The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-08-11

| remover, nehtly uOn6 up, Win IL u
note saying that he would accept one
more favor. II my conscience and my
honor would admit Of my signing q
statement for publication that I had
analysed the remover" and recon-
mended 1t he thought that 1t would
make a great difference in the facil-
ity with which 1t could be introduced.
I wrote the required statement and
! recommended bis remover in as strong
language as could command.
Not long after this I received an
offer of professorship on small
salary In a college in South America,
and during the next seven years made
several changes, returning to the Unit
ed States at the end Of this term as
poor as when I went away. I had not
even a tutorship to rely on.
One morning, taking up newspaper,
J glanced at the personal column.
was surprised to see an advertisements
intended for me. II would send my
address to certain street and num-
Der would oblige some person for
whose name the letters x. Y. q. were
placed Who was desiring to find me
and for what purpose could not con-
ceive. l at once mailed my address as
requested and waited In anxious ex-
pectation.
The next afternoon a carriage was
driven up to my house by a coachman
in livery, and a handsomely dressed
man got out and came to my door. l
was looking out Of the window at him,
and 1t seemed that I had seen him or
some one like him before. Having
neither the luxury of servant nor
anything to do. / went to the door my
self As soon as opened 1t the gen
tleman said:
"Ah, Professor Pengreel How do
yo' do, suh2"
Where had 1 heard that voice. that
accent2
"Come in, SIR" said.
az doubt, sub, II you remember me"
he said. with look of disappointment.
81 do and yet don't. I can't place
you. You are
"Yo' partner. SUBJ"
Partner
Eyes. sub Yo' partner in business"
"What business"
1.-THE manufacture of the Achme
grease remover. Some seven yeas ago.
| you may remember. we fomed part
nership 70 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 yo'
an account. fortunately have at last
found yo' by means Of personal adj
vertisement Advertising is great
thing, sub Next to yo' receipt and
professional recommendation l have
found 1t my chief element Of success.
Here, sub. Is balance sheet l have
had taken Off the books OF the Achme
Grease Remover company" He hand
ed me paper 1.-THE capital stock Ia
100000. consisting of 10000 shares.
5000 of which are In 20 name"
I wondered II had not been op-
Grated on in hospital and was recov-
ering from the effects Of an anaesthet-
ic. l took the paper, but did not
even glance at 1t. looked at tho man
|
In a cloud Of blue smoke.
1.-THE stock Is not on tho ma'ket, sub,
but have been offered 200 TO NINE"
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 no had passed out Of my mind.
In another he had not had taken q
great fancy to him. and he had inter-
ested me as study Of man reduced
| from an Importance sustained by
wealth to the pathos Of poverty. But
never for a moment had remembered
him as anything but fine specimen
Of the shabby genteeL
would you mind explaining what
all this means?" asked. endeavoring
to throw of dazed condition.
at means, sub, that with yo' valuable
assistance I entered upon the manu-
facture and PERSONAL sale Of the grease
remover. never solicited any one
who refused me-"
"Quite likely" l interrupted
II soon accumulated sufficient CAPT
tai to enable me to manufacture in
large quantities and. what l found to
be equally essential, to advertise. In
two or three years I built extensive
| wo'ks, and from that time fo'wa'd
money has been pou'ing in on me. At
that time, sub, called upon you at
yo' 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
| postofilce marks on the envelope.
have been inserting personal adver-
tisements To- yo' To- years. am much
relieved at finding yo', To- began to
fear that my honah would be impeach-
cd by not rendering yo' an account Of
my stewardship"
The colonel paused. I stood mute
for awhile, then asked:
And do you mean to say that for
the trifling service did you am now
the possessor OF 5000 shares of stock
worth S1.500.OOoY'
THAT is yo' share In the property,
sub"
well, colonel, all l have to say Ia
that this is the most remarkable cpl
sode l have ever read or heard of.
This Is an air castle and will soon be
tumbling about my ears"
"If yo' viii drive with me, sub, to
ou' wo'ks ! will convince you to the
contrary"
l accepted the invitation. and no
nrnyAd To ma that 1 xvaa n raillionatra