Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-11
Universal
Furnishers
INC
BY Prank n. Williams

We can md you the thing you ve
been hunting for
10 matter whether is an ant-eater
or a piece OF early japanese pottery
Just ted us What you Vaut and veil
get g.
OUR PRICES ARE MERELY
NOMINAL
What you want furnished when you
want II Give us a trial
UNIVERSAL FrRSlSHERS llNC1
That the al thatT bring en-
sam Culber'son. the aged president
and practically sole owner OF Uni
versal Furnishers Onc)" spread
the morning paper before him on his
handsome new desk and leaned back
IN his richly upholstered new chair
He ran his hands through his seani
locks. screwed up bis far from hand
some face and Winked al Sallie Jor
dan, bis pretty stenographer
"ThisiI be the best llitle graft
ever worked
Sallie looked far from pleased al
this announcement Sam laughed
loudly al her expression
MY dear girl there was vasi
condescension In his voice. Il call
everything do graft There's
nothing wrong about the scheme
You needn't feel az all worried. even
n YOU have got enc share OF stock
and even n YOU are one Of the inoor'
porators Neither does Bill. the Of
fice boy. need TO feel worried. though
he's got share and Is also one OF the
incorporatOrs 40 one need feel
worried. because this business is 60
INK 20 be fair and above board, and
i'm be about the only square thing
I've been lu Tor 90 years
But why do YOU call @ a graft
then ' Sal,le spoke 'imid'y She was
fresh from business college and this
was her FIRST position
- cali everything graft hut hat
word s good in thls case because u
Will DO something ~ graft iu The
prices charge tho customers You
see people who are 500 8uNIOu, '0 get
things that they VITA employ a pro
fessiona' gefier fo got them. Viii pay
almost any price i' tho getter ls sue
cessful That's whore 'h, graft comes
In an Salllc. 70 win Dee wonderful
Vhat prices vo can charge our dear
customers and still get away with q %
But YOU say our prices are nomi
nal Sallies voice indicated her IN
dignation
My dear little church. worker. our
prices are nominal comparatively
nominal We will scale them nicely
10 what our customers think the
thing We get Ter them Is worth Now
It's all fair and SQUARE just forget
your Puritan conscience for a time
I'd hate TO have one Of my fellow
incorporators out of sympathy with
the plans Of the business. All, here's
our nrst batch or mail
Sam took the three letters extended
10 him by the postman and opened
them rapidly. II took him but mo
ment to digest their contents.
Three orders already, Ss.lie
That's fine. Wen just stop adver
Using until We get these orders on
OF the way II would never do L
burden the company with too muci
business at the start Here's a mar
In room 3l4-that's on the third foo
of the Portland fats. He's maxim,
a collection OF hats and he wants one
worn by an American soldier II
the Revolutionary war. Hum. tina
ought to be- easy. Here's another
from Rudolph Erickson. si7 Jeifersor
street. Rudolph wants a key that vii
open a six.by.four trunk used by hii
grandmother. That's explicit. isn't It
Guess | better call him up and ge
fuller details-he gives his telephone
number And here's the third one
some fellow by the name OF Ernes
Randolph. Ernest will not conhde hi
desire 10 his letter; he wants to SCI
representative OF the company
tell YOU what. Sallle. you go up an,
see Ernest. I'll be so busy with thes'
two other cases that ! wont hay'
time 10 work him for graft BE surf
and get n good fee from him-,hatl
the important part you know BIZ
Zee
Sallie was inwardly rebelliOus a
being connected with any concert
which even savored Of graft, but sh'
vas exceedingly anxious 10 make
little money by working In an office
80 she had no thoughts OF resigniug
After an. the business was really ID
Ultimate and for her part she decide.
as she walked toward Ernest Rau
dolph's address she would charg
nothing but a perfectly honest mod
crate fee.
When Sallie returned 10 the ofrc
she found Sam sprawled back IN hi
chair aud looking the picture o, dc
spondency.
This IL the limit" Sam fred N,
remark at her the moment she en-
tered the room Here I've incol
porated for 81 900 and really put $50
in the company. which I've put int
Office furniture. and now II looks hk
was up against a brick wall TIT
thing isn't going TO 60 so well as
thought It would Now you'd thin
Il wouldn't be such a laundering har