Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-19
CHAPTER V.-(Continued.)

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CHAPTER v.-(Continued.)
"Well, don't worry, father. Do the
best you can, and if you can't pay the
mortgage I'll pay it for you.'
"You are a good girl, Winnie. My!
but we'd be proud of you if you'd only
let Glen Harrington alone"
Winnie smiled, but she did not an
swer him. They had argued that sub
ject so many times that she tried to
avoid it.
''Well, Vinnie,' he said finally, 81
must bid you good-by, and hurry back
to Boonsville to buy those calves fore
Harrington gets them" So saying, he
was gone.
The next day Winnie received pos
tai card, stating that he had got his
revenge on "old man Harrington" so
she presumed he had made his pur-
chase.
The spring rains came. The sun
shone and nourished the growing corn.
The wheat crop had ripened, and har-
vest time arrived. The price of wheat
was getting higher every day. When
Simon's wheat was threshed he order
ed it put in bin, to wait there for the
highest market price. He now spent
his time watching the markets.
Cynthia" he said one day, 'ft looks
as though we may get 81 per bushel."
81 don't see how it could be, Simon,
when Mckinley is President"
'Well, you needn't think that Nc
Kinley has anything to do with it.
It's because Of the scarcity in foreign
lands"
'Oh," said Cynthia, and she wonder
ed If Simon had suddenly turned into
supply and demand" theorist.
''There is one reason" he continued,
"why 1 hate to see wheat 60 up, and
that is because it gives the Republi-
cans a chance to crow. They never
stop to reason about the scarcity of an
article"
Il heard the other day that silver
was goin' down. Why is that, SimonT'
"Oh, that's the Governments fault.
1 dare say that those silver miners
h<ste Mckinley"
81 don't believe it is right, Simon, to
blame the Government with everything
bad, and for every thing good give
something else the credit. l don't un-
derstand how silver can go down and
wheat go up, when the Populist speak
ers used to say they always fiuctuated
together"
'They do fuctuate together usually
but you must remember, Cynthia, that
there are exceptions to all rules, and
this case is simply an exception to
that rule. That's ALL" -
"There must be lots of exceptions to
rules this summer. I think if there's
many more, some of the rules will
have to be changed. I never saw eggs
and butter better price this time of
the year. Wonder what corn will be
worth?'
'WeH, Cynthia, that will be just ac
cording to the extent of the crop. Last
year corn went down to 10c and the
country is full of old corn. If we
should have another big crop it won't
be worth huskin', is my opinion. Con-
ditions have to be just right to get good
prices when we haveagold-standard
money"
"Well, hope, Simon, that the price
Of corn will be another exception to
the rule, SO beside paying the mort
gage we might build an addition on
the house."
"Don't count on anything Of that
kind, Cynthia. If we can make enough
to eat and wear we ought to be salts
fed, for that will be doing exceeding
ly well during the next four years.
We may all go to the poorhouse yet"
81 guess there's not much danger,
with the granary full Of 81 wheat"
And so 1t proved to be. Simon sold
his wheat for 81 per bushel and paid
every cent Of the mortgage. Many of
his neighbors did the same.
Corn was a good crop. too, and high
priced, and Simon decided to husk it.
II am SO glad, Simon" said Gym
thia, "that your predictions do not
come true"
"It's just another exception to the
rule" said Simon.
"'Peers to me-" said Jimmie, ''that
you're kind of cornered, pa"