Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-06-29

the rud1ments of business education.
and when we returned to Chicago I
was mighty proud Of the fact that
was capable of attending to my own
afrairs from that time on. The next
time went to Marshalltown l nearly
paralyzed the old gentleman with my
Facility as computer of interest.
Il see that baseball hasn't knocked
all the sense out Of your head" he
said, when he had recovered a little
from his establishment.
Now that am on the subject, I
may as we'll tell you something about
the way put in some of my other
winters. The ball-playing business
was good for only about seven months
IN the year, but l was not satisfied to
be Idle the remaining five, and l en-
parked In various ventures, some of
them profitable and some quite 9TH
erw1se. One winter I ran handball
court, which was too far away from
the business center to be popular.
One winter the lessees converted the
toboggan slide, and I was given the
management of the place. It was a
bowling success, socially and finan-
cially. The toboggan craze was at
its height just then and the fashiona-
Bile set took 1t up and filled the rink
every afternoon and evening
Ever hear of my experience as a
bother Of ginger beer? Well, it
brought me publicity at the time but
1t was of the kind that did not crave.
had friend up in Canada who had
shown me and my family good deal
of attention during my hunting trips
to the north, and one fine day he
turned up in Chicago with little hard
cash and formula for making the
best ginger beer ever brewed by the
hand of man-so he put it. He pro-
posed that I should go in with him to
manufacture it and put it on the mar
ket, and he was such nice fellow
that didn't see my way clear to re-
fuse. Besides, 1t looked good to me,
and l was not at all averse to adding
little something to my income. He
mentioned $500 as my share Of the
capital, but it expanded into $500 be-
fore the scheme got in working or
der.
II there was ever q moment when
the beer itself was not in working or
der, l never discovered 1t. That was
why 1t proved such grand flzzle.
There must have been flaw in the
recipe somewhere, for no matter how
securely we corked 1t, that beer
wouldn't stay corked. 1t had flavor.
it had about everything necessary to
success; Its only fault was It's inabil-
ity to stay where 1t was put. Com
plants came in from every quarter
all to the effect that 1t was good beer,
but better dynamite.
The end came quickly. l sent .
case Of our Industrious beverage to a
friend who kept famous cafe on
South Clark street. Chicago, and
asked him to give 1t fair trial He
promised to do so and | have never
had any reason to believe he didn't.
The beer was very young when 1 sent
it, and 1t had not developed it's full
capacity for attracting attention My
friend put 1t in corner of his cellar
and forgot all about it.
But not for long. One evening when
all was quiet, and the proprietor was
congratulating himself on the classy
place he was running, something like
the muffled report Of dynamite car
ri INIT IN RI inf n T.
tations. A second report followed inn
mediately and before my friend got
half way down the cellar stairs on a
tour of investigation, third and loud
er explosion brought him back with q
face that showed both alarm and
amazement.
John" he called to one of the col
what's got loose!"
John was brave man in some re-
spects, but when 1t came to investi-
eating things that had got loose" he
couldn't be depended upon. He shook
his head and made for the street, fol-
lowed by all the other men in the
place except the proprietor. BY that
GUS. My friend clapped his hands
over his ears and prepared for the
worst, which seemed to be close at
hand.
All at once there was perfect ST.
lence. His courage returning, my
friend lighted candle and crept eau
tiously down the cellar stairs. A few
minutes later when he made his re-
appearance on the main floor appar-
emily unframed several heads wero
thrust In at the front door and voice
called out anxiously:
What in IS the matter down
there, LOUISE"
TITS that id beer OF Anson's," he
replied with disguised look.
(To be Contlnued.)