West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-30


hair, neatly oiled AN I curlcd. an i'm
menSc ilaNcn moustache. pair OF ewes
of light BLUSH gray. which. I'm certain
lights. Scintillated like The eyes of "a
squirrel; u prominent Roman nose. Ike
the cutwatcr of boat. with a sloping
forehead, aud pair OF cars that be-
tokcncd aSiuiuc will combined with
great caution. lie was dressed i'm the
very height of fashion. wore an enor-
nous diamond Cor pastc) in his shirt
front, and a heavy weight CT bright.
yellow metal Git looked like gol u at
tachcd to his watch.
Aha ha. ha! ha"' laughed Spark
Ter. after he had laid out his brilliant
plan for the huudrcdth time. and had.
In bOld fancy, filled Walter, Golfer, To
the brim with gold, lila, ha. ha' old
SpOopcndNke cam" to me Yesterday and
wanted To give me his block of eight
story, marble-iront stores in New York
for two hundred shares OF oar sto,k.
All the old rascal has long head on
his shoulders. He can see ave. see
wha. our enterprise must come to. But
d'd not listen. You can imagine that
IL was great temptation; but | put IL
behind me. We had resolved that we
would not give our property TO make
wealthy men wealthiCr; but to make
poor men wealthy poor men who were
nj the same time deserving. Think. my
dear Withcrcll YOU will own more
stock. very much more, than old Spoop-
endyke proposed TO take for that valtla-
Die estate in the great metropolis"
And so the oily-tongucd man talked
on, until Walter bad the same as prom
isod that he would be prepared to take
( the StocN ON the morrow
That very afternoon, after Sparklcr
had gone, Walter Witherell filled out "A
mOrtgagc-dccd with his own hanl, and
then called in a Justice TO acknowledge
the signatures of himself and his wife
Jennie sigurd ii; but it almost broke her
heart to do it. And during the evening
he took the deed to the man of whom
hc was TO have the money. and received
u thousand dollars ten new, crisp. one
hundrcd-dollar grccnblcks, fresh from
the United States Treasury.
When Walter reached home. on his
return from the moncy-lcnders. he
found boy Ut his door with "A t,lr-
gram 1t was from his sister, i'm "A DIS
tant part OF the State. informing HIM of
the sickness of his mother. The do
tor says dangerous. Come immrd ate
~. was the closing of the mcssare.
The nearest railway station was six
miles distant, and there was no train
until morning which would help him ON
his way. However, the business to be
done with Mr.. Sparkler he could leave
with his wife just as well. The pre-.
liminaries had been all arranged. and
all that rema' ned to be- done was 10 nay
over the money Two thousand dollars
and take the certificate of stock.
a" There will be II paper To sigma
sort OF bond - just for forms sake.
which You can sign Just as we'll The
wifc's name is good.
- Hadn't You better give me a power
OF attorney suggested Jennie MIR.
Sparkler may re use to take my name
without some such thing. just vow sit
down, and write out simple statement
that you give to me entire authority TO
sign for you n certain paper, STATING
what it is, and that YOU will hold your,
self bound thereby
Walter liked the idea. and he pro.
cecded forthwith to make out the Daper
as his wife bal suggested. He gave her
this, together with two thousand dollars
in money, and she was to do the busi-
ness with Sparklcr. The thousand dol
lars from the savings bank he had
drawn that very day. 80 that the money
was all ready.
On the following morning Walter ate
an early breakfast; then harncs,eI the
horse which his wife was u,ed to dr;v-
inc, and having kissed his little ones
he entered the carr,aye. an .Jcnn o.
drove him over TO the station. and
stopped there and saw him of. On her
way home she stopped at the dwcllin',
of a dear frcnd-Katc Monitor whose
husband was going To take a thou.,nd
dollars worth of stock of The Grand
Orient Petroleum. Mining and Manu-.
featuring Company.
'hate,' said Jennie. "Chorlc. will
surely take the stock"
Yes. have tried TO persuade him
ont he will not listen"
"near Kate. want YOU to do me q
favor. Listen And She vh-.norci
the request into her car. So that cvon
the walls should not hear it, win
YOU do n?" ''
And kato Moulton promised that he
would do il. upon which Jennie With.
creIl went home quite contenlcd
Il was after noon when Mr. Sparkle
called, bright and busting, ready for
his business with Waller WithcrnH ~.
was somewhat disapponte when ne
found that the man was gone. but when
Inc vile had assured him that ,h, VAS