Arizona republican., 1907-02-13

water so that when he got homesick he could take out the cork and smell it, and be glad he was in Chicago in- stead of on the old place. Up in one corner of the swamp a sprink welled up. and that spring spOuted Onotowat- ishika water day and night, gallons and barrels and floods of it. But it needed a Perkins the Great to know the value of it. Perkins smelled it's value the first whiff he got He had a rough map of Glaubus with the Skunk Swamp off about a mile to the west.
 We patched up the deal the next day. The young Fellow was to have a quarter interest because he put in the forty acres. and Perkins put in his time and talent for half the balance, and I got the remainder for my time and money. We wanted the young fel- low to take a third interest and put in his time, too, but he said that rather than go back to the old place he would take a smaller share and get a job in some nice, sweet spot. like the stock yards or a fertilizer factory. So Per kins and I packed up and went out to Glaubus.
 did not wonder. when the train pull led up at the Glaubus station. that the place was a small dilapidated village, nor that the inhabitants wore a care- worn, hopeless expression. There was too much Onotowatishika water in the air. But Perkins glowed with joy.
 Smell it?' he asked. eagerly. Great 'ad.,' You can't get away from it. You can't forget 1t. And look at this town, Look at the bare walls. Not a sign on any of themi Not billboard in the placel Not an 'ad.' of any kind in sight, Perhaps. my boy. this is hea- ven for you! This is pie and nuts."
 I must confess that l was not so joy ous over the prospect. I began to tire of Onotowatishika water already suggested to Perkins that we ought to have an agency in Chicago. and hinted that I knew all about running agen- cies properly. but he said I would get used to the odor presently and in time come to love it and to long for it when I was away from 1t. I told him that doubtless he was right. but that I thought it would do me more good to go away before my love got too vio- lent But Perkins never could see a joke. and 1t was wasted on him. He walked me right out to the Swamp and stood there an hour just watching the water bubble up. It seemed to do him good
 There was no shanty in the village good enough for our office. so that af- ternOOn we bought the vacant lot next to the postoffice for S and arranged to have a building put up for our use and then, as there was nothing else to do until the next train came along, Perkins sat around thinking. And something always happened when Per kins thought
 In less than an hour Perkins set off to find the mayor and the councilmen and a notary public. He had great idea.
 They had park in Glaubus-a full block of weeds and rank growth-and Perkins showed the mayor what a dis grace that park was to a town of the size and beauty of Glaubus. He said there ought to be a fountain and walks and benches where people could sit in the evenings. The mayor allowed that was so, but didn't see where the cash was to come from
 Perkins told him. Here we are, he said two public spirited men come oyer from Chicago to bottle up the old Skunk spring and make Glaubus fam ous. Glaubus was to be our home. and already we had contracted for beau tiful one-story bgilding with a dash board front to make it look like two stories. If GlaubUs treated us right, We would treat Glaubus right. Didn't the mayor want to do somthing for his city?
 The mayor certainly did, if he didn't have to pay out nothin'.
 All right then Perkins said there was that old Skunk swamp. We were going to bottle up a lot of the water that came out of the spring and ship it away.and that would help to clean the air. for the less water the less smell All Perkins wanted was to have those forty acres of swamp that We owned plotted as town lots and taken in as the Glaubus Land and Improve ment Companys Addition to the town of Giaubus IL would cost the village nothing. and as fast as Perkins got rid of the lots the village could assess taxes on them, and the taxes would pay for the park.
 The mayor and the council didn't see but what that was a square deal SO they called a special meeting right there and in half an hour we had the whole thing under way.
 But. Perky" I said, when we were on the train hurrying back to Chicago. 'how are you going to sell those lots? They are nothing but mud and water, and no sane man would even think of paying money for them. Why if the lot next the post office is worth S5. those lots a mile away from it. and ten feet deep in mud. wouldn't be worth two copper cents.'
 Sell" said Perkins, sticking his hands deep into the pockets of his eel ebrated "Baffin Bay pants. Sell? who wants to sell? We'll give 'em away! What does the public want? Something for nothing. What does it covet? Real estate, All right. we give em real estate for nothing. A lot in the Glaubus Land and Improvement Company's addition to the Town of Glaubus free for ten labels soaked from O-no- to- thing um bob water bottles. Send in your labels and get a real deed for the lot with red seal on it. And Perkins pays the freight"
 Did it go? Does anything that Per kins the Great puts his soul into go?