Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-14

wrong argument. i 1ntepceu 10 use
thai phrase with some one who put a
little on horse now and then. But
never mind. viii You give mo my
chance? lii fail, will seek what you
call honest work and will pay you
back by installments."
ON do it, Mellor, for old times
sake and because l know you will
never settle down to regular work un'
til You have had your chance, as you
call it. But you must promise me that
after the money is gone you will not
say that ELL you needed was that much
more. You promise to take to your
engineering trade and stick to it,"
81 promise you.
Every well. will write you a
| check for the amount"
"You must do more than that, STAN
more. You must give it to me in
money. No sane man would cash a
check for me. ] look too much like q
tramp. Now / shall write you out a
note of hand for 100000. The note
will be worth that amount inside OF q
year or it will be worth nothing"
| y
Mellor. II it makes you easier in your
mind write me an acknowledgment OF
the e40, but that is formality which
will prove unnecessary. If you sue
ceed you will pay me; if you don't,
you won't"
81 see you still don't believe in me,
although you are giving me the money.
Well. thav is all the more to your
credit, Stanmore.
Mellor wrote on sheet Of paper the
waiter brought him note for the
| amount and handed the document to
MS friend who pat it in his waistcoat
pocket. They went out together to
the banl, and Stanmore handed him
the money.
1t was three months after that the
two men met again and once more Ssan-
more had some difficulty IN recogniz-
ing Mellor, but this time not on &C.
count of his seedy appearance. 1t was
Stanmore who did the accosting, as
the other was hurrying by. Mellor
greeted him with great cordially.
"Wel], old man." he cried, 'are you
getting anxious about that money? 1
really believe you are going to get the
G40, 900 1 gave you the note for. Big
usury, Stanmore.
"You forget that I refused anything
but the acknowledgment of the G40. 1
am glad to see that you are evidently
getting on"
"It's all in the air yet, Stanmore.
You understand how this sort OF thing
goes. just as you get them to q
point, they dissolve and there you
are. This is an uncertain world, my
boy"
That's what / told you. But the
money l gave you must be gone long
ago."
SIT is, and hundreds moro with it.,
but [ would not take two hundred
thousand in my hand at this moment
for my chances. I've got q little syn
dictate together and-well, it's too long
story to tell just now, but every
things going my way, thanks to you"
'1'm very glad indeed to hea, it.
confess that looked on my loan as so
much money thrown away"
81 know you did. d You never really
believed in me, Stanmore, and yet no
man knew me better. Well, am not
yet exactly in position to repay you
at the moment, but"
81 had no intention OF dunning you,
Mellor. 1 am not in need of the
money"
"Quite so. hope you didn't think
| Ia,
of-the syndicate meets at three and
! l am chairman.
Stanmore stood and looked after his
friend as he hurried through the
crowd. There was certainly an air Of
prosperity about him. ''It would be
rather odd if he pulled it off aftel
ALL" Stanmore said to himself as the
other disappeared.
| Months passed, and now and then
Stanmore saw in the papers huge ad-
vertisements of companies promoted
to work various patents of Mellor's,
but whether or not the public sub
scribed the enormous sums asked he
had no means of knowing. More than
a year had gone by before he saw any
| tAlng iuOlO Va 4lSilOI, buCl, 10 hG was
passing along Lombard street, he no
tlced his friend standing with one fool
on the step OF private hanson, Civ
| ing hurried orders to II man on the
pavement, who received them OBJ
sequiously. In the hanson was seated
an elderly gentleman of distinguished
appearance. Something in Mellor't
manner suggested the millionaire.
Stanmore touched him on the shoul
der just as he was about to step into
the hanson. Mellor looked hastily
rounI, shade of annoyance on hi
face. He wrinkled his brow, as il Ii,
recognized the man who accosted him
but could not recollect mis- name.
"Iou seem 10 be prospering, Mel
lor"
"Ah, Stannora. Low are you
How are you? see so many people
you know, that sometimes l get u lit
tie mixed. Anything can 90 for you
You catch me at rather busy mo
ment. My friend, Lord Raymon, /.
waiting for me; we have board meet
/ T.