The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
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never mind. Will you give me my
chance? III fail, I will seek what you
call honest work and will pay you
back by installments."
cen do it, Mellor, for old times
sake and because / know you Will
never settle down to regular work un'
til yon have had your chance, as you
call it. But you must promise me that
after the money is gone you will not
| say that all you needed was that much
! more. You promise to take to your
engineering trade and stick to it.
81 promise you"
Every we'll. l. will write you q
check for the amount"
"You must do more than that, Stan
| moro. You must give it to me in
| money. No sane man would cash
| check for me. look too much like a
tramp. Now shall write you out a
note of hand for 100000. The note
will be worth that amount inside OF a
year or it will te worth nothing"
81 shall acd pt no note from you'
Msllor. If it d axes you easier in your
mind write me AN acknowledgment OF
the $40, but that is formality which
will prove unnecessary. If you sue
coed you will j! pay me; if you DON'T
you won't"
II see you still don'S believe in me,
although you ale giving lne the money
Well, that is III the more to your
credit, stanmo*e."
Mellor wrote 2n sheet of paper the
waiter bror hi him note for the
amount and Il &dsd the document to
his friend who :, 1T it in his waistcoat
| pocket. They gent out together to
the bank and t';snmore handed him
the money. \
1t was three L. ,aths after that the
two men met agtIn and once more Ssan'
more had some difficulty IN recognize
ing Mellor, but this time not on &C.
count Of his secdy appearance. 1t was
Stanmore who did the accosting, us
the other YVES hurryiug by. Mellor
greeted him with great cordially.
swell. old man." he cried, fare you
getting anxious about that money? ]
really believe you are going to get the
$4,000 gave you the note for. Big
usury, Stanmore.
"You forget that I refused anything
but the acknowledgment OF the el0. !
am glad to see that you are evidently
getting on
! "It's all in tho air yet, Stanmore.
You understand how this sort OF thing
goes. Just as you get them to 6
point, they dissolve and there you
are. This is an uncertain world, my
boy"
''That's what I told you, But the
money I gave you must be gone long
ago?'
"It is, and hundreds moro With t,
but would not take two injured
thousand in my hand at this moment
for my chances. I've got {" little syn
dictate together and-we)}, it's too Ions
story to tell just Row, but every
things going my "t.,y, thanks to you.
'1'm very glad indeed to hea, it.
confess fiat l looked on my loan as 81
Hllcu money thrown away
Il know you did. You never really
believed in inc. Stanmorc, and yet nc
man knew me better. Well, I am no
vet exactly in position to repay yol
ct the moment, but
Il had no intention Of dunnins you
Mellor. I am not in need OF tn
money"
"Quite so. I hope you didn't thinl
I had forgotten it. Well, l must b'
oit-the syndicate meets at three ant
I am chairman.
Stanmore stood and looked after hi
friend as he hurried through tn
crowd. There was certainly an alr o
prosperity about him. 1T would b
rather odd if he pulled it off ate
ALL" Stanmore said to himself as th'
other disappeared,
! Months passed, and now and ther
Staumore saw in the papers huge ad
vertisenents OF companies promotes
to work various patents OF Mellor's
but whether or not the public sub
scribed the enormous sums asked b
had no means Of knowing. More tha1
a year had gone by before he saw any
thing more Of Mellor, then, as he wa
passing along Lombard street, he no
ticed his friend standing with one foo
on the step OF q private hanson, Civ
ing hurried orders to man on tn
pavement, who received them 90
seqniously. In the hanson was aseate'
an elderly gentleman Of distinguished
appearance. Something in Mellor'
manner suggested the millionaire
Stanmore touched him on the shout
der just as he was about to step int
the hanson. Mellor looked hastil
round, a shade of annoyance on hi
face. He wrinkled his brow, as if b
recognized tho man who accosted him
but could not recolect his name.
"You seem to be prospering, Mel
lor."
"Ah. Staumore. How are YOU