The Globe-republican., 1900-10-04
A STORY OF COUNTRY LIFE.
CHAPTER v.

The Road TO the poorhotlse Missed.
Inauguration day had passed and
VIM Mckinley of Ohio vas President
of the United States
Winnie Grey had acted in the capacity
of County superintendent of Public
Instruction since the ist 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 hey office looking over her
mornings mail There were business
letters for der 20 answer; all yes and
there was another letter. 1t was from
her BROWNSVILLE lover. How II filled her
/ heart with joy! II 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: leg folks ut home
We're beginning 20 see better times:
prices were getting better for farm
ers' products Yes" she meditated.
there are q great many things to be
! thankful for She had great faith Ia
| Republican times, and she believed
| that in two years. al 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 it 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 n tap
Al
Winnie was surprised 20 her father
standing In the doorway
Good morning. Winnie How
your he said. taking her hand
! Very We'll, thank you. father. How
! are the folks al homer
We're all well. thought Ia come
down TO the county seat this morning
! to sec you on q little matter of bust
| ness
Very Well; what IS itt,
.i.~l.< in
| Brownsville. has some calves ne wants
| to sell, and I want to buy them
| Though extremely anxious. havn't
the money to buy them with. Thought
maybe could get the money from you-
| don't know as there's any money in
'e1n, OF in anything else. far that's
| concerned, but Joe Harrington is
! countin' on buyin these calves, and
| that's the reason / want en- I've been
a-lool>in' all this time for chance to
get my revenge that man. and now's
my chance. AI*. but he'll get mad, il
1 step III ahead of him. and knock him
| out Of the bargain by gettin' those
calves he's been calculating to buy
You shall have the money! said
Winnie, rather amused her fathers
method Of revenge. How much viii
you need 2:
We'll there's ten of ,em and he
wants 81 apiece. It's really an out
| rageous high price, but I won't stop
for that Why last spring man
couldn't get bit over 50 Tor such
calves
Maybe they are worth more than
they We're then
well. the Republicans say they are
but L don't think We amt havin'
a 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 Ia teIyz''
Yes; we received one jus: the other
day
What did he writer
81 don't remeruI.cr exactly what was
in the letter One thing that disaD-
pointed me is the fact that he's still
| Republican. Every letter / get / ex-
pect to hear that hes turned Populist.
/ but far my expectations have been
in vain. He wrote that he thought
prices would get better for the farmer
He said If wished to make money
now was the tins. to speculate. Buy
. all the calves and other stock that
? could, and hold them for higher prices "
$50 you taking his advicef"
4 mo, Winnie; am going to buy Bob
Wrights calves for the express ptIr-
pose of outwitting Joe Harrington
What does Ezra know about running a
2 farm2 He's lived nearly all his life in
r a city, and is green squash. when
, 1T comes to country life
His judgment is good, though, on
| ! almost every subject
ut is on some subjects. to be sure,
but still he doesn't know everything.
I He has his faiIings like all other hui
man beings
! ITO change the subject" said Vim
1 ME. t.have you planted your corn yetf'
! Yes we just finished planting a few
days ago.
How does the wheat look 20
! '.It looks splendid. but don't expect
I | to get much out of 1t, for silyer's going
: down right along. and Bryan said
i | whenever silver went down wheat
went with IT, when silver went up
:, wheat went up also
ST do wish Bryan had been elected
E for If had free coinage of silver
| he said silver would rise in value
: therefore wheat would rise.
IF wheat would be worth what il
t ought to be, there would pc a good
I prospect for me to pay the mortga re
g with It, I suppose now wheat viii