El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-24
He Meets an Old Friend and Finds
Work and Cause for Wonder
By MAX

made ne the miserable trifler with
! love that 1 have since become
! Not n Success.
The tea party was not a success !
left at $50. Sally managed to Whls-
] per, DO come tomorrow But / shall
not go
I shau not become the pawn OF wom-
en- because Josephine OssoOd tortured
me into a cynical waster ten years
She had lived abroad for nine years.
I wonder If she is married. Nothing
was said Of her husband Josephine
has a sweet girlish look OF wonder IN
her eyes But that could never de-
ceive me again 7 know the worldliness
Of women Jessie Boyce would have
married me for my money, I feel sure
But even when I had the millions al
my command. Josephine could not
counterfeit love for me. Why am
thinking Of her now2
Tomorrow morning, Friend Diary, ]
shall 90 down among men and look
for work.
The Day after.
This IS indeed a blue Monday" ]
an about ready to 60 Join the other
incompetents in the park have no
work yet
To the credit OF my friends be It said
that they. one and all approached
either me or the lawyer Of the now
defunct Y. & Co. with offers Of posi-
tons. But since none OF them could
offer me enough millions 10 put the
old firm on its feet or could hope 10
restore the lost credit Of my grand
fathers bond house ] instructed Guy
No well to say that Mr. MaXs plans
were as vet quite indefinite
Then, Diary. I put on my plainest
blue serge suit and a cravat that had
and marched up 10 a part OF the city
where I am not known, TO hunt the
elusive thing known as a lob"
Strange how incompetent a grown
man can be. Diary, I can mix cock
tail, run a car, SAT- a boat and tool
a coach. There seems to be very little
demand for my brand Of incompetence
in the market place I suppose I could
become a barkeeper or follow the lead
Of all the fiction heroines and act as a
fair lady's chauffeur But Manette's
uncle must do nothing TO shame her
I have no training that fits me TO
become a wage Garner. All I am ca
pable Of being is the nominal head OF
a business that must utterly fail If II
depends for success upon my incompe-
tence-
. I cannot be a bookkeepeT or sales
man, or even a masucline' stenogra-
pher.
A Plan.
There IS the little fortune that I
have invested for Manette against the
day six years from now when she is
21- II I were to take that as capital
and borrow a bit more and start a new
bond house Of Y & Co.
Diary, if sitting on a bench in the sun
and watching the other down and out
ers" go by, has made me such a cad
you Of touching that little heritage
sacred to Manette, IL is high time that
I found work-to make man Of the
man who has now only a pale shadow
Of the millions he once possessed
4 Day later.
I am on the trail Of some work that
may honOrably do. I gave had a
Sidney barrow, and who says he is just
starting a small bond house. that he is
a Westerner who has lived but one year
in New York and that he thinks an
alliance might be TO our mutual advan-
tage.
1 shall talk the thing over with Guy
NOrWeu tomorrow. Perhaps my old
New York name and actual knowledge
Of the people will make me a useful
man in the bond house Of a hustling
westerner who needs my particular
brand Of polish to aid and abet his
push and punch"
Guy Norweu favors the idea OF my
borrowing about hundred thousand
and becoming a partner in the firm OF
Sidney DarrOW & Company. OF course,
I could take ManeUte's little fortune
and increase 1t materially-instsad Of
a girl with an income, she might some
day be a real heires.
Friend Diary. it is s o'clock OF a
glorious spring morning 1 have just
come in from a visit TO the park that
began at sunrise. This morning I did
not feel at one with the incomrctents
who were browsing on thu benches
after q night spent-heavea knows
where
: s.--nt out doors to thresh cut nv
problem. It is decided-an6 since IN
a few hours 7 will be IN g crowded
CITY office that shrieks-"Wealtni Get
wealth r'-instead Of the clean air OF
the park where the birds chirp-"Manl
Be a manr' 7 viii put myself on record
On your pages, Friend Diary.
I shall not touch Manette's little
heritage; neither Guy NOrWeu, nor the
DarrOW shall move me from
that position I shall not borrow one
cent until have proved my ability to
earn money.
Midnight-Well, I an not a partner
IN Sidney DarrOw & Co., Friend Diary. |
Instead I am a bond salesman in their !
employ at a salary Of $40 a week and |
i've percent OF my sales. I have the /
blessed privilege Of becoming a worker ]
n all reverence say, Thank God for /
hatP
Ny new employer seems to be a de-
cent enough sort He is smiling and /
pleasant, although neither on Friday |
nor today have made a
Jingle sale That forty a week does
lot look quite so princely II ] am not
o buttress it up a bit with a few IS
,ercentsI'
Promising Words.
This morning Darrow called me into