Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23

cash at his bank, he had Il large sum i'll
securities deposited there
Then | heard of his accident and of
the fact that he was suffering from the
effects Of it, and resolved upon "a bold
stroke. ] called at the bank and told
| the two pompous old gentlemen who re-
ceived me that wanted TO realize on all
my bonds at once, as had determined
to invest them differently. / expected
some remonstrance. or at least that some
difficulty would come mp, and was pre-
pared with plausible story, but to my
great relief the old gentlemen seemed to
consider it beneath their dignity to say
anything.
They handed over the bonds at once,
and | saw at a glance that they We're
registered bonds. Thereupon did some
quick thinking. | knew | would be
likely to have great difficulty in realz-
ing on them, and that the least risky
way was TO get the bankers themselves
to do it. as they certainly supposed |
was my cousin. 1t involved some delay
and second call, but the risk of calling
there again when | was supposed to he
known was less than that of trying TO
cash the bonds elsewhere. Moreover,
my cousin was sick. and thought he was
not likely to call in the meantime.
So asked them if they would sell the
bonds for me and let me have the money.
70 my great delight they agreed to do
so, and when | called again | received
the money, almost hundred thousand
dollars.
As to what | did with it, few words
will tell the story. Iplayed away some
of il, spent some and sank the bulk of
il in mining claims in Colorado. There
was q chance, or there seemed to be, Of
making millions ont of some of these
claims and did sell some Of them at IL
profit Some others | sold at lsss, and
some | haven't yet been able to sell.
Those that are left | have told the in
spector | will turn over to my cousin at
any time. Perhaps he may have more
luck with th4m than have had.
~ to Airs. Gregory, my story is q
simple enc, though am well aware that
it is not likely to be believed, All the
world knows that her husband, now
dead foY several years, was 4 fast man
and rather dissipated. All the worlt.
however, does not know what | hap
lcncl to-that le was legally married
and had It wife living when he married
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After awhile it occurred to me that
the most sensible thiu.. for me fo do WAS
TO marry and settle down. osrociaIlv 80.
Ihad astrong elimination. and even more
than that. for Mrs. GREGORY.
When | SAW her at the charity hall
WAS So s,rl-cl, with her beautvt ha+ de-
4ormiucd to do this. so fol,nd . cbonce
f. sneux tober and told her that woul5
like 70 escort her horne. rs | bnd some.
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dream Of what if WAS. but She did mo,
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refuse NV escort. so she told me TO call
on her next dav.
called and proposed marriage. on
course l.ncw that She would be furious
for She knew that ! was a gambler. and
besides that she hated and feared me.
But kept cool and assured her positive.
w. that if she did not marry me | woull
{ certainly reveal her secret She tried