Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-28

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} Capt. Kelly had been one Of these
confiding weak ones At first, while
he had contented himself with invest
ing small sums, such as FLO orf20, the
Operations" had, as Mr.. T. B. Jones
had pledged himself they should, been
opened and closed in rhe course OF
four or five days, and he Capt. Kelly
had been lured into state OF false
security by the recipe OF large divi-
dends. After time he had embarked
sums Of ESQ and fl00 In various synd-
Gates under the auspices Of Mr.. t. b.
Jones. Some Of these he had lost.
This was the fortune Of war" Mr.
Jones kindly explained, while 70:
others he had received small dividends
that led him to swim out into danger
Gus depths upon the Sreacherous ocean
of speculation.
AT length there came a day when The
voice Of the plausible tempter told him
that fortune would be his within a
week if he would embark large sum
in "a guaranteed syndicate which
would deal with some new and star
Ting successful enterprise Of a railway
ccmplly that was we'll known to be
founded on financial rock and to be
as safe as the Bank of England itself
He did it. He committed his pen
sicn-or, rather, sold it to a sharper,
who cheated him in the transaction
natu. ally-and placed the whole sum
in the hands Of the smooth faced. lying
scoundrel who had established himself
encouragingly in extensive and hand
some offices in New Victoria street, r.
! G. The cause of Capt Kelly's ex-
| traordinary elation this day was that
! he had received a wire from Jones say
! ing:
! Operations closed with brilliant
! success. You will receive your check
( tomorrow. Am forming another
/ syndicate, from which | anticipate
/ equally brilliant results"
He made thousand plans this day
| and for several days following. for Civ
| ing Patrice all or most of those joys of
| life from which want of means had
| hitherto debarred her. They would
! have little country cottage, with a
lovely garden by the river. and she
| should have her pony carriage and
a conservatory full of the choicest
! flowers. But | shall still keep this
! house" he added I'VE shall be up in
town often. 1t will be necessary that
! keep in touch with Jones. Wonder
full business head he has. By the way,
| was telling him that you would
be very glad to increase your little in
| come dear child Of course, all
have will be yours, but there is no
reason why your modest 1900 a year
should not be doubled, If you ihtrust
him with two or three thousand.
No, papa; I'm quite contented
won't intrust him with a penny she
said, resolutely, and The resolved to
tell Sholto Graham about it and ask
him to go and see Mr.. Jones and try
and find out whether or not he was de
serving Of the implicit confidence Capt.
Kelly reposed in him
Day after day passed by and the
promised chsok from Mr.. Jones did not
arrive. Capt Kelly grew less jubi.
| innumerable syndicates which Mr..
Jones was always fornin ceased to
arrive also. He said nothing to
Patrice, however, but resolved that If
| that nights latest or the next morn
ing's earliest post brought him no com
| munication from Mr. Jones he would
20 to Victoria street and see about
things.
Thrice Shofto Graham had called
at Jones office, and twice he had been
met by a bland man who regretted ex-
tremely that Mr.. Jones was at the
moment on the ste exchange and
| trusted that Mr.. Crab I'm would become
one OF their clients. He showed
! Sholto a room crowded with eager,
anxiousf faced people, who were COP
Grating on their own accounts, and an
inner office that bristled with tele.
graph wires and telephones and mys
FERROUS appliances that informed those
! interested OF every change made each
minute in the rise and fall OF stocks
| Ii looked business-like and reassuring
| But Sholto Grahem was not treasured.
He went back to Capt. Kelly's and
said so, and the old gentleman was
seriously annoyed with him.
! II am going out on the river to-
morrow" Sholto told Patrice that night
II wish | could ask you to come. my
/ darling, but am invited myself by
another fellow"
rs the other fellow your sister.
| aul won't she have me?" Patrice
! esked laugniugly Never MIND,
! Sholto, bring me some water lilies, i
| You can ind any
My sister has nothing to do with II,
/ and | would much rather take a holi-
! day with you than be out in boat all
( day with fellow | don't care about
/ particularly. However, I've accepted,
so | must so,
! II he had beer living in the palace
/ of truth instead of in network OF
! deception, he would have told her that
the invitation was from Mrs Cumber-