1,000 FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS OF $1000.00 EACH.

FULL PROTECTION GUARANTEED.

The undersigned, Messrs. . . . . offer for sale $500,000.00 of the 6%
Deferred Debenture Bonds of the C.& W. Air Line Railroad at par and
accrued interest, together with a limited amount of the ordinary shares
at 50%.

Subscription books close. . . . . Promoters reserve the right to advance
prices without further notice.

"There, Major, is a prospectus that caarries conviction on its vehy
face," said the colonel, reaching for the document.

I complimented the eminent financier on his skill, and was about to
ask him what it all meant, when the colonel, who had been studying it
carefully, broke in with:--

"Fitz, there is one thing you left out."

"Yes, I know, the name of the banker; I haven't found him yet."

"No, Fitz; but the words, '_Subscriptions opened Simultaneously in
New York, London, Richmond_,' and"--

"Cartersville?" suggested Fitz.

"Certainly, suh."