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Show t i 'll It was in two oloc-ts- , He dropned them, one at a time, into the waste basket, then smiled benevolen'ly at me"Yo' are right," he said. You shall have what you want. You have seemed such a mere boy to me that, In spite of your giving again and again proof of what you are, I have been putting you off. I will talk tho matter over with Langdon and Rest assured, my boy, that you will be satisfied. He go,put hts arm affectionately rounc ip, my shoulders. "We all like you. nave a feeling toward you as if you v, ere my own 1 am son getting old, and I like to see young men about me. growing up to assume the responsibilities of the lairds work whenever He shall call me to my reward." It will seem incredible that a man of my shrewdness and experience could lie taken in by such slimy stuff at that I who knew Roebuck as only a few insiders knew him, I who had seen him at work, as devoid of heart as any empty spider in an empty web. Yet 1 was taken in to the extent that I thought he really purposed to recognize inv services, to yield to the only persuasion that could affect him force. I fancied he was actually about to put me where I could be of the highest usefulness to him and his associates, as well as to myself. It was with tears in my eyes that I shook hands with him, thanking him emotionally, it was with a high chin and a proud heart that I went back to my offices. There wasn't a doubt in my mind that I was about to get my deserts, was about to enter tho charmed circle of high finance. - Mol-vtll- - Silver T and lc dc iple o nMD CI2AHAM PHILLIPS, Author of THECOSJTMc (cmTsffr J9cs tytfi old, Veiled scms-iwsisa- : Pnwer Trust Is Roebuck, and Roebuck the Power Trust. He u fcPauj at !' 3 nl. thinking I do not see him, is looking at me with an expression of benevolent and melancholy Pity the look wlih which lie always regarded any one whom the Roebuck Ood had commanded Roebuck to destroy. He and his Cod were n constant communication; his Cod never did anything except for Ids benefit, ha never did anything except on the direct counsel or command of ids Oul. Just now his Cod is commanding 1dm to destroy me, ids confidential agent in shaping many a vast industrial enterprise and In Inducing the public to buy by (he million its bonds and stocks. I invited the angry frown of the Roebuck God by saying: "And I bought in the Manasquale mines on my own account." "On your own account! said Roebuck. Then he hastily effaced his air of the engineer startled by sight of an unexpected red light. Yes, replied I, as calm as if I were not realizing the tremendous significance of what I had announced. I look to you to let me participate on equal terms. That is, I had decided that the time had come for me to take my place among the kings of finance. 1 had decided to promote myself from agent to principal, from prime minister to king I must, myself, promote myself, fer in this world all promotion that i. lla a cot ope ar0: blacklock. Is wa8 about t0 cr0Vu i bavo somewhere readmitted o him the royal gene-Utthad faked up for him. He and flung It Hed the parchment TLe of the chief herald, or who- - kM1 Napolo"11 v Grep univer. wire the (; le, in eat Le tiled, ie of ft. Hed ot and felena of Ur killed fa i, an, gen d hou That he dep; of ape examl e load start nonirt, at ! I la Tr, tj, If. letely Jther iked pi t the! at B one-hors- her trap." , "Thats all right, said 1; "bring her along. Well go to the Savarln." down In And Q&TKEim SHEDS TOO THE DIFFERENCE. Owes goes everybody, gets drunk and whooping around the streets. Keeps a worthless cur and has a fondness for telling stories beginning Say, huve you heard this one? If you have, call me off. Once there was a young married couple. . . . A worthless loafer, a dead beat, amt "Oh, no! You are thinking of John E. This is his cousin, John G. Drives his creditors into bankruptcy, runs over people with his Imported power automobile, owns a $3,000 fighting dog, talks so loudly In his box at the opera that he Infuriates those who think music wns made to be listened to, reads navels In French, Yes, I have heard of him. MUCH. First College Graduate I hear you have a Job. What doing? , Second College Graduate Oh, running errands and cleaning Inkwells and so forth. "Like it?" "First rate; that Is, until my employer had the nerve to ask me out to his house o dinner. Its pretty tough to have to associate with your social Inferiors out of business hours." Life. e 1 well-know- bout-town.