The New York herald., 1922-10-02

| Monsieur leisure, relate 10 MN now
unreliable so many of the commits
sioners of st. Pierre were and how
much safer Monsieur would be were
he to listen to none but Prosper Pied
fort, who stood now before Monsieur
yearning to do business?
Would Monsieur care to walk but
| little way, leaving his luggage in
| Charles Festivals Office while Charles
| Festivals brother-in-law scurried
about seeking for Monsieur the finest
room in the cleanest lodging house in
the village. and view a warehouse
wherein no fewer than 5000 cases of
White Horse whisky are stored await
| ing the word of Monsieur when they
shall be placed upon his schooner at
| $24 a case?
Would the gentleman be interested
| in a beautiful trawler capable of car
rying $500 cases In absolute safety to
wherever the gentleman desires? Prob
ably no such trawler has ever been
offered for sale in st. Pierre. It can
make ten knots an hour under con-
ditions OF the worst. 1t is truly a
great bargain at the miserable price
OF $4,000? No? Well s1S,500 No?
Well, perhaps the gentleman would be
willing to listen to the truth of the
angels--not a cent less than $4,000?
Never before has the swift, sure.
beautiful, new Marriette been offered
for sale. and never again will the
gentleman, have the pleasure of con-
sldering such an offer.
Behold them! Georges Descret, coat
less and collarless. and yet sweating
despite the evening chill, scurrying
hither and yon quoting prices on Old
| Orkney, Black and White. Hunter.
Dewars Special, Peter Dawson's Old
Curio magnificent likker), Peter Daw-
sons Special, o. V. NJ, Green Stripe,
Johnny Walker black label, Johnny
Walker red label, Antiquary, Haig &
Haig five star and King William ".
The Champagne Agent.
Out Of the hurly-burly, squirted
| toward you like a seed. comes the
famous Rene LIE Propret. remarkable
| Pierre. He is agent for carpet
sweepers, chocolates, coal. sugar, auto
mobiles. true copies of old masters,
smoking tobacco. asbestos shingles,
palm leaf fans, gramophones, corre-
spondence courses in banking and en-
gineering, scented notepaper, fancy
waistcoats, fire fighting apparatus,
jewelry (bijou fix), soap AND-Piper
Heidsieck champagne.
That's the trouble with Rene lie
Propret; he is agent for too many
things He is all cluttered up with
agencies. The mans mind has become
a wilderness Of prices and commodi-
ties.
81 was in the French army" said NJ,
lie Propret to THE New York HERALD
reporter, land let me tell you, it didn't
pay"
OF course Rene has never had a
chance to sell a carpet sweeper, an
automobile, a true copy of an old
master, an asbestos shingle, corre-
spondence course in banking and en-
gineering. a palm leaf fan nor piece
of fire fighting apparatus. You will
be able to understand why as this
series of articles goes on. But. never
theless, Rene is at his wits end most
" the time.
"The best soap OF Paris" quotes
Rene, "is at your disposal at 81 in
thousand ton lots
"But, Monsieur lie Propret, are you
not mad?"
"Ah, but yes. I was thinking Of
Cape Breton coal"
But now Rene has dismissed much
of his erstwhile worry to concentrate
upon Piper Heidsieck champagne. lie
| offers Piper denli-sec, Piper sec. Piper
sec (gout Americain) and Piper brut
extra at s25 a case delivered upon
your boat in st. Pierre. Which, ac-
cording 10 anybody who ever bought
champagne in these droughty days,
seems fair enough.
Rene lie Propret is squirted out Of
the mob once more and he offers his
champagne to another stranger while
you are besieged by an agent who
drags you along the waterfront to
where three ramshackle wooden build
ings stand. They are empty Years
ago they were built for the storage Of
salted cod. In the second story of
this series you shall be told why they
no longer contain cod and haven't for
years. And the reason is not an al
coholic one: they contained no cod for
some years before the States went dry.
They have been taken over, patched
up, rooted anew and rendered less
odoriferous by John ]. Bradley Ltd. of
| st. John, New Brunswick, who, per-
haps, before this story will have ap-
peared. will have landed upon the quay
at st. Pierre 5000 cases of Scotch.
But, Monsieur" says the native
crier of the absent Bradley's wares,
II myself offer you 500 cases of Old
Orkney at SIS, $50 cases Of Haig &
Haig at s25. 100 cases OF Johnny
Walker at the unheard price Of s20
160 cases OF Dewars special at s24,
/ 900 cases of Black and White al
s21.5o, 1000 cases of Mumm's cham
pagne at $24 and 5000 cases OF White
Horse at $24.
This is my own private stock, says
he. II sell it before Bradley's men ar
rive. II is from my own storehouses.
For these prices load it for you upon
your own schooner. Besides. Monsieur,
would you care to purchase a trawler?
She is visible from where we stand
the Marie La Coste. 1900 tons. nine
knots an hour. The price, Monsieur, is
but $4,000. My references are the
Bank Of st. Pierre and the Canadian
Bank OF Commerce.
"If you care not to buy the superb