Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-24
A Point Gained
From an lmpostor
By DWIGHT NORWOOD

taste is refined. entered the lecture
and far more productive
After having lecturcd In the prtnci-
pal cities OF the United States during
several successive seasons | turned my
attention to foreign lands One OF my
books was OF the popular kind and
was published all over the world, he
ing translated into five different Ian,
guagcS. This gave me good audiences
wherever went, and my profits We're
corrcspoudingly large.
Having made engagements to lee
ture i'll Australia. | took n steamer for
Melbourne, but. owing to n break In
the machinery OF the vessel that bore
me, did not arrive there till the day
after the date announced for my Ice
ture, On driving to my hotel | saw
my name posted on the streets With
the date OF the lecture which had
passed wondered what had boon
done about the matter.
On reaching my hotel the gentleman.
ly clerk swung the register around FOR
ahN w NiAtNA ihN HiiN NANNN
Ambrose remherton In large. round let
terS with flourish under the words.
rs was my habit When the clerk
wheeled the register back and read
what | had written he looked up Mt
me with surprised expression on his
face, | returned his gaze inuuiringly,
but he did not enlightcn me rs to the
/ - En hA,
/ he handed him key and told him to
show me to my room,
| When | came down to dinner took
up an evening newspaper. and what
was my astoniShment to read report
OF lecture | had delivered the night
before Not only had lccturcd, hut
had made profound Impression on
the audience.
1t was evident that some one had
been pcrsonating me, Either those
/ whom | had instructed to make the
necessary preparations for mel had
no regular manager Mt this tlmc-had
I hired man to give the lecture or some
| person had taken advantage of my
name and. having nll things ut hand
for the purpose, had pcrsonntcd me
/ Having eaten dinner hastily went ont
into the general rotunda for guests
and others wherein the Office was sit
uatcd intending to make inquiries ms to
the person who had lectured In my
name On the way passed three men.
one OF whom was introducing the other
two:
MIR Williams. this Is Mr. rember-
ton. who won us all by his lecture last
night
| sank into an easy chair near by
and. pretending to read the newspaper
| had in my hand. listened.
II was one OF your audience. Nit
pemberton." said Mr.. Williams. "and
have To thank you for n very agreeable
evening Some years ago ! heard n
man OF your name lecture In Hong
kong Is he n relative of yoursi"
THAT fellow is nm impostor He goes
about In places where | am known by
reputation. but not In person and, tax.
ing advantage of the reputation. draws
an audience and pockets the proceeds ="
That's n singular way OF swindling
! never heard of such thing before.
| should think he would be an injury
to you. His lecture was Ii very dun
affair. | assure you''
Interesting ms was this dialogue to
me, confess my amour propre was Mt
this point somewhat RULED con
trolled myself, however. and continued
10 keep nv ears ODcn
las | remember the fellows lecture.
It was as dry as the sands OF the des.
ert Yours. on the contrary. was as
fresh AS meadow In springtime"
II never 20 into those details that
are Interesting only 10 bookworms."
replied mir pemberton
This latter remark decided me as to
whether or not should expose this real
impostor ! determined to use the nd
vice he had given me and pay no atten-
ton to him. In fact. | was indebted
10 him for an excellent point The dIa
logue had Informed me Of whit | re
quired. had been close student of
the subjects upon which lectured. but
/ uHd iebtu lDO tIoStlg upDIi lue DVDS
OF my discourse. the Information con
veyed. paying no attention to those
artful accessories upon which the sue
cessfn orator relies to catch and hold
the attention of an audience of aver.
age intelligence Following "Mr. PEN.
berton," accosted him:
'Beg pardon. SIR. believe you are
Mr.. Pemberton. the lecturer. May |
ask when and where you will lecture
again. am DESTROYS OF hearing you"
Next week at sydney"
II am going to Sydney shall hear
you"
The man looked at me suspiciously
but passed on without saying any
thing more was advertised to lee.
ture nj Sydney the next week and re-
solved 10 go there incognto did SC
and attended the mans lecture. for
he played the same game ms at Mel