing on this very point"
 Records proved that MT Morgan's mem- ory was accurate almost to a day.
 A year ago Count Albert Castlgnac. for mer chum of Count Boni de Castellane, came to this country with $900 in his pock ct and longing in his heart for an heir ess. The count brought with him letters of introduction to Mrs. John Jacob Astor and others, and for a time he did not have to spend money for dinners. But A4s room rent had to be paid and the laundryman demanded cash. so his $So0 gradually dwindled and work was staring him in the face when a lucky night in a gambling house snatched him from this ignomlny. There were more lucky nights and soon he was s2000 winner, to the cha grin of "Lemon Charlie" the "eapper'' for the gambling house, who had intro- duced him. lemon Charlie" framed up a scheme to get even. Dressed in fault less evening clothes a confederate was introduced to the count as MT. West" a rich St Louis merchant with barrels of money and an eligible daughter.
 The count was assidious in his atten- tions to the "heiress' for several days and as fast as he could tell by surface in dications everything was going his way, One morning the "heiress' drove up to his house in a laudau and invited him out for a drive. While passing one of the Fifth avenue hotels she con1ded to him that she owned third interest In 1t, her brother a third and a relative the rest The manager, as the representive of the relative, she said, was trying to freeze her out by running the hotel Into the ground The count was indignant. He wanted to go right into the hotel and throw the manager into the street Miss West thought this would not do, but she suggested a remedy. She would make over her stock to the count and then he and her brother, as the principal owners. could discharge the manager. But of course, the stock must be transferred and there must be a cash consideration. She thought S10000 was the lowest amount that could be named fin the transfer. The count did not have s10.G00 but he had s150O Miss West" was willing to take that as a guarantee that he would return the stock.
 The count thought everything was legal, for didn't the transfer paper have a bis red seal at the bottom? Armed with the document he called on the manager of the hotel and informed him that in order to keep down scandal he hoped he would get out without making a scandal. The manager called the hotel detective.
 'Dippyi" was all he said
 The count came to in the street with a crowd laughing at him. He went to Miss ''Wests" home. She was not there. When he inquired around he found that no one had ever heard of her. The count sailed for home the other day.
 The Times thinks 1t has settled the question as to whether prosperity is here to stay. The answer of the Times is ives" This conclusion Is based on the an- swers to these questions made by business and trade authorities;
 ''Wil the United States be able to main tain the present era of prosperity?