- " short-handed- Sm l all-du- i n furies he Cl Incc 1 card-marke- locked his arm iu mine and VERY RICH. started toward the brougham. lie was turning all kinds of colors and was acting in a way that puzzled me then. Despite all niy years in a- -,. New York I was ignorant of the elabAnd so Montenotte. ... orate social distinctions that had and" the from campaign Ah, I see! strange 1 should make ;ne dates Fifth avenue quarter in its grown up established man-- a my and a mistake a such I knew, of course, that there was a ,npleted Wild Week, Puck. leoin some fashionable ol and that society de-o- f ihad not puse t0 recite the the most conspicuous of those In it I which from Beginning a Career. the obscurity seemed unable to g"t used to the idea Youth I understand there an Aspiring be would interesting, it ol ,ed of being rich and were in a state a vac ahoy on you local staff. is but it is a familiar -- antic story; great agitation over their own imCity Editor Yes, there is; in fact, I also, In this land which Lincoln portance. Important they might be, we are very , and I can 1 Tdy and so fully described when but not to me. knew nothing of some I want onee. a Job at you Is give oppor"Tbe republic jaid; their careful gradations of snobbism one to go around and Interview Slugg t." the people to know socially, the Bulldozer, the eminent politician. I did not take the 30 fact only: people to know in a business way, the This ho beats his that paper charges Blacklock. and in to know 9 ways religious people wife and starves his children, and we chrls-was born Blacklock, and philanthropic, the people to know for want to know what he thinks about III. the fun to bo got out of them, the Matthew; and my hairs being CAME A WOMAN. it. black and growing so that a lock people to pride oneself on not know-inUm er havent you a regular InIn in the Textile suite my building, of middle the at all; the nervousness, the hyst often falls down room off for that kind of work? with the main Its terviewer Just big The forehead Is a coincidence. teria about preserving theso disgustI had a small' blackboards several of them, but they and "Oh, tickers, yes, that Mrs. story All this, I say, was .dous and insinuating (during the tiff) office In which I spent a good deal of ing gradations.f are all in tho hospital. N. Y. If I am Swellington another name who ever left a widow I shall never to ed to go under an undreamed-ome, mystery time during stock exchange hours. It and took liking In the sensible, Weekly. e no doubt, from my having beeh again marry for money. was there that Sam Kllersly found gave in my early days, and Mr. Swellington No, I suppose not. ootblack American fashion. So CAME. HAPPINESS WHEN one uext me the but after my I didnt understand day shorten my as I But the man who marries you will! Sant, ng let my customers why talk with Roebuck. Itut, as soon almost dragged him along, was stame into Matt lilack. 1 want you to sell that Steel Com1 manual from Not Even Still. labor, graduated mering: "Thank you but I she mon, Matt, said he. A man convinced amilnst his will the fact is, we really must get upmed my rightful name and have "It'll go several points higher, said town." la of the same opinion atilt; I think 'I may say without ,e it I. "Better let me hold it and use my A maid convinced against her will ;jr in honor tq honor. By this time I was where 1 could la not convinced, nor even still. judgment on selling. Its cyclones, rising Hi Week! an A look into the brougham. glance-cv on fury to that historic rlimar see much at a glance, as can The Real Embarrassment. chaos, sing their mad song in inv any man who spends every dy of Does It never embarrass you," we 1 I Hut shall write. by again as fight for his every year in an asked of the Pittsburg millionaire, means confine my narrative to purse and his life, with the blows com"when you happen to be In a position 1 Take a crcss-ioness and finance. can see much ing from all sides. where you have