The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31

where the with ave. property that was
6 wuth nothing at all could be. She could
but think that Maggie's comment on Mr.
Bulfnch's dealings was a snrewd one;
moreover it seened almost sacrilege TO
part with Nancy's life work for so paltry
sum.
The certificates were not handed to Mr.
Stacy; but the jokes about the "rousln'
New Years present were kept up, an
Julia was known ali through the mills 8
the g Residery Leg'tee." This might hay e
been hard to bear had she not remember I'd
that, in refreshing q weary body with &C Id
water, she had offered s the water OF eft err
nal life y to fellow immortal; she lad
preached Christmas joys by deeds far
mora effeetually than she could hav q by
words: she had induced darkened sui to
recognize the fact that the Virgins son
!. God with us,' is " The true light which
lighteth every one that cometh into the
world"
Julia was several times approached By
would-be bu vers of the Uptown shares.
Though even the smallest sum offered
would have bee q Of great value to her in
her straitened circumstances, her "good
genius, prompt ID her to refuse. It was
through Maggie O'Brien that she first
learned that the 'sp atient waiter' had been
s'no losern Approa ching the dining-room
after the close of t,ne working day, she
noticed that the tumu 1t was even greater
than usual, but when .sn5 appeared in the
DOORWAY all voices were hushed but that OF
Maggie O'BFien, who W ~ shouting:
"Weu. she didn't nowG I told her notn
Then appealing 10 Julia: @'Did yez be afther
sellin' Nancy,s mill-sthoa k2 Didn't | DO
ta1lin veg ter hOuld On?i'
"No, haven't sold the Stock" answered
Julia smiling at the earna jtness Of her in
terloeutor.
" Isn't that what I'm t,llin' yeza' ex-
Claimed Maggie, looking triumphantly
arorpd; then turning bach to Julia, she
added Aud Bulfnch am more er them
aud bys that's made er gould's afther set
tin, them mills ag.in, am folks is sayln'
Their stocks thravellin' up livery day.
Amt it glad " are tould yez not ter BIO
sellin' it?''
AS no one at the table seemed disposed
to contradict Maggie, julia, though not
fully believing in her good fortune, wrote
that very evening to a broker whom she
knew to be former busiIe IS agent OF her
fathers and inquired whetlftfr the time was
favorable for selling UpdowA SHARES. The
reply came promptly:
There is no UpdoWn on t. Q market.
Nearly all the stock has been quiet y bought
by capitalists who have the ability to make
the mills a paying investment. We 90 not
hesitate to advise you, if you hold Up down,
to offer it at auction, with instructions not
to sell for less than cent. per cent. above
par. Should be happy to attend to the huAl-
ness for you"
The advertisement Of ten shares Of Up.
down drew together large company;
the property who were struggling for the
balance of power in the corporation; former
owners who considered themselves victims
and who were determined to- see that thesa
lost shares should not be bought for song;
those who meant to make the occasion an
hilarious one, and somessreal friends Of the
Leighton family. The auctioneers recogniz-
ing his opportunity, offered the shares on
condition that the highest bidder should
take one or more, at his option; the next
highest, one or more, and so on till the ten
were taken. Excitement ran high, the
bidding was so rapid that only the thor
oughly initiated could follow 1t, and the
shares that had cost Nancy Bent less than
hundred dollars each stood her residuary
legatee in fifteen times thatfor every share
Julia Leighton no longer works in the
Caplaville mills, but no summer passes
that she does not visit the town to see that
the turf grows green around a marble
cross bearing the name Nancy Bent and
the inscription: San heir al God through
Christi And every New Year she places
on that cross wreath Of im1noItelles.