The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-02

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 Two days later the Cincinnati papers were full of complaints that no ten-cent pieces could be had, and that people were avoiding the spending of nickels and pennies whenever they could.
 Byron Carlin chuckled. Already he had spent over ten million dollars in the pursuit of his hobby, but he could see success right ahead. Then he heard that ladies were wearing bangle bracelets made of dimes, Paul and his collectors busted themselves in buying them up, and Byron Carlin soon had more brace lets than perhaps any one man possessed before.
 have twenty new ten-ceut pieces in my money bank at home," Paul heard a little girl say to a school companion as they were walking along street in front of him.
 Paul followed the little girl to her home, found means to get on speaking terms with the mother. and spent two days in trying to induce her to acce two dollars and half for the twenty new ten-cent pieces. He succeeded at last, but only after the mother had declared hundreds of times that she would sooner lose twenty dollars than interfere with her child's precious new silver dimes.
 The next day Paul was in deep and earnest conversation with the sexton of a church persuading him to part with all the dimes in the contribution box-for a consideration. He succeeded.
 Then he grew still more determined to get every dime in existence. Passing a house of mourning, where paid nurse was watching the dead-the body of an old man who had lived several years too long to please his loving relatives-Paul could see through the half-opened shut ters that the eyelids of the corpse were kept down with dimes. When the fun eral toek place the old nurse had earned two dollars of Byron Carlin's money and Paul had the dimes.
 The time came at last when Paul an nounced that he did not know of another dime in the country. Byron Carlin had over hundred million dimes, aud his large cellar was carpeted foo, thick with the coins. How he gloa,ed over his treasure ! He walked over his heaps of silver stroking his beard and laughing to himself.
 Paul has done well," be solile quiz cd "l thought could do it. have mysti- fed the whole country, and will con- tinue to do so. am original, and en- joy myself in an original way" he added, repeating his favorite boast.
 Clickl Paul stood before him.
 Found another dime collector in E..m 1~ll to buy him out. What shall do 2"
 Byron Carlin turned pale.
 Are you sure3"
 "Quite. Verified the statement before repor.ing to you"
 An hour later Byron Carlin had paid five million dollars and received some thing over forty million dimes. His r*xi collector saw a chance for a bargain, and charged good round premium.
 Again did Byron Carlin chuckle to him. self.
 "I have still enough to live on," he muttered, and have such a collection as was never known before in the history of the universe. The government has stopped the coinage of dimes and have all it has made. If wish to dispose of them in after years they will bring me twice the original cost. will take walk through the streets, and see how com merce goes on without ten-cent pieces"
 There was nothing pecHliar about By ron Carlin's appearance: He looked like comfortable man of the world as he strolled down Broadway on this crisp December evening. Suddenly he caught sight of a bulletin-board outside the office of au evening paper, with the following announcement:
 Special session of congress, to author ize the immediate issue of fractional sil- yer coinage"
 Hastily he bought paper and glanced at the top of the first column on the first page.
 "A hundred million dimes to be made and placed in circulation immediately, and.more, if necessary"
 "That settles it," said Byron Carlin.
 It was week later when Byron Carlin s house was entered by the police, guided by Paul. In the cellar was found some charred bones and heap of ashes dis. coloring the piles of dimes which half filled the place. On the solitary chair was letter in Byron Carlin's hand-writ- ing:
 :" I die by my own hand, in an original way Let my funeral expenses be paid in dimes The balance of my property, including my collection of dimes, give and bequsath to my clerk, Paul Giles. He has original ideas, and he will know hsw to use il.
 BYRON CARLIN.
 "He was a crank" said Paul Giles to himself, when he had entered comfort. ably on the possession of his estate, and commenced to spend his money lavishly right and left; "but always m main- tained that there was money to be made by humoring an original genius"
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