to Introduce your wife of life anywhere, and you have at a glance; I often have seen much; to one of your I never saw more than just then. In.ngled interweaving of the action "Not very much," he replied. "The reaction of men upon men, of stantly, I made up my mind that the are moments embarrassing really of men and len upon women, Ellerslys would lunch with me. when I find myself so placed that I And this .ten upon one another. Youve got to eat somewhere, said haye to introduce my present wife to be a out of the very I, in a tone that put an end to bis atmy next one." Judge. :t of our life with its big Ill tempts to manufacture excuses. i bold energies and be delighted to have you. Dont make passions the Happier Poor. .ftsst and intensest life ever lived "Old Uncle Dewberry thought he up any more yarns. tbe human race. was going to fall heir to a fortune Be slowly opened the door. "Anita," To begin: and move in high society. He spent said he, "Mr. Blacklock. Hes Invited six months learning to cultivate the us to lunch. II. taste for olives. I bowed. I and lifted my hat, kept if THOSE DAYS AROSE KINGS. And was he disappointed when the my eyes straight upon hers. And It fortune didnt come? aagfne yourself back two years gave me more pleasure to look Into i i half before Wild Week, back "Not at all. He's glad he Is poor, them than I had ever before got out and lie says It doesnt take si monthB to married er And lie :he time when the they of finance kings I am pasof looking Into anybodys. lived happy ever after, 1 suppose? i just learn how to cultivate the taste for completed their apparently sionately fond of flowers, and of chilShe Yes, after the divorce. al beef and cabbage. corned Chicago conquest of the Industries of the dren; and her face reminded me of News. when they were seating .utry, Dally both. Or, rather. It seemed to me that The Brain Storm. imselves upon thrones encircled by what I bad seen, with dullght and When Mamie stama the kitchen door SURPRISE. t armies of capital and brains, And bums the breakfast cakes. longing, Incomplete In their freshness n all the begovernments of the now was floor and the and beauty And stamps her feet upon charm, state and city were Until the table shakes. I felt like fore me in the fullness. strate under their Iron heels, to her: "1 have heard of you We do not hint she's In a pet saying loa may remember that I Was a not Or mad or angry no! often. The children and the flowers when she's upset: mspicuous figure then. Of all have told me you were coming. Per- We simply say storm soon will go! brain The r financial agents, I was the e haps my eyes did say it. At any rate, Chicago Dally News. most trusted by then), the she looked as straight at me as I at t believed in by the people. I her, and I noticed that she paled a During the Honeymoon. i a magnificent suite of offices in little and shrank yet continued to The Friend And yon and George building that dominates Wall and look, as If I were compelling her. But have excellent appetites for every ud streets. Boston claimed me her voice, beautifully cle'hr, and lin- meal. What kind of appetizers do and Chicago; and In Philadel-gering In the ears like the resonance you use? New Orleans, St. of the violin after the bow has swept And we Louis, San The Bride Kisses, dear. iiciaco, in the towns and rural dls-Its strings and lifted, was perfectly have the grandest dessert. as she said to her tributary to thd cities, thou--The Friend Gracious! And what spoke of Blacklock as their brother; "That will be delightful If does It consist of? ted adviser In matters of finance, you think we have time." The Bride The same, of course-kis- ses! l I had the.n, numer-- ! I saw that she, uncertain whether Chicago Dally News. and venomous enough to prove he wished to accept, was giving him a a man wotth while No Pure Adultersnt Available. He my enemies chance to take either course. of me as the Your bucket-honor, said the milkman, arI. but said "biggest has time nothing time, gambler in the world." "I hope this proposal of mine "His engagements are always with raigned for selling an article below ambler I was like all the other T did tho best I could. the taken you completely by surhasn't nut standard, want to who get something people Ulpulaiors of "Go on, said the court. the markets. But of him. And they can wait." I preprise, dearest? "If there were Impurities In the never kept. As the "Well, yes, It has. I long ago tended to think hi? was expecting me 5 of finance MBAS 1 AT HER." AT continued the prisoner, "please abandoned all Idea of It!" Chicago STRAIGHT I milk," sealed were the represents-AS myto enter the trap; got In, "81IK of th bear in mind that tbe filtration sys Journal. great merchants, mauu "I need money right away," was self beside her, said to Sam: "Ive tem And n within. 