A MATTER OF TWOPENCE. [BY . M. JACOBS IN THE "PALL MALL
GA ZEITE."
I was lighting the gas. Edith was pulling the blinds down I had a little cry. Why, the man's wad! "ske bursf sat,
"Thank you, my dear 1 replied, politaly, "Silly boy!" she smiled. Come and look!" I went and tooked. A man was standing at Sharples's gate. He wore a top hat and frock cost-but wasn't behaving as such. 2n fuct, he Was shaking his fist at their dining roo window.
"What can be the matter!" wandered Edith "He can't be the esadidate for cur division
urmured.
All at once the man rushed out into the road. By the light of the street lamp he did not shine -xcept as to his frock cont. In short, he showed distinctly shabby. He picked up a band- ful of stones.
"I say I threw up the window, but he had already dropped his weapons
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24rs, 1906.
they found a window brokov. Little Charley caught the measles. Bridget gave's month's notice to leave. Aa aronymous latter to the for making Sharples spend twenty poundson his Sauitary Inspector gave that worthy an excuse latest fad in draiupipe) slipped over a picns of orange peal on his own herpes himself
one day buying au air-gus pot flower-bed -doorstep sud hurt his leg. I came across him in the front had been ruined by tkoms beastly cals in our night, le complained savagely. But Milly Based Edith she had sees that wretch of a hawker deliberately go out of his way fo wreck, and afsnid trample on it. And she was looking a perfect the truth. But I wonder if it's true that shared to tell her husband be's
THE "CAPTAIN OF KOETENICK," | KAISER IMPRESSED BY HIS GUPERB AUDACITY,
HUNT CONTINUES. "HERO-JURNYTVIED AS A NATURALISED AMERICAN,
superb impidouce capturata magor and tacool the dower of the German Army into an instru
The "Captain of Kompenick," who with
ment for a robbery, has drawn even Royal attention upon himself.
Mankend? added Edith, curiously. issue a Cabinet order which slike it impus.
milkoan
Aut says she heard the rumor from the
geetor, too.
rence to be presa tol to him, and has decided to has ordered a full report of the unique secur
Accord
ord ug to the Morning Post," the Kaiser
sible for any troops in future to repeat this suggestions to the police anthitira regarding historical blunder of misplwal obalience.
It is een said that his Majesty has mado
declared to a member of his saits that "a man the method of pursuit, and is reported to have
like hot potnicos Whatker b's consciener prick on and rent him from rushing off at win could carry out such an enterprisg in time'
ed him or he had caught sight of the policeman furning the corner, in thing nothing at the honse but a few snmirtakable words. Then, with
gesture of revenge, he rushed off down the street.
HT
up!
" must run over the way and see
"I
langbe!.
what's
Do!' Haid Edith, inquisitively.
Foor
Milly!
15
and
in
o'd be worth on entire army Corps of war" It has now been discovered that the author of tbin immense hour is a naturalised America, the son of States. The sou, except for a period when he a Gorman zig-ant to the United followed the trade of a barber and earned an honest living, has passed under a variety of
at Frankfort (ays the Standard), but, bacara- falus names since he came to this country.
The man, when a hairdresser's assistaut, lived
his way.
Sharple. I thought it higl, time to give him
This was
was to aboard; and yet, when I next ĽA sun inkling of what was going on. Ho way sounded, incrocious, ouraged. It was all I
I'd do to
Jura of Islington.
iefing personal chastisement on the of New Pneumatic Comb Company" in his buck nt then he wrote the plan a letter mere forsible than polite as to what
likely to
dy to happen if ever he sat foot within his
gate again. "I won't say a word to Milly, as she has been keeping me in the dark," Ruid he, primly. “But just you see if this doesn't I rang the bell. Bridget had a broad smile on
pat a stopper on the brate!! her face na shu lot me in. Sharples motioned me the house a whh berth now, Milly And 10 my Harprise it did, anyhow, the into a chair, but seemed to full for words, to have a load off her mind and her lording discontented with his mouthly wage of £2 wife wiped her eyes and poured me out a masterly way with people. "I wou shut himabindoned the shop for a career of fraud. He cup of tea.
