The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-05-16

have a chance to take advantage of this
wonderful golden opportunity. But he had
promised that within three months the
share holders should be notified of the pro-
gress of affairs, and that within six months
they should have their money all back
again, and begin to receive large divi-
dends. ta -Tl
| Rooney Podkins codldn't see the necessity
Of working any more on his low beuch.-
! When he was not at the tavern talking ''ale'
with the other fortunate individuals who
had gone in with him, he was looking
around to select tbemost favorable site for
the new and spacious mansiop which he
contemplated building. "a r.
Three months passed away--then another
month-another-and then another. Six
months had gone, and it was now Winter,
and yet not word from Frederick Gustavus
Teufelsschstt. The daily papers had been
eagerly watched, and all paragraphs relat-
ing to petroleum carefully scanded; but no
mention had they been able to find of the
great Boiling Tar Spring Flowing Oil
Wells Company. " The Fortunate Five did
not meet now at the tavern, but held their
consultations in Rooney's little shoe-shop.
Eight mouths had passed. and they felt
that they ought to know something about
their property. Archibald Slodgcr, one of
their number, had Travelled some, and it
was at length arranged that he should set
out forthwith for the Land of Oil and nyes-
| tigate the matter So the FIVE contributed
| thirty dollars each, towards defraying Archi-
| bald's expenses, and he set forth. a..
! On the first day Of April Archibald Slod-
ger returned to Beomerberg, and in the
evening the illustlious Five assembled in the
shoe shop. The door was locked, and cur
| tains Of thick brown paper tackled over the
| windows. s Then said Archibald, in low,
| hesitating tones: II ss q. ...a... ,tt q,
| 'Gentlemen, we are--sOLDi" ~g .a .s.s
A solemn silence prevailed for some Sec
onds. AT lengthZephaniah Doolittle gasp
| ed forth: .gr afa .s.r... -. -.
Out with it, Archy, Let us have the
whole story" ~. = .a.t ... ...... ..t.
Il ken tell it to ye in pluaguey few
| words, answered Archibald. in the fust
place, went to New York and tried to find
Mister John Skinner; but there 6idn t any
body know any sucn man. Then | asked
arter Lot Dedhammef; and arter Solomon
Phoolum, and arter Mr. Tarfoot, but there
weren't no such men there. Nobody know
ed any such men. Then posted off to the
lie Regions, and tried to find the land that
belonged to the great b lin Tar-Spring
Flowing lie Wells Company, but there
wasn't any such land there. BY IN by, al
ter liz been over every inch of lie land there
was, | met man who knowed all about it.
He said he knowed there was such COM
Germ as spoke Of that it wasn't no lie conn
pany. He said it was q reg lar swindlin' at-
fair. They owned hundred acres of land,
but twas right on top OF one of the highest
mountains in them parts. | asked him if
he know man by the name of Frederic
Gustavus Teufelsschaf. Upon that he kind
o smiled, and said thatshe guessed a good
many folks would like to tind that chap
He said the fellows name WASH Teutelss-
chaft at all. lie said the scamp was reg
lar Baltimore rough that what he called
him-and that he ID been swindlin' people
awtully ever siace the lie fever tust broke
| out. ..... ...r...
1t was long time before the stricken
larty could really understand how effect
ually anG thoroughly they had been victim
ized; but they saw it all at length, and as
they finally arose to depart they felt sad
but they also felt wise. Archibald Slodger,
| as Rooney was turning the key to let them
out, offered the philosophical reflection.
There's one thing, boys: We weren't t
the only ones as has been bit " f-,~ .r b.
Rooney Podkins felt that he had still be-
fore him the most trying ordeal of all-the
meeting with his wife. But in this he was
agreeable disappointed. She told him that
she had her ordeal months before. 1t had
all come out just as she expected, and she
had bepu prpparad tn meet If
Rooney" said she kindly and sympa-
thizingly, whats done can't be helped -
Do you want to speculate any more2' sst
"No-In be hanged if Lido! was his en-
pathatic reply. ... .......... ......... ~
And will you take the old lapstone upon
your knees once more?'
Eyes, Betsey; and III hammer and peg
and stitch that eight hundred dollars back
into our little trunk, if God spares my life
and gives me strength -
Then we won't complain. | think well
be happy enough in our little cot, Rooney;
| our own, we will leave others to fret and
fuss and worry after mere phantoms; for |
truly believe that in nine cases out of ten
those great fortunes which are sometimes
gained in observation-disclosures that come
WITHOUT laUoT, anu Without Houest, peIhist-
ent toil-are after all nothing els, than
phantoms. The man who has, by years Of
patient industry and perseverance, al1assed
wealth, may feel an honest pride in the re-
suit of his labors, and he has something that
may support him in his declining years
And, moreover such man will generally
know how to use that which he has SO care
fully gained. But the man who has great
wealth tumbled upon him is very apt to be
crushed by the burden. At all events, Roo
ncy, YOU and I will be happier fer eight
months to come than we have been for the
eight months past-and I don't see why, if
We are true and faithful to ourselves, we
shouldn't be happy while We live" .-...
| The days and the weeks went on from
that time, and Rooney Podkins' vigorous
blows upon the old lapstone made noble
responses to his wife's philosophical refec7