The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-08

But it gained him more. Every few
days he received a similar invitation.
The young artist could not fail to see
that Ezekiel Brooks locked with evil
dent cOmplacency on the good under
standing between his daughter and
himself.
What will he say?' thought the
young man, when he finds out what
sort Of a legacy I have received from
my aunt2" Occasionally, too, he felt
nervous about his hasty assent to the
proposition to buy five hundred shares
of railroad stock at ffty-six when he
hadn't fifty dollars ahead. He reck-
Oned up one day what his purchase
would amount to, and his breath was
nearly taken away when he found it
amounted to twenty-eight thousand
dollars! Still, it had been III a man,
ner forced upon him. He asked no
questions, but every now and then the
old gentleman said: All going well.
Stock advancing rapidly"
With that he was content. Indeed,
he was so carried away by the love Of
Mary Brooks that he gave little thought
to any other subject. One day Mr..
Brooks came up, his face beaming with
joy.
Wish you joy, Eames," he said.
Wimbledon has gone up like a rocket
to par. Give me authority and I'll sell
out for you"
The artist did SO, hardly realizing
what it meant till three days after he
received a little note to this effect:
DEAR EAMEs:-Have sold out your
five hundred shares Of Wimberdon at
1O1. AS you bought at IS this gives
you a clear profit of fOrty-fve dollars
per share, or twenty-five thousand five
hundred dollars. You had better take
the tide and re-lnvest your surplus.
Call at my Office at once.
Yours very truly,
EZEKIEL BROOKS.
Charles Eames read this letter sew
eral times before he could realize its
meaning. Could it be that without in
vesting g cent he had made over $780,
900? 1t must be a dream, he thought.
But when he called at the old gentle
mans office he found it was really
true.
Mr.. Eames, how about this money?
Shall I re-invest it for you2"
Thank you, sir. wish you would.
Ishould like alittle in hand, however"
Certainly. viii that answer?"
and the old gentleman wrote a check
for five hundred dollars and placed it
in the young mans hand, 1t was
more money than he had ever before
possessed at one time. This was con-
proof of the reality of his good
fortune.
The next day he went to the city and
ordered a handsome suit Of clothes at
fashionable tailor's. The fact was
his old coat was getting threadbare and
his overcoat decidedly seedy. While
he was about it he bought a new coat
and boots, as we'll as other needed ar
ticles, and still returned with money
enough IN his pocket to make him feel
He changed his boarding house,
engaging a handsome room at a much
nicer place.
ut seems to me you are dashing
out, Eames," said his friend, the editor.
You know I've had a legacy said
Eames, laughing.
81 begin to think you have" said
the editor.
When Eames appeared on the street
in his new suit it was taken as a con-
firmation of the news of his inherit
ance. His removal to a fashionable
boarding house was additional on
1t was wonderful how he
rose in the estimation of people who
had before looked upon him as a shift
less artist. Ali at once it occurred to
him:
"Why should't I propose for Mary
Brooks? With twenty thousand dol
lars l could certainly support her com
fortably. There is a very pretty cot
tage and tasteful grounds for sale at
five thousand dollars; this would make
charming home" One morning,
with considerable trepidation, young
Eames preached the subject to Mr..
Brooks.
"No one I should like better for a
son in-law, if Mary is willing" was the
prompt answer Mary was willing,
and, as there seemed no good reason
for waiting, the marriage was cele
brated within a few weeks.
Charles" said the father in law
after the young people returned from
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