The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15


and his behavior altered with it, Such
is the way of the world
1t was a very pleasant dinner. The
young artist remained afterwards
i have an engagement. Mr.. Eames.
said Mr.. Brooks. "a meeting of the bank
directors; but you mustn't go away
Mary will entertain you.
The young man did not go away, and
apparently was satisfied by the enter
tainment he received He blessed his
aunt for her legacy. II only it had pro
cured h.m this afternoons interview
with the young lady he had admired.
But it gained him more. Every four
days he received similar invitation.
He could not fail to see that Ezekiel
Brooks looked with evident complacency
on the good understanding between his
daughter and himself.
What will he say?' thought the young
man, when he finds out what sort of
legacy have received from my aunt?"
Occasionally, too, he felt nervous about
his hasty assent to the proposition to buy
five hundred shares OF railroad stock at
fifty-six, when he hadn't fifty dollars
ahead. He reckoned up one day what
his purchase would amount to, and his
breath was nearly taken away when he
found it amounted to twenty-eight thou
sand dollars! Still, it had been in a
manner forced upon him He asked no
questions, but every now and then the
old gentleman said: IAN going WE'LL
Stock advancing rapidly"
With that he was content. Indeed, he
was so carried away by 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.
'Wimbledons gone up like 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 re-
ceived little note to this effect;
DEAR EAmEs- Have sold out your five hundred
shares of Wimbledon at 101. So you bought at SO
This gives you a clear profit Of SIS per share, or
S22,5O You had better take che ride and rein
vest your surplus Call at my Office at once
Yours very truly EZEKIEL Brooks
AIldIlbS GtIlltS I6hu llllS ASbI6I lAIbb
times before he could realize its mean
ing. Could it be that without investing
a cent ne had made over 100000? 1t
must be a dream, he thought.
But when he called at the old gentle
mans Office he found it was really true.
"Mr. Games, how about this money?
Shall reinvest it for you?"
THANK you, sir. | wish you would.
should like little in hand, however"
Certainly. Win that answer" and
the old gentleman wrote check for
$500 and placed it in the young mans
hand
1t was more money than he had ever
before possessed at one time This was
convincing proof of the reality of his
good fortune.
The next day he went to the city and
ordered handsome suit of clothes at a
fashionable tailor's. The fact was his
old coat was getting threadbare and his
overcoat decidedly seedy While he was
about it he bought new coat and boots,
as well as other needed articles, and still
returned with money enough in his
pocket to make him feel rich. He
changed his boarding house, engaging a
handsome room at a much nicer place.
1T seems to me you are dashing out,
Eames." said his friend the editor.
lyon know I've had legacy" said
Eames, laughing.
Il begin to think you have" said the
editor.
When Eames appeared on the street in
his new suit it was confirmation of the
news of his inheritance. His removal to
fashionable boarding house was addi-
tional confirmation. 1t was wonderful
how he rose in the estimation of people
who had before looked upon him as a
shiftless artist.
All at once it occurred to him, "Why
shouldn't | propose for Mary Brooks?
With twenty thousand dollars | could
certainly support her comfortably.
There was very pretty cottage, and
tasteful grounds, for sale at five thou
sand dollars. This would make charm
ing home"
One morning, with considerable trepi-
dalton, young Eames preached the sub
ject to Mr.. Brooks.
mo one should like better for 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
took place within few weeks.
Charles" said his father-in-law, after
the young people returned from their
wedding journey, sit is time for me to
render you an account Of your money af-
fairs. have been lucky in my invest
ments, and have $31 900 to your credit,
or, deducting the amount paid for your