The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
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ithe way it is-more distinguished and
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4. Huh" said the tenant. sitting down
las though he proposed to fight it out
to a finish. I'D have you know that
lImy first name. Wangus, il a sort Of
a trademark! w. I'll. Lennon might be
William Henry or most anything
bromide and would mean positively
nothing to the numerous people who
hunt me up to invest their savings in
Gusher oil stock, which, by the way,
is the most remarkable chance ever Of
Ifered, and if you"
II am sure when you think it over
you will be entirely pleased with your
\ sign as it is" the manager wedged in
automatically as the new tenant paused
to breathe. Eve today in the building
has initials on his door,"
'That's just itw the new tenant
cried positively. EVERY door has in
itials and want, to stand out from
the crowd I'd lose money with that
sign. have no doubt any lawyer
would tell me / could sue you for a
large sum to pay for my loss of BUSH
ness in one year If you refuse to print
1 pie.
II am a modest man, but once let
me get chance to talk to anybody a
| few minutes and point out to him the
manifold virtues of Gusher oil stock,
| 1t is a. sure bet that I make a sale
and thus increase the fortunes and OPP
lportunities of my fellow men! Why,
do you know the percentage of profit
| in Gusher for one year
Then wen just let the name stand
as 1t is" the manager said with ex-
treme cheerfulness, pretending to pick
up some important papers on his deck.
eve shall not!'. declared the new
tenant <igorously, hitching his chair a
bit closer. ''I'm. not nearly through.
I've discovered that on the floor above
me is another man whose door sign
reads w. A. Lennon, and if you have
the slightest Imagination you can see
where that leads usi Not only do /
get rampageous collectors in my office
trying to wiring w. A. Lemmon's gro
Gerry bills and tailors' bills from me
| in spite of my protests, but this w. A..
Lennon gets my mail in fits and starts
and If he is a crouch. he is apt to
throw thousands of dollars worth Of
orders for oil stock into the waste
basket.
'He may be prejudiced against oil.
having been stung by interruptions pro-
mOters and not realizing that the stock
/ handle. is AL in every respect. /
could name him half q dozen men
within the past year who have in-
vested few paltry hundreds and are
now riding around in their limousinesl
That's the kind of well the Gusher
isl all my letterheads are engraved
Wangus H., and my office sign must
match!
tLet me tell you that. j knew Of
similar case in another building which
housed two Archibald Smiths. Number
one was a plain, honest, Woodworking
man like myself, while number two
was a gay Lothario and the vengeful
lady with the gun, pausing at the d.
rectory downstairs before ascending to
pull off her little party, took the room
number of the first Archibald Smith,
whose name she saw and pausing dra-
matically in the doorway to cry Down
with all traitors and deceivers, she
pulled the trigger and clipped off the
ear tip of a perfectly innocent man, to
say nothing Of putting him to months
Of trouble trying to square himself
with his wife, who read of the affair
in the evening paper before he got home
and who was a Gibraltar when she had
made up her mind! My domestic re-
lations are entirely happy and"
"Oh, well, have it your own wayl"
sighed the manager desperately. "We'Il
change it, but It'll cost you two dol
lars extra !"
"Shucks y snapped the new tenant
getting up. 1.-Two bucks are two bucks
wei, let it go as it is for while
and see how it comes out Mebbe it'll