Master never tires of boasting of his amppiomented by such tips as an in Well, you'rs a precious pair!" I looked up, didn't he crowed. from one to the other. Considering your buif an eye it was un use trying his little games the guise of a public functionary and therby *Ho could so with appeared in numerous South German luwus in narrow escape from having the house blown cu me Up- Mr. Sharples turned pale, "No!" sho shriek.mise me you'll nover tell bim!" sho
I to this to Edith and she smiled quearly, boxes of many municipal rarsi authorities.
gained are so to the bka and also the casă ed in a fright.
enjoiced. I promised,
Ho perpetrated a long series of 'over thefts sentenced to ten years' penal nervitute. He waR in this way, but was fiually arrested, trb d, and
recently released, and from which he disappeared again a week ago.
reapped at Fraukfort, Meanwhile, the bogas here's exploits have actively engaged all the wits of Burlin, tele- graphs the Daily Telegraph" Borlia corres posdout. Already the Friedrichstrasse gutter postcards illustrative of what they call the is lined with rows of scely individuals sel King Koponick." Doggoral vorres
It's not safe joking with Milly Sharples, unless you give due warning beforehand. So I hastened to tell them what I had seen.
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Milly gave ting man bis twopence back last werk, you goose.!
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMBINE.
USINESS METHODS,
'coup d'etat
of
hawkers and others of that ilk. He had tried his three sons and a man in Itiehmood. I caTOR BOLD Butleque, which occupies that stage, ten
At the Metropole Theatre, in the middle
audio with a disreputable mia in a shabby s of the Guard are marched before the captain's uniform at their head.
That set them off again. Sherples reexed; his wife laughed in her quiet way; and even Bridget all bat dropped the hotwater jag.
We don't dine till 7.30.
J... Jongth.
remarked, at At this Sharples banded in a slip of paper, -with-Mr. James B. Duke, president of the The New York Tribner contains an interview on which was written Peived of the New American Tob.oco Combine. After recounting Pneumatio Comb Company the sum of Two the peancy and hardships of early dags in reply, are being sung recounting in epic strains the Pence, being at the rate of One Penny parto the gaustion When did you come to New day for storaga.
captain's" thrice-valiant decks. One third-rete Your
our writing "I puzzled.
York: Mfr. Duke is reported as follows: In publishing house announces a forthee ming It's a
copy he chuckled and then be con-
1883, I chaled that money could be made in
of the robber captain" and how he desovaded to explain.
digarettes, and began to manufacture th-m in orized the Koponick Rathaus. Like the rest of us, he was wich postered by dols, and the business was owned by my father, sinal! I was Our capital at that time was 70,000 all the asual remedies without result Ho and to New York in 1881 le give the manufacture even stuck ap, "Beware of the DOG!" bat that of oigarettes my personal attention. I realised only affected the mure timid and the back door. that hand labour was too slow and estly, and All Free Samples" that erept into his pry fees that a machine would have to do the work, thrown into the daabin; but those The other manufacturers laughed at me, and bearing the impudent intimation that the money were free to predict that I would end in bank would be called for in a day or two were his ruptoy. I spent most of my time in experiment "bete nuire." The other night he had had to ing with a viude machine which I had bought, wait Afteen minutes for his dinner, while bat- Bridget searched the house for medno'a Shil. ling Blug slayer-and that proved the last moved out of a 3 dol. room and took one that "It was at this period, I suppose, that yon sitaw. Then and there he mind that whoever
de up his was a doter cheaper F used his place as a cloakroom would have to pay for It. So ba had given Bridget strict injunelione not to returu may; goods left willant permission agtilele was paid a penny a day for taking care of them. And he wouldn't be at all surprised if she made a new dress cat of her fees in the course of the year.
"It's a grand ides!" I smiled. But are you sure it's legal ?'
were at
once
made
He nodded knowingly. I took counsel's opinion the other day in the min Young Williams said I'm not responsible for say goods or chattels left on my premises within my knowledge or consent, and whosoever does a wilfully nots at his own risk and paril."
Aut how much have you made already?" I asked Bridget.
