The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-06

fraction of, your estate. With me the
case is different. / thought Mr.. Hows-
unter had made up his mind to pur-
chase the premises, and now, I hear, he
has changed his intention. What is to
become Of msi Ihave heavy demands
to meet, and ! don't know where the
money is to come FROM
~ buy your housefn said Charles.
"Why, it would be madness to think OF
such a thing" :,
"Madnessf No such thing; you could
not find q better investment anywhere.
In two years, with trifing repairs, it
will be worth double its present value;
You will never see such a good oppor-
trnity again. Say done and Pm OIL"
And off he went, leaving Charles no
time to put in a word. e..
Two hours after, in walked bfr. How
sumter, evidently not in the best of tenn
per. $50
"Really, SIR" he began, "you have
taken me quite by surprise. The house
is indispensable to me. Reckoned on 1T
as if it were mine, and only offered eigh-
teen thousand dollars because the owner
is embarrassed, and felt sure that he
would be obliged to take them. With
you, sir, the case is different; so / come
to ask you if you will let me have it for
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Five thousand dollars dropping all at
once into the lap. of the poor fellow
who had to work hard to gain five hun
dred year! Charles was dumbfOunded.
81 cannot give you an answer just
now, Sill" he said; "but if you will take
the trouble to call again at five, I'll see
what can do"
reappeared. Charles said to him:
81 should tell you, sir, that had no
thought of buying the house till the
owner prevailed on me to do 50. You
say you want the house; any other will
suit me equally as we'll, so will accede
to your terms"
dYou shall have a check for the
amount at once" replied the pleased
Howsunter, apparently enchanted with
this way of doing business. 81 settle
with you, you arrange with the present
owner, my object is to secure the prop
erty."
A check for twenty five thousand dol
lars. Charles wondered what he should
do with it. After due deliberation ht
resolved to ask advice. So he wrote tC
the Boston banking house of Spelter &
Co., who paid him semi-annually the
interest of q thousand dollars left hin
few years before by relative, saying
that having large amount of money at
his command he desired to know how
he could invest it, and enclosed the
check for twenty-five thousand.
The following answer speedily reached
him, proving that the story of his luck
had reached State street:
An answer came by return OF post:
"SIR:-We are in receipt of your es'
teemed favor of the 17th inst, which
reached us just after the inception OF q
new movement in Water Power and
Petherick stock, i'll which our firm has
an interest. DESTROYS that our friends
should have an opportunity of partici.
pating in an investment which we con-
slider profitable, we have taken the lib
erty Of placing block, twenty thou
sand dollars worth of stock, to your
credit. Should that amount appear toe
considerable, the rise of this stock ad'
mits of your selling out at premium
We remain, sir, yours to command.
"SPELTER g. Co."
To this was added a postscript by the
head of the firm:
1--WE have heard with pleasure of the
recent good fortune that has fallen to
the lot of our old friend and correspon.
dent, and beg to offer him our services
as occasion may require"
Twenty thousand dollars! Charles
let the letter fall in sheer amazement
He trembled with fear at the conse'
quences. He at once wrote the bank
ers that the sum was much too large
81 have received no money!" he said
"from Santa Fee; and it would be i'm.
possible for me to meet my engage
ments."
1--WE learn, with regret, that you have
misgivings with regard to Water Pow,
er. According to your orders, we have
sold out half the stock assigned to you,
which brings you in already net profit
of eight thousand dollors. With regard
to your property in Santa Fe, we are too
we'll acquainted with the delays which
beauests at such distance must neces-
sarily involve to think for a moment
that you can be Immediately put in pos
session of your inheritances; but yonr
simple signature will suffice to procure
YOU all the money you may require in
the meantime. We take the liberty OF
reminding you of the advantage OF
making timely investments, lest, when
the legal arrangements are ended, You
should find difficulty in getting good in
terest for so large capital. With the
hope that you may entertain better
opinion of coal stock than you do OF
Water Power, we hand you prospectus
of new coal company forming among
some of our most wealthy men. You
will please to observe that as calls are
only made ut long intervals, it will be
easy for you to sell Your shares, should
you change your mind, without your
having occasion to make any payment
We have placed eight thousand dollars
to your credit, and have the honor to
remain" etc.
Eight thousand dollars! No doubt the
clerk had made some mistake in the
figures. Charles position was becom-
poured IS% in from alf quarters, especially
when he made his appearance in black
from head to foot. The Daily Gossip
thought it right to publish a biograph-
ical sketch of his uncle; and the editor
wrote to him asking for further partic-
ulars. Ladies connected with all sorts
of socities, begged that his name might
be added to their list of subscribers; and
the money he had to pay for postage
was alarming. To escape from this ava
lanche of enquiries he hastily departed
for Boston. Calling on Spelter l. Co.,
he was received as heirs to large
usually are
"Sorry that you have such poor
opinion of the Water Power and Peth-
erick,n said Mr.. spelter; "there has been
a great rise; however, we only sold but
half your lot"
"Would you have the goodness to let
me know what the present value of
tho remainder might be'" inquired
Charles.
, Certainly, sir. Petherick has risen
immensely. There is corner, if you
sell out to-day you will, with the pro-
ceeds of last sale, have from forty to
forty-fve thousand dollars"
Every well. You said something