Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
HER OWN MONEY.

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"A package for Mr. Budd" said
young man, entering the office of Budd
| 4 Bowman. brokers, and depositing Il
neatly folded parcel upon the desk.
Mr.. Budd, a clean-shaven and dis
tinguished-looking man of perhaps
! thirty, came from an inner office,
where he had been for upward of two
hours in earnest consultation with his
| junior partner on the financial embar-
decline of certain stocks had recently
plunged them.
| 1t was the time of the great Barring
| failure in London and every ticker in
Wall street was hot with the messages
| which came momentarily from the
cable office, carrying doubt and dismay
] into hundreds of households all over
the land.
As the handsome and courteous
broker bowed his acknowledgment to
| the messenger at the office door, an
other visitor, in the shape of a smart
! gust of wind, entered, and lifting Il
| little note which lay on the package
whirled it nimbly out of the open Win
dow into the street.
Mr. Budd united the bundle very
| llSlltSSls dlu utllDcEdtely, Ills IllIilu
deeply preoccupied with the plans he
had so lately been discussing; but his
manner speedily changed to one OF
unmistakable interest as he unfolded.
| and counted with feverish rapidity, a
roulcau of thirty bank notes Of the de-
nomination of 81 200 each.
! Not scrap of paper, not q written
! line, not Il single mark or token to de-
4 note their ownership, accompanied
4 them; simply 100000 in crisp treasury
+ notes, done up in very commonplace
/ brown paper parcel
4 Mr.. Budd was not usually demon
/ strative man, and had handled too
| much money to be frightened by a
! matter of $4,000; but the circum-
stances under which it came to him
! We're SO anomalous that he involuntar-
| lily scratched his head, then tapped
awhile with his pencil on the desk,
next tried to stare the office cat out
of countenance, and, finally, finding
all these methods unavailing In the So
luton of the riddle, retreated with the
bundle of notes between his fingers
into his partners private room.
Bowman, old boy" he exclaimed
with a merry twinkle in his honest
gray eyes, who says the age Of mira
cles is past? Behold thy servant COM
eth laden with riches and honor! Here
we have been puzzling our brains to
meet the confounded charge of whole
regiment of matured acceptances with
Il corpolals guard In cold cash, and
all this time the angels themselves
have been taking care of u.s.
whats the matter, Budd? Has the
fall in D. and B. affected your brain,
or have you been drinking? In heav-
yI,nt oil
did all that money come from?'
"A short horse is soon curried, my
boy, likewise Il short story soon told.
You know as much about it as l do.
A young felloW-out upon the scurvy
term!-a gentleman, a veritable gentle
man with a big G, but whom | never
set eyes on before, came in moment
ago and laid it upon my desk, simply
saying it was for me-"
But you certainly do not intend us
ing any portion of it yourself on such
a slight warranty. The owner will
doubtless soon turn up, or otherwise
direct you as to its disposition. 1t evil
IDENTITY belongs to some party who sim
ply desires to invest it through our
office"
Not so! What man in his sober
sense would risk such a sum in the
/ piN''N hl olltiAy SolulilOll VI lllp IlliTkeC !.
Besides, you know it is hardly custo-
mary for people to lug around such
/ amounts done up in brown paper par
| cels'
Well, what do you intend doing
with it?"
| Il simply intend to place it in bank
Ior a period of one month, and II the
owner does not materialize at the end
or that time, go straight into the mar
ket and take header into some Of
those fancy mining shares we were
talking about"
'As you please, Budd, my boy, but
remember one thingI am no party
TO 1T IN any way. Whatever you do
with that money must be on your own
individual responsibility. l don't care
to sing twice just yet
Budd ended the conference by post
ing OFF to the bank with the money,
and the deposit being once made the
senior member of the firm Of Budd &
bowman sat on nettles for period Of
thirty days thereafter
! AT the end of the allotted time, in
pursuance of his expressed intention,
he invested the entire fortuitous sum
III a certain stock. The market rose
to a point which netted him several
thousands. Again he ventured, and
again, till at the end of two weeks he
could draw his check in six figures.
and Mr.. Josiah Budd was recognized
as one of the rising men Of Gotham.
He occupied an elegant fiat, sported
a handsome pair of bays, and the firm
of Budd & Bowman, relieved of it's
temporary embarrassment by the iu-
| dicious use of a modicum Of the senior
partners outside profits, the adventur-
Gus Mr.. Budd began for the first time
to entertain ideas touching the holy
estate of matrimOny
She whom he fixed upon to become
his wife, should he be sufficiently for
tunate in his suit, and to do him alb
Solute justice, his choice was entirely
free from any mercenary motive, al
though she was the only daughter of
ii millionaire, was young lady of OK
quisite beauty and exceptional culture,
whom he had met casually in those
higher circles to which his augmented
wealth had readily admitted him.
The young lady's father, Mr.. Gold
acre, was absent in Europe when his
daughters engagement was first pub
hcly announced. His consent to the
nuptials had been obtained by letter,
and the wedding ceremony only await
ed his return
But breakers were ahead for the
prospective bridegroom. The fickle
tide of fortune again began to ebb.
The house of Budd & Bowman, it was
whispered, was again involved, but
this time no nameless angel of mercy
came to the rescue.