Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-29

and most prosperous IL every way. Of
the mechanfc-fariners In the State; and
the prejscr~rs Of "The Grand Orient
Petrolsum, Mining and Manufsct-
urine Company" had spotted him rs
one Of the firzt Of their victims; and 50
plaasiblv had they tAlked. 50 grandilO-
qnenily had they set forth the golden
possibilities Of their vast property. and
% plainly had they given him 10 see
the wealth that nlusf flow in upon him.
that his head was turned
On the very asxt day after the con
versa1ien 10 which we have listened.
Mr.. Plausible Sparkler called At Walter
Witherell-s house. finding himself and
wife both IN He was = man of middle
age-abOut foEty-witA ligAt. fiaxen
hair, Neatly oiled and curle--. an i'm
menss naxen m0ustache. pair of eyes
Of light blush gray. which. in certain
lights. scinfillafed ike the ewes Of \
squirrel: prominent Roman nose. like
the cutwatcr Of boat. with a sloping
forehead. and 4 pair Of ears that be-
tokened asinine VIII combined with
great caution. De was dressed IN the
very height of fashion. wore an enOr-
nous diamond Cor psste) in his shirs-
, front, aDd 4 heavyweight OF bright.
yellow metal Ct looked like gold at
tached to his watch
.AAha,-ha, hai hal'' laughed Spark
I Ter. after he had laid out his brilliant
plan for tho hundreoth time, and had.
in bold fancy. filed Walters Golfers TO
the brim with goldi Ma, Ia. na,-old
SpOopendyke came 10 me yesterday and
wanted a, give me his block Of eight
story. marbie-front stores in New York.
for two hundred shares OF our stock
An the old rascal has long head on
bis shoulders. He can see-sye. scr
what our enterprise must come To- But
I did not listen You can imagine that
| il Was q great temptation; but put il
behind one. We had resolved that we
would not give our property 20 make
wealthy men wealthier; but % make
poor men weaithy-p0or men who were
af the szne time deserving Think. my
dear Wifhezeli-you VIII own more
stock. very much more. than old SPOop-
endyke proposed to axe for that valna-
bic estste in the great metropolis"
And 50 the oiiy-tOngued man talked
on. until Walter had the same as prom
issd that he would be prepared to take
the stock on the morrow"
That very afternoon. after Sparkler
had gone, Walter Witherell filed out \
morfgsge-deed with his own hand. and
then called in justice % acknowledge
the signatures of himself and his wife.
Jennie signed is; but il almost broke her
heart 10 do IT, And during the evening
he took the deed TO the man of whom
be was 10 hsve the money, and received
8 Thousand dollars-ten new, crisp. one
hundrcd-d0llar greenbacks, fresh from
the United States Treasury.
When Waller reached home. on his
return frcm the mOney-lender' he
found 8 boy st mis- door with S tele-
gram. Il was from bis sister. in a dis
tant part of the State. informing him Of
the sickness Of his mother. The doc
tor saws dangerous Come immediate
II, !" was the closing OF the message.
The neErest railway station was six
niles distant, and there was no train
until morning which would help him IN
his wsF. However, the business 10 be
done with Mr. Sparkler he could leave
with his wife Just As well. The pre-
liminaries had been all arranged. and
all that remained TO be done was TO pay
over the mnney-two thousand dollars
and take the certificate of stock
There viii be \ paper TO sign-a
sort Of bond-just for forms sake.
which you can sign Just as well The
wife's name Is good
~Hadn'i YOU better give me power
Of aftor1eys suggested jennie. MIR.
Spsrkler may re use to take my name
without some such thing. just Won sit
down, and write out simple statement
that you give to me entire authority to
sign for you = certain paper. stzting
what il is. aud that you viii hold your
self bound thereby"
Walter liked the idez, and he pro-
ceeded forthwith to make out the paper
As his wife had suggested. He gave her
this. together with two thousand dollars
in money, and she was 20 do the busi-
ness with Spzrkler- The thousand dol
lars from the savings bank ne had
drawn that very day. 50 that she money
was al ready.
On the following morning Walter ate
an early breakfast then harnessed the
korse which his wife was used 70 drir-
ing, and having kissed his little one.
be entered the carriage. and Jennie
drove him over 10 the staEon. and
stopped there and saw him or On hel
wav home she stopped AZ the dwelling
Of dear friend-kSte M0ultOn-whOss
husband was going to take thousand
dollars worth of stock of The Grant
Orient Petroleum. Mining and Mann
facturing Company
..Kate.- said Jennie, Charles vii
surely take the stock"
Yes. have tried 10 persuade him
6ut he viii not listen"
s.Dear Kate. I want you 10 do me
favor. Listen And she whispere,
the reouest into her ear, so that eveI
the walls should not hear IL "Wil
You do itsn
And Kate Moulton promised that sh
would do Il upon which Jennie With
eren went home quite cOnfented-
II was after noon when Mr.. Sparkle
called. bright and busting. ready 70
his business with Walter Wifhe-slL Ii
was somewhat disappointed when b
found taat the man was gone. but whel
the wife nad assured him that she wa
fully empowered 70 act for her husband
be was content She led him into IN
library. and gave him seat. afte
which she proceeded TO business. AM
Plausible Jparkler. Esquire. found ne
not quite 50 ready TO his hand Is h
might have found the master OF tn
household However. she managed q
get through with the business sitter
fashion. and she breathed more freel
when she had seen the last Of the phil
anfhr0pic speculaior-
On the morning of the next day tel
egram came from Walter, 10 his wife
informing her that his mother was fail
ing. and she had better Join him wit
the children. and on the day after that
leaving the house in the charge OF thei
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