The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-23

11llOOOh 1f1lN bOtAflD IEl1llON.
Skeptical New York Ts ;lor Who Heard
ALI Through the Thin Board Parti-
ton the Shops Warned the
Dealer in Rings and Watches, But
Was Laughed At.
New York.-There Is an old
jeweler bending over the shabby
showcase in his tiny Greenwich street
shop under the shadow of the elevate
structure today who is a adder and
a wiser man in the fullest sense Of Ia
age-old saying. And at the ~engravers'
bench behind him there is a young
man who has had his brief vision of
Ell Dorado and who is now willing to
forego such rosy dreams for the more
prosaic occupation with which he is
at least sufficiently acquainted>to war
rant self-confidence in dealing with
golden-tongued strangers.
Probably nobody would ever have
heard the tragic tale Of the adventures
Of the two with a typical "get-rich-
quick man had it not been for two
circumstances-the fact that the
board partition which separates their
jewelry store from the tailor's shop
next door is not at all sound-proof,
and the fact that the tailor in question
is a man who likes to knO everything
| that is going on. He is the direct Op-
posite Of the trusting old jeweler, is
this tailor, and he did his best to
warn Mn against Tx SQilS1OA pei
who was working to sWindle him.
But the old jeweler and the young
| engraver would hear nothing that was
d~eprecatory of the flashy stranger who
had promised so much. Why should
they? Consider his friends, men of
whom he spoke with affable familiar
ity, as Of old schoolmates, men whose
names figure in the daily gossip or
Wall Street and the social world. 1t
was ridiculous, they insisted. Such a
man could not be a taker. he was
their b~enefactor. He had promised
to make the fortune Of Herbert. the
young Of the two. Was not Herbert
to be taken West with him when he
started on his return to the great gold
mining properties at Goldfleld, from
which he derived his wealth? Was
not Herbert to start in at wages OF
SPA a week. with unlimited prospects
ahead of him? Had he not promised
to make the unlimited fortunes of
both, if they would only give him
time? They laughed at the tailor,
scornfully swapping their fingers un-
der his nose. He had no outlook be-
yond the narrow confines Of his shop.
He could not see the smelters OF Gold
field. No, such luck was not for him,
and he was probably only jealous.
The Tailor's Prophecy.
II could see it coming a long time
ahead" the tailor said today, with a
grin that was not wholly unkind.
"rhey were just like a pair of m
ons. and I told them so. But. no.
They wouldn't listen to me. You see,
I was wise to the whole game. because
T overheard the first conversation be-
tween this fellow and the rubes, and
I s'pose I must have heard nearly
every other conversation afterWard:
1t got so amusing I used to lay around
all day long waiting for him to come.
It was sort of like a detective story,
continued in our next you know.
ut was about three or four weeks
ago when he first came in. or course
he was looking for jewelry, and he
asked to be shown different things in
the case, talking Sticky all the time.
He didn's buy anything. Oh, no. But
he told all about his property in
Goldfeld, and what a lot OF money
YOU could make out there. could
hear the old fellows quavering voice
asking questions, and presently l
heard Herbert's chair squeak and he
went over to listen, too. hen the
old ieweler said he wished he could
90 back with him, but he was too old
Of course he'd wanted to go when he
was young, but now it was too late.
The stranger said yes. he sposed that
was so, but, he says, the young fellow.
don't you pull up stakes and light
for the West? New York amt no
Mace for a bright Kid like you.
That was the way it went, day
after day. Herbert was anxious to
90. and the range pretended to
take a liking to him. He'd talk things
over with the boy. and then suddenly
saw: No. no. You'd better stay here
You've got a safe job Well, that
made the boy crazier to go. and after
a coupIe of calls the stranger said
all right. he'd take him. The OLD
{ man was willing, said he wouldn't
stand in the way. So the stranger
agreed, but he said he'd like to have
) the how chuck his lob in the mean
tive and go around town with him
helping him find different people h
had to sell stock to. And. Of cot<se
, before they got through with that the
bow had yanked in a couple OF ms
friends whom the stranger bled foi