New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-14
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now TWO PAINTERS WENT INTO Er\LTNrVf-
.&u WITH rnu>s THE OTHER without
-n.n d. rich now. and drives IN hs oarrias' and
here am q, poor g. ever glad to get ''' WORN
..,,, i, awhile And set had more brain, n my LITTLE
,,.r than that fool ian h1l iu tsc who'll, ~ h- big,
fu head"
How gid y happen ucn,7 asked the reporter.
,ocutur torr.
Well Won Sec youus fellow. Ell was Just q com
mon. every day painter. when picked HIM mp at -
Paul. MINI. year, ago. while the great North"' tern
Stale, vc Just being opened mp by Oh" railways. ana
Enumeration wa beginning To- How into them. Hc could
,urr a pail II color fence or the roof Of house
we'll enough hut for ANS thing much ahead of that A'
v.,, mo- good Sow. I au expert at my trad" ana
a nr-t ola-, lcttcrcr too and could mix paint like
an artist. and had rood taste and correct cY" for
color. II I do .a, 10 IA, elf did not Hike hard work.
though while Bll fairly rcvcllcd In H. II never Sccped
To- tlre him Well tine long and IN" short Of It Was
mat we formed 70 partnership. -uppIcd the brains,
and nlll ihc brute force
We travelled all through those little towns ot IN"
West that were then spungiug mp like mushrooms
along the advauc" liu" 81 clvili1hton and "" were
welcomed everywhere went. We demanded big
wage. for sign painting and We invariably got them.
/ mad. a. high q, - day for weeks together Al
that wor. and the reason We found plenty of Gus
toner, wa. because We were alVay, ready to take
our nav one tenth in cash ana the rest u binding
/ .d, Raj estate agent, were tmo, ncl~ out
ihrr. and they Wed with one another In having big
and attractive sign, ON their little shauty onicc,.
. cash va, scarce and land plenty and any llborlus
who would take Il' pay Ia town lots Wa a
/ boon 10 those fellows
I'VE 1ot, lived economically and the feeling strange
10 u.s. IL being genuine land owner Kept up our am
hitlou Tor one long summer Finally when The cold
weather r I'm, and II j, cold up there when ii really
START. got tired of the bn 'inc,N and tloagAt could
make more money several other way. | Wa SIRE
the lor would not 20 any cher before the next spring
and take, would bc falling due. | urged Bll to
sell ont while the boom lasted and before the rrlap,
came but ne all al became stubborn and refused
Heretofore De had been guided wholly b. me- and hi
action surprised me and made mad We had taken
the lots IN oopartncr,hp and one could not sell with.
ont the other. Bi declared that hc had never owned
land before and did not pfoi o~c 10 sell it. that
he had got hold OF IL. II Irmtd ~ HIM and Die tdcl
with him. all to no purpose.
We had sixty lOto ana We could have sold them
ont for go aplccc easy, ana then where ver. n :.
taxes 10 come from ; / argued with the fool in my
moat persuasive and convincing STYLE but En- would
moi -cl and could not huy me ont, So We lust held
+ an ia them and put ~ mighty hard winter getting
hare food and lJdging. The lot, went up T. abouf
an ,y,r,g. eff 500 each III tie next summer and I
fairly wcp over Bill to get im To ell but the fool
| DID not know anything ahout real ,>tatc and would
not part with a foot Of lAnd. Then the boom burst
aud the lots began To =" bach lust 10 aid they
| would. ,lilI Bili wouldn't ecil. aud | nearly made
up mind TO shoot h ~, ;n. tiGalv when W. could
In them an to that stubborn donkey for ever, thing
4 he ha $50 In cash. 'lL',ln pony. half dozen
ulint brushes ~ilycr watch ~clfcocking revolver
''''' cam" IA and left Ban sim holding on to his
vretched lo,. ! soon T." 'n , 81 my asset IN 7"nr
ON through tlick and thin. boom and panic worlin =
for wages with which to pay IaAc, and keeping him
/ tben and he won't ,ell one nov when he could get
| 10000 for the poorest OF thcm.'