Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-01-30
said. as ! tndulged In a left -.

"Jeems. your levity is out Of O...
This is serious business" "'e
1T will be more so when unc,o .
gets after you" Saa
"Jeems. do you ever turn to tho a..
cial pages Of the Sunday papero, )" S''A
Always the first thing, M.
where our swlndlers get their Do,' us.'
ers." ''ue
"Sure. You may see as many 40 ;.
silver mine frauds any Sunday nv. sa
are to catch the unwary, They =
catch 'em. The alluring advor,,'
ments bring desolation. despar a,,
suicide to many home. II is s,rau
awful. Jeems-awfulg
"while your oil well is q
right end up, what are the divides.
to stockholdersT
They will be 35 per cent"
"And what is the stock selling fo,y
"Only IA per cent. i am lett,n,
small share of the public in on n.
ground foor."
"Noble mani You want my helm
take it?"
They Are Partners.
Mr.. Saunders gazed at the opnos,,.
wall for q moment and said:
"Jeems, want the aid of an NJ,
right, honest young man. He must ho
a good talker. He must have A takipa
way with him. Instead of advertSlns
l go from town to town and max.
some personal explanations. | wan,
some one to divide the territory with
me, and l offer you the place."
do you always start in by ATTENDING
a prayer meetingf"
''It is a good rule. 1t determine,
your standing at once, you see."
"And what do get out of it?"
"One-half of what you SELL"
"That fits me, and If we don't tsks
the last red cent this town has got yo,
can call me names"
IL like your ambition and entbus.
asm. but you must keep levity in the
background. You will talk with min.
listers. You will say that besides TAX
ing them In on the ground floor make
the heathen cash present of $1,000
a month. Also, the same donation to
the fund for aged ministers"
81 took you for that kind of a man. !"
said.
"You will talk with widows. You
will tell them that an investment Of
S1OO now will bring them a fortune
later on. You will talk with elders and
deacons and hint at church spires ant
church golden opportunity as was ney
er held out before
"You mean oily opportunity" su,
gested.
Jeems Gets the Coin.
He smiled family and went on
Try it for thirty days and see hoy
you like 1t. We ought to be able
work three towns in that time. By an
by there is small class you must
no means overlook-the old maid
They have money laid away. The
dote on speculation. They want moi
cash that they may marry rich. Yc
are young and fair to view. A lit
soft solder, Jeems. will bring out cas-
Don't promise marriage; promise b
dividends instead. 1t is better that {
old maid should lose her cash than b
| heart"
We got to work next morning 7
| first man I interviewed was the min
| ter to whom l had been introduced I
night before. He had been stung thr
times In Wall street, and he had ia
silver stock in the house, but when
told him of the fountain of oil a
what was to be done for the heath
and his class he came up to the ma
like a little man and borrowed h1
bones to hand me
1t was so with the deacons and e
ers. so with the business men, so W
the spinsters. | wove romance for
latter and wove out the cash, The
lage blacksmith was about the o.
person who doubted my word. He b
just got back from Texas, and he sw'
that my story was false and that l v
fraud. He was gently chided by S
eral citizens for not knowing a g.
thing when he saw it, but he was OBJ
nate about it and threw me forth
of his shop.
I When we had worked three toy
and laid in much wealth l asked
Saunders for my share of the loot.
put me off for day, but l watc
and saw him go to the bank. At
O'Clock at night arose and wake
mile out of town. At midnight
came along. with his suit case In
| hand. and ! held him up for bis
dollar Truly the ways Of men
strange ways. l had struck oil W
out leaving the state Keep your e
| peeled is the best policy. Mr.. Sauna
now works alone.