Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-11

al zoe market 900 share New York Central
gnd boy was dispatcht., TO the bank.
II should judge from tie expressions 'ths
first thing in the morning and don't let ms
lose more than three points, said Comerford,
gravely looking at the letter, that we have
a novice for a customer
~Yes, lamb anxious 10 lose his wool, no
doubt"
The boy returned from the bank in an hour
and reported the check good At that time
Comerford was looking at the tape and no
ticed that New York Central had declined
per cent, and thought of the strange Gus
toner, when telegraph-boy entered with a
dispatch: "Comerford & Co., - Wall street
Buy 800 Central at market price. Figaro.
Account of George Dalton" Later in the
day there came another dispatch to
buy 900 more; this time the word
London was used. At 5 o'clock, when
the board closed, George Dalton was
long of 700 shares of New York Central In
the morning letter directed the purchase of
300 of the same stock. which was executed at
the lowest figure for that day, for New York
Central rallied and went up several points.
On the fifth day dispatch was received
"Messrs. Comerford q Co.-Sell 1000 New
OTk StHJIuI dJ tIe ltIlld
George Dalton" That evening to postoffice
box H. H. H. went a letter addressed to
George Dalton, containing check for s., 200,
the net earnings on 1000 New York Central.
This closed the first of many transactions of
George Dalton with Comerford g. Co. The
wonderful success this George Dalton met
with in all his operations caused his brokers
to believe that he was some prominent busi-
ness man or railroad operator who desired to
preserve his true identity beneath the as
sumed name of Dalton, for he never went to
leir office nor was he ever heard of else
there.
" Il i =
"I hear" said one gentleman to another at
the club, "that Dangerfeld's daughter has
arrived and taken possession"
Miss Dangerfield, within month after her
fathers death arrived in New York, attended
by an elderly woman who had been her
furse in earlier days and was now a sort of
."enna, chaperone and maid; indeed the
,nly human tie she had was to this woman
who had nursed her as babe and cared for
and protected her in her girlhood. lmmedi.
ately on her arrival she went to hotel and
sent for Mr.. Sharp; the following day, at
tended by him and her faithful nurse she was
driven to her fathers house, where the serv-
ants who had not been dismissed
waited her coming with some anxiety.
The housekeeper, buxom little widow, over
whose head forty and five years had passed,
had held the reinS of government in the
household for close on to ten years; she de-
cided this morning to exert all the means in
her power to retain them indefinitely, yet she
waited the coming of her late masters daugli
ter with many misgivings. The carriage
rolled up to the door, and the servants peeped
through the area blinds, while Thomas, an
athletic butler, whose mission had often been
to carry Mr.. Dangerfield up stairs and his
guests to their carriage, threw open the front
as the carriage stopped. AS they entered
Miss Dangerfield glanced at the hardy Briton,
saying, "Thomas-you are Thomas?"
eyes, miss"
"Have the trunks Gomez hardly waiting
for his answer.
"Yes, MISS" he answered, surprised she
should know his name. On the lower stairs
the parlor maid nudged the fat cook in the
side, whispering: "Lors, Mary, yed never
spose she'd never been 'ere," to which the
priestess whose duties it had been to attend
the fires in the altaIs of the late and lamented
Mr.. Dangerfield replied lord, the missus
has come.' My dear own child" said the
housekeeper, rushing forward from the back
entry, having 6rst satisfied herself with a
look through the half-closed parlor windows
where she had decided upon the role she was
to play when she could greet the new miss
tress. "My own dear child, welcome to your
own home.' Miss Dangerlield had inherited
bor fofb hot t,.oif ofk kai,, ial
and friendly without becoming intimate, and
she gave the housekeeper a quick glance
which was not favorable. Imagine the
widows astonishment to find her effusiveness
repelled.
my good woman" with slight emphasis,
"you are Mrs. Brown, believe, many thanks;
please show Hannah to her room, it adjoins
mine. Mr.. Sharp sent word, did you not
Mr.. Sharp. Thomas, take Hannah's bag
Oh, Hannah, H." she called to her nurse as she
went up the stairs "l:e down and rest, per-
haps you had better take something" Mrs
Brown mentally noted that "she for one did
not like the airy thing" Miss Dangerfield
went into the drawing room, followed by
Mr.. Sharp, who she thanked for his great
kindness in looking to her comfort while he
said to himself, "Gad, you would suppose she
had lived here for years and had just come
in from walk"
That evening, after Mr.. Sharp had gone
for he stayed and dined with her-she sat in
low arm chair of basket-work, thinking
over her affairs, and wondered what the fu-
ture had in store. Beside her there was a
tray with tea service on low table-also
bell. She struck the bell and Thomas as
cended from the lower regions, where he had
gone disgusted With Mr.. Sharp, who had
persisted in talking commonplace at the
table and in low voice in the drawing
room.
Thomas, you have been in this house
long time, have you not?'
eyes, miss"
"And you like the place, don't yous"
eyes, miss"
"Well, Thomas" she said stirring the sugar
in her tea, "you seem to be good man,
strong, honest, and, trust, sober; if SO, you
suit me. Whoever have about me must be
ready, reliable, not inquisitive, and silent
that is not given to talking of my affairs.
Can you fill the place, and do you want it,"
"Yes, miss" Thomas replied, fairly be-
wildered, for he felt the reins
"Then you shall have S. month more than
you are now getting, and if you continue to
assist me, in six months I shall give you five
more"
eyes, miss"-the reins felt easy.
"You may go; oh, by the way, as was
talking to Mr. Sharp, heard noise at the
door. You must see to it, Thomas, that there
are no rats or mice, anything noisy when
have company, that Is all, you understands"
"Yes, miss" Thomas felt the bit.
The advent of Miss Dangerfcld into the