The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-14

must, eaiu baxter, Win efnpHaHfS.
Chauncey did not and would not know
Capt. Ranger.
'aIIe Is troublesome fellow. and
should he glad If lie would leave the
place" said Mr.. Baxter. IF Mr.. Poyn-
ter will buy he shall have the prefer
ence."
Chauncey saw no objection to that,
and promised to speak TO his friend If
Mr.. Baxter would make the offer in writ
ing; but $4,000, ne thought, would be the
utmost that Air. Poynter would give for
! a house.
Mr.. Baxter paused for n moment. and
as they we're opposite his counting house
he invited Clauncey in, and subsequently
gave him letter to Mr.. George Poynter
containing am unconditional offer of
| Prospect House for 6, 900. Chauncey
| carefully put away the letter and bade
/ Dir. Baxter good day.
Poor George had returned to his lodg-
! ing when Chauncey had transacted all
kthe important business we have recorded,
and not all his friends good spirits could
srOuse him from almost dependency.
Ny OIL boy" said Chauncey, you'll
sink down, down, IL you show the white
feather ID this way. You're young enough
TO work, Ind like It'll never did.
at Is hot hard work-hard fighting
with the world. that | am fearing. it is
the effect of this days cruel trial upon
| poor Lefty.
And then George told Chauncey all that
had passed.
"Meil, you would be so hastily honor
able replied Chauncey; "you had better
| been advised by me-waited a day or
two until you had killed yotr uncle
George looked at his friend and catv
| cuEhing twinkle in his eye; but Chaun-
/ cey had liis own reasons for saying no
more ON the subject.
George was very Ill the next morning
too i'll 20 go TO the timber yard so
| Chauncey offered to see Mr.. Bawk. and.
/ ii business pressed, TO supply Georges
/ place for day or two. Mr. Bawk de
/ clined Air. Chauncey's services, and was
50 excessively polite and anxious in his
/ Inquiries about Mr.. George that Chaun-
cey thought the story of yesterday had
reached Mr.. Bawk.
Ii was not so; but Capt. Ranger had
| been to the timber yard to see Mr. Poyn-
/ ter. and had surprised Mr. Bawk by as
/ surfing him that his clerk must have come
/ into money, as he had bought Prospect
house at a sum which he Capt. Ran
/ ger) had refused 10 give. He had.
4 however, left a commission with Ar.
Il Rawk: and Chauncey worIned out of the
timber merchant the following particu-
Il lars:
Captain Ranger, il appeared, had mar
| ried a lady with meney-not always a
desirable exchange for a mans life-and
the lady never allowed him to forget the
| pecnniary part of their engagement She
| had taken a fancy-the word Is not
strong enough-a longing for Prospect
House. and the captain had undertaken
to obtain IL; but, being fond of a bar
! gain. he had disguised Mr.. Baxter with
a tiresome negotiation, and the house
had slipped from him. To confess this
to Mrs Captain Ranger would be 10 in
/ a -. L.,
tremity me had come to Dir. Bawk TO in
tercede with his clerk to transfer his
purchase.
"Well." said Chauneey. George is a
/ good natured fellow-too good naturcd-
| and win undertake 10 cay that the cap
tain shall have Prospect House for "a,
| OO0.n
"Four thousand poundsr' exclaimed
Mr.. Bawk
s'And not one shilling less said
/ Chauncey firmly. 'sThe house is worth
! It as it stands: but compute its value TO
Captain Ranger, and it IS cheap at any
! money"
Mr. Bawk pleaded to stone agent
when he tried to soften Mr.. Chauncey;
and Captain Ranger coming into the
| counting house at the moment, heard the
| terms proposed, raved like maniac for
ten minutes. and then consented 10 be
swindled-robbed, for the sake of peace
and quietness.
Chauncey. could be a man of business
when he pleased, and he was now in a
business mood. He therefore trotted off
the angry captain to an attorneys, made
the transfer, and secured n prospective
e1 COO Cor his friend George by killing
his uncle.
As the day wore ON. Chauncey waited
upon Mr.. Golding, and found that gen.
tleman writing 20 Dir. Poynter, and ex-
pressing the great pleasure it gave him
to hand him a letter of allotment for SOC
shares in the st. Gnats junction, etc. etc.
etc Railway; adding hope that the firm
of Golding, Silverton 6 10. might have
Mr. Poynter's name ON their books as an
honored client.
Chauncey undertook to deliver the let
ter, and to use his influence with his
friend to make the only acknowledgment
he could for such disinterested gener-
osity.
Poor George was very III at case when
his friend Chauncey returned, and at
first was disposed to be angry at what he
felt to be his inconsiderate raillery.
81 am serious. old boy. quite serious,
said Chauncey, throwing Goldings letter
and the transfer on the table. Il have
killed old Silas Cheeseman, and there arc
some of the proceeds of the transaction.
ODen-read and satisfy yourself"
George opened the envelope containing
the transfer, and then Mr.. Golding's let
ter He was in mist. He thought he
was delirious and had lost his reason; and
Chauncey was long time making him
comprehend how he had come to be pos
sessed Of
Profit transfer. Iii .0po
Profit on 600 shares, premium 5per share. $500
Total. otai...................s......as,5 as,5 ,5od
and all by killing old Silas Cheesemani
Poor George was hard to satisfy that
these large gains were honorably como
by, and when he went to sleep he drcamt
that he had robbed the bank and had set
Prospect House on fire. The following
morning brought letter from Uncle
Silas.
The poor old dotard expressed himself
SO pleased at his nephew's forgiveness of
an act which he had thought would have