The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-13
] How the Old Mans
 Rosy Prospect Faded
iE ~ PECKILAT1oN is all right for


 them as can see their way out an fgger the stages right along" re- marked the old bull whacker. live known men has got rich by>speckila- tion. I seen Bill here put months wages on the double o oncet an hit three numbers runnin' in immediately subseken investments, an he was ricier than this here Rockyfsller for hree days after. You never seen as ifiloosnt a man as Bill was: But s far's I'm concerned 1 want a sure thing wiIh a rope hitche1 to it in case of an axle .breakin'. 1 used to be sTOrtive like the rest of. you, but hit the ground so hard it jared all my back teeth loose. on the rosiest prospect that ever delooded hard workin' son of toil an made him think that life was going to b. one grand hurdygurdy f valley tan an tcbaeker hencefor- ward an for evernore."
 What was that?" inquired the stock tender. "I never knowed you to have of cio'es. let alone speckilate."
 An I've lInowed him for cIost on to 35 years, off an on. but never knowed aim any more of a sport than he is right now. He wouldn't play solitaire vith' himself an stake r;,vy beans on the result of the game, said the stage ,Cent, who, according to his monthly custom, was paying off the company's -lnDlOyes with pack of cards.
 Its this away" said the old man. "I don't as gineral thing take any -aloof into my confidence respectin' ny financial operations, nor yit the proportions of my bank roll 1 don't 'ress as. slick as l might, mebbe, becuz | Ud. embarrass me when fried my owbeEy 10 Keep the grease spots off'n ny panties, an it wouldn't go we'll with the negligee. language I've got 0 use to make my team git down into the yckes, but don't you forget that nave got enough to bug tliis outfit put down in brine for winter. use. It ain't no oil stock nor nothin' fancy-jes' N!ain little old government bonds. Whenf get wad that gets too heavy 0 pack around 1, buy bond CT two an tie it up with the rest Of the bundle. l kin afford to slouch. When man is on a solid financial basis appearances don't count for nothin' with him. He ain't like you ducks that's skeered somsbody will tumble to their state of destitootion all the time an has to wear good clo'es to make bluff. No, sir! As far as takin' no chances is concerned, why, told you right at the that I wasn't takin' any What are you goin' 10 do with your months pay, Sam?"
 The stock tender grinned uneasily and looked at the stage agent, who re- fected the grin.
 Well" said the agent, "it's my luck to-day, and the next day it may be his. Or ! might git skinned if tried you a whirl for some of them government | bonds"
 What was your specialization, Tubbs?" inquired the stock tender, who was evidently anxious to avoid a delicate subject. Turkeys" replied the old man. q calculated on corner Tn the poultry market an slumped by reason of detishunsy of tall timber. It looked | mighty well, though, for quite awhile. Tt was this way. Me an Joe Hill ness without any bad effec's. We flew nigh an never come down to roost All the same we struck hard series of -hree-one deals an there was a shrink age in our assets by the eLd Of the week hat would have had a depre ssing in- iooence on the bank of England. We ,Ould stand it. though. l told you We lad made a stake.
 Well, says to Joe: 'It ain't no use n sPeHdin' our wealth all in one place. tets give Omaha touch Of the sunny idle Of prosperity. So we went on to Omaha and in two weeks more we was
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