The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-24
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CHAPTER. TX.

I'll. BOON AT PARADISE PARK.
The summer wancd and the autumn
came. The hopes of the settlers had
been realized To Il certain extent and 4
fair crop had rewarded their efforts.
Paul had sold ont his. and with the
money it brought him. gone back east
to take mp his studies. lie and Louise
were engaged now with Johns and
Marvs consent. and it was understood
that they were to marry as soon rs Paul
returned AMI located.
John sold enough IF his produce To
lift the debt from his claim. and imne-
diately lc went dowa t. Paradise Park
to sec Seracas. Harry Pearson had
been ont 10 John, two or three times
on one pretest or another. and John
had told him Of the debt and of his abil-
ity to paw it of If Scragrs would ae-
cept the money and release the mort
gage.
II ara very anxious to get rid of the
debt" John said, land stop the inter-
est"
That's natural and right, too said
Harry. land Sera-rs ought to be will
ing to accept the money if he is at Ill
disposed To be fair. Eut from what |
know Of him take him tn be a greedy.
grasping wretch, with no feeling of
mercy in his soul. It's great pity you
people out here have such man to
deal with. and sympathizc with you.
1T is an unpleasant thingto be in the
power of such men as scraggs." John
replied. land when get clear of this
affair | hope never to get into such a
place again"
III tell you what I'll do" said
Harry. I'm quite well acquainted
with Scrargs. and / may have some in
fluence with him. I'll try to persuade
him to accept Your money. lie can
make an exception in your favor if he
will"
II shall be ever SO much obliged to
you for your interest in the matter"
said John. land | hope you may sue
ceed."
lyon come down.in day or two, and
in the meantime I'll talk to Scraggs."
So John went down with his me ncy.
Scraggs was in his office busy with .
town plat and a couple of men who
were selecting town lots for an invest
ment. After awhile the sales were
effected, and the men going out Scraggs
turned his attention to Green. With a
bland smile, and warm handshake, he
said:
well, my friend, am very glad to
see you. and l am sorry that had to
keep you waiting, but l am SO pressed
with business since our boom set in
that l hardly get time to shake hands
with my friends. How is Mrs. Green
and the family"
''Quite well. thank you! You spoke
of boom. What do you refer to-"
why, our boom here. Hadn't you
heard of it?''
mo, not q word"
''Well! well. that's queer. Why, sir,
our town is having q wonderful boom.
Lots are going of like hot cakes, and
almost every day we are laying out
new additions. Within the last week
we have sold out three entire additions
Of forty acres each. Yes, sir, we have
thing on record-and it's settled fac,
that within two years we will have
here city of twenty thousand popula-
ton. l have invested every dollar
can get hold of, and wish had a mil
lion to invest. This is the great chance
Of lifetime for amassing fortune.
As Shakespeare says, there is time
In the affairs of men which, If taken at
the right moment, leads on to fortune,
and in our case that time is right now
''How are you selling your lots?"
Selling 'em low, very low, dirt cheap;
one-third cash and balance on long time
and easy terms Here now is the pla,
of an addition just put on the market.
1t is going SO fast that we can hardly
make out the papers fast enaueh tc
keep up with the sales. This addition