The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-03
LOST OPPORTUNITIES.
The Aggressive Man Lectures His
ThreadbaFe Friend

The rather threadbare man smiled
sadly. IT haven't any particular COIN
plant to make he said. Il think
have done pretty well, considering
my opportunities. I've, large fam
lily, you know, and thct makes : dif-
ference"
The aggressive looking man with
the massf:e gold watch chain said
"Poohl" etpIosively. Opportunity,
he groWled What are you talking G
about? You've had as IrEch oppcr-
tunity as l rave, and moT@ too. !, c
got a family, haven't /? Certainly
have. No, KY friend, thai isn't the
trouble The trouble is sEat you
Eihaven't takea& advantage R yoAr
When Opportunity
came knocking: at your door 'gou did
Mt hear her. Iou thought sb+S wan!G
came with a csaD and pound, OF jisl-
ray her way through the Wincsw and
Esfflt you up :sEaIl sit on yoU2f knee.
wsfl, she doesn & do that. SExs too
much OF lady. IF Fou want 20 en-
brace, her that al1 right, bGb sLe
isIaGA going to do the embracing her
self: Whenever 5hes been aEDund
to See me I've beSn watching sG the
keyhole and I've had her yankeG in
sidea- before she got a chance to- see
wherAeF she'd gCSs the right IEnIn-
Der.
1T seems to nies that's rather ar
dent behavior, isn't it?"
IN 1T hit too arGsnt," said the sg-
gresslve man. It's the way she Ii ses
to be Treated. Make the most of her
and afsure to tell Ter to call again.
Talk about opportunity! Wasn't
Bondson, living within; half a block
of you when you were a young maa,
and didn't he have 1T girl who was
good enough for az aryboGy? l re-
member you telling me about hes
She got million and "a. half under
the old mans will whea be died lasE
year. There was your opportunity,
but you didn't see it, d III y0u?'
well, no. admitte1 the thread =
bare man II can't sayzthat l did.
didn't know her, you know. l SUP
pose I might Nave sent:in my care
and proposed"
You could have work ID it all right
just the same said thet aggressive
looking man You knew her bro
tier and you were a pretty good
looking boy-aad you dressed well
in those days: All you needed was
nerve. If I'd. been the ladies' man
you were, Ia have tried it, l know
that. There's: that suburb you are
living in. When you bought your lot
why didn't you buy three or four
acres? You'd have been i1depend-
ent today if g0u had
Il hadn't tie. money to bsgin with,
said the thressdEare man.
That's no excuse. You sT11ld have
got some options anyway
Il suppose . could"
land whers-F wanted yC4p to take
that appointrlant on the board cf
work you EOEiGrt do it. It WASH: 1:
a great deal, but you coulsF have got
stand ir with some of tha big guns
and got good thing .ot neT Or later
PoIitic is all right when YOU know thE
game and get on the inside. You
had a good chance there. The MAJ
who took thar job I wan1s you to
take is drawing his 5000. a yea.E
right now, to say nothing Of what lie
makes on the side
1--WE had others, if I csuld thir e
Of them" said, the threaChare ma +.
.'If l had bought wheat at the right
time I might aaye been riSh. doZ IN
times over. I've had opportunities
OF that kind every day. l might
have gone to>Alaska and got in De
fore the big rush, if my foresight had
been as good as my hind sight iE.
had an opportunity to help you out
of hole once, if you recoHect, and
I've been wanting an opportunity, to
see you for as.week. Now if you
could
Excuse me-" said the aggressive
looking man, there's a fellow in. the
car ahead l want to talk to min
ute. See yo41 later. r.'-Chicago News