The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-20
THE GRAND PROMOTER.
He Forms a Goat Breeding Company
but Doesn't Pay His Debts.

Other men who have offices in the
| building where Major Crofoot beats
| the landlord out of his rent come
| down in the morning, to boldly walk
| in and upstairs.
| Not so with the major, however. He
| can't be fooled that way. He comes
along, to pass the building, while look
ing the other way.
He goes down a, block and crosses
| the street. g1-
Then he comes back block and
slkulks in a doorway for 10 minutes,
while he watches for creditors.
By and by if the coast is clear, he
makes run across the street and up
! stairs, and dives into his Office and
locks the door behind him. 1t was a
bad morning for him the other morn
ing. He had decided that the coast
was clear, and had reached the head
of the stairs when he got a surprise
The cobbler to whom he had been ow-
ing 50 for two or three years was not
only waiting at the door, but his state
of mind was such that he saluted the
major With:
by golly, hut 1 pellet you vhas run
AWAY und don't neffer come back no
morei 1 come by dis office more ash
feefty times, but 1 don't find you und
eaferybody says you vhas rascal und
dor't pay your debts.F I don't know
how she vhas dot find you dis time"
Can this be my dear old friend
Wasserman % exclaimed the major, in
reply, as ne eXCenQeQ MS mana. 6OOu
lands, but where have you been for
the last year,"
"Haf been hunting for you," was
tho brief reply. "You owe me 81,
und 1 hat run my legs off to get dot
money. If you vhaS in your office
when I Knocked on der door, you don't
open him. If you see me on der street,
you run AWAY. 1 wait for you here
dis morning, und we shall settle up or
hat some fights!"
GTr;e fCO Nv MY
Wasserman, don't get excited. Come
right into my office and We'll talk it
over. I've had a check lying in my
desk for the last six months for you.
as you are one of my old friends"
"I don't want some talks nit you!
said the cobbler, as he refused chair.
"I'I take my 50 und go right AWAY.
When I find a man who vhas some
dead beats I don't do some more biz
ness nit YOU
Don't you call me that, my friend.
1t pains me to hear such expressions
from YOU
But you pay me or I make row.
81 hope and trust you won't" gem
tIy replied the promoter, as he backed
up to the rusty coal stove to get cotd-
I'm the old days, when l was hard up
and had few friends, you did some
work for me and did not demand the
ready cash. In fact. you trusted IN
my honor, and reposed confidence in
my financial integrity. 1t was one OF
the things I love to remember.
You said you would pay me in two
days" persisted the cobbler, as ms
bristles continued to stand up.
eff I did, the fact has slipped my
mind. 1t is only a trifling detail, how
ever Mr.. Wasserman. 1 suppose you
have heard of the great changes IN
my financial condition? You have not
congratulated me, but you will as soon
as your excitement has passed.
81 told you 1 don't want some talk
replied the cobbler. as he began to
doubt himself. IF you vhas rich
man now you can pay your old debts.
',ris true, my old friend; tits true.
I can pay 81 900 for every cent owe,
and the feeling is a placid one You
come here to collect the old account
of s2?'
''Und 1 vhant it right AWAY, queek!
If you don't pay me, look oudt.
Vhas a bad man if / vhas cheated One
time Teller beat me oudt of 10 cents,
und 1 almost kill him."
ITO collect an old account of So"
unused the major, land you have no
suspicion of the good luck waiting
or faint when L inform you of the fact
that you have been appointed treas
urer of the Universal Goat-Raising
company which has been incorpor-
ated, with a capital of $1,000, 600. The
appointment was made last evening,
and I was delegated to inform you
that your salary would be $4,000 per
year. Let us congratulate each other,
Mr.. Wasserman. I am the president
of the corporation. of course, and you
being the treasurer, We will run things