San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-08-03

| He was the most devoted lover o'e'
saw. He was at her side every moment
He was constantly getting Miss Flood
off one side that he might onr h'" siren
tale of love and hope into her ear
When we went up to Mirror Lake Buck
got her to stay with him in the pH'l"r oil
the hotel when @o vent 10 The BIG lf"' 3
Buck led Miss Flood home. We'll, be
finally proposed, and Miss Flood with
out any especial thought, said
"What?"
She said: Yes, il father agrees to
it,"
"What did Buck do then?"
"Why, he hurried back to Frisco ana
went to the rich banker a. his Office III
the Nevada bank. Mr.. Flood listened
to the young man respectfully, yes, with
Measure. But still he tanned to Buck
and said:
ats ali very well to talk about get
ting married, but you have no money
to support wife with. What are your
chances in the future?"
Young Grant said he had 10 business,
but was willing to do anything.
very well, said the millionaire.
"You go back to New York, buy the
stocks tell you to, and deal for SIX
months as 1 suggest, and l think we
can fix you out"
"Did Grant follow Floods advice?"
"Precisely. He bought sto ks, just
as Flood told him to. Everything that
Buck Grant bought made money. Ev-
cry point Flood gave him the great
millionaire was sure to make come out
right. It was not long before young
Grant had 100000 ahead. Flood told
him to go in agaiu and doubled it. Gran
kept right on. Flood arranged it 50
that he should make. Soon Grant had
100000. It began to turn his head
Everybody was talking about Buck
Grants success. He didn't think it
WAS the millionaire Flood behind him
who was making the great money
for him. But it was Flood, and he was
doing it 80 the world wouldn't say he
marries my daughter for her money,
Well, success began to make the young
man top-heavy. He couldn't stand It,.
He saw in himself great speculator,
when. in fact, it was Floods manipula'
ton behind the scenes which made the
dollars come in"
"What was the result?" I asked.
After young Grant had made $780,
600, aud all the world was talking about
it, the Floods began t think it was
time to bring him back to California to
complete the nuptial arrangements. 1t
was then that Buck Grant began to be
dizzy-headed. He was courted and
lattered byssother girls TO the money
! which Flood had made for him. lie
started back for Frisco, but tarried IN
Chicago to attend club dinners and to
meet young ladies. He began to forget
Miss Flood, who is girl of spirit. He
sauntered along over to California. AT
Frisco he found Miss Flood was down
to Menlo Park, their magnificent coUn-
try seat. He Immediately began to re-
ceive invitations, and accepted them,
from other young ladies. Miss Flood
expected him to take the first train for
Menlo Park. Mr.. Flood was disap-
pointed in the young man. BE called
to sec him at the Palace Hotel. Young
Grant excused himself by saying he
was sick, but the banker saw that he
had made mistake. The poor, frank
boy of year ago had become Initiated.
Success had turned his head, He even
kept Mr.. Flood waiting in his parlor,
while he finished conversation with
some one else. That night Flood went
back to Menlo a disappointed man. He
told his daughter that he believed they
had both made mistake. Miss Flood
pride was hdmiliated. She had q greet
fight with herself. She said; What
would the world say? The enviOus
girls in San Francisco are even now
talking about me-" So she wrote to
Young Grant, but never sent the letter.
She said il he can't come straight to
me L don't want him. Finally, when
young Grant called on her ct Menlo
Park, she was in San Francisco, and he
did not see her. In Frisco she learned
that young Grant had been flirting with
several young ladies, not particularly
hnr friends. So she wrote him 9 plain