The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-29
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were his long lost brother.
| Bully, amt it? Hoorah for"
"Dont get excited" interrupted the
stranger, laughing. "Perhaps you are
mistaken. Let me compare your stock
certificates with NINE"
As he spoke he placed his own certifi-
Gates on the table, and Silas did the same
with his. The papers certainly bore a
general resemblance, but just as the stran-
ger was about to examine them closely
some one came to the door and called him.
II can't STOP" he said, gathering up
his papers again hastily and placing
them in his pocket; "there is carriage
in waiting for me outside. However, my
friend" he added, "you just keep cool.
That is my advice
The stranger then walked quickly out
| of the room, and Silas sat still for mo-
ment, with his certificates yet on the table
before him. Some one placed hand
] on his shoulder. He turned and saw a
small, neatly-dressed, keen-eyed man be-
hind him.
pardon me, SIR" said the newcomer,
"but l heard part of your conversation
with the gentleman who has just gone. I
| understood you to say that you owned
several shares in the we'll that is talked
! about this morning."
Eyes, I've got four shares" replied
Silas, with complacent promptness.
What will you take for them?'
"Dont know as keer about sellin',"
answered Silas.
The stranger picked up the certificates
and looked at them carefully, and then,
apparently satisfied, he said:
II will give you S., 900 cash for them. :"
Sil1s shook his head.
Four!"
Another shake Of the head.
"Five!"
Silas began to waver little, and stopped
to think
"Give me six thousand and you may
have EN-" he said finally.
tate. He scrutinized the certificates very
said:
II will take them"
The exchange was quickly made, the
Silas placed six new, crisp bank notes in
his wallet, and the two then separated.
Elated and excited over his good fortune,
Silas paid his hotel bill at once and set
out for the depot just in timefor home
ward train.
And when he reached home what SEN
sation his story produced! Everybody in
the little village talked and wondered, and
strangely enough, too, Silas was the only
one of the "Great Union Petroleum Oil
Company" who realized anything on the
stock. People wondered about that, too,
and Judge Fay explained it by denying
the statement of Silas altogether. Indeed,
in moment of excitement the Judge for
got his usual caution and gave his reasons.
He said, firstly, the Great Petroleum."
had not struck oil; secondly, the company
had not commenced to dig yet; and, third
ly, the Great Petroleum didn't own any
land in Pennsylvania nor anywhere else;
therefore Silas' story must be false. But
then Silas had the money, and how did he
get it?
Between you and me, gentle reader, I
have my theory. am inclined to think
when the stranger placed his certificates
on the table to compare with those Of
Silas, and then went away so suddenly, in
his haste he accidentally made an ex-
change and took away with him the
"Great Petroleum" certificates. Silas, of
course, was innocent in the transaction,
and sold the genuine article 10 the specu-
lator. Be the case as it may Silas never
heard anything more about the matter;
neither, under Maria's careful manage
ment, did he thereafter invest in any more
oil-stock.-Hea'M and Home.