Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
WILLIAM Is LooKIN' ROUND.
Is a Bit Uncertain How He VIII
Exercise His Great Talents.


What are you a-drivin' at now, Viii
young man with the near-liuen collar and
fancy. banded straw hat.
well amt doin' nothin' esgsactly
right now, answered the young man.
i've sold my platin' outfit, an I'm look
agency Of bicycle house: There's a
good layout I don't see but might
make some money at t.
1T does look as If you might agreed
the patriarch, But II was you Ia get
after the road supervisors an get them
to make a few roads for the wheels to run
on afore sunk much capertal in it. Do
they want you to put up $50 as a gar'n-
tee?"
."Shucks. nor answered William. Il
don't halter put up nothin'. All there is,
get the order an notify them an they
ship the wheel down.. Then, after the
feller's seen it elect the money an take
out my emission. The only thing is that
but then they let me have it at cost, SOS
that part Of it wouldn't be so much. But
there's another firm in Portland Me-, is
offerin' me a good thing
What's that, William" inquired the
patriarch.
It's photo enlargin' an colorin' bust.
ness. They've got a patent process for
enlarEn' pictures an maxim them look
jest like they was oil painted. You
couldn't tell 1t from picture that cost
They claim that agents is maxim as high
as $40 or s15 day on an avridge. Ten
dollars day would be good enough for me.
I'd be pretty we'll satisfied with that. I've
sent off for samples. but you bet I amt
goin' to send them no money for the
I ia
look like got bit on that Lives O.
Self-Made Men, year afore last, that
way. You don't ketch me twice"
II thought nabbe you was goin to
the patriarch. You must have made
good money at that.
Il didn't make nothin'," said the youth.
Il only sold three suits, an Hen Waters
wouldn't pay for his'n when he seen II,
an they wouldn't pay me what ia made
OWN them, an they wanted to sue me.
told EN- to go ahead an sue, daggone
EN-
How about that patent washin' ma
chine?"
Couldn't do nothin' with that I guess
the women would have bought 'em all
right IL they'd have the say-So but the
men folks didn't see but what the reg'lar
old tub an wash b'iier was good enough.
There's too many mossbacks around
wouldn't buy them self-adtustin' bach
elors buttons, either. would they? 81
spose they lowed that the kind sewed
on with needle and thread was good
enough to hook their suspenders on. Well,
we'll! Wasn't the mushroom CROWN a
success. either?''
Il lost clost onto ST. said william, sad,
ly. "An all my time he added.
'Shoo!" said the village patriarch, SYM
pathetically. That was too bad. But
then man who's all the time takin up
business enterprises has to expec to lose
once in a while. I'll tell We. William. I
seen an ad in the paper yestiddy about a
patent incubator that the man who owns
1t wants to get introduced around. He
says that there's liberal terms to agents,
an you can get excloOsive territory"
II seen the adj said William. Il
thought some Of writin' the Teller. I don't
know but what will any way. If that
photo enlargin' business don't turn out
the way I think it's goin' to I'll halter
take up suthin else. guess 1t amt too
late for fruit trees. II it 10 there's a
candymakin machine that offers induce
ments."
AN if that don't pan out an the worst
comes to the worst you're young an
husky an you can always go to work,
said the patriarch.