Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

~ accept unytninG mo- UiAl nave
paid TO- what 1 have received would
crush mo to the earth. No. Euh; no
mo-. It Is now my pat to Transmit TO
you, not you 10 me-"
With a warm pressure OF the hand
he went to the door, where he turned
and made me a formal bow.
How the colonel secured the little
capital necessary TO begin operations
did not know, but within a month he
sent me a sample bottle OF his grease
remover" neatly done up. with It a
note saying that he would accept ono
more favor. II my conscience and my
honor would admit Of my signing a
statement for publication that had
analyzed the remover and recon-
mended It he thought that It would
ity with which IL could be introduced.
wrote the required statement and
recommended his remover in az strong
language as could command
Not long after this received an
ofrer Of q 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 ns
poor as when went away. had not
even n tutorship to rely on.
One morning. taking up newspaper,
glanced at the personal column l
was surprised to SEQ an advertisement
intended for me. II would send my
address to a certain street and num-
Der l would oblige some person for
whose name the letters X. Y. z. were
placed. Who was desiring to find me
and for what purpose l could not con-
ceive. 1 at once mailed my address as
requested and waited In anxious ex-
pectatton.
The next afternoon carriage was
driven up to my house by a coachmnn
In livery. and Handsomely dressed
man got out and came to my door. 4
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 a servant nor
anything to do, went to the door my
self. As soon as opened It the gen
tleman said:
"Ah, Professor Pengreei How do
yo' do, sub"
Where had heard that voice. that
accent7
"Come In, SIR" said.
'T doubt, sub. If you remember me-"
he said. with a look Of disappointment.
II do and yet don't can't place
you. You are
"Yo' partner. subj"
Partner
Eyes, sub. 70 partner IN business"
"What businessT
"The manufacture OF the Achme
grease remover. Some seven yeas ago.
you mny remember. we fo'med part
nership TO that purpose. you furnish
ing the receipt and 20 professional
Recommendation. The business has
prospered, and have been hunting yo'
for long while in order to render 20
an account. fortunately have ut last
found yo' by means of personal adj
thing, sub. Next to yo' receipt and
professional recommendation have
found It my chief element OF success.
Here, sub, is n balance sheet have
had taken or the books Of the Achme
Grease Remover company" he hand
cd me a paper. 1.-THE capital stock In
81, 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 anaesthet-
&c. / took the paper. but I did not
even glance at 1t. looked at the man
before me. expecting to see him so up
In cloud of blue smoke.
sfIsha az Ga mot IN fha rnarlrof mr,h
but 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 a
great fancy to him, and he had inter-
ested me as a study of a man reduced
from an Importance sustained by
wealth to the pathos of poverty. But
never for a moment had remembered
him as anything but a fine specimen
Of the shabby genteel
would you mind explaining what |
all this meansT asked, endeavoring |
to throw of a dazed condition.
ut means, sub. that with 20 valuable |
oeoASSohSU rAsuACN uPph Tie htahu'
facture and pe'sonal sale Of the grease |
remover never solicited any one |
who refused me-"
quite likely" interrupted
II 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 built extensive
wo'ks, and from that time fo'wa'd |
money has been pou'ing in on me. At
that time. sub, I called upon you at |
yo' laboratory and was disappointed to
find that you had left. l 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.
have been inserting personal adver-
dsements TO- yo' TO- years. am much
relieved at finding yo'. TO began to
fear that my honah would ba impeach-
ed by not rendering 20 an account Of
my Stewardship"
The colonel paused stood mute
for awhile, then asked:
sand do you mean to say that for
the trifing service did you I am now
the possessor Of 5000 shares Of stock