The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-11
CHAPTER Y.

The Road to the Poorhouse Missed.
Inauguration day had passed and
Wm. Mckinley of Ohio was President
of the United States.
Winnie Grey had acted in the capacity
Of County Superintendent of Public
Instruction since the LIST OF January
and she was delighted with her new
work and Marble County was proud Of
Political Simon's daughter
On this particular morning, Winnie
was alone in her Office looking over her
mornings mail. There We're business
letters for her to answer; ali, yes, and
there was another letter. 1t was from
her Boonsville lover. How it filled her
heart with joy! 1t seemed to her the
happiest morning OF her life. She felt
that she had thousand things to be
thankful for, Glen Harrington re-
turned her love: her folks at home
were beginning to see better times;
prices were getting better for farm
ers' products. "Yes," she meditated,
There are great many things to be
thankful for" She had great faith in
Republican times, and she believed
that in two years, at least, her father
would be able to pay the mortgage on
their home. without her assistance.
If he wasn't able, she would take q
part Of her salary and pay 1t for him.
The mortgage would never be allowed
to take the old home. AS she sat in
her office, meditating over the pros
poets of the future, there came a tap
at the door, and then it few open, and
Winnie was surprised to see her father
standing in the doorway.
Good morning, Winnie. How are
youN he said. taking her hand. y
Very well, thank you, father. How
are the folks at homer
Were all well. thought I'd come
down to the county seat this morning
to see you on little matter Of busi-
ness" @tes1 "a. - ssfss
VERY well; what Is it?'' g-s
"Why Bob Wright, down there In
Boonsville, has some calves he wants
to sell, and | want to buy them.
Though extremely anxious, l havn't
the money to buy them with. Thought
maybe l could get the money from you.
I don't know as there's any money In
'em. or In anything else, as far as that's
concerned but Joe Harrington Is
|countin' on buyin' these calves and
that's the reason want 'em. I've been
,as.onlsin, all this time for "a chance to
get my revenge on that man, and now's
my chance. My! but he'll get mad, 1t
| step in ahead of him, and knock him
out Of the bargain by gettln' those
calves he's been calculating to buy
'You shall have the money" said
Winnie, rather amused Mt her fathers
Fmcthod Of revenge. How much will
you need?" a.
"Well there's ten Of 'em and he
wants 81 apiece. It's really an out
rageous high price, but won't stop
for that. why last spring n man
couldn't get bit over So for such
calves" .... .ta@ :
maybe they are worth more than
they were then" .@. ~
well, the Republicans say they are,
but I don't think so. We amt havin'
bit better times than we had, In spite
Of their predictions. I've been think
in of writing to Ezra and telling him
that he Is false prophet"
Have you received any letters from
Uncle Ezra lately?"
Eyes; we received one. just the other
day"
what did he writer"
81 don't remember exactly what was
in the letter. One thing that disap-
pointed me IL the fact that he's still
Republican. Every letter l get ex-
pect to hear that he's turned Populist,
but so far my expectations have been
In vain. He wrote that he thought
prices would get better for the farmer.
He said If l wished to make money
now was the time to speculate. Buy
all the calves and other stock that
could, and hold them for higher prices"
$50 you are taking his adyiceW
"No, Winnie; am going to buy Bob
Wright's calves for the express pur-
pose Of outwitting Joe Harrington.
What does Ezra know about running a
farm? He's lived nearly all his life In
a city, and is green as squash, when
it comes to country life." ..I:.,- .
"His judgment is good, though, ON
almost every subject"
ut Is on some subjects, to be sure,
but still he doesn't know everything.
He has his faiIings like all other hui
man beings"
"To change the subject" said Vim
ME, "haye you planted your corn yet?'
Eyes, we just finished planting few
days ago."
GLOW does the wheat look?"
at looks splendid, but l don't expect
to get much out of it, for silvers going
down right along, and Bryan said
whenever silver went down wheat
went with it, or when silver went up
wheat went up also.
81 do wish Bryan had been elected,
for If we had free coinage of silver,
he said silver would rise in value,
therefore wheat would rise.
'Tf wheat would be worth what 1t.
ought to be, there would be a good
prospect for me to pay the mortgage
NTH TUhouf will