Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-04
ADJUSTMENTS
Jack Pickford in q New Ono at the
Colonial

pher to a millionaire, is small OF
stature and meek of manner. He
wishes to be different and dreams Of
the time when he will be swagger-
ing man Of the world,"-when he
will, as he puts it. have suffered"
In his spare time in the evenings.
he works for a theosophist who spe-
cializes in reincarnations. Bunker
Bean is very sure that he has lived
before in some form and consults
clairvoyant on that subject. The
latter tells him he was Napoleon.
Much gratified, Bunker proceeds to
buy an armful of books about his for
ner self.
His bolstered self respect causes
him to gain interest in the eyes OF
"The Flapper." youngest daughter OF
his boss" and their attending ball
game together at the invitation or
her father. strengthens the bond be-
tween them. He buys a dog he has
long coveted simply because its name
is Napoleon, but, having delyed into
that gentleman's career especially In
affairs of the heart, Bunker decides
that he must go further into his past.
Napoleon having been, as he puts it,
pretty raw"
Another visit to the clairvoyant
buys him the information that in the
long distant past he had been king
of Egypt, RameSeS the Great. The
fortune teller whom his clairvoyant
has called in to assist her, waxing
sentimental. says further that the
mummy of his former self rests in
state in a royal sepulchrc, covered
with the sands of the ages. Bunker
leaves in a state of such dazed eXalt-
alton that he almost forgets to pay.
At home Bunker can now under
stand himself much better as Rame
| soS the Great thtn as Napoleon. He is
seized with a longing to see himself
to find that old body of his. and
Just as he is considering the matter
a letter from his aunt is brought to
him. This informs him that his uncle
having died. his share of the legacy
is some $4,000.
Bunker buys Federal Express stock
--haphazardly enough. getting it on
margin as per his aunt's advice,
, keeping out a thousand to give the
sensation of wealth. His next act is to
order the fortune teller to get his
mummy from under the sands of the
ages, and when it comes he installs
, it in state in his rooms.
In the meantime Bunker and the
, F'lapper become very good friends in
deed and especially as Bunker is OBJ
liged to be at her home great deal
to take her fathers dictation. Once
in while Bunker is somewhat ap-
palled at remarks of the Flapper's.
for instance. when she says that she
| Just perfectly lI1s the right to choose
the father of her own children"
However, with the able engineer
ing of the Flapper's far seeing and
worldly wise grandmother, matters
are soon brought to a climax and that
L night Bunker finds himself solemnly
telling his mummy that he is engaged
to be married-that the Flapper
doesn't believe in long engagements
| that she is going to break the news to
/ her father-that she doesn't want a
| large place-just flowers and a tennis
| court-and that she will do the mar
| keting herself.
| Next morning Bunker learns that
the Federal stock he bought is going
up and that his boss is trying to buy
| his away from him. Quite casually
l Bunker tells the broker that he be-
lieves he will keep his. although
| frantic efforts to make him sell are
| brought to bear upon him. He made
about $4,000 on the deal which he
| accepted. He decides that If he is a
king he must do as king would do.
| Therefore he goes through with
| everything the F'lapper plans for him,
| including accepting one Of her
fathers cars as gift from her. and
| taking herself anG her grandmother
l two ardent Suffragists, to afternoon
/ tea.
With the acquisition of his money,
Bunker notices the increased respect
l fulness of the office force and is lit
1 tie surprised therefore in view of the
breath taking manner in which things
nave been happening to him Of late
] "hen the Flapper calls up to say that
they are to be married the next day
sailing Immediately for Europe.
That night, however, tn, catastro
phe occurs! Napoleon, the dog. being
: OF an lnquisitive turn of mind, in
vestigates thoroughly the stuffing of
Rameses the Great, not hesitating to
spread same. which happens to be
very modern excelsior ruthlessly
about the floor, exposing the manu-
facturer's trade mark The blow is
nearly too much for Bunker and he
sits brooding moodily all night over
the fact that after all he is nothing
" more than an insignificant little stem
: ographer. He gees through the we'd
ding daZedly the next day but his
queer conduct, especially when he is
heard to murmlr something about
having been all kinds of kings just
, the same. so brighten the brides fam
| lilv that they decide to accompany the
3 pair to Europe.
: Bunker's memory Of the following
events was always somewhat blurred
: the next clear impression being of a
man telling him stonily that las a
: man thinketh So is he-although
: Bunker is quite sure he is very i'll.
Eventually however. about the last
day out. il is this phrase which brings
} him back to a normal state of mind
He realizes that when he thought he
was a king he had acted in a kingly
uanner-and the opposite when he
had thought he wasn't. So he de-