Life — March 14, 1889 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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FROM OUR COLLECTION OF OLD PRINTS. Evian in THE Fiery Crarior. If MARRIAGES ARE FAILURES, PERHAPS THE ABOVE WILL GIVE A SLIGHT IDEA OF WHY THEY ARE SO. WE ALL KNOW HIM. i has returning from a symposium the other night I met Chauncey Blankington. I meet him everywhere—at supper, clubs, theatre parties—in fact, everywhere except at his office. He used to be in mining stocks, securities, and Western land speculations; now I am in. Above F teenth Street is out of town, nowadays. That's where Chauncey spends all his time. When I call at his office, his bookkeeper gazes on a map of the Snake River Valley country, and to my question regarding Mr. Blankington, he answers that he is “ out of town.” Blankington is a good fellow, nevertheless. twelve dollars the first week he was in business. He earned When he co micbooks.com