Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-24
SKRIMP'S INVESTMENT.
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.,VATHAT did the hogs fetch, sime?"

E,NTHAT did the hogs fetch, Sime?''
w Mrs. Shrimp asked her husband
on his return from driving the fatted
hogs to market.
'Six hundred an seventy-five dol
lars" Simon Shrimp replied, rubbing
his hands and smiling contentedly. 1T
was er good price got, Liza, an never
see hogs weigh up better'n they did.
They brought at least 500 more'n ex-
pected. An then 1 got the money
right off. struck it just right in sellin'
when / did"
I'm glad you did, SINE
"In co'se we're all glad to do the best
we kim"
Yes, o. course. What yer goin' ter
do with ther money!"
II hain't fairly settled it in my own
min yit, jest what 1 will do with it.
I'm sorter haltin' atwixt buyin' of that
timbered 20 of old Mike Allen, and
lOanin' it to them Herringtons. l
KANT well make up my min as towhich
er Their two 'ud be Their best"
You hain't no use fer the timbered
20, Slime, seein' es how you have more
waste Ian now than is profitable, an
If you buy it, you'll jest hev that much
more to pay taxes on fer nothing"
"Yas, that's so. hain't no pertic'1ar
use fer it, out it's down cheap at $500,
an l dunno eff it wouldn't be er
good speculation ter buy it. But at
Their same time 1 kin loan ther money
TO Bob Harrington for ten per cent,
an 1 s'pose that mout be about es good
er thing es kin do"
at pears ter me, Slime, like 'sif you've
let them Herringtons hev enough money
already"
They owe me nigh almost $4,000,
it's true, but what's the difference,
E'long's we git the intrust?'
but hev you got the intrust?"
NO, l hain't never got it in money,
but / get their notes for it, an it'll only
be all the more when it's paid; an es
we don't need it, hedn't it es well be a
DRAWN of more intrust?"
Yes, 1 s'pose it he'd. But someway /
feel es if it hain't best to let that money
out to them spectators. You hain't
got no kim o security, es l kin see,
'ceptin' that one ov 'em goes security
for t'other, an s'pOse they wCs ter bust
up, then how'd you git yer money
from 'em?"
"'Tain't no wise likely es they'll bust
up, s'long's they've got thousands o.
acres of the fines Ian in Their county.
Other peoples monty willin' ter trust
'em, an 1 reckon L needn't be scarf
about loanin' to 'em. Besides, l dom
see whut else kin do with Their money,
fer es yer say, Mixes 20 is somethin'
we don't need, and I've pOndered over
the matter several days an KANT figger
out nuthin' else that 'ud be profitable
ter invest in. We dom want no more
stock"
No, we DON want no more stock, ner
no more land, fer it keeps you an Their
boys a-diggin' from mornin' till night
&c keep up with whut we hev."
Then whut am goin' ter do with
Their money if 1 dom loan 2"
For moment Mrs. Shrimp was silent,
and piled her needle with unwonted
rapidly. A faint flush came to her pale,
faded, care-furrOwed cheeks. Then
with a timid. haIf-scared air she looked
up and said:
slime. mightn't we buy the girls
pianer? You know the Aliens have one.
and the Smiths are goin' ter git one, an
cur gals air jist crazy for one, too. 1t
looks like paying out lots o money, bu.
I've been thinking over it O. late. an it
pears like il 'ud only be whut's right
towards EN-. We've got as much as Al
len or Smith. an kin jest es well afford
a pianer fer our gals es they kin fer
thern."
Yes. we could, but jest because Al
len an Smith want to go an waste
money in foolishness. il don't foller that
we have ter do it. A pianer dom do no
work. an it dom draw no intrust, an
when a thing hain't no profit ii is
clear waste o. money ter buy it, an L
hain't goin' ter throw erway no money |
in sech CT manner.
The gals worked hard. Slime. an
denied themselves all along. an feel |
as if I orter do somethin' fer 'em. In |
c,nrse # We couldn't eFford 1t, ii |