The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-11

briefly at is genesis. Frs; I" .ANi'
the ice-chcSt vjv.G.. affected
number OF diversified p"r,paS.
First on the list c4;u" T&"ma>
Folsom-remcmbcv the nan" Il"
obscure lawyer o. Goshen. Iowa.
Folsom inherited all tn" worthy
wealth OF his cousin. diHi"mat-
campaign contributor ot some note.
Among tho effects OF thu deceased
were many strang" Objects.
One OF these was ~" jrc-ch"St,
now an unga!nly parior ornament.
Folsom did not know What Il was.
and did no, care. II do not suit
his Goshen diSpos!t!"U s." h.
packed it up with u.h"r ojl aWd
ends. and took them :" Kansas
City. He got rid ot the lot T. an
auctionecr and went away happy.
The auctioncer. naturally. hu"w
nothing about the ;cc.rhy~'. and
Knocked IT down :" 4 SiH'"N.nE
Japanese in one corner. for tWcnN
dollars. The Jap hargaiu"d e. HAY"
It boxed at the price. and w"'. IL"
took IL to the express otlr" and
directed il 10 Fifth Avenue Ucu
that did not have Japauca" nl'ae.
that valued the shipmcu. At on"
thousand dollars. Som, works LATER
this Jap opened n shr; ~ his own,
and succeeded In III"
The F'isth AvcnI.r arm knew. in a
general WAY. whL, nv ice-chcst
vas Thev also knew that Gilmore
SimmS-yes. the Wal, Street man-
was furnishing ID outage At Santa
Barbara in Ca.urSr >t'le. They
knew. ra;A"c painfully. Gilmore
S:mms had informed them that he
did NOT relish the Chinese STYLE as
interpreted BY firms who drew down
a rakeoG from the factories in
Kobe that made Chinese clo;SonHr
and other factories II Michigan
;hat made Chinese laCqucrcd tu"Hi-
.ure. Unfortunately for The Firth
Avenue firms, Gilmore Simms knew
what was what.
Now" said the firm glce'ulIy. on
inspecting the imperial tcc-chest,
here's something old Sjnms will
paw Tor through 'lc nose.
lie did. too. He paid five thou
sand cash for that ice-chcSt and
thought It bargain. He directed
that it ne packed and shipped to
Santa barbara. The thing was
shipped.
Something happened 70 the ship
ment en- route: il disappeared. Gil
more Simms later collected the. in
surance valuation and swore lutid-
II. He never saw 1.-The ice-chest
again.
out IN Los Angeles lived worthy
Mrs. Sparhawk. a lone widow. who
had plenty OF leisure. plenty OF
money. and a devout admiration for
Swami Lal. She also had a niece.
lately orphaned. who was coming
all the way from Michigan to live
with her. Mrs. Sparhawk was n
good soul. She really believed that
Swami Lal stood for culture. and
she Strove earnestly for attainment.
Mrs. Sparhawk loved 70 frequent
unclaimed freight and express auc-
tons She had never found any
General Motors stock in an un-
claimed suitcase. bu: hope spranS
perennial in her ample bosom.
About the time Swami I.al WAS
teaching his dcvotees To keen
sanctlied Buddha somewhere
around the room. Mrs. Sparhawk
attended a sale and bid on 4 bon
with TWO Japanese characters on
the lid. She Thought il might CON
tain Ruddhas. In reality she Dire"
.he empercrs ice-chsst for twenty
eve dollars. Ever ice-Ch"sts. il
seems. have their ups and downs in
The world.
When she found that her purchase
vas a big affair Of CloiSOnue, witF
a decidedly oriental look. she gave
= 20 Swami LAT as an ornament FOL
his temple. And swami Lal. who
had seen just such 81 pirce in tbs
British Museum and know exactly
what It vas. kicked himself twice
ror Joy and invoked blessings upor
tho head Of his patron.
Then Enid Sparhawk came. ano
WORTHY Mrs. Sparhawk thouht tbs
blessings had roasted. sure enough
I. did not occur 70 her that shf
might have been only humble IN
strument in the ironic hand Of fate
Now consider Swami Lal. Orig
inally a Madrassi. he had a hahu':
education and had he"a IN Eng
and. There was an air OF swagger-
ing romance about his raNiSh tNr'
ban. his long coat and silk sash;
his cheerru,lv bold eyes. OF course
there is real romance In foreign
clothes, but with some worthy souls
II fills a gap ard passes muster
Not long pass. Chowder Lal ha'
been a "raghead" up the Sacra'
nen,o. tickling mother earth fol
wages. II" finally attained uplitt
Nv the fore" mnjc1rc Of u year II
TAIL FOR a cyim" which may not ~
mentioned In th"s" pages. h" hat
broken OF tn" op;Gm habit. The!
no started !. D. make his education
paw tor IT'S II.
H. observed ~" cas-" with Wh!C!
man Of hi Fellow cuuntrrmen ha'
attained wealth p. l.c.t". and com
PLEASANT women. ambition ar"S'
within his soul II" iHt"rvi"w"l
.vo nc his brown lr"ch:"". wh'
agreed % 10. aim this" the ""h':r!''
50 long as tho shared IL" 9th"
results. anu Al 'h:" cane 10 10
Angeles.
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