The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-09
TEE PRINCETON UNION: URsDAY, OCTOBER 8 1902.

now if you'll do yours, believe the
trouble will sA>p right where it isl
Raymer .ev;,>. cd. the business part of
it, and gave praise where praise was
due, taking her hand and letting his
eyes say more than his words.
II think you are the bravest little
woman 1 ever heard off, he said,
warm ly. II haven't the least doubt
in the world as to the success of
your appeal, and no one but wom-
an-no one but yourself-could have
made it. You may be sure that Girls
void and I will do our part
IF you will, think we may con-
slider the strike settled.'' She rose
and made as if she would go, but that
was only because her courage threat
ened to fail her while vet the major
half of her errand was undone. She
fought brave little fight, and then
went back to sit down beside him.
| There is something else,'' she be-
gan, nervously, 'and I don't know
just how to say it. May I say any
thing 1 please?''
"Certainly. The privilege would be
yours in any case, but you have just
earned it a thousand times over"
"You-you have had some dealings
with the bank, haven't your"
with your fathers bank, you
mean? Yes, we keep our account
there"
II didn't mean that; I meant-in
the matter ola loan.''
mo, not lately.'
She looked the surprise which she
did not put into words.
'But you did borrow money, didn't
you?"
| EYES,"
"And you paid it back?"
II did; or rather, we did. Mr.. Girls
void came into the firm just then,
and put in enough capital to pay us
out of debit
She was twisting her handkerchief
around her fingers, and otherwise
displaying a degree of embarrass-
ment which was quite foreign to her,
or to kaymer's knowledge of her.
''Would you mind telling me how
much it wasp
"Not at all; it was $95,OOO."
$50 much as that? Somehow, I
have never thought of Mr.. Griswold
as "a capitalist. But it was good
investment for him, wasn't it,"
ut would have been if we had not
had this strike.''
She paused again, and again as
| saulted as one who will not be daunt-
ed.
"How much has the strike cost you,
Mr.. Raymer?"
"A great deal more than it would
at almost any other time. We had
| number of time contracts with for
| FIXTURES, and they have lapsed, of
| course. One hundred thousand dol
lars wouldn't more than make us
whole again."
$50 much as that! All of Mr.. Girls
wold's money, and more" So muc::
she said, and then she was silent I'M
| til her nervousness began to be con-
| tagious to Raymer. At length she
said: "You know Mr.. Griswold pref
~ VIGIL, dAAO 1OFc Ill., duu L hHO"
him pretty well, TOO, and-and like
him. Did he ever tell you how he
came to have so much money!"
'Why, no. In fact, never thought
enough about it to be curious. From
the little he has told me about him
self I have gathered that he Inherit
ed something from his father, and
that accounted sufficiently for his
| means"
Now Griswold had been more con-
idential with Margery than he had
ever been with his business partner,
so she knew the story of the slender
patrimony, and of its spending. But
what has here been written down of
Margery Grierson has been ill-writter
if it has not shown her to be far
more discreet than her sex or her