Tuppinco, sorr!" she grived, as she took cut the taa-
La-tray.
a room.
avarlinguess, I nemtod every coat I had for Ins, but I wasn't prompted to do so by my businese. I foiled all day at the factory, and at night took my cigarettes under iny arm and urged them upon the retail deslerá. Therefore, I didn't have much use for No fuan ever worked harder er longer than I did between the years 1881 and 1890. I am successfat. I became acquainted with a broker lad to say that my labour was ressoxully in eaf tobacco, shrewd but socaatric man, and be loaded me 40,000 dols. No one else in New York
weak hare loaned me forty thanusad ents. But he had faith in my plans and confidence in me and I get the money. I wis aeavy borrower in these days, but my plans
in produce and
my obligations were invariably protein managed the business in Durnam
Were Inid
as well as
enthusiastre Ju" The grave side of the To every one of his ordera they reply with matter is forgotten in the carnival of fun which it ins tousione,
DRAMA IN REAL LIFE. MYSTERIOUS NOTE ENDS A GREAT WILL CONTEST.
MILLIONS AT STAKE.
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Now York, Tuesd÷y, Oct. 16th. The famous Weightman will Dontest at an uuspected sod souestional ouding.
Mr. Weightman, who was one of the richest
daughter-in-law and Mrs. Walker, £1,000,000, ignoring his widowed business men in Philadelphia, left his daughter,
bis on behalf of her children, claiming that the
grandebildren. The daughter-in-law, new Mis. Wister, sued reason she was cut off was because she refused to marry Mr. Weights instead of his son
and Mrs Wister are rivals for the social Mrs. alkor bitterly contested the suit. She leadership in Philadelphia, and Mrs. Wister has hitherto been
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Last night Mr. Walker's con2s-1 aunnonced Mrs. Waster's lawyers at once demanded this
paper reluctantly produced a small faded sheat
In court to-day the defendants apparently
it they turned white and wore profoundly notepaper. Wi heu Mrs. Wister's lawyers road affected One of them handed it to Mra. Wister, She
"Oh, we're only beginning," went on Shorro. Ja 1890 we sold everything we had to that a paper had been discovered affecting the plar, apologetically, "and I'm jolly ghet i was the company of which I am now president. ut heme for the first performance. The day We received 7,500,00 dol, in seon lies. The to before yesterday we found the letter-box choked business we tuned over to the new company with Patout Puswiatle Combs (whatever returned a profit of 1,400,000 dels the fest year they are), and big 28. tid. marked
on the
The market value thakaros and bands envelope. Half an hour ago I had just come in. of your company is 40,000.00 dols. Have dying for a cup of tea, when your shabby friend you that much visible property torne up for his money or his combe. When he
up
learned that we weren't taking any profiesand business- you can build them any time but with at it aul then, covering bar face
yo
זי
to 'na.
surprise. But when Bridget proced queint him with our oloakroom charges"
"Surprised!" laughed Sharples. only wish I could bare erou his face. But woept this door open, and didn't miss a word. Won't yer try one yerself for ninepence in wheedled, hey'd look lovely in yer air, Miss! Not today, thank ya!" said Bridget, an' if re give me tuppince i'll give 'em
back egin! Ow much he shrieked.
"Two piace said she, calmly, 's pinoy aday for cluding But who said he asked bewildered.
The Masther's order! D'ye waut 'em or not? By this time it dawned upon the fellow that she wasn't joking. Well, he was will. He argued, and he cared, and he threatened, but it was no go. And SI Inst Bridget comes in, triumphantly: The gintle mah says he'll pay if se give him a yesuts.TM"
It was very amusing, "ohimed in Milly hat, after all, I'm sorry for the poor man she didn t earn many twopeores to day." Perhaps
Pooh!" eriod Sharples, in disgast. I'll teach
Lim
4 lesson."
"And then," abe wont on, "when he did get hold of his combs he used snob language that Bridget had to shut the door in hia fare. But I heard him swear bo'd got his twopence back somehow.
If he can," laughed my friend, he's Welcome!"
Next day the two of us came home together rom the City.
from
Come in and see may now bulbs," said Le.. Milly opened the door for us with a letter in het Locke like your cousin's writing, said she. "Hi's done that trick before."
