The sun., 1891-07-09
A STORY OF SPECULATION.

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Life on seven hundred and fifty q
year, with wife and family and re-
spectacle position to keep up, is not
all bliss, as Mr.. William Driver, cash
ier to Messrs Binder and Windcr,
drapers, discovered to his cost.
He had been united to Arabella, his
helpmeet, just eight years, when he
found this reflection almost insupport-
able. His existence, like that Of Mr..
Mantalini at the mangle, was one
long "demnition grind" figures i'll
the Office to keep his books right, and
figures at home to keep domestic
matters square.
Binder and Winder were not the
sort of people to stand any nonsense
from their underlings. A hint from
Driver to the effect that he would like
his salary raised was met with the
rejoinder that if he was dissatisfied he
could give up his place, and he would
find that hundreds were ready to
Jump into it.
The bare idea of getting out of q
situation gave him the jumps, so he
returned cowed to the mill, and
ground away for another whole year
moody, dissatisfied, miserable.
He loved his wife and his children,
too, and one OF the great desires of his
life was to see them we'll clothed and
we'll fed.
He had always found Unnecessary to
curb their longings in that direction,
and now and then his wife would chafe
under q refusal, which he could not
avoid to hand out the needful for
sundry articles which fairly came
under the head OF necessaries.
"What can l do" he asked himself
one morning, "to bettermy position?'
He asked himself this question as
his eye was wandering mechanically
over the front page of daily paper
That eye lighted upon an advertise
ment which ran as follows;
TOM BOLTER AND CO.,
Theleading firm of Brokers, Share and
Stock Dealers.
| Now or never if you would make for
tune. Very little outlay and no risk.
On April 1st we heard of a good thing
and sent it to all our subscribers. "Cuddlc
| mup Candle COmpany-ShareS down t
fifteen to-day. Should be bought a
| once"
Our subscribers bought all they coulC
get, and the Cuddlemup Candle Com
pany'S shares now stand at eighty.
Two pounds on the hundred cover
sutficeS No further claims.
Our tip is-Make your profits, inves
your profits and await the result.
Hundreds of homes made happy through
our advice.
Address Bolter and Co., Razor Alley.
next to Workhou>e Court.
,."Two pounds in hundred, " museC
William Driver, 'it isn't much. Say
| sent four pounds worth of shares
and. with a raise like that of the Cud
dlemups | should be-oh! ever sc
much the better.
1t was an unfortunate thing il
one way that he had just received his
I salary for the month, and had it il
his pocket.
Four pounds-it was o. lot OF mon
ey to him, but with no risk and Ger
tain profits well something had tC
be done why not that?
So he sent four pounds and
received an acknowledgment for sam
also an 1ntimation that he haC
now an interest in the Argentine
Switchback Railway Company, thel
on the point of starting, and consid
cred certain 90.
He had q look at the paper, bu
could not see the Switchbacks quoted
Thereupon he communicated will
Bolter and Co., who sent q POSTCARD
informing him that they expected tC
get them quoted in a day or two.
Several days passed, and Drive
looked for signs OF life in the compan,
in vain. Meanwhile he received 1
communication from his brokers &C
quainting him with a prosperity
swift rise in Cockleton Tramcar Com
pany shares, the daily receipt sun
not named having been fully fou
times the amount estimated.
An investment of twenty pound
within a. week would be as good q
bagging two hundred.
'"Twenty poundsn gasped Driver
'What do they take me for?"
He brooded over it at the office, an
made many blunders in his books
He dwelt on it at home by his tireside
while his wondering wife watched hi
reflective face, fearing each mOmen
to hear him burst out with som
disastrous news.
"Anything wronga at the office, dear?
she asked.
"No, no." he said. ~ am onl
thinking of q way to better mysel
I think, Bella we have brighter days /
store for use
! Ara5elld was very glad to hear il
she also wanted to KNOWN what d
rection to look for this. But ON thi
point. .,>
at is matter women do not III
derstand," he said.
Arabella was huffed, but the pros
pect of good time when none
would flow more freely acted as
soothing medicine, and she let
go.
By and by he took up the pape
and read another class of advertise
ment, finally dwelling on the followil
as the very thing to help him forwar
on the road to fortune:-
4 MONEY LENT.-Gentleman requiring loal
i can have the same advanced on their no
/ of hand. No inquiry. No security beyor
J q note of hand required. From f10
4 f2, OOO-Address by letter or call on Abr
: ham Cruteh, 40, Doodle Street, w.
Before going to bed he wrote
2 Abraham Crutch, and by the ne1
evening letter from that gentleman
requesting him to call, was awaitir
Il his return.
: Crutch simply wrote that he ha
q better call. He would be at the ofiiC
!, until eight O'Clock on the morroN
!. having lot of colonial loan busine'
= on hand.
/, Driver got away in time to call, an
!. he found Crutch as gentle as a dov
e But before advancing the money
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