Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-21

lifted TO the top OF his desk the largest
waste paper basket whioh Louis Trapp had
ever seen. WAllingford unlocked the upper
and dropped In II the ten dollar bill. He
opened the opposite drawer and drew forth
row. which he numbered and stamped with
the date, after which he wrote on IL Jack
Aoadleys name and address. and the amount
What Is itT' asked Louis Trapp, blinking
at ths big waste basket with his small eyes.
clasptnR the back OF one hand with the palm
Of the other. and pressing both against his
%6h. = little side iins." responded waiiinE-
cant space in, the third door front. / think
TSspp Screwed n sPsfi his lsds girls
What kind OF business is thisf" he insist
wheat Investment" replied wailinEfOrd
The afternoon post brought three letters
20 ssk shem opened. All three contained
money! The next two days brought an ad-
Friday score. saturday nearly n{ty.
once o %sS rSEP % sNeE t.ss .ss
lunch on saturday. I'VE want to pay S' on four our
investors.' and opening the locked drawer.
he ..ss Sssan SHmpipS money money on nth the desk :.
he imE edlatsly locked the door from the in
side. He climbed on high stool as Blackie
BEGAN to sort the money and peered with all
"a thousand and twenty dollars. Jim." re-
sssSs eo%pisS:ntis. Not SO GS'S bad Tor niue the
decided % ana t"Sina Sr the eIs two Uc
ten-dollar bills, he dropped them back into
the drawer. which he closed and locked; He
ls ours" he said, handing one Of the piles to
BlAekie; and that careless gentleman dropped
the two hundred and nifty dVsiars into his up
"ThIs win pay on the nrst twenty-five in
vestors." and WallinEford drew two OF the
piles toward him, swapping q rubber band
around the remaining one and showing IL To
Sns 'sS rae SaSSS ous hs
Gentlemans eyes had expanded until the color
was visible. They were mottled canary.
requested waiiinEford. Fold two tsn-doi-
lar bills in these circular letters 80 they will
the bottom drawers Of his desk. he passed Mr.
Trap q sheAf OF circular letters. on which
Louis Trapp sat numbly gazing At the
money for few minutes. and then, as a pre-.
the circular letter. Il was Is follows: ~
Dear Sir; We take pleasure In disehargiEg
from from our oookS SSSr inVestSmssnt Ss.s 0f ehsrs nas
-tloe0." was stampsdl made with US on (hers
another blank In which date was stamped)
this amount was only 70 be held by us until
its proits should accrue 20 one hundred pei
have been successful and with the usual en-
Dedieney and We herswssh return your , Sris rs
accrued pronts of-slo. 00-mAking . sun
total of-t2Oeo-. Soliciting your furthei
patronage. and that OF your friends IN an,
amounts frors ten up 70 one thousand dol
lars. We remain. Yours eonndentiaily.
. '-rrapp Marketing Company"
Mr.. TrapD Jumped down from his stool. ant
deposited his bundle OF money on the desl
between wallinEford and Blaekie.
This ts q skin gamer he exclaimed. I'll
have nothing 20 do with itr Wallingfordi
sisiitS, G Sa and siasiis Da~ laughed in Keen en- N
ioyment
low hastyi" ehided Biaelkie. why. 20,
don't know anything about II, Trapp"
7 know this much" and Mr.. Trapp's stub
By hands strayed from his trousers pockets q
his coat pockets. 70 his vest pockets. and q
the armholes OF his vest. where they hung b.
the thumba you haven't invested q cent
you let the money lay IN that drawer Al