The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-07-14

circumstance people had not settled d0w4
upon the rich lands by the river, and thS
huge trees vet stood upon the finest aluvixl
soil In that section of the country. such
an establishment, Mr.. Talnall at once saw
would draw quite village together, in few
years, and then his lard would make hiip
independently wealthy. But he believed Id
had the power all in his own hands, and Id
meant TO use il.
~ cannot take cent less" he said, afteH
a moments thought. ITO be sure, ths
establishment you speak Of will be beDciit
to me, but thnt Is no reason why should
sacrifice now II will also be a benefit I'd
you for which you can well afford to pay
II you will take the whole for scventeenI
hundred dollars you can have it."
"Wel," said Mr. Farnsworth, "l have a
partner engaged with me In this business,
and | must see him first will explain tho
case to him, and next day after tomorrow
| will see you again"
Mr.. Farnswor,h left, and when Tatnall
found himself alone, he began to mediate,
upon the plan he had thus entered upon. !
"If these two men have got their m'ndd
made upon this mill, he said to hir.sclf,
"thcy won't stop at trilcs OF course they
have got money enough, orelse they wouldn't
he going into such an extensive business. =
IU .teelJ EN-"
Mr. Tatnall said this with sort Of chucke,
and he claspcd his hands tgethcr Just as
though he had helpless man within his
crap.
At the appointed time, Mr. Farnswor,h re-
turned, and with him came his partner, q
man Of about the same age of himself, named
Rdgry They went ont and looked the
place n over and at length they concluded
they woul pay the seventeen hundred dol.
lars. 1t was heavy sun--much more than
the property was wor h, but they had set
their hearts upon building the mill in that
section, and they wished not to give il up.
"Ah, gentlemen" said Ta,nall, with a
bland smi c, after their offer had been made,
that price was not fixed one, that was
onl; a sum named two days ago for accept
ance or rejection then. gave no claim or
refusal. ] cannot sell for that now"
care you in earneStI" asked Mr. Farms
worth.
am, most assurcdly."
| "And for what will you sell now
You may have the whole for twenty-five
/ hundred dollars
"Bu', sir Ridge'y, "that is monstrous.
The mills may not return US a cent for years
/ Why, sir, for six years, At least, you will
| certainly make more by the mills than We
/ shall"
This is looking further ahead than id
needed, replied Tatnall 1.-The property is
| worth what ! ask"
"Bu, YOU will take of some,hing'"
mo, sir"
"Not single cent less than twenty two
/ hund,ed
! Both the young men saw that Tatnall was
trying to oyerrench them, but they did not
/ give vent to their feelings, for they wanted
the mill privilege much They had exam
/ ined the nature of the land up and down
/ the river, and they had found that for mani y
miles it was rich deep interval, and that
such works as they meant to put up would
surely make large village there in a few
years. And then the circumjaccnt upland
was good, being beautifully undulating and
bearing a heavy growth Of OAK and mapis.
hut tbey were not prePaPed- to pay a sum
which they knew was only forced upon them
| through their necessity.
Many man would have almost given them
the null privilege in consideration Of the
benefit that would thereby accrue to the
other property Bat he cared not for that.
! The result Of the conference was that the
! young men wanted week in which TO con.
I slider upon the matter, and make a final de-.
csi"n in r, gard to il.
VERY VIII, said Tatnall, "you can take
as iong a you like"
But you will not rise on your price
again y adj d Farnswor,h.
/ ID mt know about that, was the response.
The offer have Just made is open oniy for
to-day"
The two partners convcrsed together in a
whisper, and for few moments they had
mind to accept Tatnals offer. They saw
that they were completely in his power. and
they had read enough of his character to be
assured that he would rob them of every
penny they had if he could do so under 60.
yer OF law. But the mill privilege would be
valuable to them-very vauablc-and Of
hi Farnsworth spoke
81 know it., returned Ridg,ly, "but YOU
must rcncmb that it is our energy and per.
severance that will max: it valuable Let
us think for awhile"
81 they went away and left the matter for
settlement in one week. Mr. Tatnall rubbed
his hands when they were gone, for he felt
sure they would come back, and he had
made NJ, his mind tha, he wonlI have ius,
twenty. .fv. hu,Lr,d JoiI,,s Co., ,h" Io, ha
was to sell,
TIL next day the two mariners took n
stroll down the river. and n, m. distance Of
seven miles from Ta,ualrs mace th.v came
I, plac, where n sor, Of huyou or inl.,
made M into the shore From curiosity
they followed this up, and found il to run in
on'y about twenty rods, and then turn and
extend down some quarter of n mile, almost
parallel with the river, and there it ended in
deep basin. Opposite this point, in the RI
yer, was u steep fall of water. but no
thoughts of building a mill there had been
entertained on account of the rocky, rugged
nature of the shores. But this inlet scented
almost cut out by Providence for mill By
expending one hundred dollars, at the out.
side, the bayou cou.d be cut on to the river.
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