The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-11-21
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Il beg OF you, my dear Mr.. Mac Ar0ne
not to speak OF money! am not pIesset
lit Will come soon enough and Mr
Snip, VINO naa already taken ont ms scls
sos, passed ms measure around my waist
l was certainly IN want OF clothes, anf
therefore permitted hm TO take his meas
urements.
No sooner was ne gone than another In
Uvidna entered:
Mr. Mac Arone you must do me grea
service. buy my mouse and lot. lou an
rlcn-very men; you want some real estate
Kansas Clty. forty Thousand dollar
are nothing to you, and at present am II
urgent want OF money. expected Mr.
Hardcash to buy 1t, but ne does not decide
and have some pressing engagements Il
settle. =.
II buy your house-what nonsense!
1T Is no nonsense. 1t is safe invest
ment; In two years 1t will be worti
double the amount. have your word.
and he left without giving me time to ne
ply.
80 well did ne circulate the repor
OF my purchase, that very soon MIR. Hard
cash. apparently IN pad hmmor. honorec
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marked: -,
that house. l thought It was already mine
! ofie,ed thrty-seven thousand fye hun
dred collars IOr IL, Denevlng tnat Inc own
but there Is no hope OF starving yoM int
an agreement; 80 without further preilmi,
Mares, ! want TO ofier you an advance Of
fhnns1nh
gam
Fifteen thousand dollars coming to me
l scarcely knew what to make OF It, l.
who had SO much trouble to procure work;
l. who had to toll SO necessarily for seven
ty-hye dollars a month:
although but little acquainted with ous'
,ness; i saw =: .wnAlns W. asall,
'aes " oe oeri'e" irohi MY Posi'ioh' anu
fePile9:
IL Is nnposslpie' sir, ior NE 10 eite you
an answer JUST nov. neturh ny nEt
ciock. Meah"nhe l VIII cohsioer 'ne
''ia y. -
az Quarter peiols .lie aPf"ih'eo iiou'
MI. IT. n lar was SeIo .i me E.,
ny No WISH ~: tllaI mus = sat ~ =
anu ulu not even thlh1 aoou' !. MIen ','e
owner came anu oe2segeu hlG W puy IL. AS
IL suns you anu as any olner VIII oo d.
wei, lor me. 4 accePI your oner
lou snaii pe pau IN two "eehs, IN
paper oi OF. LOUIS, salu :ne puichaseI'
dehghteu WIN my pronip'i'uoe Ill ous''
iiess. ,...,
Taper on OF; LOuls was 50 n''N az,
urocaaJ;nnS that i ,nao;neJ I should send
Z th,tbar Tor navmant ~ '''N ~ ''''
accord;naIy wrote IN banl;no.bouse
not far from the nost-of3;ce statmg that
had ce,,o;n f,,nds to invest and .,skad al.
,,;ca ~, tlo safast ,noda II annoars tho
nbr,Sa ..carta;n fnnJs'' has ditFersnt ac.
centatiops ..on Change according IN
the name and the position of him who EN-.
ploys il.
The nous of my inheritance must bava
,.anh.J g. Jn,;s NJ LIE - sannd ~
rav into ~ The ..W;sso,r; SIT. I,amS" Of the
80. r pa,,a,,s tba ,,,a..a,,t;ia .,,o,.;as
bada,a rnstnJ .. ~. f,mdS $4,000
~ ! M, p sunu,s.d 20 L. LIZ I'D;
,nann " of ",ep;f,.;noa lie omonnt
A. In, ! s,nncsaj 60 nn r.na;r;u., an an'
swer from the bmse to which I wrote
They said NV letter had lust arrived in
time TO take one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars worth of Iron Mountain
Railroad stock inst offered on Change.
If | thought that too much. large profit
might he immediately realized. as Il had
RAPIDLY gone nm. POSTSCRIPT in the
writing Of the President. who was an oily.
bypocritical financier. congratulated me on
INV accession to fortune,
hrndr.d aud sf,y tbo,s.nd do,,,rs,
Tho I Ia,tar eli "I frn, mr hamds The
a m 80 fr;,,h.an.d mna i t.Iam-anbsd in.
S.awti,, =. ,n ,.nrra H. 1t tIst ~ Iarmo
? s,,,n u W Lsrond pw ,n.ans. That hsj
% su u,; ~ oosoM" IN ny sn,n u.,ana Ma
ta U ,, and that / was not .hen abIe 10 sai.
;sf., ,ba;r ,.la;ns ""' NV ''''' '''
N'! '"e', ''''i'
A reply came IN a couple OF DAYS, say,
ing tnat IN accordance WIN my mpiied
wish, they mad disposed OF the STOCK AT a
proht OF seventy,hve thousand dollars,
winch was placed 70 my credit. ihey
oegged OF me not 10 ee uneasy, as they
were aware that remittahces were SLOW
from the west. Inc prospectus OF new
herman Dank was lnciosed, IN ~nlch one
hundred shares were secured ior me.
oeVentV-nve thousdhd dollars. Did ,,ie
CLERK put IN Few cIpners 700 many! MY
sltuat,oh became embarrassing. 1 Was
o'er"nehheo WIN conRia'uiations. PL
,icuiarH "heh : u3ineu oie SUIT Vi olaeA
nthe piack SIX mar, WIN oroa" Grape,
oiack KIDS. oiacK Tie anu STUDS, uainty
ooo's, ~ cete'n. me euitor1, one Vi uIe
newspapers lnouen. hl,sen oolieeu "
give a biographical ssetch OF my uncle
ana ASKED me LOT audltlonal parlEulars ;;
l was Desiege9 Win annoying questions VI
every KIND; In what way would ! furnish
my mousse: samples Oh cioth' gfoceries,
ETC etc, were submitted 70 me ior insRec'
funds: so many public institutions with VII.
depleted treasures so many orphans VINO
wanted fathers, and widows who wanted
husbands, m the iniPoVer,she4 asylunis.