The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30

home. and took up once more the usua
cares of life.
1t was on the second day after thei
arrival at home that Jennie gave to hcl
husband 4 large legal-iooking envelope,
within which he found n beautiful
Illuminated certificate of The Crane
Orient Petroleum. Mining and Manu-
featuring Company. certifying thai
Walter Wethcrell. in considers ion o
tine sum of two thousand dollars. the re-.
ceIpt whereof was thereby acknowl.
edged. was entitled TO eight hundred
and fifty shares of the capital stock o.
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 il.
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.
Tine passed on-six months were
gone. and not a word had Waiter heard
from Sparkler. He began to be I'M
keasy, and more than once had he said
y himself he wished he had not taken
lAat stock. He had heard of the fall
dres of many companies of the same
character. companies which had
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
received a notice of assessment - ten per
cent from the Treasurer of the Grand
Orient. No, Walter said he had not.
"Well." said Moulton, ..they sent to
me. and notified me that if the assess
mcnt was not paid within thirty DAYS,
my stock would be forfeited. or, if they
Chose they could come on and collect
it. a. the bond which [ signed Just for
JOr'n's 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 LETT
the thing alone
Walter Wen: home feeling unhappy;
but he dared not speak with his wife on
the subject. 80, if | had only listened
10 Jennie That was the burden oil
his wall.
1t was during the first week in No
vember that Walter had given the
mortgage ON his home, and drawn his
Thousand dollars from the Savings
Bank. 1t was i'm July. next fo.lowiny,
that Moulton and Simm ,ns hal Deen
assessed ten per cent. Oh the stock they
had taken. AT that time, as Walter
afterwards learned, simmons had been
inclined to let his stock, and his thou
sand dollars already paid in. 90. r Their
than be BLEED n more: but the officers
o: the com ANY had very clearly shown
him that they had power, under the
bond he had given. to come on and
make di>tra nj OF any property of his
they could nd.
And alter was in fOr two tholsand'
Ii the worst should come, it woul!
swallow ip the rest of his farm every
bit Of it. He suffered more and more;
and he suffered the more keenly be-
cause he would not speak with his wife.
and ask her sympathy.
A year had passed, and another No
vemoer had come. On" morning, at
the p~o>t-oiiice, Charles Mculton, pale
AMI aghaSt. and gu vcring with mental
torture. pointed out to Walter Witherell
an item in a city paper, which q friend
had sent him. Walter took the paper.
anu read as follows:
"A SAD CpLLApS..-Wa far that many of
I q honest. hard-wo"kIrg ia mcrS and me-
cGinic> OF tine surrounding country arr. suf-
i'ters Nv inc collapse oI the Grand ORIENT
Petroleum., Mining AMI Manufacturing Com
piny. 81 Gale = The affair mas been "A stu
pcidpds s|.ldle from the first; Vet, so
adrnitiy did IN: corro aDrs 20 their business
INT Their victims Gun gam no redress. Tie
com ANY owned al the iant thry pretended
10 own: out. IN Truth. Il CIOrr ut crly worth
less tact of land than was their territory was
ii't to lie founi on the cpGt:ne II. Ha, the
loss OF money paid for stock ~ not all. 4 ..w
siIcn have bought NJ tn" who ccp1-
C 'rn. AMI are nov maEilg DDS r;..nt uplu the
Gr.GiIldt suisse riberS { : IL" STOCK. Tor ;r" co..
lection OF I ne fuil fac: vainc al the prr. attn
no.eS which they unwit tE .Iy gave. n: IN -;imc
subscribing We venture, 10 SuY tina. scarce.
~ 4 man of them dreamed that ne was giving
!; " I'D de G.tc w,Iei H.. Si.Ici that >mpe
1E1""nfEoukirC bond. IL l. hard. hut 4
n:iEht have been worse. Some ma lind Ike
rN pei, encc worth al il VIII est. wall. All may
10 well TO rrIncmber tn" honey Old saving
'toobser. stick To- your IIS.'"
Walter gave back the paper with
a groan. anu III ckly sought tine fresh
When he rot home his wife was
frightened. She thought him ,ieathiy
She FASTENED To his side and
wound an arm around his ne X. /,
Dear Walter, what is it? What is e!
the ma:ter:?" i
-, Jennie. Jennie. il [ hal only '
listened TO you"
And then. in broken tones and in {
ears, he told her of the sad collapse of I
he Grand Orient. He concealed moth I
NJ; but told her the plain. unvarn shed q
ruth. Not only WAS the two thousand 9
ioilar> gone that he had already paid. 1
'ut they were coming for two thousand
more. and he could not escape pay g
ng il. a
Jennie sat down and looked into her !.
husbands face. What meant that !
urkIng smile which he caught ut the II
,orners of her blue eyes and about the n
nll. ruby lips? Was it possible that $
he could find it in her heart To make II
pert of his cruel, bitter agony? C
walter she said at length, Twill p
on go and get Your certificate of r.
took and let lis look it over9" o
tie arose. moving like a decrepit old n
ian. and procured the envelope and d
rought 1t back. Jennie took it, and g
rev out the certificate and opened il. d
Where is the company's scalp She :