The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-29
GETTING RICH.
.+rafton's Speculation and the Les
son 1t Taught Him.


I've been too long p1odding. Now
mean sto go to work and make money,
said Albert Grafton
You have savedup two hundred dol
lars a year for the Last five years, Al
bert said his wife is not that doing
wclI"'
Only thousand dollars in five years,
That, rather a poor prospect, Alice
Il fancicd it was doing well. still,
shall bc glad if you car do better. But
what has made You discontcnted on a
saldcn?"
i win tell you You know Champion
in our ofiice"'
..Yc,''
"WcU. three months ago he received
a legacy OF a thousaa,. dollars from an
ant of his. What would you have
..onc with it?''
put it in the savings banl,?''
Where ii would have earned by this
tine fifteen dollars interest. He diG
better than that lie bought shares in
a mining company, and to-day he sold
out for two thousand dollars"
doubling his money!" said Alice, in
surprise.
YES. and in three months. That's
what | call doing good stroke of bust
ness
Yes, but there was a risk about it. "
''Of course You can't gain wtLe2t in
c-.-..;l@ some little risk. Nov: suppose
hc doubles hi, money again in the next
i--rsc. or, say six nenths, Ee W. have
four thousand; sum vraich it would
take n twenty years To la:,' -.
slow and sure i n good rule, Al
LcI.,
! really believe. Alice, you would
-.'cf r "A snail "a "a horse. 4 ; were go
i...s % live a., Ing A. Ncthusalch.
- ht bc sati~iicI with my slow ga-ls.
IL don't expect that, / mean 20 take
s.-s,4orter end t. f,rtun2.~
II am afraid, ALBERT, that It viii
r2ove a short cut eo poverty"
Don't croak, Alice. Trust 10 me,
sl.,l you will ride in your carriage yet"
Albert Grafton began at once To look
C,.-. .-or some profitable mode Of invest
s.eat for the little sun, which had been
s-seumulating at the savings hank for
&c years. It amounted now. with i:i-
s.rcst, to about eleven hundred and
fly dollars; a sum which lac had re-
.--Ged with satisfaction until he had
3Gci4 dazzlcd by the lucky speculation
lis fellow clerk. He dropped a hint
- Champion that il he should hear of
good invcstmcns he might be disposed
s-. >.abarll in it hiraseH. lie Withdrew
- ..oncy from the savings bank in
-.=--- to have it rsaGE 60 use al shot.
..--:ec.
lie lucky chance was not.sSnq in az
r...-.,.-.
~, cay Albert cam. horlc,in excel.
: - )irits
"E'cA, wife, he said what do you
-t'-.is have done2i'
.'a. Grafton looked ia1uiring'-.
- have in Vested the money"
tow?" she asked, not without con.
-:-.Glc anxiety.
-. t:Ic NiDne2srro Mining Company
pital thing"
lat do y7u know about the com
~, .k,bert?''
o. its a frst--ate company. The
- very year
How do You know
''-:he prospectus says So"
'-.!re you sure the statements are to
:. relied upon?'
''Of course. Don't be so suspicious,
sc. One would tifitst the world was
l--.-:,,y, up of sharpers.
-. nat did you pay for the shares?-'
'-r:cty-six e!olta.z ? had money
c.oHgh to buy jus twenty and have
t'-.rty dollars over"
suppose we pat that 'aack into the
sa..:ngs bank.
What for?'
I'VE have had money in the bank so
long, that I shah fsS.. oetaer ii we have
ev,n that little left 10 our name
Ft's strange fancy" said the hus-
band. laughing, "however, ! will hand
..,e money to you, and yop may do as
-,pa IKE with it,
He passed ever roll of.three ten dol
-. bills. which his wife put l. l,cr Purse
arr deposited in the savings bank the
.-cXt day.
tlice did not leek with much favor
E,pon the Winncbago Mining Company,
even after seeing tire CIRCULAR which
demonstrated in tiie most convincing
Kramer that it ceuls,rnot Sail to pay a
l:,viIlcnd of fifty per cent the first year.
5esidcs rising materially n market
value, thereby making.it a most desira-
Die stock 10 invest in. Somehow Alice
was skeptical- and though she could
not detect the falIacy, felt that there
was something wrong. Hes husband
became almost angry with hey on, ac-
c.rnt of her prcsisten. disbelief de-
Gazing that she was hopelessly prcju-
c.,ccl.
hope am wrong" She said snii-
=. family. II trust events vils show
- ts.have feared Erounli}sssIy. =
II seemed, indeed. a. if this would be
the case. The stock began to rise stead
ily. From tifty-six it rose to sixty-fve
in a fortnight. !
Il have made one hundred and eighty
dollars so FAR, sand Albert exultingly.
What do you think of that?"
You had better sell out, and secure
it," said his wife.
Not l. win hold ON, and make