Show fri t r r I The Th e 0 Opportunist j I 3 By RALPH HAMILTON t o X Coi CoPl 1919 1019 b by western J N tw paper Union I i r I Yes youve you've oue done well yell Marshall we all r-all all admit that You seemed to start t in business at Just the right m moment ment Opportunity f knocks only once at every e F c door and you rou was ready to welcome elcome her eh ch eh 1 Nonsense uttered Eben Marshall Opportunity Is hanging around most J of Hof of the time Ive I've got her trained see see sect 1 s ts i Ive I've ninde m a It science of ot It In fact tact I c call m myself an nn expert as aI an 1st Jim Ready neady nodded approvingly and nd with profound admiration of his fortunate tor for tor- r ea acquaintance Certainly Eben had done well He had struck Wharton Whar Whar- ton Just as the boom of ot that thriving little town was as beginning He e had speculated In a new subdivision andI and I hJ doubled his Ws Investment He was wa wag the first first l man n to to comprehend th the pr of starting a movie show and J money one flowed in You see Jim he observed there theres t no no helter in grabbing opportunity opportunity rf 1 You have to yet get so that you recognize her when you meet her Then r you u have to know how to utilize h her rl Youve You've got to act Just in time and exactly ex ex- t 4 right Youve You've got to Be diligent sure of your ground and confident confident con con- and Irresistible In your Jour power Confidentially I am now courting the z shy damsel along new lines Ive I've tried opportunity In business Im I'm going J to see how she Is going to treat me in th the mn matrimonial line You dont don't mean It It Marshall I r I 4 didn't suppose you W Wall wait B much Interested Inter inter- interested ested In that way Y Im Interested in V I any Way y where an n l nd advantage means money or my own f well being For some time Ive I've been bien having my eye on Miss Eva Burton 4 Jim uttered a low whistle I say ay I l 1 t- t he he remarked you aim high Why her heri i father lather is the richest man In la Wharton i and she's the most moat refined cultured and beautiful girl in the district Eben did not like this for per con con- conf contra f tra tta as he was fully aware wan h he was own boorish ignorant and decidedly un un- t r if f handsome All the same he perked up tip rattled some coins in his kl pocket anI and flecked n a speck of ot dust from hl his hili newt newly r.- r. made coat cont as if It so he would brush awa away any obstacle that might come in his path Ive rYe heard that Ross Hois Adams Adam had a ai ai i i sort of fondness for Eva En went on OD k- k Jim ii- ii Humph t I Eben L' L That pauper Writing boon books t and painting pictures Fine prospects i ch eh Ive I've got money and I amount to toT T something In this community Watch me we prove plo it to pretty prett Eva En when opportunity p hits bits m my trail I Reckon Eben has begun began his court court- tag lag soliloquized Jim about a Il month t later tater as al he s nw saw the opportunist et in his hI 4 shiny hl new brand-new automobile speeding r down the street eat t with Eva En by his hill side Bide t. t Wonder how nO Ross Adams feels about tt Poor It-Poor Poor fellow tellow 1 lIes He's the match for Just joust the same sam for Q shen she's e educated I Concluded on following page t |