The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-01-18

hing very carefully in q box, bade
his mother good bye, and started
Tor Washington.
II
Upon my word Shelly, I did not
know there was so much in you
Tom Shelly and Mr.. Dunning
were closeted together in the lat
ter's private Office, with some pa
pers spread out before them, and q
small brass model of a machine on
the desk. a N
We'll sir, since you'approve of IT.
and think it will answer the pur-
pose, suppose we talk business. 8
Business.
Yes, you have capital, and I have
the, patent. There is money in the
machine, but it will take money to
bring it out i
Very true.
Well your capital invested in
these works is one humid p ziis1ee q 1eedhu
sand dollars. I will put III n.s in
vention at fifty thousand and own
one third of the establishment
.Ha. I should think you might.
sOr if you like, I will travel two:
months aud see how the thing is
likely to take before we make any
arrangements.
DO you not think you have got
your ideas up rather high upon the
matter 2 z.
Perhaps I have answered Tom
cody, but I do not propose to go
begging and let others grow rich
on what / ought to have.
Such things are all experiments,
great risks.
4 know, sir, but you see what it
is and the need it supplies, and. it
is for you to say whether you will
run the risk of taking hold of it.
Mr.. Dunning paused and reflect
ed. 4 will look the matter over,
he said at length, and you may
come tomorrow evening.
F. This was as satisfactory as Ton
had expected, SO he withdrew.
4 When he went home he asked hi
| mother, to whom he had confidel
naught Of his plans, how she woule
] like to live in Judge Graham
house on Main street.
! The Judge is going to Europ,
4 and wants to SELL a
what is that to us, Tom : w
can't buy his house. ''
! We'll we may be able to som
Z time s'I .s''t
Sometime! What a way you hay
of looking ahead, Tom
TT is better to look ahead tina,
behind, 1 think
4 Tom went upstairs threw himsel
j back in a chair and took Luc
Wares button out He fingere
the memento over and over, gaze
on it, and then finally placed it t
his lips stealthily, as if he feare
some one might be looking. An
then he wondered what Mr.. Dur
fning's decision might be, and the
resolved in his mind all the cor
sltingencies of success or failure. H
slept but little that night, for hi
whole future hung on the intervie'
of twenty-four, hours hence.
New Years night, silver wet
ding! -
Mr.. Dunning's mansion wa
thrown open and thronged with b
8 friends. . It was no stately affair
The children were there as well a
the old folks, and the house wa
aglow with merriment and goo
1 cheer. sfa,5ag
I There were beautiful present
smiling congratulations, and shal
ing hands; bright-eyed girls viii
dazzling dresses, and shining whit
), shoulders digni6ed matrons
stately silks and diamonds benie
j, fathers in glossy broadcloth an
, sober kids. elegant young men
swallow tails and white vest,
. screaming children with wild d
lighted countenances and the bu
| and rustic, and din, and rattle of
crowd that had dismissed dull ca
, for the time, and bent on making
night of it.
Tom Shelly was there and so "
Lucy Ware The former was s,
: rounded by friends and new ,
quaintances eager to congratuls
: him on recent important event
/ namely his admission as partn
j. with Mr.. Dunning.
-Dunning & Shelly has a very
q spectacle sound, said one.
Accept my congratulations
t your good fortune, said another.
= Well Tom your luck has come
9 last
K You deserve your luck eve
bit of it, were some of the wol
o of an old friend.
e Tom received all with due gr;
and modesty. A few ventured
n test his intelligence, but were spe
k lily satisfied on that score. He y
d a thoughtful reader, and possess
e little stock of books that ms
N of them around him would b
done well to substitute for the
at wholesome sweet meats with wh
st they were wont to regale Il
minds. @ s. eaa
i In the meantime Tom is sol
quizing mentally. He is grow
We restiye and longs to speak to L
III Ware. But he wonders how
will receive him-whether his e
fortune will make him more att
tive to her. And if he does ant
certain hopes he has cherished
m fulfilled, will it be he that wins