The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-24

$50 you have come" growled the old
man.
| Yes, sir" said mild voice with a
| little Quaver in it.
| "Wen," said the old man, with a
dangerous rising infection, Il want to
| tell you that it can never be!'
| do you mean that l won't do?' in
quired the mild voice.
''That's just what [ mean" snarled
the old man. Your comprehension
does you credit"
But how can you tell till you've
tried me| protested the mild voice.
''Tried YOU" roared the old man.
| ''What do you mean by that?'
II mean, sir" said the mild voice
hurricdly, that 1 hardly think it's fair
to condemn me unheard and untried.
1 was led to think you would show me
more considerations
"Oh, you were, were you" snapped
the old man. ':Well, sir, you have
| been falsely led. l know my daugh-
ter much better than YOU do, sir!'
''Your daughter, STRIP
Eyes, my daughter And don't you
| dare to mention her name"
IL had 10 intention of doing so,
sir"
! "Eh? Coming to your senses, are
you? That's right. She's only a fol-
| ish, headstrong girl. In month she'll
| forget your existence"
"But I don't see what your daughter
| has to do with it. She is nothing to
! me, sir"
''Spoken like sensible youth. l
thought I'd convince you. There, there,
| let the whole thing drop"
! "And you positively refuse to give me
trial?
"Confound you, there you go again!
| Do you take me for an IDIOT"
| q wouldn't go as far as that, sir.
You don't seem to understand that I
was led to believe you would give me
an opportunity to show my worth. /
am greatly disappointed, sir"
! "Heavens, man, are we going over
all that again?"
10y llle LII IL IIOlltll, SILL.
''Not for a minute!'
'For a week"
"Leave the room. sir! Go, sir! Go
| to the idiot asylum and marry some
body in your own mental class"
Pm going, sir. My father will be
greatly surprised at your unreasonable
| treatment''
"Your father! Who cares for your
father? Why doesn't he keep his weak
minded children at home:"
Good day. sir"
The door closed with a sharp bang,
and there was a brief silence.
IL wonder what the deuce he meant
by saying he'd tell his father?7 Spencer
| heard the old man mutter "Who's
his father? Well whoever he is, his
son shall never marry my daughter.
| What in the world could she have seen
in such an unbalanced fellow?'
| His heavy step sounded on the floor,
and when Spencer looked up the old
man was gazing down at him from the
| doorway. His face was very red and
| his white nair still hristled with indig-
| nation.
"Well Mr.. Secretary" he said, chow
are we coming on?'
every we'll, SIR replied Spencer.
''1'll lay these replies upon your desk
| in few Moments
Good" said the old man.
"By the way" said Spencer, twhat
do you want me to say to Van AMMAN
| & Co.? They make an offer for your
stock of cochineal, you know"
accept it and tell them Wen ship
the stuff Tomorrow
II wouldn't do that" said the score
tary.
"Eh!' cried the astonished old man.
'Iou don't seem to know that there
| is a corner forming in dyestuffs," said
| Spencer. with slight smile. ''Wait q
minute, and 1 will telephone for the
latest quotations"
He arose as he spoke and stepped into
| the outer office and entered the tele-
phone box.
ut is just as I supposed" he said as
he rejoined the old man. 'Cochineal
| jumped ST per cent at the opening of
! the market this morning."
The old man turned and went back to
his desk without word. A moment
later he looked in again.
'That means $2,735 to the good,' be
said. "Guess you'll earn your salary
all right" Then he slowly added:
And guess I'm getting DID,"
| The sound of an opening door drew
his attention. A radiant vision aD-