The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-15
1876

elf As saon as opened it the gem
fleman said:
All Professor PengreeI How DO
| yo' do. subj
Where had heard that voice, that
accent?
"Come in. sir" 1 said.
II doubt. sub. If you remember me"
he said, with look Of disappointment.
81 do and yet don't. can't place
| you. You are
"Yo' partner, subj"
Partner
Yes. sub. Yo' partner in business"
"What businessT
'The manufacture Of the Achme
grease remover. Some seven yeas ago,
you may remember, we fo'med q part
nership TO- that purpose. you furnish
ing the receipt and yo' professional
recommendation. The business has
prospered. and have been hunting yo'
for long while in order to render 20
an account. fortunately have at last
found yo' by means Of a personal adj
vertisement. Advertising is a great
thing, sub. Next to yo' receipt and
professional recommendation / have
found it my chief element Of success.
Here, sub, is balance sheet have
had taken of the books Of the Achme
Grease Remover company" He hand
ed me paper. THE capital stock is
100000. consisting Of 10000 shares,
5000 Of which are In yo' name"
I wondered if l had not been OBJ
Grated on In hospital and was recov-
efing from the effects Of an anaesthet-
ic- took the paper, but I did not
even glance at it looked at the man
before me. expecting to see him go up
in cloud Of blue smoke.
1.-THE stock is not on the ma'ket, sub.
but have been offered geo To- mine.r
Then for the first time it flashed
upon me that this man was the shabby
genteel Confederate colonel who had
called upon me years before. In one
sense he had passed out Of my mind,
in another he had not l had taken a
great fancy to him. and he had inter
ested me as a study Of man reduced
from an Importance sustained by
wealth to the pathos Of poverty. But
never for a moment had l remembered
him as anything but a fine specimen
of the shabby genteeI
Would you mind explaining what
all this means?" asked, endeavorine
to throw off dazed condition.
1T means, sub. that with 20 valuable
assistance l entered upon the manu-
facture and PERSONAL sale of the grease
remover. ! never solicited any one
who refused me-"
"Quite likely" l interrupted.
Il soon accumulated sufficient capt
tai to enable me to manufacture in
large quantities and, what found to
be equally essential, to advertise. In
two or three years built extensive
wo'ks, and from that time fo'wa'd
money has been pouring in on me. At
that time, sub, called upon you at
70 laboratory and was disappointed to
find that you had left. / obtained yo'
address In South America and wrote
you there After going to other places
my letter came back to me with many
postodice marks on the envelope I
nave Deen inserting personal adver-
tisements TO- yo' To- years. am much
relieved at finding yo'. To- / began to
fear that my honah would be impeach-
ed by not rendering .yo' an account OF
my stewardship
The colonel paused l stood mute
for awhile. then asked:
'-And do you mean to say that for
the trifing service | did you / am now
the possessor of 5000 shares Of stock
worth $1,5OOO00Y'
THAT is 20 share in the property.
suh''
We'll, colonel. all have to say l.
that this is the most remarkable epf-
sode I have ever read or heard OF
This is an air castle and win soon be
about my ears"
IF 20 viii drive with me. sub, to
ou' wo'ks will convince you to the
contrary"
] accepted the invitation. and he
proved to me that was millionaire.