The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-01

no difference how old vhas If vhas
an orphan. Don't you know mans
can shed tears und feel sad II his
fad1er und mudder vhas dead? Cob
bier, you like to leaf me out on dot
deal. but I Will make it hot for
your
| Und he takes me by der neck und
leads me outdoors und slams me
around till I can't stand oop no more,
und when he finally goes AWAY he
shakes his club behind me und says:
If you vhant some more you shust
open anodder orphan asylum und
leaf dis orphan on der outside!"
Und two days later q stranger
drops in und looks all around und
says:
"vhen. cobbler. see how she vhas
init you. You don't hat some pess-
ness because you vhas no peesness
man. Maybe it vhas all right for
Shermany, but when you vhas in
America you must do deterrent II
you vhas some cotblers NIT springs
under your heels you vhas overrun
NIT work."
How would you do?" I says.
Il would do one tousand things.
Your name vhas Hans Kleinfeldt.
Dot vhas a good name, but nobody
| cares about it. You may be Hans
| Kleinfeldt fordy times oafer, und
What yhas dot to der pooblic? Not
| tings at all. My name is Skinem-
l. Skinem. If sign of Skinem &
kleinfeldt vhas put oop oafer dis
shop. don't you see der deeference
1t vhas no longer one Dutchman in
peesness for himself, but a reliable
firm dot shall pay cash down und do
some hustling."
don't see how it vhas." says
It vhas shust dis vhay. SAYS he. 1--WE
shall be partners I vhas in coai und real
estate und insurance, und eaferybody
senS ali me INV so in NIT you
ger leather men knows me, und I half
| pulls init firemen und police. Why, man
aHIe II snail be der making of you. In
four weeks you can put oilcloth on der
floor und a parrot in der window und in
three months it takes two banks to hold
our money. ! send in der orders ind you
do der cobbling. I keep der books und
nan nandls der cash; und you make repairs;
don't know eh Il dot d peasee ou me bnt
talk NIT my wife. und she says 1t vhas
peesness: / goes by dot leet1e tailor und
und says:
Hans. what you need is experience
und a partnership Will git him to you: u
init Mr.. skinem. und next day he paints
our sign und hangs it opp. belief dol
ne f DER sock d he S SaS but
sticks. Instead Of his paying me any
|
begin to hustle on. In two weeks re
comes ~ me NIT a long face und says:
| Hans, in two weeks we take in $18
| As your partner vhas to draw SO pei
| week. You vhas to draw der same but
| ash we don't hat enough to pay me, how
can you get some?'
DO work two weeks for nottings?'
| I says.
You dc. You see how 1t vhas We hal
assets. but we can't realize on 'em. W.
owe debts and cannot pay. When il
v;as so. we hat to fail. Dot firm o
Skinem & Kleinfeldt vhas no longer II
peesness. We vhas failures und shall TAXI
down der sign"
But how vhas my wages?'' says.
You vhas partner und don't hat som,
l wages coming to your
But I lends you some moneys.
Yes, but dot goes init our assets do
we can't realize 1t vhas all right
Hans-an right. Owing to der stringenc!
of der money market. coupled init de
fact of falling leather market. der firm
of Skinem & Kleinfeldt goes broke
When goes home my wife faint
AWAY. I goes by dot. leetie tailor to asI
him how It vhas, und he laughs in m.
face ind says:
80 der firm of skinem & Kleinfeld
vhas failures. eh? Well. Hans. dot vha
all right. You hat der experience, UNI
Skinem hat der cash, und maybe yo1
don't hat to sandpaper your head som
Irore!"-(Copyright, 1918. by the McCiur
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