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Damon,
Pythias 6L Co.
How It Became a Corporation
With Limited Capital and
T T 1- _ | rv J J.
Unlimited uiviaenus i
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By F. A. MITCHEL
Copyright by American Press Association,
1911.
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"Mr. Clarksou, I am happy to see
you. Be seated. Will told nie that you
would coll. Indeed, he showed nie the
letter which said you were coming."
The gentleman grew red in the face.
"He showed you the letter. Mrs.
Field?"
"Certainly. Do you suppose men can
receive letters that their wives ore
not permitted to read?,"
"But?but Will is only just married,
you know."
"Certainly. The day before marriage
and the day after marriage are very
different. During the fiisU-i? is single;
duriug the second he is lUftibic."
"Good gracious! I d jyfaot know that j
marriage turned an taouorable man i
into a dishonorable one."
"If we cau't be honorable toward i
two persons we rcnst decide in favor '
of the one t<> whom we have made j
definite pledges?that Is the wife. However.
1 will do Will justice t>? snv that
he did not show me your letter. I learned
of its contents in another way."
"How?"
"I am not prepared to make that
clear just now. But enough of my having
become aware of your feelings toward
the woman who has robbed you
' of your friend. I can understand those
feelings and have a proposition to
make. 1 will divide Will with you.
Instead of you and he beiug Damon
and Pythias, we will make the firm
Damon, Pythias & Co.. I to be the
company."
"Two men and a woman!"
"Why not? Will loves you. and you
love Will. Will loves me, and I love
Will. It only remains for me to love
you and you to love me to make a delightful
trio." .
Clarkson drew a f"w <'mrt breaths
and looked about him like one fearing
to be caught in a trap.
''Oh. bnt Will!" he rejoined. "Would
an arrangement please hfm?"
^ h* ~'tu
"How do yoh know that?" 1?
"Before he went away"?
"Went away? Has he gone away?"
"For a month."
Clarkson looked rroro frightened than
ever. The lady continued:
"We had a talk about this letter of
yours In which you mourn your friend
as lost to you and speak so bitterly of
the woman who has taken him away
from you. It was decided between us
that we should take you into the co
partnership."
"Take me in?"
The tone and expression on his face |
when he said this were so comical that
the lady failed to repress n smilp.
"Yes. take you in," she repented.
An idea seemed to strike him, and. j
he brightened. "There's an advantage i
in that." he sa'd. "Another woman j
couldn't"? He checked himself.
"Kitrht! I will see that no other worn-1
an jrets you away front us."
"I rather like that. Rut tell me about
Will. Don't newly married men usually
po away on honeymoon trips?"
"They do."
"Well?"
She thought a moment before reply- 1
ins. "Will's affairs are now in his j
? lfnnnlnrt ntwl CnTRO nf - I
? lit: 3 IVlTj'HJf,, (I iiu ?-ww.v vMV? |
this one particularly?are not to be dl- j
vulged."
-But I thought I was admitted into '
the firm."
"So you are. But there Is reason in
all things. 1 am to know Will's secrets
- and yours. You are not to know Will's
nor Will yours."
"Well. I like that: To you call it
reason?"
"Certainly. What else would you call
it?"
"Oh, I suppose it is?since you say
j
"Now I propose n> make up for lost
time. You and Will have loved each
other since boyhood. Will and 1 have
loved each other for several years.
The chain hotweeu you and me is
alone wanting. It was agreed between
Will and me before lie left that I was
to take you in and form this bond
between us."
Mr. Clarkson started and again looked
wildly about him.
"I don't know." lie said, "that I ever
heard of ;::i arrangement like this."
"There's always a tirst time for
everything."
"There's one advantage in it." tmisJugly.
"that I have already mentioned.
To he frank with y a. I'd rather steer
clear of women matt inn nlal'y I in "\:i.
It's till r!g''t f.>r Will to to in for lint
port of thins.*. hut I don't. Hi is arrangement
will be a barrier for lue,
wou't it?" '
"I'll guarantee that no woman shall
couie near you. To facilitate matters
we will let them all know that you belong
to the firm of Damon, Pythias
& Co. by making yourself at home
here. For a starter Will left a pair of
tickets to the theater for tomorrow
evening. Have you any engagements?"
"X-n-o."
"Oh. if you don't care to go I can
dispose of the tickets." She looked a
trifle milled.
"I shall be delighted."
"Very well. Now we will talk of
other matters. It has been quite warm
lately, hasn't it?"
"Yes?no. I haven't noticed. How
long did you say Will is to be absent?"
"A month."
"Won't you miss him very murb?"
"Of course. 1 love him dearly, as he
loves me. But here comes in the advantage
of a trio. I shall have you."
