St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-07

! W4ldI IL 49, iuu LudG YOU Will uOlu your
self bound thereby"
Walter liked the idea, 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 to do the bust
ness with Sparkler. The thousand dol
lars from the savings bank he had
drawn that very day, SO that the money
was all ready.
On the following morning Walter ate
an early breakfast; then harnessed the
horse which his wife was used to driv-
ing, and having kissed his little ones
he entered the carriage, and Jennie
drove him over to the station, and
stopped there and saw him Off On her
way home she stopped at the dwelling
of dear friend-Kate Moulton-whose
husband was going to take thousand
dollars worth of stock of 1.-The Grand
Orient Petroleum, Mining and Manu-
featuring Company.
'Kate,' y said Jennie, ''Charles will
surely take the stock?"
Eyes. | have tried to persuade him,
but he will not listen"
''Dear Kate, want you to do me a
favor. Listen" And she whispered
the request into her ear, SO that even
| the walls should not hear it. "WilI
you do it?''
And Kate Moulton promised that she.
would do it. upon which Jennie With
! erell went home quite contented.
| 1T was after noon when Mr. Sparkler
called, bright and bustling, ready for
his business with Walter WitherelI He
was somewhat disappointed when he
found that the man was gone, but when
the wife had assured him that she was
fully empowered to act for her husband
he was content. She led him into the
library, and gave him seat, after
which she proceeded to business And
Plausible Jparkler, Esquire, found her
| not quite so ready to his hand as he
might have found the master of the
| household. However, she managed to
get through with the business after a
fashion, and she breathed more freely
when she had seen the last of the phil
anthropic speculator.
On the morning of the next day tel
egram came from Walter, to his wife,
informing her that his mother was fall
ing. and she had better join him with
the children, and on the day after that,
leaving the house in the charge of their
one servant and the farm hands, she
set forth in answer to her husbands
call.
She arrived in season to see Walters
mother alive, and to sit by her side
when she fell asleep. They tarried I'M
til after the funeral, and then returned
home, and took up once more the usual
cares of life
1t was on the second day after their
arrival at home that Jennie gave to her
husband large legal-looking envelope,
within which he found beautifully
Illuminated certificate of The Grand
Orient Petroleum, Mining and Manu-
featuring Company. certifying that
Walter Wetherell, in consideration Of
the sum of two thousand dollars, the re-
celpt whereof was thereby acknowl-
edged, was entitled to eight hundred
and fifty shares of the capital stock of
said company, ETC., etc., etc.
Walter carefully refolded the hand
some flaming document, put it back in
to its envelope, and put it away in the
private drawer of his secretary, and
from that time ceased to talk about it.
That is he talked no more with his
wife. but ever and anon, when he
CHANGED to meet Charles Moulton and
George Simmons, both of whom had
bought some of the same stock, he
would pass a few words with them on
the subject.
Time passed on six months were
gone. and not a word had Walter heard /
from Sparkler. He began to be I'M
easy, and more than once had he said
to himself he wished he had not taken I
that stock. He had heard of the fall
ures of many companies of the same /
character, companies which had I
proved to have been simple frauds and
cheats.
Nine months had passed, when, one
day, Charles Moulton stopped Walter |
in the street and asked him if he had t
received notice of assessment ten per
cent-from the Treasurer of the Grand
Orient. No, Walter said he had not
sWell," said Moulton, they sent to
me, and notified me that if the assess
ment was not paid within thirty days,
my stock would be forfeited, or, if they
chose they could come on and collect
it, as the bond which signed Just for
FORMS sake gave them power to do.
So have sent on the hundred dollars.
l tell you, Walter, it came hard o!
| wish I'd listened to my wife, and left
the thing alone. .
Walter went home feeling unhappy;
but he dared not speak with his wife on
the subject. 30! if had only listened
to Jennie!' That was the burden of
his wall.
It was during the FIRST week in No
that Walter had given the
mortgage on his home, and drawn his