Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-29

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Jon. not you to me-"
With q warm pressure Of the hand
Dc went to the door. where he Turned
and made me formal bow.
How the colonel secured the little
capital necessary to begin operations I
did not know. but within a month he
sent me a sample bottle Of his "erease
remover" neatly done up. with it a
note saying that he would accept one
more favor. II my conscience and NV
honor would admit Of my signing a
statement for publication that | had
analysed the remover" and recon-
mended 1t be thought that 1t would
make a great difference in the facil.
lty with which 1t could be introduced.
wrote the required statement and
recommended his remover in as strong
language az could command.
Not long after this l received an
offer of q professorship on q small
salary In q 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 M
poor a. when went away. l had not
even . tutorship to rely on.
One morning. taking up newspaper,
] glanced at the personal column.
was surprised to see an advertisement
intended for me. II l would send my
address to a certain street and num-
Der / would oblige some person for
whose name the letters K. 7. 2. vsrs
placed. Who was desiring to md me
and for what purpose l conld not con-
ceave. l at once mailed my address a.
requested and waited In anxious e.
pectation.
The next afternoon q carriage was
driven up to my house BY q goodman
in livery. and q Handsomely dressed
man got out and came to my door.
was looking out Of the window at him,
and 1t seemed that had seen him or
some one like him before. Having
neither the luxury Of q servant nor
anything to do. l went to the door my
self. Az soon a. opened 1t the gem
tleman said:
"Ah. Professor Pengreel Bow do
20 do. suh?''
Where had heard that voice. that
accent?
"Come in. sir" I said
81 doubt. sub. II you remember me-"
he said. with look of disappointment.
II do and yet l don't I can't place
you. You are
"Yo' partner. suh."
Partner
Eyes. sub. 70 partner In business"
"What businessT
lathe manufacture Of the Achme
grease remover. Some seven yeas ago.
you may remember. we fo'med part
nership TO that pu'pose. you furnish
ing the receipt and 20 professional
recommendation. The business has
prospered. and l have been hunting 20
for long while In order to render 20
an account. fortunately have at last
found 20 by means Of personal ad-
vertisement Advertising Is q great
thing. sub. Next to yo' receipt and
professional Recommendation have
found 1t my chief element Of success.
Here, sub. Is a balance sheet l have
had taken OF the books Of the Achme
Grease Remover company" he hand
ed me a paper. "The capital stock 10
100000, consisting Of 10000 shares.
5000 Of which are in yo' name"
wondered If l had not been op-
Grated on in hospital and was recov-
ering from the effects Of an anaesthet-
ic. ! took the paper. but did not
even glance at 1t. l 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 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 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 moment had l remembered
him as anything but fine specimen
Of the shabby genteel.
would you mind explaining what
all this meansT' l asked, endeavoring
to throw OF a dazed condition.
ut means, sub. that with 20 valuable
assistance / entered. upon the manu-
facture and PERSONAL 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 ! 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 pou'ing in on me- At
that time, sub, l called upon you at
yo' laboratory and was disappointed to
nnd that you had left l obtained 20
address In South America and wrote
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