Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-05
A SHORT STORY.

do you understand mel love her, and
win give her a life of devotion to in a
measure make up the difference between
u.s.
The fire of splendid young manhood was
blazing in his eyes as he lowered above
the surprised old man.
IT am not ungratefuI for what you have
done for me, and if your partners win
not come to your assistance all that I
own shall be converted into cash and
placed to your credit in the Neptune Ma
tional, but IT will not be a fourth Of the
amount required"
The old man choked as he wrung the
young mans hand, but he grew calm and
replied:
''No, lad. that would never do. You
speak of my partners; have never had
but two. The one, my wife, is dead: the
other, my daughter, is the only living
partner L have. When I was your age
was quick to think and act; now am old
| and slow and can only see that 80 years
Of labor is to be wiped away in 80 days
time. Dolly said to ask you, and" ne
continued, like drowning man catching
| at a straw, ''if you will find a way out OF
/ these difficulties you shall have my daugh-
ter and become full partner with me!''
The young man caught his breath and
exclaimed: What! Do you mean it7 You
consent that I have Dolly?"
Collisions nimble brain was acting now
like lightning. His eyes wandered around
the room and fastened themselves on a
map of the world that hung on the wall.
Unconsciously he began to trace the long
dotted lines that mark the course of yes
sells.
Thirty days time; a fight for thirty
days time kept pounding through his
brain at every violent heart-throb.
Several of these lines Joined at Constan-
tinople. His eyes wandered back to the
office desk piled high with returned
drafts.
st have it!' he exclaimed, draw draft
on the Sultan of Turkey for $4,000 and de-
posit it with the foreign bankers. Messrs.
Wix & Wing. Tell them you desire to
check against 1t. They have often solic-
| tied your foreign business and know moth
ing Of your embarrassment. The draft
will be more than 80 days in transit. Even
IL they cable the refusal of payment, you
will have time to regain your lost ground
and can reimburse Wix & Wing for tho
| draft when returned by a local check on
| the Neptune National The high standing
/ of this house, the holiness of the stroke.
the credit of the Turkish government
make the thing possible. OF course, the
draft will be returned, but not till fall
cotton shall have turned the tide in your
favor"
The old man rose and clapped the young
man on the back in admiration.
Capital, boy, capitali Draw on the
| Sick Man of the East! Sounds like a ro-
nance. To his imperial majesty. the Sui
tan of Turkey. There is life in the old
land yeti" he exclaimed. like an excited
schoolboy. who would have thought my
bookxeeper such a Napoleon of hnanceg'
Nearly thirty days later a draft was
presented by the Imperial Bank Of Con-
stantinople to the Turkish minister OF
finance.
81 have no record Of our Indebtedness to
| this Gowenlock & Co., of Charleston, s.
c., U. S. A. and he frowned as he gazed
at the handsome Autographed draft drawn
up in Collisions dashing chirography
send 1t back" he snapped at the tremD-
ling collector.
''send what back7'' said a voice behind
him and the grand vizier Of Turkey swept
into the. chamber amid host of fawning
officials.
your highness. this is a draft drawn by
one Gowenlock & Co." he said, in his
most deferential way "They are OF
Charleston. S. c., U. S. A. wherever that
may be- and it is for $4,000 piasters. I
cannot find that we are indebted 10 the
infidels," and he handed him the draft
with low bow
The distinguished diplomat took the pa
per and merely glanced at the face. Turn
ing IL over ne read the endorsements. II
bore the names of Wix & Wing, OF
Charleston, s. c.; Morgan, Fellrock &
Vastor, Of New York; Rothschilds & Co.,
of London; Credit Lyonnaise, of Paris;
Banca Italiana Commerciale, Of Rome
and the Imperial Bank of Constantinople.
by Allahl these infidels, Gowenlock &
Co., have royal nerve, but do you not set
IN what a position it places us? If this
draft is returned unpaid 1t must go back
the same channels through which it came.
We are negotiating loan of fifty million
pounds sterling from the Rothschilds. II
this draft is returned through them they
viii think us bankrupt nation, not even
able TO pay the paltry sum of 25O,O0o pias-
tiers. Think of what Turkish securities
would suffer in Lombard street. 1t is but
a trihe. Pay it and protect our credit.
Ninety days later he was surprised TO
receive another paper from Gowenlock q
Co., but this time 1t was a check for the
amount. together with interest, and let
ter of thanks for their enforced loan.
Across the wide Atlantic in the parlor OF
Gideon Gowenlock in the city by the sea
young man took sweet-faced girl In his
fond embrace and whispered:
'T drew a draft on royalty and the re-
turns brought me a queen"
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