The Washington herald., 1915-02-28
THE GREAT PROMOTER
He Pays a Debt in the Usual Way

There was a man walking up and
down the corridor on the floor on which
the grand promoter had his Office.
Back and forth-to and fro.
Three times-fivc times-t"n times.
There was anxiety and desperation
in his attitude.
A man does not jump of the Brook
lyn Bridge until he has given the mat
ter little thought.
He does not beard the tiger in his
lair without making figures on his
chances.
At last the walker resolved. He was
the chiropodist OF room No. s. and cut
ting out corns had not made coward
of him. He walked boldly to Maj
Crofoots door and opened it. He had
no gun on him, but he knew that his
cause was just.
Come in. Mr.; Sykes.-come in call
voice. Come right in. BY George. but
what coincidcnce-what coinci-
dence: Not a minute ago ] sat down
to write you a note asking you to step
a thing as mental telepathy!'
You have owed me 81 for the last
four months" stiffiy replied the chiropo-
dist as he lugged out a bill
Just so-eXactly-just So smiled
the major as he rubbed his hands to-
gether. Yes. sir. about four months
right foot. The circumstance is perfect
ly fresh i'm my memory
And you said you'd pay me next
day" j., u,
and / humbly apologize that il slipped
my mind. My dear man. permit me to
pay you s2-s3-Si-S5. l have a check
here for $50 You may hand me S245
balance, and | shall be perfectly satiS-
Il haven't got no SEAS" replied the
man. and | only want what il due
me. I'll go to the bank with you"
Don't! Don't do it. I'd never for
give myself for putting you to that
trouble. Yes: ! was about to write you
note. 1t was surely a curious thing
your coming down as you did. Doc
tor. do you know where | stood finan-
cially four months ago."
Mighty hard up. l guess" was the
You've hit it, Yes. sir. was so
hard up that | didn't own the shoes
to my feet. 1t was the hardest kind
of work for me to raise a dollar. The
called me deadbeat. but there Were
a few exceptions. You Were one. In
my darkest hour you had confidence in
me. When ] wanted words of encour-
agement you spoke them.
You told me not to despair.
You said that the darkest hour was
the first before the dawn;
You said that you had been hard
up yourself time and again. but that
Dame Fortune always came to your
aid.
1Ou SdIu lndl was an HldH
and as such ! was bound to succeed"
Il never said any such thing" re-
piled MIR. Sykes. Il was suspicious of
you from the start
gave me new hope. said the major
melted me to renewed efforts and
new ambitions. But for you | might be
a paupcr today.
''Cui out all this and nay the bill"
Yes, the biIl-thc bill Mr.. Sykes.
do you remember the day came to
you TO get quarter To buy poison with
and end il all"
You never did,
- told you that I had nothing to
live for. and you patted me on the back
and thrust $50 bill into my hand.
Never, Never
1t was the turning of the tide. or
sanized my first syndicate with that,
and in year was worth thirty thou
Il don't believe you ever had more
than so cents to your name" eXclaim-
ed the chiropodist: Have l got to sue
You for this BILL
MIR Sykes. the time has come when
l can reward you thousand-fold.'
That's all CUFF
Il have just organized In" great
American Veal Tablet Company-cap-
ital $4,000 200. The stock will 20 to 200
sbovc par. dividend will be 50 per cent
the first year. Greatest thing ever
known in the history of the world. viii
YOU take the secretaryship at a salary Of
$50. 900 year.?
Not by a durn sight" You might
as well give up trying to work a cold
deck in on me. ! want that dollar
And il was my genius and my
financiering which brought il about"
said the ma jor as he rubbed his hands
and patted the chiropodist on the
shoulder. The thought came to me
while l was eating veal outlet at my
clearinghouse Our veal outlets are
exactly what the name implies. We
prepare a outlet for the table and then
compress it and divide il into tablets.
Every box contains %. and the price