Clarkson started as if a bomb had
fallen on the floor before him and was
sputtering ready to e:;;?lode. If he had
Ii-nl-lnor .it ]i|< COP111.1 llion lie
wouid have seen a very animated expression
on her face.
"I was jiot aware. I didn't know,"
he stammered, "that a lady married to
the man she loves could let him go
away a few days after the wedding
and he contented with the company of
his best friend."
"Von forget that this is a tripartite
arrangement, wherein 11 tree persons
are made one. Ilut cease to bother
yourself about that. The secret of remaining
comfortable in t his world is
not to worry. By this arrangement
Wiii and I have endeavored to obviate
the necessity of you and he loving each
other. It behooves you to accept the
situation ard be content."
"Yoa have both ccrt.il::Iy been very
kind. I shall endeavor to prove myself
worthy of your confidence and conduct
myself"?
"Conduct yourself! Of course you
will. Now don't trouble yourscif any
more about trifles. Just fall into the
situation naturally and nil will be
well."
lie left her. wondering what it all
meant. Surely the e < .:s some mistake.
Was tills woman so juiocent that she
supposed such a partnership as she
proposed could endure with, ut danger'
The head of the firm of Damon, I\vth
las & Co. remained away quite Ion?
enough to produce a volcano in the
breast of the Junior member.
The lady maintained the same position
she had taken at the first meeting
with Clarksou, talked about love existing
betweeu the three of them Just as
Innoceutly and bore herself Just as
clrcumSpecTIy" at the lasts as at The
first of Damon's absence. The only
difference In her bearing from what be
might expect of his friend's wife was
a growing disposition to sensitiveness
with regard to his treatment of her.
In one respect the intimacy was a success.
N'o other woman was permitted
to get near enough to Clarksou to endanger
his single state. As for the
purity of the junior member of the
hrm and her loyalty to the head of it
there was 110 question.
Vevertheless before liis friend Da
mon returned Clarkson was in lore.
Indeed, the even in? before the arrival
of the man who bad permitted this
unique arrangement Mr. Clarkson
made two statements to the lady. The
first was that he loved her madly,
the second that he proposed to retire
at once from the firm and uever see
her again. lie then left her with an
expression on her face denoting an internal
upheaval, but whether she was
offended with him for making the
avowal he could not tell.
The suest day. while Clarksou was
packing a trunk preparatory to a long
journey, he received a telephone message
from his friend I-'ield, inviting
him to a meeting of the firm of Damon,
Pythias & Co. at dinner. Clnrkson
tried to beg o!T, but failed, and. after
numerous excuses which seemed to
surprise and offend his would he host,
at last consented.
On his arrival Field took him into
Ids sanctum uud su'd to him seriously:
"Ih.b. before we dine something
needs to be straightened cut."
Ciarksoti shudder* !.
"licfore my departure 1 was struck
by your letter. We both regretted the
separation that must naturally result
between you and tac on account of my
marri vc. for you know in two bos"
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proposed t?> luarry y<>n . her sister
Cynthia. She euj posted ! w!:ilo wc
v. r.? <?u our we Mil tr hp Cynthia
should i-Iny wlMi y ;n .1: t' r ? < f I>an:
m. I'vMi.'.is ?v Co. j i.i.-i what I
h<. r "' o ;.;.r !i ?r i art well. 1 ut n> w
l!nt ;vo have arrived at the climax
.<! "hi: InoIkmi <1 . !i com >!elely. She
i. t.rror stricken le-1 joti ui.'.y think
v];<> r?ii? i rately set out to catch you.
wlesvas she lvaliy eniertd 1*1 ou it fur
sport."
When i'i-M beyan to impart this
knewiedtre <'iar:;s;.:i was l. okk g .at
him !Ik" a bet's* at i::!v. As i'ienl proceeded
this u ch".u;td to s::rprise.
curiosity. !: pe, and dually broke
into a beautiful stnile^
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Well, to shorten a loner story, they
finally told tue they believed I was
their son. The woman was more eer
tain nbcut it than the man and insisted
on hugging me. The man made a
journey and brought back an Apache
with him who identified me as a for
nier member of his tribe and told when
and where I had been captured, proving
conclusively that I was the sot;
of the man and woman who \vre interested
In me.
, The lives o' all the gang w^r* s:
and I was taken in hand by ' '
and mother. They made r
citizen of me, but they
: time doing it. To a i:a?:
owe most of my reform.
Silent Lawyers.
It is almost a maxim nowadays that
a lawyer's real importance at the bar
is in inverse ratio to his prominence
j in the papers. The truth is that lawj
ycrs of great Importance seldom nowadays
appear in court. In the old days
the great lawyer was the eloquent
lawyer; today the gl'eut lawer Is the
silent one. Then bar reputations were
made literally at the bar. Today they
.?r.? inmio in the offices of the sky
scrapers neighboring on Wall street,
i In England a visit any day to the law
courts will be repaid by the sight of
souie famous K. C. assisting the court
in a dramatization of the trial chapter
' from "Alice In Wonderland." But you
might prowl for a mouth within the
precincts of the New York courthouse
without encountering a lawyer whose
name would signify anything remarkable
to the historian of the New York
[ bar.?American Magazine.
