Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

Il am sincerely sorry that you take thls
view of the situation. Mr.. Marchmont' saio
the younger of the two men in the private
office land l beg to remind you that your
daughter will be of age in a few weeks She
has promised that she will marry me then,
whether you give your consent or not.
In that case. Mr.. Heath" said the older
man 1.-THE matter will have passed beyond
my control. I have nothing to urge against
you except that l do not consider you
good business man. and l would wish my
son-in-law to be capable of entering the
firm of Marchmont & Company. You are.
/ am sorry to say, too impulsive and prone
to be taken in. In short. you are not at all
the kind Of a man I would pick out for a
son-in-law.
Since You have been SO frank, Mr..
Marchmont l trust that you will not think
me discourteous when l state that you are
not at all the kind of man l would pick
out for a father-in-law.'
The elder man a fighter by instinct
and training. and there was an appeal to
him IN the sharp reply of the young man
which softer answer would not have car
ried. The rather slight frame of the young
man was not indicative of great physical
strength. but glance at his keen gray eye
strength and acuteneSS.
You beat me pretty badly on that wheat
deal last spring." continued the young man.
but have got on my feet again. and some
hne day l hope to catch the house of
Marchmont & Company mapping and get
back some of the hundred thousand dollars
you squeezed out of me-"
The elder man laughed. That wheat deal
was pleasant recollection.
Il suppose you think l was skimmjnp
pretty close to sharp practice when l made
you settle on my own basis. didn't your" he
asked.
Not at ALL" said Heath when a man
sells what he hasn't got he has no kick
coming when he is made to pay for his
ioily think got hundred thousand dol
lars worth OF experience out of that deali'
Il wouldn't mind selling you little more
experience at the same rate" said March
mont What are you doing now?"
on l am working on that San Reno
Aiming Company proposition. Think 1t is
company and believe we will be paving diyi
dends inside of a year.
Humph, What's the capital stoke"
Hundred thousand"
How much do YOU cOntroIo''
shares" VII
Who holds the rest7'
Jim Dodson has two hundred shares:
Johh FOLK. an attorney. holds one hundred
and the other one hundred and ninety are
LED in scattering five and ten share lots
What's the truth of the rumor | hear
that the mines suffering from an over
flow of water?'
Not much. When our pumps are nut in
place we Will have that water out in a
month. The stock is good 1 believe it's
worth all of par, maybe more"
Want to buy any,"
Il might take a few shares If ,-o, ,,ot-.
II an object"
III sell YOU two hundred and fffty"
Didn't know YOU had any 1t is d1arer-
Gus business selling what you haven't got
to deliver" said Heath fippantlv
Il guess | can deliver them all right
don't need any advice from YOU on the sub
Ject. The trouble IS with Won that Won are
afraid Of the stock yourself" Evidently
OH man Marchmont was somewhat angry
Not on Your life. I'll take four hundred
from YOU at 30"
Marchmont made some figures on 4 s1ir
OF paper Well" he said aggressiveIv. IF
you Will not acquire any stock In the mean
time or have your friends acquire any. !
will deliver Won four hundred shares of this
stock within sixty DAYS at so"
The agreement to deliver was SIGNED and
acknowledged and then Marchmont said:
Il am making this deal just to teach YOU
another lesson Jim DodSon was in here
mis- morning irving to sell me his two hun
dred at any rr!Ce. | believe that YOU will
learn sonnet hing about business some day
and then III be proud Of you as n son-in-
law Meanwhile. l might as well get your
money as auYEody's''
Thanks for the good wishes and the bad
compliment" said Heath. with a laugh
Now. | know. Or rather believe that the
San Rn'no is era % the best mining prop