Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18

Thanks. Rankin. Yes: I'm going to
my. study. Don't lot me be disturbed" :
"Ill not. sir" sj. T. KS isi
When no left that study" he avoid
cd Rankin. His fingers were ink
stained from calculations. his hair was
quite disheveled, his eyes were wide
and rolling. He could see no hope
ahead.
He wrote q letter to. his ,uncls sx-
planning that investments had gone
wrong and that he needed q small loan
Of nifty thousand dollars for three
months. He was sure that II he got
this he would be enabled to fnd some
way out. BY return Of mall he had
an answer in an envelope which
strangely bulEed. He opened It with
trembling fingers and q package Of
Jones' Pepsin Gum fell out. Z, d.
Chew this and forget it, said the
cheerful note which Uncle 5Abner. had
wrapped round 1t. II said further:
I'm going to Europe for flve years.
Don't bother me again. You've made
you bed. now lie on it."
That was the last straw. Without
the least idea Of what no wished to
do, the frantic Broadway started out
to md some work by which. At least.
he could earn honestly his board and
keep.
Wall street offered nothing. for when
he went down to see his friends there
his courage failed entirely and instead
of asking them to ind . place for him
he bought them. one by one. expensive
iunchsons. 4 I.
He went to neighboring cities, hop
Ing there to ind some means Of get.
ting food to eat without getting 1t on
credit, and there he had some strange
experiences which lasted several days.
But, while he Just escaped the uniform
Of the Salvation Army, he did not md
work and wandered back to Broadway,
the apartment and more debt.
II He had no profession. knew NO
trade. Half crazed with the obsession
that he must no longer run In debt,
he decided to sell out the mar, dis
charge the servants aud do mental
labor. Running through the list Of
his abilities he decided, with frank
self-contempt. that about the best
which he could do was help In hotel
- bellboy. He knew too little about
mathematics to keep books; he never
would succeed 40 desk.clerk. But no
could not bring himself to try to ret
. job OF that sortit would too often
bring him Into contact with the folk
he knew. hi 81 X. Il.
One afternoon, while wandering In
an Aimless funk upon . side street, he
saw . card in front ,of An apartment
house announcing that an elevator boy
was wanted. He rushed in with alac-
rity and determination--and Ut the
very threshold met Mrs Gerard, who
had been calling on friend there. In
stead Of asking for the Job hs took
a drive with her. Il q, -,$5s
It was while this drive progressed
that the sordid. vicious temptsr dsfl-
nitely seized him In his tolls. The an
cient but vivacious dame WAS very
afable-most agreeable indeed. She
Was not motherly: she was f1rtatious.
And she accompanied her coquetry BY
. shrewd exposition Of the magnitude
Of her Internationally enormous
wealth. II staggered him. sSAli
II he had mot at the moment had q
simple little Josie Richards letter in
his pocket he might have been swept
under. A thousand times he had dis
covered the necessity Of assuring him
self, as he travelled up and down
Broadway. that he did not care for
YnajA RicharAa 9ha wna MT thn anr<