THURSDAY, MAY 19/1955
‘‘COME AGAIN' HARRINGTOn
By Maurice Vincent
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... *~pHE gentleman entering the
* Silver Dollar Case wore tan
gloves and carried a silver headed
cane. The cane was the, type that
concealed a long and wicked blade
The gentleman. Mr Franklin
Quincy * Harrigan by name, was
known by the police of three con
tinents for certain felonious activi
ties concerning the banking pro
fession. Every literate person in
the world had heard of.“ Come
counter, tipped his hat at an ex
traordinary confidence man since
"Yellow Kid” Weil. •
Mr. Harrington placed his or
nate walking stick atop the
counter, tipped his hat at an ex
pensive angle and looked at the
waitress who appeared to bet
—* slightly flustered She was staring
at the man as she might gaze at
an exotic bird
“Coffee, my dear,*’ said Mr
Harrington gently He had a weak
ness for pretty girls and Trexy
Hartman was decidedly a pretty
girl Mr. Harrington's tastes were
generally pretty jaded . . . and
expensive. But this girl could well
be an exception; Mr. Harrington
mused.
"What is the name of the banker
in this village, my girl?” asked
"Come Again.” He waved i hand
expressively and on his little finger
glittered a stone large enough tp
blind e locomotive headon.
“Mr. Grange Hartman .... sir,”
said Trexy. She blushed as Mr.
Harrington gazed at her in a
fashion that would lead you to
believe she had just recited one
of Einstein's equations from mem
ory. .
"And where does Mr. Hartman
. . . live?” asked Mr. Harrington
softly. It was his fashion to first
make a social call on the bankers
of his choice. What went on at
those conferences only the bankers
and Mr, Harrington were aware.
Mr. Harrington considered this
knowledge as business secrets and
the bankers were generally too
reluctant to bring up the subject
JiImiLIECAMMIECi«i
RY»NG AN{>-SXART-UVIN J
I F YOU think you can write s-itory or a song or a poem the chances
are you can It must be in you or you would no! be clamoring for
expression Having it accepted by a publisher of stories or a house
that brings out songs, or selling a poem Is another matter
A publisher once told me that one of the greatest mistakes In the
profession was a writer not knowing ffis market, and sending his
work to some publication or publishing house for
whofn It was wholly unsuited Nalurally when a __ 1
writer has put down on paper his innermost
thoughts and feeling he thinks at once of publish- f ~'l
ers’ names that he sees most frequently So oil
goes his work to one of them regardless of whether ife' JuT
those particular houses go in for his "type of stuff."
So the second thing for a writer lo do is to A
learn his market Many a good piece of work has
gone unread, or a lovely song unsung because this IBidyl
has not beep done.
An unknown name Uof course another obstacle CARNEGIE
Carrie Jacobs Bond, whose “The End of a Perfect Day" Is sung
ail over the world, could not get it published So she had it printed and
went frojn door to door selling it.
The late Dr Charles Wakefield Cadman wrote some music to an
6gend Bnd called il ,The Land of the Sky Blue Water" Eight
publishers turned it down. Most of them gave him mild encourage
ment. however That song, long before Mr Cadman died more than
a decade ago, sold more than a million copies, after the eighth oub-
Usher recognized Us quality and its possibilities.
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> = “Mr. Hartman ~ . lives across
i the street (she pointed with a
I pink finger) in the vyhite house
got green shutbfrfc^.said Trexy
‘Mr Hartman... the banker
i Is my grandfather " she added
1 Then Trexy done ju very unusua
thing She reached fore package
of money, the weeks receipts fron
the Silver Dollar Case. and handed
i them to the '
“Would you., give this mone>
to my grandfather., for deposit? -
she asked shyly Then she smilec
at Mr. Harrington as innocent at
a child Mr Harrington dropped
his walking stick with a greu
clatter Muttering to himself, hi
picked up his cane, and then. ii.
*|arn, dropped his gloves. The gen
Ueman’s poise had left him.
“My dear." said Mr. Harring '
ton sadly. "You have just ruinei
a fine career."
■1 Trexy looked at him. not undei
standing. There was a light in he
eyes that no one, except Mi
"Harrington; had been privilege?
to see. “Come Again" Harringfbn
recognized the look and it made
him a bit sad to think of the
wasted years. As he arose from
the stool, leaving his coffee un
touched, he looked at the shabby
.interior of the Silver Dollar. Hi
glanced at the lovely features o!
Trexy Hartman. '
He handed the money back ti
the girl. “Must be getting a bit
soft,” he muttered. He picked up
Jiis gloves and stick and prepared
to leave. He reflected for one brief
instant%upon ..the banker and his
good fortune to be spared a visit
by the world's most accomplished
scoundrc-l.
“Will you come agtSin?" asked
Trexy anxiously.
“I doubt it,” said Mr Harring
ton. Then he smiled bleakly
“Congratulate your grandfathei
upon his good fortune .just tel)
him that “Come Again” Harring
ton will not pass this way again
He’U understand. "Then, with a
polite tip of his expensive hat. he
was gone.
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MINERAL BOOK COMMIT
TEES TO MEET MAY 19
IN SPRUCE P*NE
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The Mineral Book Committee
of the cooperating libraries of
Mitchell, Avery, and *Yancey
counties will meet on May 19 at
Young’s Restaurant, Spruce
Pine, Tor supper and a short
business meeting. Dr.'and Mrs.
Donald Brobst will be guests of
the committee. 'Dr. Brobst is a
geologist employed by the Unit
ed States Geological Survey and
is now completing a survey of
the pegmatite deposit in the
Spruce Pine area.
Dr. Brobst will give a talk at
the Town Hall, Spruce Pine at
8 p. m., the same evening on the
geology and geography of this
section. The public is invited to
attend this talk.
R. T. Dent of Spruce Pine is
chairman of the mineral book
committee that is building up a
collection of books on minerals
and mining industries for use
by public libraries throughout
the state. The collection now in
cludes more than 400 books with
over 150Mndividual titles. Lists
of the books owned may be con
sulted at the library quarters in
Bakersville, Burnsville, Newland
or Spruce Pine or may be re
quested through the bookmobile
service. Mitchell County Library
at Bakersville catalogs and pre
pares the boks for use, and the
subject catalog of the collection
is kept at the Bakersville
headquarters. • . ; R «
The library boards of each
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to serve on the Mineral Book
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Issued. For the same year, baseball drew 18 million paid cus
tomers. Rodeos drew 20 million and horse racing about 30 million.
Q—Can yon tell me actually how many attended the dinner In Wash
ington for Speaker Sam Rayburn? Who got the money?
A““There were 3700 places set. More than that number attended at
a rate of SIOO per plate. The dinner was in the National Guard 1
artnory and was served by the combined cuisine of the Mayflower
and Statler hotels. Profit went to the Democratic-National Com
mittee.
Q— Which President was It who is said to have been drafted and hired
a substitute to serve in the army for him?
A—Grover Cleveland, was drafted for service in the - Civil War by the
Federal Army. He .hired a Substitute, then a legal right.
Q-—Can you give me the nahtesi of ,other army officers besides Eisen
hower who became President.
A—Generals Grant pnd Zachary Taylor became president. Other pres-
IdenisTiave performed military service ip some capacity, includ
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, Lincoln. Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Theodore
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at least 14 years a resident of the United States.
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This Bth day of April, 1956.
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Horton Laughrun, Deceased.
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