The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-04
CAPPY KICKS
Wherein He Discourses on the Value of a
Spectacular Approach
Rsne-,"Oher Coming Saturday

u supposc. suggested Air.. Redell,
''tha, Il is because the job is "a
gentcei"
They come in here 10 Try 10 sell
me bonds" Cappy complained, TITS
fact. Half OF lhose boys WHO
failed TO graduate from my u~
versity of hard knocks USE their
lumber experience az an excuse "a
como Ia here and sell me bonds.
What do these young pups know
about borasg They're guessing
half the time and tho best bond
with them. IN the bond that pays
them tbs largest commission"
II never buy bond until have
investigated IL very closely myself
Same here. Gus, want 90
know and i, these young fellows
can't toll me they can't get my
business. once bought a bond
ot the Irish republic from bond
salesman
How much did YOU pay for lt7''
Mr. Redell WINS plainly acnndailzed.
"A thousand dollars Cappy &c.
piled brazculy, Par"
but surely not as nm invest.
mcnt cappyf'
As Rn investment. pure and
simple. why. that's wrong with
an Irish republic bond7 Isn't Ire,
land FREQ 60 handle her own affairs
now7 what reason. II any. exists.
why those bonds should not be
worth par 30 years hcncs7"
Wen. II there nrn amy Irlshmen
stiil living and able to run the gov.
eminent
-rlsh, tuah. my boy. Can't you
LEI them have their bit OF funE 1
bought the bond 70 give TO our por,
engineer. Terrence +. Rcnrdon. NJ
chrisitnaa Terence was perfectly
wild 10 buy bonds to hcip out the
land Of his birth. but no cpuldn',
afford Il. and inhamurh ns he'H the
very beat port engineer living, l
bought 1t for him. lie cried when
I gave IL 10 him why. tho way
Terence watches repair jobs in tho
Eluo Star engine rooms. IN have
that thousand hack 10 fold before
! die"
Who sold sou tho bond, CappyY'
The young fellow who sold that
now customer tho is standard oil
rigs. my Hon. He's reddor than a
sunset and h0mltrr than an AfFtii5HsiiTT
terrier and he blew IN or the
street and sent In his card. II was
a green card with an orange stripe
thru Il and II bore in black letters
tho namo of-Halyor Hnivogsen. A
line across tho bottom read. Il
sell Irish BondH--God Help Me-"
You admitted tho fraud7" Mr.
Redell queried IN amazement.
Certainty. Skinner sent his card
In TO me ha curiosity Having
seen The card I had TO see the
s9wedo who owned It. He's mon.
ster- biggot'n "A Radlak bcnr-nnd
he was really selling irish bonds
and had permit from tho corpor.
alton commissioner 10 do 81. II ap,
pears some Turk in town attended
rally OF the Sons Of Irish
Freedom. got too enthusiastic and
bought about $4,000 moro Irish
bonds than he could afford. 40 he'd
hired Haivor Halvorsen TO sell
them for him. And Haivor Halyor
sen was doing H. He gave me \
10 minute history OF ireland that
was a peach, he appealed to ms
love Of liberty az nm American and
sold mo a thousand dollar bond
partly on sentiment and partly out
OF sheer admiration Of his nerve
and selling ability. When he rot
thru, he tucked away my check In
his pocket and said: Wen, that's
my last bond and I'm out OF n
job. What about giving mo some
little ohore 10 do?'
Are you n college mann" / de
manded
He half way. The war had
cut short his education and no wa,
hoping TO save enough money out