'urers and from 1 comes here isnt what it ought to be.' Tell solid for seat so was saved you. little the thesis investors, his answer. Her Anewer. .ieiitative of the masses, of those furtherance of my object I had us to the to man nre take Equitable Let I. your said "That's all right." A bashful swain was he, and so Cause and Effect. 1 'ishi-entrance." their smull savings prop. this group of mines, control of which street Nassau need." building Ills fervid declaration wrote, Langdon-Melvillgive you an order for what you The Doctor I've Just come back ' Invested. The power of the big was vital to the Roebuck I talked a good deal during the first Ami finished up bis letter thus: thank you," said he, "Thank you. week. a been San from Remo; a away a monopoly for of, was minified upon wealth and combine "My love, on you 1 simply dote! so promptly that I knew I had done half of the nearly two hours we were Tho Joklst Ys, I saw It mentioned thalus wiuiih bocim-both Sam In the buys or bullies or the coal of the country. togethcr-par- tly w hut lie had boon Imping for. probably paper. s luii its Itut hy return of post he got "Bid not Mr. l.atudon commission cmiutilig on. service; my power and hts sister seemed under some sort Indeed! Doctor The An answer to his frensted note. t fuundi',1 (eagerly) ud Ins him for them I und was deterupon tho hearts I give this Incident to show what of strain, chiefly because you to buy It Just rnntalned tills crisp advice: did It say? What In thm sm of ti. Roebuck. upon faith in my friends?" inquired our relations were. He was a young mined to make a good Impression. I "You'd better find an antidote! The Joklst It drew attention to tho vet. f r i he of good family, to whom 1 had told her about myself, my horses, my remarkable docreuse In the death-rateslow, placid tone which follow hat t iiuilt up my power? By attentive ear. lmd a note in it Ilk" the A Safe Proposition. taken a liking. Ho was a lazy dog, house In the country, my yacht. I tsalrliu i'n possibilities of pub- - scream of a Jaguar that comes as a Hied to show her 1 wasnt an IgnorCaller Id think that your father Told by the Face. us out of place In und ' tinbailee which tho broad-- and finds Its cubs none-- t Mrs. Church I met that little hoy duties as building Inspector would be, oat in a choir. I bad boon keeping amus as to books ami art, even if 1 sow in . bintfor f newspaper them I awfully dangerous, going round un I and inagu- couldnt who lives next to you. yesterday. gel "But l)im K()n(J f(,r four year s at that time,- padn't been to college. She listened, l'ul "tlun the reach of the l. and pro- wpn0 guu, ;,t embarrassed. "You could tell lie was a good little hoy. by safe buildings. "Tho owners I explained. hy giving him tips tut stocks NaMonai in, ip i o impress himself uistn Small Son of the Ho-sOh, no; ,ljm a(.ust loss. Tills purely unist bring jour sister clown to visit Ms (ace. sell until I engaged that the hokU ((?ctl1, r. m n he doesnt go neur em till after they Mrs. Flathush Oh, 1 Biipimse iy, upon tlu) whole Coal and Itailwuj company was pot out of good nature and liking; for im( j H!,(t finally. "Ill sm? that you h'd wm! Tlie kings of finance huve them." was one of the days he'd fall dow n. Life. hadnt the remotest Plea he could ever llltp j,avp tpP time of your lives, a u pi ii I,,, sinking be of ihi to me beyond helping to Make up a party of your frlnda. Sam, washed his face! Yonkers States Roebuck, said 1 assiduity and dexter-susee. "Oh, A Martyr to Principle. I1 ild ngouts, operating . k relieved. "We must get Browne liven things up at a dinner or late nmj cwmp down when shall we say? man. ' on or "Yes; poor Hawkins