The searchlight., 1911-12-29


crush me to the earth No. sub: no
mo-. II is now my pat to transmit to
you. not you to me-"
With q warm pressure Of the hand
he went to the door. where he turned
and made me q formal bow.
How the colonel secured the little
capital necessary to begin operations
did not know. but within q month he
sent me a sample bottle Of his grease
remover" neatly done up. with IT .
Hote saying that he would accept one
more favor. IL my conscience and my
honor would admit Of my signing a
statement for publication that ! had
analysed the remover and iecom-
mended 1t he thought that II would
make a great difference in the facil
ity 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 I received an
offer Of a professorship on q small
salary in q college in South America.
and during the next seven years made
several changes, returning to the Unit
I'd States at the end Of this term As
poor as when I went away. had not
even a tutorship to rely on.
One morning. taking up newspaper,
J glanced at the personal column.
was surprised to see an advertisement
intended for me. II I would send my
address to a certain street and num-
ber I would oblige some person for
whose name the letters X. 7. 2. were
placed. Who was desiring to find me
and for what purpose I could not COZ
ceive. 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 q coachman
n livery. and a handsomely dressed
man got out and came to my door. 1
was looking out of the window at him,
and IL seemed that had seen him or
some one like him before. Having
neither the luxury of q servant nor
anything to do. I went to the door my
self As soon as ! opened II the gen
tleman said
"Ah, Professor Pensreel How do
yo' do. subj"
Where had I heard that voice. that
accent
'Come in. sir" said
81 doubt. sub. II you remember me"
he said. with look Of disappointment.
81 do and yet don't. can't place
you. You are
"Yo' partner. suh."
"PartnerT'
Eyes. sub Yo' partner in business"
"What businessw
''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 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 a personal ad.
vertisement. Advertising Is a grea,
thing. sub. Next to yc' receipt and
professional recommendation have
found II my chief element OF success
Here. sub. is a balance sheet I have
had taken OF the books Of the Achmt
Grease Remover company" He hand
ed me u paper. "The capital stock Is
100000. consisting Of 10000 shares
5000 Of which are In yo' name"
wondered II l had not been op
Grated on in a hospital and was recov
ering from the effects Of an anaestbet
ic. l took the paper. but ! did no
even glance at 1t. looked at the maj
before me. expecting to see him 60 al
In a cloud Of blue smoke.
THE stock Is not on the ma'ket. sub
but have been offered 26O TO mine"
Then for the first time II flashes
upon me that this man was the shabb.
genteel Confederate colonel who hat
called upon me years before. In on
sense he had passed out Of my mind
In another he had not. l had taken
great fancy TO him. and he had inter
ested me as a study Of q man reduce,
I from an Importance sustained b.
wealth to the pathos Of poverty. Bu
never for a moment had remembers
him as anything but a nne specime
Of the shabby genteel
"Would you mind explaining wha
all this means" ! asked, endeavorin
to throw on dazed condition.
1T means, sub. that with yo' valuabl
assistance ! entered upon the manl
facture and pe'sonai sale Of the greas
| remover. never solicited any on
who refused me-"
~0uite likely" ] interrupted
II soon accumulated sufficient cap
tal 10 enable me to manufacture I
largo quantities and. what ! found {
b equally essential. to advertise. 1
two or three years ! built extensiy
Wo'ks. and from that time fo'wa'
money has been pou'ing In on me. A
that time. sub, I called upon you q
20 laboato'y and was disappointed I
dnd that you had left ! obtained y,
address In South America and wrot
Jon there. After going to other place
ny letter came back to me With man
postomce marks on the envelope.