Smyrna times., 1911-08-16

placed. Who was desiring to find me
and for what purpose could not con-
ceive. l at once mailed my address as
requested and waited in anxious ex-
pectation.
The next afternoon q carriage was
driven up to my house by coachman
in livery, and a handsomely dressed
man got out and came to my door.
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 1 opened 1t the gen
tleman said:
"Ah. Professor Pengree! How do
yo' do, suh?"
Where had l heard that voice. that
accent?
"Come in, sir" said.
''I doubt, sub, If you remember me-"
he said, with look Of disappointment.
81 do and yet don't. can't place
you. You are
"Yo' partner, suh."
"Partner?"
"Yes, sub. Yo' partner in business"
what business%
"The manufacture of the Achme
grease remover. Some seven yeas ago,
you may remember. we fo'med part
nership fo' that purpose, you furnish
ing the receipt and yo' professional
recommendation. The business has
prospered, and l have been hunting yO'
for a long while in order to render yO'
an account. fortunately l have at last
found yO' by means of a personal ad-
vertisement. Advertising is a great
thing. sub. Next to yo' receipt and
professional recommendation l have
found 1t my chief element Of success.
Here, sub, is a balance sheet l have
had taken off the books of the Achme
Grease Remover company" He hand
ed me paper. The capital stock is
$1,OO0O0O, consisting of 10000 shares.
5000 of which are in yo' name"
wondered if had not been op-
Grated on in a hospital and was recov-
ering from the effects of an anaesthet-
ic. 1 took the paper, but 1 did not
even glance at it. looked at the man
before me. expecting to see him go up
in cloud of blue smoke.
1.-The stock Is not on the ma'ket, sub,
but 1 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. l had taken a
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 a moment had remembered
: him as anything but fine specimen
of the shabby genteel
: Would you mind explaining what
E all this means?" l asked, endeavorlng
to throw of dazed condition.
1T means, sub, that with yo' valuable
E assistance / entered upon the manu-
: facture and pe'sonal sale of the grease
e remover. never solicited any one
: who refused me-"
"Quite likely" interrupted.
< Il soon accumulated sufficient cspi
: tai to enable me to manufacture in
large quantities and. what l found tC
? be equally essential, to advertise. III
{ two or three years I built extensive
j wo'ks. and from that time fo'wad
: money has been pouring in on me. A
e that time, sub, l called upon you a
+ yo' Laboratory and was disappointed tt
5 find that you had left. l obtained 20
n address in South America and wrote
y you there After going to other place:
Iny letter came back to me with many
d Tlostoffice marks on the envelope.
J. have been inserting personal adver
Il tisements fo' yo' fo' years. am mrIcl
I relieved at finding yO'. fo' / began t
fear that my honah would be impeaeh
n ed by not rendering yo' an account o
: rny stewardship"
e The colonel paused l stood NUT
: for awhile. then asked:
e And do you mean to say that TO
e the trifipg service did you ! am nov
l the possessor Of 5000 shares of stocl
: worth $1,50O.O00?"
/ THAT Is yo' share in the property
|, sub"
d well. colonel. all have to say
t that this is the most remarkable epi
e sode have ever read or heard OF
g This is an air castle and will soon b
tumbling about my ears"
"If yo' will drive with me. sub, I
K GU wo'ks will convince you to In
u contrary"
t l accepted the invitation, and h
proved 10 me that I was millionaire