The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30

aHd most prosperous in every way, o
the observation-disclosures in the State: an,
the projectors of 1.-The Grand Orien
Petroleum, Mining and MANN act
urlnS Company had spotted him a.
n of the first Of their victims; and S;
plausibly had they talked. so graniilo
quenily had they set forth the golden
possibilities OF their vast property, anC
so plainly had they given him TO SET
the wealth that must flow in upon him,
that his head was turned.
On the very next day after the con
versation II which we have listened,
Mr.. Plausible Sparkler called ut Walter
Witherells house, finding himself and
wife both in. He was :, man of middle.
age about forty-with light, Tia Sr
hair, neatly oiled AMI curled, an ifH,
mense iiaXcn moustache. a pair OF eve
of 4 light blush gray. which, in certatil
lights. Scintillated like the eyes Of q
squirrel: 4 prominent Roman nose, like
the cutwater of L boat. with a sloping
forehead, and 4 pair of ears that be-
tokened aSinine will combined with
great caution. He was dressed in the
very height of fashion. wore an enor-
nous diamond Tor pastel in his shirt
front, and 4 heavy weight of bright,
yellow metal (it looked like gold at
tached to his watch.
'.Aha,-h a. ha, har" laughed Spark
Ter, after he had laid out his brilliant
plan for the hundredth time. and had.
the brim with gold. '.Ha, ha, ha,-old
SpoOpendykc came to me yesterday and
wanted to give me his block of eight
story, marble-front stores in New York,
for two hundred shares of our stock.
All, the old rascal has n long head on
his shoulders. He can See-iye, SET
what enterprise must come to. But
l did not listen. You can imagine that
II was a great temptation: but | put it
behind me. We had resolved that we
would not give Our property to make
wealthy men wealthier; but TO make
poor men wealthy-poor men who were
1t the same time deserving. Think. nv
dear Withcrell-you will own more
stock. very much more. than old Spoop-
endyke proposed to take for that vaiua-
Bile estate in the great metropolis"
And So the oily-tonyued man talked
on, until Walter had the same As prom
iSed that h. would be prepared to take
the STOCK on the morrow"
hat very afternoon. after Srarkler
had zone. Walter Witherell filled cut a
mortga~e-dee,l with his own hand, and
the called in a justice to ~acknowftlTc
the signatures of himself and his VIE.
Jennie signed it: but it almost broke her
heart to do it. And during the evening
he took the deed to the man of whom
he was 10 have the money. and received
a Thousand dollars-tcn new, crisp. one
hundrel-dOllar grcenbackS, fresh from
the United States Treasury.
When Walter reached home. on his
return from the moncy-lend"r's, he
found a boy ut his door " Tn a tele-
gram. Ii was from his sister, in Il Dis
tant part of The State. informing h m of
the sickness of his mother. The do
tor avs dangerous. Come immcd ate
~. WIS the closing of the MESA re.
The nearest railway station WAS six
miles distant. and there was no train
until morning which would help HIM on
his a However, the business to be
done with Mr.. Nparkler he cou d leave
with his wife Just aS well. The pre-
liminaries had been all arranged. and
all that reman ned 10 b. done was TO pay
over the money-wo thousand dollars
and take the certificate of stock.
There will BE- a paper TO sign-a
sort OF bond-ju>t for forms sake.
which you can SIGN Just as we'll. Tie
wife's name IS gooL."
Hadn't YOU better give me 4 power
o. Attorney suggested .jenn e. MIR.
Spark!er may re Use to take nv name
without some su thing. Just YOU sit
down, and write out a : nipple statement
You give 10 me entire author ty to
sign for You 4 certain paper, stat NJ
what it is. and that YOU will hold YOUR
self bounl thereby
Walter liked the idea, and he pro-
forthwith to make out the papar
As his wife mad suggested. He ga.e her
together with two thousand dollars
m money, and she was to do the bus;-
ness with Sparkler. The thou-ard dol
from the savings bank he had
that very day, SO that the money
was all ready.
On the following morning Walter ate
4" S"iiN piCshhihot' ticu HaTue>>el Inc
horse which his wife was used to driy-
ne, and having kissed his little ones
he entered the carria e, an | jennie
irove him over to the station, and
topnet there and saw him of. On her
way home she stopped at the dwelling
# a dear friend-kate Moulton-whose
husband was going to take a thous md
worth of stock of The Grand
Petroleum. Mining and Manu-
acturing Company"
"nate," said Jennie, Charles will
take the stock"
Yes. have tried to persuade him,
ut he will not listen"
''Dear Kate, | want you to do me a
,ror. Listen And she whispered
ne request into her car, SO that even 1
walls should not hear it. will S
OH do it?" S
And Kate Moulton promised that she
'ould do it. upon which Jennie With
-ell went home quite contented. S
1t was after noon when Mr.. Sparkler
allied. bright and bustling, ready for
IS business with Walter Witherell. He /
rs somewhat disappointed when he d
'und that the man was gone, but when
Ie vie had assured him that she was a
lily empowered 10 act for her husband.
wa content. She led him into the S
Drary. and gave him a seat, after
hich she proceeded TO business. And t