was a victim were oldIt by, In know of You the kT1 T"' you . down perpetual. country, nr sort Sunday? clumsy, draw HP K(ltm. Mipper. Bootless. ned chanueis for sentiments. to his the exercise of ln.tvtM.Hl)l(. power of attorney to us the jiictit. In fact, his principal use coming anyhow. I can change the thoso that I fli-cant what "You "In expect "boat I way?" to how " knew lie was 0f r,, that urn uHm myself; party. only to for yoll to gn to tru t to no heroes will dio with their bools "He niado up his mind that he was I. fumble, perhaps1 the box well enough to shake fairly Sam grew us red as If he were go- on. etti.t I wont sign It" said too fat. and ho doctored and o or"IMi I atn ami it getting of out h mu'tlo then I through Ktmil of 1'iipor 'tnderstrappera; thought ing Into apoplexy. not?' himself to death. starved In Roebuck i ,l im n with All "Why I Otegaplmn,. can Chicago f u,u press 1 spoke r that music was afraid I'd blurt out somethin u uimll ltS(l,f wll, limij ".Most of them arq barefooted," Tribune. the 1 when performer jtdly to tin. people. was Imagination in were the party about who t the edges sti night. my Mi,. 1 mio imre that I always grmit'euie to was Siam to he was Isn't too laid. proposing to change, Sure Proof. meaning; my , had grasped He deliberate-I d""11 ttasenipnlous ami dlslion-No Hurry. that charged have uPf. vll0W They man Has that any simad rating as The first ll"'u how have 1 lived und deliberal Ing. Kulned! Bird (on a tree) There him. Young ruined un I ' Mr Illll(.k,,K,k;aa,j financier? a these years in tho glare "For four yean tmw, -" to time gave him j 1 glie was In tho conics a hunter. Wed better fly away. "But I have an engage. "The very best, ,!a slater. lla 'e "f have been promising t. r t h people or lloa got to Old Bird No hurry, second publicity 1 one Ihe a some In have It is street Wall rich great recent maps panic, m,.nt ,.xt Sunday. a Italf past and ho before Into fence liars a o'clock on tj ,ike me in as p.lndpul burst three climb gets to us, he film Withnow. and he contributed a largo share to t ft ',,nM,n. a s to give me recognition i ur., tti'irklocV ni many engagements will probably catch In a dismal, dreary rain of your deal I at five million fund to pulverize tho and his gun boll, that ' i x- commit rail and shoot him. They most al-- 4 president and his policies. a wind as ever blew out of an executive or ways do. N. Y. Weekly. Mr. Roebuck, tlie am an Inipailent man. 'l. You nro l'1H private He Knsw. to do. 1 School Teacher Sabbath What 't-iw whi'-tDefined. imquale " koebu, K, .. How could I ImlM up srnh a, Philanthropist, eminent So I have Ibought of the 1iodlgal Sou there tho does l which en parable t a look, Knlcker What Is a scientist? her Sam grateful waushall rehtii.ui. hl. of give ml humfied mlnes-aways citizen and -i- n man with his fitter- s- as 'adlng lie thought I didnt see. and which I Hutch us? Booker A mini who wants to find Rue buck continued tuf? including throwing It a creatme as Thlckneek Not to be Ing money, romipt fatted Bobby then. r how many germs there are tn out didnt righHv Interpret of stocks aefi the ihiinii;o of roHpcctubil away on hi own opinions calves, maam. ruck. milk. Judge. Im font I toted ) (To pilled ac own his on ho would gamble n,.,?1 " the twelfth floor for I UWi-eiuel llngu" fruit building and the i twisted between his y of mr&my-- j count In the , bucket-shops- , though 1 had shown him that the Wu'l street game is played always with marked cards, and that the only hope of winning Is to get the confidence of the card markers, unless you are big enough to become a your self. As soon a: ho got the money from my teller hat day. he was rushing away, i milowed him to the door that putt of my ruite opened out on the sidewalk, tor tint convenience of "I'm Just my crow Is of customers. going to lunch," said 1. 'Come'wlth me." He looked uneasily toward a smart little brougham at the curb "Sorry but I cunt," said he. "Ive my sister with me. She brought me lot. e. ibly .1 cross-sectio- to-da- N'evi: , ria true i dent p. 'onus. ias , . me opoi' canto eld, v t to! cot; i q .000. M :he leted best-n,-th- a br- an J: f tlant ti build, and' bar:; nd 1 itoav.' 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