The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-07
"A TEMPERED WIND"
BY O. HENRY


Company" you
eostumed like the lilies of with his high silk
hat hand Nobody outside
reach for his hat.
might president general Mr.. G.
Abury with his priceless polished poll busy the main office
debating who and
dou. less than a investors
There bookkeeper and assistant general atmosphere
another desk the eve is relieved by the sight of an ordinary man.
with INSCRIPTIONS pnness eating apples
obnoxious hat other than
once Parleyvoo Pccns president
company:
NO recherche for me" Aerbury when
do pajamas French military Cast for the
exhibition
use N natural, though displeasng FORM do So"
Dress up Aebury 81 should not! Just
you're worth the business whole mfl of the things they
crysanhnms You're play the the solid but dis
hd capitalist from the Far West You despc the You've
ro ft m the desk and t t a [Is Wbs Hn"e ~bd ," II; eat
Of
Ias economical and rich and rugged as can"
capitalist ruching Feelings
my credit drawer when customers in made Hety Green
pendhft could hear Atebury victims he
smiled ndulgen and venerang That's president Colonel
pekns fortune in Western investments delightfully."- plain manners
but could his check hall a million simple child
wonderful head and careful almost fault
buy managed the business Me and Buck understood
al" OF IT. though ne explained to us IN u 1T seems the company was
kind of cooperative and everybody that bought controlling
what ne PRIMER g na .b %t 'ne f Rupa of oona
month"; payable on the las day
When okoIder had paid much as oo the issued
him Gold Bond and he became bondoder asked Aterbury
day these Gold Bonds
the and privileges enjoyed by the sucker
stock Abury picked of them Gold Bonds all
bowkno and he looked like his feelings hurt
Ny dear Colonel Pckns"
thousand homes made happy by OF these beautiful
one OF these Gold Bonds hangs by pink cord the whatnot
ehewed by the baby earong guy Hor Ah
watching you The moisture
you apple juice You can't human cider
press andan too"
they was SIMPLE The investors in stock paid in their money
to
mind
Street. see the Coconda
Company making money money
and back of it's plain
legitimate profit of less fish bite
bury wanted be president Buck wik
good brain work when propose take at the door,
Think hereby myself
by accanaon brain
furnished the capital and we'll handle the unearned
incrcmatcs"
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have alias By
ought clean 100000 And then belt and lower berth
ads Country Washington
dl, of course" when ready make
Man Atterbury. advertising would
factory
we're right here New York and Brooklyn the Harlem
They're tho people that the tenders and the An
We die column,
on radum and girl doing health exercises
the begins roll in Buck didn't have pretend
be busy his desk piled high with money orders and checks and
and
Most of the small and SIS $50
while
the of the West
Feelings floor the mahogany garbage
Attebury
troubled Buck cashed
safe deposit vault block Buck thought much
such We paid the regular stock
We
all high
out of training.
One morning Buck aunteed into the Office fat and flip
fellow,
and We found Atebury looking like
he'd been caught a mile from n a shower.
that he asked
We said didn't
Il don't either Atbuy off his head "but I'll bet
enough Gold Bonds he's
what did he WANT" asks Buck.
"lnomaion "Said thinking
EN- hit place the business know he's You
can't fool You about half shabby like gmle
smoking plug with danduf than
P Morgan and Shakespeare together-f amt