The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02

dared confess it because he couldn't
see his way clear to ask them to le-i e
the village academy and brighten q
home for him.
Monday morning it didn't bother
him much when he was repeatedly
called from footing a column of fig.
ures 10 answer the phone. nor when
II of the partners criticised him for
not attending to 4 matter that had
never been brought to his knowledge.
"When his lunch time came he went
to the savings bank where his few
dollars were and deposited $50 in gold
and the ten for which he had eN-
changed gold the night before. At
one national bank he got a cashiers
check t. his own order for $50, paying
for it with gold; in another he got a
demand {. ID. for S1C0 to his W or
der; in a third he got Il cashiers
check for $500.
Then he went 10 a national bank.
the cashier of which he knew. and
opened an account. saying that he
was going to do something in the real
estate line. Here he deposited the de-
mand c. d.. $50 in gold and $50 in
currency. for which he had exchanged
gold at the office. This took him half
an hour; the other half he spent in
buying five lots in South Omaha for a
total of $3.50. which he paid in gold,
thus getting rid of $1,000 altogether,
and in buying some d%oughnuts at a
bakery, from which he made his lunch
later in the day when he was alone
in the Office.
In two weeks he had managed,
after this fashion, to get rid of all
his gold but the odd five dollars, which
he kept as a relic, into circulation
without anyone's commenting thereon
to him. In three months he sold his
vel $1,000 and resigned his position,
opened a real estate Office and vas
soon raking in considerable in COM
missions, besides his profits on his
own Investments, in which he was
exceptionally fortunate.
by spring he had Il stenographer
and an office boy, and when June
came he added 4 clerk to his force
and went back east to see his mother
and the gray-eyed girl. He took the
gray eyes a long drive in the
try. and when they got home the eyes
were very bright. and the owner
wrote the trustees of the academy
that she couldn't teach there next
term.
In September he went east again
and took her back with him. and in
a little cottage in 4 quiet street. from
the window of which were to be had
glimpses of the shining river and the
blue Iowa hills. they set up their
household goods and were very happy.
"All this time he had kept his capt.
tai invested in city property. and aft
er his real estate Office had been open
for 4 few months he made all his eX-
penses out of that, SO all the gain
from the original $1,000 was added to
it. AS soon as he sold a piece of
property he bought more with the pro-
anu Whatever lit DouSHl "0DI
so every transaction increased his
mis- commissions on sales for
other people giving him a fair in
come. so they could buy books and
pictures now and then and keep a
horse and take occasional runs back
east or to the cool of Colorado.
Just before the panic of '93 he sold
put all his holdings except some good
business property and a
few in dwellings that rented well, and
after a bit put his funds into first
stocks. Ey that time his 5000
had grown to :: sum the income from
which would support him and his any
where. so they :rIt their house to
some friends that wanted to be mar
RED and started out to find all the
there were 20 see in the world,
md are doing that yet.
No. he never knew anything about
he previous history of the money. but
re supposed it va buried by some of
he Mormon crowd that stopped about
here for a time on their way to Salt
lake: the dates of the coins were old
'nough. ard that seemed n probable
solution"
Did it ever get out about mis- gold?'
lsked The man by the window. Did
he always keep it Il secret?"
Nobody ever learned any more than
lie chose to tell. He told his wife;
here was no use telling anyone else.
knew about it at the time. I was
lis closest friend then. Or course. 1
wouldn't have told you ii you knew
Il think | have met him" ] said.
Perhaps" he answered. as he rose |
o go ''but you do not know his
lame."-Boston Globe. |
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