I asked, as Sharples fore
pay
What trick ?” the envelope. No alamp
she smiled. "Troponca to But her husband did not smile.
|
Wa
DAY 09.
tha
Ne. Factories are a small part of the tobacco brande, er trado zames, are everything It takes years and barrels of money to establish a brand of tobacco and make it profitable lo manufacturer. tobacco which nets us two millious a year. I We have one braud of smoking wouldn't l! the simple right we have name for 15,000,000 dols, cash in hand, Mora. in itx its over, we always have a new brand cotaling on. Ya are now sending out our best known smok ing tobacco under two namen-its old one and a hard as we can, advertising
We are pushing the new brand' as giving away samples,
it extensively and are sollisg only four hundred pounds a day and
but sflor
• a long effort wa losing a dollar a pound at that. We lost a million and a half a year for four years tighting the world. They had a safe and highs un the men who produced the best plug tobaeen iu ful business, and it would have taken us ton years to make our braud profitalis; even then they would have had their own brand and casa and only the worst possible wangement could bare injured them. But they became frighten ed sad sold out,"
Ho do you advertise?
lawyers immediat-ly withdrew from the case.
her veil, fottered from the courtroom Her The New York and Philadelphiaemori 80`a”, are horrified at the possible contents of the note ertain chance of winning for her child en which induced a woman to sacrifiers an almost £6,000.00)
Mrs. Walker declares that she will never make the contents of the noto public.
SPIRITUALISM. -
in tablo. In
apping
Do you believe in spiritn din? ghosts? If you have faith is all or any of in pauclielle-writing? the things, no doubt you have your reasons discredit such subjects. And so it is with for doing B1. A person's experience is usually the bret guide to enable ose te credit or
delicious in laste, strengthening to the body raaterial thugs. Take Van Heaton's Cosea,
in
That is an excellent beverage, and fortifying to the nerves: but you must yourself experiense the truth of those assertions by actual trial of the cocoa
A dozen written matter will be less convincing to you pages
of
SİBDCO.
it is a fooddriak without equal.
In every way keown to moters baistes. than the trial of a single tin. Ila highly We have college fraternity mo, for instanca, selling cigarettes. Every male immigrant whenetitive properties render it peculiarly suitable land's tobacco put into his band. He sees the name ingestion, while for thee in normal health
at Ellis Island has a pokage of smoking
for use by invalide and such as caffer from
or Alaska erries the and remembers it, and when he
Kees to Texas memory with him.' How many persone do yn employ?' 175,000,00 dollars a year. We have betreen Fighty-two thousand. Our sales amount to three hundred and four bundred retail stores in this country.
That have you to say about the so-called tiusta?*
Combinations of all kinds should serve the public thoroughly well at only a fair profit and cried, and handed me the enclosara: Dus to Saveral years ago I laid down the principle that Tash" ho keep on improving the quality of their producte. the New Patent Paeumatic Comb Company of our rustomers should be taught to bay frequent Some-back-Street-or-Other the sum of Twopence palit under protest."
If reared, walit I ner how autored he was. Milly ought never to base laken the thing in summon the scoundrel, he'd have in locked up, he raved. I doubted whether by could, and so I persuaded hins not to, ail," I pointed out, he basn't get the fro
After penca!
And comfort in the
ty suit a more at a time thou vas needed.
dealer, we find,
YOU SAVED ME
MANY MISTAKES
my clients are constantly writing sa
Toreduce my Lassons bynes tore this county
I vet
send you
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A WRITTEN CHART OF YOUR LIFE a tet of my shittiry. I was scaled by Mic Folk &
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Under this practice the dealin was in it began ang maling paper or labe maturing obligations give him no concerts and our surplus stock is in our own warehouses and not Beuttered all over the country
Business men should work together in maintaining pre! arples seemed to find some wake up for the certain loss of 10 dollars in the j perous conditions. A dolor in hand doesn't
future. There is no sense in telling a denter
But this was only the beginning of a regolar more than he can use you do him no good and food rather.
a sort of rouletto. From that day forth, the one thing our basker lived for
you bring a period of stagnation to the market apparently. was to p a week, at least, would be for it and depart
o get his
for as he is concerned." twopruce back Twics utisatisfied. Enel time ho had
a fierca e mont with Bridget, and more than once nearly Larga- frightened poor Milly out of her wits. Indeed, he so grew upon her nerves (ake confided to dits) that not a thing went alss in the house but she saw his hand in it. After one of his visits her pet cat disappeared. After another
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