Pocahontas star herald., 1914-02-20
wRA Phs,.s.pA. Iron ss.us. n II. PI.y
fconiinusd from lat Sssk J

well. what have you done with all
your money!"
Put II back into circulation where
Il came from,t broadway answered
slghlng.
You mean Wall streetY"
NO: Broadway"
Investments gone wrong9"
II never Invested any money. The
only thing I ever did was to spend H."
But you couldn't spend all tho
money you hsdl"
1T was easy. Everyone seemed
glad TO take t.
But ] supposed you had an enor-
nous income"
well that's what they all thought
and stlll think That's why I've been
fble to go along and run head over
heels In debt owe tailor bills. boot
bills. jewolry bills. flower bills. res
taurant bills. I've got stack OF bills
in that room there that would make
Rockefeiicr complain OF the high cost
Of living. and I can't pay them be-
cause I'm broke. Fiat brokel
It's hard TO believe, isn't III"
why, you always led me to believe
that you we're n millionalre7"
mot exactly that. But did not
deny the stories that. somehow. got 10
going round. Maybe lied little At
that. would be worth a million by
now II I'd had any business ability.
with the bank roll I had to start with"
when came here TO New York
and started TO burn up Broadway. five
years or so ago. was worth two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. There
was cash. real estate and my small in
terest in the chewing gum factory.
First thing | did was spend the cash.
then I sold the real estate. then
sold my interest In the factory.
Il had no use for anything but cash.
MY Uncle Abner bought me out
and cheated ne He paid me Just a
hundred thousand. a measly hundred
thousand. for my share Of the prop
erty out OF which he's since then made
a dozen fortunes. hear the gum
trust offered him a million dollars for
the plant and the good win last year.
Jones Pepslnl"
Yes; Jones' Pepsin. made in
JonssvIlle. It's the Oldest gum on the
market Ever chew III"
No"
Don't. It's awful. It's terrible
stun"
"well. 60 on. What happened
them"
81 could scarcely walt to get hold OF
that money and get out OF that town
] wanted New York; nothing but New
York. / had heard about New York;
had read about New York; I'd been
down here as kid on visits. ! talked
New York. dreamed New York. Why
from the time was kid. In knicker'
bockers. TO the time left Jonesville
everybody called me Broadway.
That's where II began"
Il thought II started here"
mol when ! was a kid In Jones
VILE. That was my name-'Broadway
Just because wore patent-leather
shoes and put on clean collar. now
! and then. That's the kind OF a town II
is.
I've lived up to the name. | guess
I know every newsboy. policeman. nc
tor, chorus girl. wine agent, gambler
and bartender on the street. I've been
to bed just one night in five years be
fore six o'clock in the morning ano
that was when | Ind toothache anc
my face was swollen. It was not the
pain that kept me in; 1t was the looks
OF the puffed face"
He drew his breath in slowly, almost
wonderingly. "Oh, what | haven't done
TO Broadway" he continued. We'll
you've seen me. You've been with me
You know"
Wallace nodded. II always thought
you we're pretty speedy, but thought
you could afford It. The trouble witt
you is you've been too liberal"
'Liberall Why, when | go into
restaurant the walters come to blows
TO see who'll get me. In barber shops
as | approach you'd think some one
had Just yelled 'Firer the way the bar
bers dash far the chairs. oh, I've beer
the bright-eyed baby boy around thii
town, all right. It's cost me a fortune
--all had"
His voice trailed into silence; Wal
lace sat looking at him dumb.
"But I've had a wonderful time!
said Broadway finally,
How long have you been broker
About six months. My credits car
ried me on. When | first went broke
/ made up my mind wouldn't run II
debt, no matter what happened. | pul
on an old suit Of clothes that morning
and started out looking for a job"
'what kind OF job?"
"Any kind Of a Job. Messenger Doy
elevator ooy-I didn't care! promlseo
myself I'd earn my living without peg
ging, borrowing or stealing"
He told Wallace OF his stealtn'
search for the elusive job which wai
to have paid up his debts and starte1
him again, this time as a miilionaiI'
in process OF construction Of new mil
lions.
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