Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-05

fransscsisn which rieassd shs nsnhes.
81 would not have minded Johns ar-
ton on the floor the other day. said q
broker to u pNty Of friends yesterday.
IN he had not used such n tone Of sus-
picion when he demanded more margin
on certain stocks that I had with him
in a Loan"
It's only his way. Charlie" said .
nearer. He didn't mean to injure you
at all"
Possibly he did not" said the FIRST
speaker. 1T may have been du. to the
training that old Dutch banker -
gave him and his innate desire 20 let
nothing escape.
when he and I were boys" Charlie
continued. Il spent several summers on
his fathers farm out in jersey. IL was
there that he met his partner. and there
is "a curious little story connected with
their first business transaction, one in
which he did the old fellow. but Mt
the same time cndcsred himself TO him.
John and l had bscn fishing. and
among other things had caught n snap
ping turtls that weighed about 20
pounds. We were carrying the snapper
hcmc tied TO a stick. ono having hold Of
each end If IL. WHEN we met the hank
er driving along in u buggy to his sum.
mer home.
Our catch presented n good appear
ancc. and the old fellow stopped Z in
quirc about IL. ~ lac had never seen 30
large a turtle before except in the mar
ket. lie asked what we were going tn
do with it. and we told him what deli.
cioUs soap it Osuuld MAXI. At once he
wanted il and offered 80 zen for IL. I
was for accepting tine 80 cents. but not
so John. he felt that he had n custom
CT ana held bot for 81. and he got it.
old - was n little afraid uf the
snappcr's Jaws, but John and I bridl.d
the turtle ~ passing n bit Of fishing
line arourA il and between its laws
n so tied its head well back under lite
shell. We then received our silver dol
lar. tossed the snapper under the seat of
tine old mans buggy. and he drove Cd
with IL.
AS he did So I started on toward
home. but John sat ny the roadside.
What are you waiting foE.' I said
1.-The snapper said John.
Its gone" said !.
"'Nebbe 10 j.. and mehbe IL ain's.
Wait "a minute and watch the old man.
said he.
And sure enough. before the old
man had gone half u mile we heard him
yell and hen saw him jump from his
buggy.
John rolled ON the grass and laugh.
cd nearly as Loudly rs tho old man had
yelled.
Picking himsrlf up. he easd. Lott
60 set 60 snapfsrE.'
I'D rather have en-. dollar I said
whats the matt.ar with hax ins
both: he replied. and tossing me the
dollar and telling m. to remain wber.
l was be started up tho RAJ after tha
old man. who was afraid ;o GO near III.
buggy. for the snapper had bittrn
through It's bride. had rirp-i the old
mans shins and had tas.en undisruted
Possession a the buggy.
"Hc found the old fellow in a state
OF CONSERVATION. swearing at b snap
per IN the mos; expressive German At
his command aud rubbing his shius at
the am time.
What you sell ne-do devily asked
the old man.
mo. a nice fat. juicy snapper. said
John. and l sold hssn too chraply. too.
He'll make delicioas soup aud plenty
Of it
"'DOnnerwctter. Soup. III hat no
soup Gf me my toilar and take de-
brute
80 haven't ~your-dollar. Charley has
1t back there In the rnai. Take the
snapper to him. and I guess he'll give
You the dollar
Me-, Me take da. cz.in ting, I
vouldn't get into tl,at purgy now for a
quarter each way. Get i'm out and keep
the tollar.'
1T was lik. rollin-~uff n log fa- John
To JIse u stick. rrcsl the s,a;rpcr and
jerk him to the grurcli ~ snun n h.
had fastened his jI,rs upon IL. Old
Drtchy. rs we called him. jumped into
his buggy rs non as ;i. SNAPPER reach
ed the ground and dErv krrriodly away.
"Of course ! REQ ned John. and we
SION had his snappe.ship swinging from
our stick. We walked home IN tn.
umph. with the dol lar in one pocket and
the snapper. rl.iaphoricaily. in the
other. Our joke vas n good to keep.
and that night w, related IL TO all who
visited the mill.
"Thc old man bore Us NO ~ will. bat
still he never wH1tcd to buy any more
OF our -schnappers.' although he occz.
sionally stopped 20 Look q; them from
the seat Of his buggy when he met Us
carrying them home.
John and 1 were sitting On the mill
steps N eytniinG when the old ma
drove up. He stopped. asked John to
ride with him. and together they drove
CO. They were S1ne about an boar.
That niSht John said. I'm eoinx 20 le
q banker
"foa-going 20 bc n banker. wtas
nonsenses ! cxriamrd.
Nonsense or not. it's afart -r,.cid
man tonight asked me O. TAX. ora.san
with him ] told him I ku.x .,o.hins
of the busiress and would b. a failure
fou rc n fzilurcr b. said .You.
who hat soft me . scinspp.r and hsf
got my toli.r and INV scbn.rr.r. n.