The Washington herald., 1914-11-29
THE GRAND PROMOTER
When the Shoemaker Called with His Bill

II was the German shoemaker with hi
| bill for the repair Of Haj. Crofoot'i
| shoes-the bill ne had failed to collec
when bringing home the sho six We k.
| before.
"Ah! Come income right in"' cheerilI
/ called the Grand Promoter as he saw VIII,
IL was. you are the IN er aktr. YoS
| have come agout that little matter? foI
probably have a bill"
Here he vhas." replied the caller a.
he timIdly handed out a piec Of paper.
.Exactiy-I see. Bill for $50 for re.
pairing my shoes / thank you. SIR. I
makes me proud and glad to have bills
| come in There are days when ! sit dovr
and look over my col ection Of bills and
say to myself, ''B hold the confidence o;
the public in your integrity! I accep:
this bill in the spirit intended. file II
away. forget that am your debtor"
But how vhas my mone1?" asked the
shoemaker.
And now. then. we will 90 into busi-
ness matters" replied the major. Iii
you had 100000 in cash you could cor
ner the calfskin market, couldn't yoT
That is with me. back OF you TO direct
and suggest you could control the price
OF every skin in America for the next
two years. OF course you could-of
c-o-u-r-s-e. We could buy calfskIn at tn
market price until W. got a dead-suTe e
corner and Sthen jump figures 90 per cent.
There'd be a great bowl in the papers. ln
BE- sure, but We wouldn't mind IL The
public must eith:r buy our calfskin or go
barefocted YEN give me your hand
Let me congratulate you!''
Don't you paid dot bill?'
mo man who proves his confidence in
the financial integrity OF Maj. Crofoot
goes unrewarded- have owed you a
dollar and a half for long and weary
weeks, and yet you have never asked
for It, and probably never would Such
confidence is brave, and should be
fitly rewarded. Shoemaker, consider your
self a CroesuS-a Rothchild-a Monte
Cristo. Let Us shake hands again"
Il don't find out how / vhas." said
the shoemaker in a perplexed way as
he extended his hand.
My dear NANNY dear creditor in
the sum of a dollar and a half" re-
piled the major as he patted him on
the shoulder in a fatherIy way. you
read the papers. OF course. You must
read 'em. You have read OF the HawIy-
Wiener discovery in the Chicago Clinical
School-a discovery which has set the
whole world agog. I was one OF the
first to read it was one OF the first
TO appreciate the tremendous financial
possibilities OF the new departure. While
medical science was standing around
with its mouth open and our millionaire
capitalists waiting to see what would
happen. Mai. Crofoot was keeping the
telegraph wire red-hot and drawing his
checks to close a deal Congratulate me.
sir-congTatulate me"'
But how vhas my dollar und a half?"
persisted the shoemaker.
'As to the great discovery. you must
have read all about II. and you stand
amazed. YoL take the lympathic fluid
OF young goats and hypodermically in
ject 1t into your arm or leg. The fiuid
acts at once in the life-cells Of the blood
and restores your youth. Drives out the
phosphates, carbonates and soda, and
three months after the first injection
a crippled old man of seventy is around
playing leap-frog with the boys. I've
got list of nifty men who were so old
and feeble that they couldn't step over
cat on the floor before being treated.
but who arc now shouldering barrels of
vinegar and jumping over six-rail fences.
/ tell you. man"
''lf I don't get my money how pay
my rent und buy Ieather?'
Il tell you. man." continued the major
as he nodded his head and extended his
finger to give force to his words. we
have struck the biggest thing of the
the world has ever known! Think Of II!
Man han scarcely made his appearance
on earth Uhen the goat followed Man
grew old and died. and so did the goat,
but there was no occasion for man to
die. The goat was sent to save him. but
1t took him millions of years to find it
out. In all these countless years poets,
statesmen, generals, philosophers, kings,
queens and other great and honored peo-
pie have been dying when they might
have lived on Rad they known what we
know to-day. It's enough to make the
hair stand up to think Of 1t. It's stu
pendous."
But 1 vhas come fur my money. und
you dom pay him. said the shoemaker
as he gestured with both hands.
"And what did Maj. Crofoot do?'
calmly queried the promoter He saw
the golden opportunity like a flash. He