Bottomless Tarpon Springs.
, The great body of water which gave
the name to Tarpon Springs, Fla., Is
classed by all of the old citizens as
bottomless. The center appears to be
! a hole curbed with jagged rocks.
, Sometimes the weight has lodged and
, then dropped on to the extent of the
sounding line afterward. Many citl!
zeus say that they know the depth to
be in excess of 700, 800 and 900 feet
Once when a depth of 200 feet was
| reached an obstruction wns enconnter,
ed; then it was dislodged, dropped on
farther, and the line broke. A very
. heavy weight has to be used on ac,
count of the depth, and when divers
are sent down In the springs, as they
huve been recently, they report the
same great jagged hole, which, so far
as they can find out, is without bottom.
The spring is supposed to be
the principal outlet of that beautiful
jLape Butlef Whlth lied just a mlia
east of the town. Tidewater comes up
into the spring, and it has acquired
the name because it was the playi
ground of the silvered king of fish, the
tarpon.?Manufacturers' Record.
Preferred to Be a Quack.
A quack at a fair near Paris was
f driving a roaring trade selling nostrums,
drawing teeth and beguiling
the crowd in the usual ways, says the
British Medical Journal. The letter
of the French law against unqualified
practice is very strong, 1 hough owing
to the indifference of the magistrates
,! it is not strictly carried out. This,
, however, was a particularly flagrant
> case, and the police felt compelled to
I intervene. The quack was therefore
accosted by the guardians of the law,
. taken to a tent at the back of his
staud and requested to show his diploma.
To the stupefaction of the gend;
urines he exhibited a perfectly authentic
degree of doctor of medicine
of th ? University of Faris. They were
j profuse in tueir apologies, wnicn me
| doctor cut short with an urgent entreaty
that they should say nothing
about what they had seen, "for," he
said, "if the people know that I am a
qualified doctor I shall have no more
. customers."
A Marvel of Insect Mechanism.
The sting of a certain Indian fly ofi
fors us marked an example of design
: in nature as can well be imagined,
i When seen through a magnifying glass
j it is found to be composed of three
j sharp blades folded into one with
I their cutting edges outward and running
down to one fine point. When
I the fly inserts this up to the hilt In its
j victim the three blades fly apart, and
j then it is seen that each inr.er edge Is
| a beautiful saw, worked by six sepi
nrate muscles, so that when withthe
instrument rips its way out
wiili a gusli of blood, lint now comes
the most curious provision of all. It
would not do to fold up tV???? blades
with the blood adhering lo unui. so
en< it b.....c ?s ]uo..dc.i at hs base with
! a fine brush of hairs growing out of
! an oil pianu, wnicii proViiies an iinu
septic secretion to keep the blades
, clean. ?
Ucft For the Library.
Architect (sliowlntr piansi?This room
wi:l he your library. Mr. Xewrich?
My library? Oh. yes, of course. 1
! must have a place to smoke.?Boston
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No man can do nothing. and no
man can do everything.?German.
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WASN'T QUITE SURE
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Effle?Wasn't It Tennyson, mam
ma. that wrote ' In Memoriam?"
Mrs. Quickrich?I don't know ex;
actly if that was the place, but It waa
i somewhere In England, I believe. .
i The Fatal Ring.
An amazing story Is told by the late
1 head of the Paris morgue. Five times
, within his experience ('cad bodies
! brought to the morgue were found to
be wearing a certain ring easily dlsI
tinguishable by Its strange design. It
bore In Eastern characters this le'
gend: "May whosoever wears this
ring die a miserable death." M. Mace,
late chief of the Paris police, vouches
the truth of this.
Forestry In Palestine.
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If Telix Medell, a flve-yearold patient
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can thank a pyramid of beer barrels
in the rear yard of his tenement house
home. He fell five stories from the
roof last night while playing leapfrog
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pyramid. The barrels rolled away
under bin. breaking his fall, and he
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ourne w/ritc.
A spring poet, whose specialty Is
cynicism, dashed off the following:
"The man who is brave enough to
desire to marry the modern girl
needs no further test of his courage."
HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM
It I* An Internal Dlneaae And Required
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tko nmtoa nt rheumatism and kindred
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causes you to delay the proper treatment,
and allows the malady to get a
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the pain, but they will no more euro
Rheumatism than paint will change the
fiber of rotten wood.
Science has at last discovered a perfect
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Rheumacide strikes the root of the di??
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