The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

He was without guile, sir, without
spark of worldiness. He spoke of
vengeance when another would have
looked for fame. He allowed his light
to be hidden under a bushel."
such men are rare in these days."
l ventured.
YES" he said slowly, "as rare as
schemes such as the one which eli.
NAKED his career. We were in San
Francisco when the arrangements for
the Democratic Convention of SO were
made, and to Chicago Mccormick de-
cided we should go. Gleason's Elixia
of Life was unknown to the world at
large; he was resolved to make it
household name.
"He was ambitious, sir, deeply am
bilious, but only ambitious for the pub
lie good. He left me one morning with
a choking request to watch the peo-
pies health while he was gone, and
five days later l received a letter tell
ing me to come on with a supply Of
the medicine.
81 found him in little cottage nest
ling in the Chicago suburbs. A smile
was on his face, that smile of benevo-
lence l knew so well. He hated to de-
ceive the public, he said, but the public
were Indifferent to Gleason's Elixia Of
Life He had worked for years to re-
deem the worlds health, and yet was
resolved that no pork-packing city
should be an obstacle in his path to-
ward success.
Some men," he remarked, were
born healthy, some achieved health,
while with others it was necessary to
thrust health upon them. Mccormick
Ryan was prepared to thrust.
Next day the convention was called
to order, and eXhaling Democracy, Nc
Cormick Ryan fought for a seat in the
gallery and mingled with the common
herd.
From the moment he entered he be-
came a figure of importance. He first
attracted attention by taking off his
| coat and tearing out the sleeves; then
he took off one of his shoes, and with
: true Celtic aim SHE'D it at the delega-
2 ton from Ney Jersey. Accounts differ
( as to what happened after that, but in
the end an ambulance took Mccormick
4 Ryan to the hospital, with two police
r men sitting on his chest"
E WAS he crazy?" | asked.
t YES" said Major Ike, "he was
e crazy, but crazy, sir, only for the pub
. lie health. The Chicago evening papers
e spoke of the lunatic in the convention
d and the morning papers added that al
b; through the night he tossed about OF
d his cot, calling wildly for Gleason
b Elixia of Life.
IS Correspondents wired the story t
their papers, and in another day tn
d West was talking Of nothing but tn
Of wild man and his cry for EliXia o
'e Life. A professor from Central I'm
T. versity took Mccormick in hand an
Id pronounced him insane; a physiolC
gist from Denver promptly called tn
TX university man a liar.
lie ION the third day Of the discusslo
a San Francisco editor telegraphe
id his correspondent that Gleason's FL
he xia of Life was local remedy, an
f. that the manufacturer had gone
C. Chicago. That afternoon l called o
u the chief of police
a. Major Ike shifted in his seat an
e cleared his throat9
"They took me to Mccormick Ryan
Id he said at length. while they hel
e, him l poured some of Gleasons Elixl
s. of Life down his throat. The ene'
y. was magical Thrusting the attendant
ne from him, he sat up, stared blank
around the room a moment, and the
IS dropped back and went to sleep, Il
ne was genius, sir, was McCormiC
ne Ryan.
Id The next morning the professor e
us amined him and declared him san
it while the gentleman from Denver, Ia
IN ing another peep, discovered trace
w of insanity, 1t was a pretty tangle, 81
ng a pretty tangle, and the newspaper
made the most of it. In the end, ho'
in ever, Mccormick Ryan was discharge
to from custody, and arm in arm he al
ed the Denver man went off to dinner,
he started back for San Francisco.
III after one adventure of that kin
tie most men would have given up in d
r spair, but not so Mccormick Rya
to His one desire was to let people knC
as of Gleasons Elixia of Life, and fro
a Chicago to the Coast every pap
He spoke editorially of his miraculo
be- cure.