Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-08-11

a6alyzed the rremoveF and recon.
mended 1t he thought that it would
make great difference in the facil-
lty with which 1t could be introduced.
I wrote the required statement and
recommended his remover in as strong
language as could command. %
Not long after this 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 ut the end Of this term as
poor as when went away. had not
even q tutorship to rely on.
One morning, taking up.a newspaper,
] glanced at the personal column.
was surprised to see an advertisement
intended for me. If would send my
address to certain street and num-
Der l would oblige some person for
whose name the letters X. Y. e. were
placed. Who was desiring to find me
and for what purpose could not con-
ceive. at once mailed my address as
requested and waited in anxious ex-
pectation.
The next afternoon carriage was
driven up to my house by coachman
in livery, and handsomely dressed
man got out and came to my door. l
was looking out of the window at him.
and it seemed that 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 it the gen.
tleman said:
"Ah, Professor Pengree! How do
20 do. subj"
Where had heard that voice, that
accent?
"Come in, SIR" said.
II doubt, sub, If you remember me"
he said, with look Of disappointment.
II do and yet don't. ! can't place
you. You are''-
"Yo' partner, sub"
"Partner?"
eyes, sub. Yo' partner in business"
"What business7'
"The manufacture Of the Achme
you may remember. we fo'med a 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 yo'
an account. fortunately have at last
found yo' by means Of personal ad-
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 I have
had taken of the books Of the Achme
Grease Remover company" He hand
ed me paper. '"The capital stock is
$1OOOOOO, consisting of 10000 shares,
5000 of which are in yo' name"
I wondered If had not been Op-'
Grated on in a hospital and was recov-
ering from the effects of an anaesthet-
ic. I took the paper, but did not
even glance at it. looked at the man
before me, expecting to see him go up
In cloud Of blue smoke.
"The stock is not on the ma'ket, sub,
but have been offered 260 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 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 study of man reduced
from Ian Importance sustained by
wealth to the pathos Of poverty. But
never for moment had remembered
} him as anything but a fine specimen
OF the shabby genteel
"Would you mind explaining what
all this means?' I asked, endeavoring
to throw off dazed condition.
ut means, sub. that with yo' valuable
assistance I entered upon the manu-
facture and pe'sonal sale of the grease
! remover. I never solicited any one
who refused me-"
"Quite likely" interrupted.
II soon accumulated sufficient capi-
tai to enable me to manufacture In
large quantities and, what I found to
, be equally essential, to advertise. In
two or three years I built extensive
: wo'ks, and from that time fo'wa'd
7 money has been pou'ing in on me. At
that time, sub, called upon you at
: yo' Laboratory and was disappointed to
3 find that you had left. I obtained 20
t address in South America and wrote
you there: After going to other places
3 my letter came back to me with many
: postofice marks on the envelope.
g 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
! ed by not rendering yo' an account Of
my stewardship
' The colonel paused. I stood mute
t for awhile, then asked:
U "And do you mean to say that fol
J. the trifing service did you am nov
e the possessor of 5000 shares Of stoch
l. worth $1,5OO,OOO?"
s "That is 20 share in the property
n subj"
y "Well colonel, all have to say 1,
that this is the most remarkable cpl
d sode have ever read or heard of
). This is an air castle and will soon b.
IL tumbling about my ears"
I IF yo' will drive with me, sub, t,
ou' wo'ks l will convince you to tn
n contrary"
: accepted the invitation, and b
q proved to me that was millionaire
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