West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-22

music?"
Nonsense! I'll name You thou
SAND pieces - famous compost 'ons -
without "A discord," Eugene answered.
Tho fact is, the word doesn't believe
what it Processes 4"
Why don't you advocate crcma-
Non" | rctortcd. "If your theory is
correct, burn en- all up; burn the
whole world and carry twenty genera
tions in a watch-charm.'
! A friend called upon Eugene F and
! solicited his counsel and services i'm a
| business matter. II was a responsible
trust. The friend was going abroad to-
remain for years, perhaps permanently
lie owned, Jointly with his sister, "A
! piece OF property near the great Oil
| HHIt. IL might be worthless. and IL
| night prove very valuable What The
friend required was honest dealing
| For himself he did not care. He had
great wealth, but his invalid sister VA
entitled TO all that could he realized
FROM her half of the land. Ii was for
! Eugene F TO d scovcr the value of the
land and 10 exercise his iudpmen, i'm
diSposing of it. He undertook the task
with ill-concealcd rcpugnancc. He dis
Ilked travelling; had "A horror of I'M
aired beds and pot-luck. He went to
the oil regions in II bal humor. When
he returned, great change was noticed
IN ms manner. A month had worked
wonders.
just think of it," he said TO me.
when he dropped in 20 shake hands i'm
his CHEEKY, hearty way I'll thought
those six hundred acres were worth
about five dollars an acre. At the end
OF week ] was offered sixteen thou.
sand dollars; in another week il iumped
mp to Il hundred thousand, and finally
let 1t go for four hundred thousand.
half cash, balance in three months.
IL struck us all rs a surprising streak
of luck, and everybody put it that way.
but Eugene, who was a convert TO the
Belt theory, held it was simply n
matter of management and business ex
pericncc and sagacitv He asserted
there was abundance of oil territory
undcvclopcd, and his friends were sur-
prIsed beyond expression when he an
nounccd his resolve to demonstrate the
correctness of his conclusions. He un-
dertook the task of developing. and
Ilkc many another who started out on
the Belt theory, he ended wildcat
thg. In other words, he assumed ex-
traord nary risks. His efforts were Al
'NAA'NN " lAli ' al luL NNtftSS. lie GNDe-
rlcnced downright bad luck, and rare
| good fortune, too.
In a year less timc-his old friends
scarcely knew Eugene F. He was
energetic, confident. positive and de-
cisivc: very fair specimen of thor
ough-going American business man.
Ills ventures proved profitable i'm the
main, and then, all at once, accident
hlled his pockets one night when he
slept. He was the possessor of half a
million. He was in the middle of the
current, prominent craft i'm the stream
that allured thousands, iloated frac
ton into safe harbor, and stranded the
great majority.
seldom met Eugene now. We were
IN different channels. Chance brought
us lace TO face one day i'm front of the
Era Office
How are you, Ned? Hal dinnerp
Come with me. want company. No
refusal now
Make it tonight, at home, and III
be on hand"
" wish L could but the truth is. |
am so seldom at home now-I don't
know when I've spent night, or rather
an evening, at home"
And this was my bookish friend who
a year ago, could not be induced 10
leave his snug library or coy living
room, where his wife and children were
his chief companions.
Half an hours conversation proved
to me that my fricnd-tEe man | had
respected and loved was ~ dead as
the Pharoahs. In bis place | found
man who seemed bundle of nerves.
lie had lost the repose of my old
friend, and with it his grace. While il
was impossible for Eugene F to- be-
come either coarse or brusque, his posi-
tive mahner and tones, his decision.
gave him an angularity that was less
to be admired than his former ease and
urbanity.
" Now you have made your pile, Eu-
/ gene, suppose you wi lc OH 10 Europc
some OF these days Possibly we NAV
lose YOU altogether"
Tic looked at me with undisguiscd
that?'
.,,,,Iaey sag you are worth nearly a
See here this is i'm confidence
Ned 80 they snV a great deal that isn't
true. But in this instance Tier, ave not
lar wrong. But why should quit ON q
[ AAfrf' 'bAllf lilOit mushrooms.
This IS the only place | can get decent
steak in town.
I've seen The time You would have
been. content with a quarter Of mill
ion.
yes; in the long ago. DO Won
know. ] was fool in those DAYS Ma
ture never intended man should be
content He ought ~ lc ms, "a. EAGER
20 make his tenth yes his hundredth
million fr that matter -a.s his first.
For my part but mind YOU don't LET
Your hive know IL. don care - oct
them after me I've mo- intention Of
. quitting till I've made five millions.
you have only another step fo take.
. end you will c-faf sh your @ aim TO ali
+ The privilege enjoyed los aristocrats 3
/ Tie laughed
40. ] ann too sensible for that" he
replied "a.tioIgb. for that matter
you know J always held nature had
made it- divisions There viii bs how
. rf- oi wool AUDI drawers of water az
/ I"n- a- grass grows or water rum.
"i meant there is danger that one day
I Won viii look with cont mpt ON man
WIN less than ten thousand r. year.
. Don blame me- my hoy." he roe
/ pl.ed. In "a parOnizug manner immo.
I d.a'oIy resented, "ifIyc set my Dec for
. five m lions