National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-01-17

pnrposcly waiting for us. Think Of i
now; all those fat old galleons, sunk b
Drake and Hawkins, which have bee
waiting the William Phippscs OF III
nineteenth century po not talk
me about Capt, Kidd aud snch trash.
tell you never was in more sober carr
est in my life, and am ready to risk m
all in it, II is simply matter ~ do
lars and cents. Here are my figures,
and with this hr lfew out Of his eiga,
case card, on which was written in
bold, clear hand, b whole row of figure,
Handing Inc cigar, and taking ol,
himself, he went on. Nov, yoa sha
Judge for yourself whether am muc
out Of the way. Patent ON the submo
rine machine, with total md exclusiv
right TO use it, in fact the absdlut
cession of it, $4,000. They wante
100000, and participation in tb
profits, for the United States alone, bu
! at last got their price, and have tn
refusal OF it for ten dasis Cost of bt,ild
ing the vessel. iron throughout, witt
engine and apparatus complete, S6S,
s75 d2. Every item down on the con
tract, with specifications, and tho work
ing drawings now in the hands Of tn,
first machine-shop in the country
Chemists patent, 100000 That il
steep, | must admit.
"Quite so, - ] said.
- So it seems to me stfll. But til,
confounded fellow has the secret, and
laughs ut me when | mention even
penny less did try ever SO hard to
make him tahca portion OF the prize in
shares, but he has refesed. All ] can
get ont of him is his prorsise to be sat.
isfied with his money by instalments.
Item third Cost q Material for making
air OF the primest quality, fifty pounds
capable of producing 1881, ,569 cubic
feet of 4 air, AT thirty cents pound,
is Slj. But | have no doubt, from in
quires have made among the whole
salc people, il could lie horght in auan-
tity for twenty-five cents. and we might
import it ourselves on margin; and
what saving that would be, for we
shall certainly want tons Of It, Well,
you must confess that S15 is cheap
enough.
Quite SO. | replied
"Then comes the pick-axes, crow
bars, and implements necessary for
digging out the shells from their beds.
figured that out at $50, and may
be under or over the mark. Now, to
transport our craft to San Francisco. the
future centre cf orr operations, we will
have 10 bIIld her IN sections and pitt
her together there. That will cost. by
the Pacific Railroad, exactly SIS, ,639.
have seen the freight agent aud con
sulted the tariff. 1t would be much
cheaper round the Horn. but then the
le.ay, and the months that must elapse
before We could get il there 1t is too
good thing TO be slow about. One
hing more Crew of ten men and cap
ain, with stores and food, ct cetera. say
! matter of $3.50 month and now You
'a,e = all; which makes p total Of slG2
t29, 65-call it, if yeu please, a round
275, 600, and add $50, 900 for contingent
many good thing has been !.
poiled for want of that calcula.ion-and /
on have $500. 900, and TINT is an out /
ide figure. Nor,' ard here he ,Wt,sed .
1r moment, and again taking out the .
OK of pearls, selected one or two OF the
mailer sizes, "have you," he said, "any
lea of the worth of string of these
hlngs when they come from Ceylon?
.quadruple string some ten inches long.
good quality, will bring from 1000
} 5000. They would go in a gill
leasure. If a gill is worth that much,
hat is a quart or peck worth Then,
lppose We should only get a few, say
, big as hazelnutl fcr its perfertl~
'ident that the Oldest and biggest oys-
RS have never been obtained at all -.
hats the use of speculating It's
bul )us - undivined - untold wealth /,
thin our grasp in pearls alone, not
,eaklng of the flyers in sunken ships. {
II ,he rest of the world will have to
,me to us for the right to use our pro-
'ss. have omitted entirely the mo- ;
er-of- pearl, worth at least $500 ton,
hich would moro than pay the working !
.penses. Now what say yon? Here, '
ke this pearl ; it will just grace your j,
fes style of beauty. 1t is 3, 600 shares
> shall start with. We have put them 7
Si00; that will make capital of ,
90, 900, not anything like as much as Il
put up every day to make the mean
t ring in Wall street. At ten per cent. II
terest, we have to GIVE $4,000 Why, :
e dip int the sea will pay more than :,
at; we are morally certain to pay back
e whole capital with six weeks labor. $
Nv | do not want you to be the least a
dazzled by what l have told you. y
now you are timid, and applaud you .
it. Take your time about it, do not u
hastv. Here, take this pearl | ad- u
re your delicacy; of course I can't be Il
ing such things to your wife-7only II
,p it awhile, and if you do go in with 81
then only accept it ; it's a trife any y,
W, and yon may pay. me for it out of ! !
ir first dividend - and, saying this, u. ~
Getting very pretty pearl, with del u, -
te, warm, golden tint, lustrous, how m oi
r, as slobule of quicksilver, he u
pped it into my ywatch-pocket. "Ah!' ~ ~
said, 81 must go. Sorry l haven't g, su
double wagon out to-day, or l might ~ ~
e you lift" Here drove up his ": w
Iish equipage, and taking the reins q. q.
N his servant, in moment more ~ -.
friend, Won Trap, was gone. "a, ."
tn
s assembled the step. of my pleas II
little house, my wife opened the h'
+ for me. at is rather late; what an
kept you away from us so long?" sp
asked. he
1t is not late, l think, 1 replied, and W. W.
" out my watch, when out tumbled w, W.
pearl, which I had forgotten. The nu' ,'.a
,loth in the entry was of dark, wa wa
X ground, and over and over rolled 70 70
pearl, flashing and shining. ,-;. -,
Gracious what is that?" asked my W. w..
Only pearl, 1 replied, in a sub pr,
4 tone. VIII
Oh the pretty pearl What lovely ..tl