The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1911-08-30

pectation.
The next afternoon a carriage wa
driven up to my house by coachmaI
In livery, and a handsomely dressed
man got out and came to my door.
was looking out Of the window at him
and IL seemed that had seen him Of
some one like him before. Having
neither the luxury Of a servant mol
anything to do, I went to the door my
self. As soon as opened it the gen
tleman said:
"Ah, Professor Pengreel How do
20 do, suhf
Where had I heard that voice, thai
accent?
"Come in, SIR" I said
81 doubt, sub, II you remember me,
he said, with a look Of disappointment
81 do and yet don't. I can't place
you. You are
''Yo' partner, subj"
~PartnerT
eyes, sub. Yo' partner in business
''What businessr'
"The manufacture Of the Achme
grease remover. Some seven yeas ago
you may remember, we fo'med a part
nership 70 that purpose, you furnish
ing the receipt and 20 professiona
recommendation. The business haf
prospered, and / have been hunting 20
for long while In order to render 20
an account. fortunately have at last
found yo' by means OF a personal ad-
vertisement, Advertising Is a great
thing, sub. Next to yo' receipt and
professional recommendation I have
found 1t my chief element Of success
Here, sub, is a balance sheet have
had taken on the books Of the Achme
Grease Remover company" He hand.
ed me a paper. 1.-THE capital stock is
100000, consisting OF 10000 shares
5000 Of which are In 20 name"
I wondered If I had not been op-
Grated on In q hospital and was recov-
ering from the effects OF an anaesthet-
ic. took the paper, but did not
even glance at It. looked at the man
before me, expecting to see him go up
In a cloud OF blue smoke.
1.-The stock Is not on the ma'ket, sub,
but 1 have been offered 260 TO mine."
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. / had taken
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 I remembered
him as anything but a fine specimen
of the shabby genteeI.
Would you mind explaining what
all this means7" asked, endeavoring
to throw of a dazed condition.
1T means, sub, that with yo' valuable
assistance entered upon the manu-
facture and pe'sonal sale Of the grease
remover. never solicited any one
who refused me-"
"Quite likely" interrupted.
81 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 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
postoffice marks on the envelope. l
have been inserting personal adver-
tisements To- yo' TO- years. am much
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. stood mute
for awhile, then asked:
"And do you mean to say that for
the trifing service did you I am now
the possessor Of 5000 shares Of stock
worth $1,5O0,OO0T'
'That Is 20 share In the property,
subj
well, colonel, all I have to say is
that this is the most remarkable cpl
sode have ever read or heard of.
This is an air castle and will soon be
tumbling about my ears"
"If yo' will drive with me, sub, to
ou' wo'ks will convince you to the
I accepted the invitation, and he
proved to me that I was a millionaire.