The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-02-12
MADE NY FORTUNE.

-rttColuIibus (Ohio) Dispatch.
u MADE MY FORTUNE.
three o.. rs we're sitting in a small
2oom andcontemplating hehardships
OF our destiny.
without money n can do moth
ing said George; 'swere Ito hit upon a
speculation that would have done
honor to q Rothschild, coming from a
pauper like myself, no one would think
it worth attending to-"
stI.n said Albert, sshave actually fin
ished a work which would establish
my reputation as al author if / could
find q bookseller to buy it."
nI3have petitioned my employer for
an increase. Of salary" / exclaimed,
anxious to contribute to the chorus of
lamentations, "and he told me that
for forty LOUISE yearhecould get more
clerks than he wanted"
ssIt would not SO much matter said
George, thoughtfully, ssif, besides be-
ing poor, we did not seempoor. Could
one of us only be thought rich"
aNhat is the use ofthe shadow with
out the substance?" I asked.
asOf every use = said Albert, aIagree
with George; the shadow sometimes
makes the substance. The next thing
to capital is credit"
Especially, returned George, "the
credit Of having a goodfortune. Have
mono Of us q richuncle in India
IA cousin OF mine went to Jamaica
or Martinique, I forget which, Isaid,
%innocently, 'sand he back"
Capital That is all we require, "ex-
claimed George. ave will c%onjure up
this cousin Of yours, or, could we not
kill him? Yes; James Meran, OF Mar
Unique, deceased, leavinga sugar plan
tation, a hundred negroes and for
tune of one hundred thousandlouis to
his well-belovedcousin Louis Meran."
We laughed at the joke, and I
thought no more of it; but George and
Albert, slightly excited by the fumes
OF q bowl Of punch which ] had sent
for to do honor to the testator, lost
no time in concocting, and afterward
publishing, q full account in a local
newspaper OF the fortune that had
been left me.
Thenext day sundry friends dropped
IS in n ~ oNrvrr t,tn $40 ne i, ~, I -.
deavored to undeceiye them, but they
would not take q denial. In vain |
assured them it was q hoax; it was
Of no use. Observation-Disclosures
my cousin James very well, and had
seen him at Mantle before leembarked
in 1879. Among others came my
tailor, to whom / owed a sum-, which.
was not quite convenient for me to
pay at that moment. No doubt the
rumor OF my cousins decease had
sharpened his memory. / wished my
two friends at a place that should be
nameless.
Woodworking, Mr.. Mayer; I sup
pose YOU have come for these fifty
trancs?n
II hope, sir, you don't think I anne
Tor such n triiie as that. No, sir; I
came to take your order for q suit Of
mourning"
"A suit OF mourning
fYes, sir; cousins mourning. Dark
bronze for morning wear, black trous-
ers and waistcoat."
AT the present moment, Mr.. May
er-n
aIshope, sir, I have done nothing to
forfeit your patronane?'
But / repeat, l have received no
money at NIL"
4 hopes sin. youwon'tmention such
a thing. there is no sort of hurry ex-
claimed The tailor, who busted himself
IN taking my measure with slips OF
paper.
After all, my wardrobed did need some
additions, and said nothing more.
sMydear SIR said the next visitor,
aI havea very great favor to request
ofYou. Buy mvhoase. You are very
rich; you must be on the lookout for
safesand lucrative Investments. Sixty
thousand francs are nothing for you
"a mere fraction OF your income.
With methe caseis different. Thought
Mr.. Felix hadmade uphis mind to buy
the premises, and now ] hear he has
changed his intention. What is to
become of me? / have q heavy de-
mand to meet, and I don't know
where the money is to come from"
Il buy your house? Why it would
be madness to think of such a thing"
Madness! no such thing; youcould
not find abetterinvestmen anywhere.
In two years, with trifiing repairs, it
will be worth double its present value;