The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-30
A STORY OF SPECULATION.

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A STORY OF SPECULATION.
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
Ter to Messrs. Binder and Winder,
diapers, discovered to his cost.
He had been united to Arabella, his
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"-at figures in
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
reioinder 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 well clothed and
we'll fed.
He had always found it necessary to
curb their longings in that direction,
and now and then his wife would chafe
under a refusal, which he could not
avoid, to hand out the needful for
sundry articles which fairly came
under the head OF necessaries.
"What can do" he asked himself
one morning, 'to better my 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 ist we heard of a good thing
and sent it to all our subscribers. "Cuddlt
nun Candle Company-shares down I
fifteen to-day. Should be bought q
once" -
our subscribers bought all they coul
get. and the Cuddlemup Candle Con
panys shares now stand at eighty.
Two pounds on the hundred cover
sniiices No further claims.
Our tip is-Make your profits, lnve
your profits, and await the result.
Hundreds of homes made happy throug
address: Bolter and Co., Razor Alley.
next to Workhouse Court.
1.-TWO pounds in o. hundred" muse
William Driver, cit isn't much. Sa
l sent four pounds worth OF share
and with q raise like that OF the CUE
dlemups | should be-oh ever S
4
a much the better.
$ 1t was an unfortunate thing
one way that he had just received h
I salary for the month, and had 1t
his pocket.
I Four pounds-it was lot OF mo
s. ev to him, but with no risk and ce
n tain profits well something had
/, be done why not that?
It So he sent four pounds al
% received an acknowledgment for sar
es also an animation that he hi
10 now an interest in the Argenti
re Switchback Railway Company, tn
III on the point OF starting, and cons
s. cred a certain go.
He had q look ut the paper, b
o. could not see the Switchbacks quote
Id Thereupon he communicated WI
Bolter and Co., who sent post-ca
~ informing him that they expected
\ get them quoted in a day or two.
N Several days passed, and DRY
"a looked for signs Of life in the compa
81 in vain. Meanwhile he received
of communication from his brokers
4. ouainting him with prospect
n swift rise in Cockleton Tramcar Co
Is; pany shares, the daily receipt 81
IS, not name1l having been fully fC
times the amount estimated.
- An investment of twenty pour
~ within a week would be as good
"a bagging two hundred.
IA a Twenty pounds" gasped DriV
e; "What do they take me for?'
''teIl He brooded over it at the Office, 9
no made many blunders in his boo
IN He dwelt on it at homeby his firesl
/. while his wondering wife watched
. reflective face, fearing each MON
Ed. to hear him burst out with Sc
ad' disastrous news.
. .Se Anything wrongat the office, dea
NJ she asked.
. "No. no." he said. al am o
ar. thinking of a way to better my'
: 1 think, Bella we have brighter day
store for u.s.
Arabella was very glad to hea'
she also wanted to know IN what
rection to look for this. But on
point.
at is a matter women do not
derstand," he said.
Arabella was huffed, but the p
pect of q good time when mo
would flow more freely acted a
soothing medicine, and she lf
By and by he took up the p'
and read another class OF adver
ment, finally dwelling on the iollo'
| as the very thing to help him forv
on the road to fortune
MONEY LENT.-Gentleman requiring
can have the same advanced on Their