Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-23

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~ 1N 70 turn his nngio
bit Of real state
t(G into cash. shake the
AN duse Of the city
n Ax HN from his f4e for
tMHN ever, and begin lifs
"IENN and buineo answ
II" 1t sons place whers
ANA- b was not known,
VM and where the dis
UN Rrace-as it seemed
TO him-of his al
tered fortunes would be unknown 10 any one
There as his interest in the Haynton bay
property, TO be sure, but he cured the day
be had ever put nearly 1900 into property
which at best would not b likely to return
any amount Of cash for years 70 come. He
nigh. sell that also. but who would buy III
Nobody knew much about it but the other
owners. u these, two were Tramlay and
Phil to neither OF whom would he admit
that be nes,ie.i money. he would rather loss
al he had invested As for Agnes Dinon,
who held most OF the remaining shares No
could not MAKE business offer To a woman
who had refused his hand and heart several
years before.
Perhaps his broker had saved something
for him from the wreck Marge sought al
ot,scurs hotel instead Of going 10 his apart
nieuts or ii, club, fearing even TO meet any
one he knew on Wall street, went TO his
brokers house by night The interview was
not satisfactory The broker had not only
be-n Obliged 10 close Marge's account, bus.
infecte.i by his customers sucress, had op-
Grated 70 largely in e. Il W. on his own
account that he also bad been ruined, and
contemplated selling his seat in tho exchange
u 49, ~ ind fS<ln
to members.
As for T. & W.. instesd OF recovering it
had gone lower and lower, until operations
in il almost ceased The president, utterly
ruined, retired from Office. turned over all
his property to his creditors, and went abroad
TO recover his shattered health or TO die he
did not much care which.
Marge sold his house at auction, and while
YEARLY awaiting tho decentralization of
'searching title which necessarily preceded
his getting full payment he betook himself TO
Boston To avoid speculation was impossible;
it had been his life for years; and as he foand
mining shares were within his reach he began
again to operate in small way The little
he had seen Of mines while on the fateful E.
q W. excursion was 90 much more than the
majority Of those about him knew on the
subject that he made few lucky turns, aud
he finally Interested some acquaintance in a
promising silver property he had seen III the
west. His acquaintance succeeded in getting
the property listed" at one OF the New York
exchanges. and Marge. with new hopes and
a great deal OF desper alton. risked nearly all
be had on tho Brighthops mine.
The scheme worked finely for some weeks.
1t was skillfully managed by the Bostonlans
interested. thev even succeeded in getting q
great deal about it into the newspapers Of
both cities. But-alas for the wickedness OF
human naturel-one day the company were
Mortified to learn that their title to the prop
erty was bopelessly defective When this
fact became ndisputable, Brighthope stock
tumbled farther than T. e. W.-tumbled
utterly out of sight, and all the assets Of the
company. except the safe and two desks. were
sold to a paper stock dealer at cent pound.
Then Marge thought seriously OF suicide
He had but thousand or two dollars left;
how could he operate in anything on that
small sum and support himself besides. He
could add something to the sum by selling his
horses and carriage but such things always
had to go at a sacrifice, besides, there would
be a terrible bill to be paid for the mainte
nance of the animals during the two or three
months in which no had been absent from
Now York
Still, the thought Of suicide did not i'm
prove On acquaintance. While there was
life there was hope. Why shouldn't he go
back to New York. brave everything, and
start anew to the best Of bis ability Other
men had pocketed their pride, and, although
his own pride was frightfully large to DO
submitted TO such treatment, he did not
know that the operation would give him any
more discomfort than he was already endur-
ing
The thought resolved itself into decision
when one day he CHANGED to meet in Boston
New Yorker with whom he had a casual
acquaintance After q little chat the man,
who had been away from the city for months,
remarked
~ on re- not married yetr
No" said Marge, with . grim smile
Il thought had heard that you were 60
gagged to Miss Tramlay and wanted to
congratulate you. An iron house traveller
whom. met a short time ago told that
Tramay was getting rich very fast
~ supposed, said Marge with dawn Of
interest, 'thnt Miss Tramlay was to marry
young Hayn."
What that country clerk of her fathersr'
said lie man with the confidence born Of
ignorance 'Nonsensei Why. it seems only
the other day that | heard some one laughing
about that fellows infatuation Oh. no,
now that they're rich they'll want to marry
their daughter to some one Of social standing
Indeed, heard some one say as much. The
mother is very ambitious in that line, you
know
Marge soon excused himself Lit . strong
cigar and betook himself to q solitary walk
and some hard thinking There was perhaps
q grand point to I've made on that fellows
suggestion From what he knew of Mrs
Tramlay and he informed himself that no
one knew that lady better-he would not be
surprised il an approved society man might
now tie entirely welcome husband for
Lucia, even if he were poor a church
mouse And Lucia herself-had she not al
WAYS longed for larger and more prominent
society than she had yet enjoyed
Before his cigar was burned out, Marge
had bought ticket for New York. deter
mined to make bold stroke for fortune
where he felt that he had at heart one faith
full friend to aid him His imagination and
pride combined to cheer him on he would
reappear at Tramlay's. see how the land law,
and if the signs were encouraging he would
propose at once. first taking Mrs Tramlay
into his confidence He had lost enough BY
hesitation. now he would adopt entirely new
tactics, and there was no pleasanter way to
begin than by proposing to Lucia As he
had told himself before, she was a vety p city
girl. and fully competent, with such guild
ance he would give her. to make the most
Of her new advantages
Reaching New York at nightfal he lost no
time in dressing with extreme care and max
ing his way to the Trainay abode. He woald
have no difficulty in explaining his long alb
sence to the ladies. perhaps they had heard
Of his disaster in F.. & W. but he could tell
them that he had been largely interested in
rich silver mine ever since There would be
nothing untrue in that statement. had he not
been 50 deeply interested that he cnuld not
sleep wink during the week while the title
to the Brighthope mlne-cuise the rocky hole
-wns first in doubt. Besides. women were
sure to talk, and equally sure not to diminish
the size Of a story while telling it: quite likely
his tale, repeated by Mrs Tramlay and Lucia.
might have the effect of restoring him to the
regard Of the many people who estimate .
man solely by bis money
As he entered the house be was satisfied
that his operations would not be postponed
by the announcement mot at home" for
through the open door he heard familiar
voices in the rear Of the parlor, and he saw