Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-07-24
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is four just now, and fancy it may
rise"
Five thousand" exclaimed the adj
miral, reckoning in his own mind.
"Lemme seel That's twenty-five pounds
commission. A nice days work, upon
my word. 1t is very handsome order,
ma'am."
We'll. must pay some one. and why
not him?"
TN tell him, and I'm sure he'll lose
no time"
ooh, there is no great hurry. By the
way. understand from what you said
just now that he has a partner"
yes, my boy is the junior partner.
Pearson is the senior. I was introduced
to him years ago, and he offered Har-
old the opening. OF course we had a
pretty stiff premium to pay"
Mrs. Westmacott had stopped, and
was standing very stif1y with her red
Indian face even grimmer than usual.
Pearson" said she. Jeremiah
Pearson?"
THE same"
Then it's all off," she cried you
need not carry out that investment"
/ Very well. ma am"
They walked on together side by side,
she brooding over some thought of her
own, and he a little crossed and disap-
pointed at her caprice and the lost COM
mission for Harold.
Il tell you what, admiral" she ex-
claimed suddenly, 'ff I were you
should get your boy out of this part
nership.'
But why. madam"
Because he is tied to one Of the deep
est, slyest foxes in the whole city of
London"
Jeremiah Pearson. ma'am? What
can you know Of him? He bears good
name"
mo one in this world knows jeremiah
Pearson as L know him, admiral. I
warn you because 1 have a friendly
feeling both for you and for your son.
The man is rogue and you had best
avoid him"
But these are only words, ma'am. Do
you tell me that you know him better
than the brokers and jobbers in the
city?"
Man." cried Mrs. Westmacott, will
you allow that know him when tell
you that my maiden name was Ada
Pearson, and that jeremiah Pearson is
my only brother?"
The admiral whistled. 'sWhew!" cried
he. Now that I think Of it, there is q
likeness"
He is man of iron, admiral-a man
without heart. 1 should shock you
If were to tell you what I have en-
dured from my brother My fathers
wealth was divided equally between US.
His own share he ran through in five
years, and he has tried since then by
every trick Of cunning, low-minded
man, by base cajolery, by legal quib-
bles, by brutal intimidation, to juggle
me out of my share as well. There is
no yfllafny Of which the man is not ca
pable. Oh. 1 know my brother, Jere-
miah. I know him and I am prepared
for him.
This is all new to me, ma'am. Pom
my word, hardly know what to say to
1T. thank you for having spoken so
plainly. From what you say, this is a
poor sort Of consort for man to sail
with. Perhaps Harold would do well to
cut him adrift"
Without losing a day"
well, we shall talk 1t over. You may
be sure of that. But here we are Mt
the station, so 1 will just see you into
your carriage and then home to see
what my wife says to the matter"
AS he trudged homeward, thoughtful
and perplexed. he was surprised to hear
shout behind him, and to see Harold
running down the road after him.
why. dad" he cried. 81 have just
come from town, and the first thing I
saw was your back as you marched |
away. But you are such a quick walker
that had to run to catch you
broken his stern face into a thousand |
wrinkles. "You are early to-day" said |
he
Eyes. wanted to consult you
Nothing wrong?"
ooh no, only an inconvenience"
What is it, them"
How much have we in our private |
ACCOUNT"
Pretty fair. Some eight hundred.
think"
"Oh. half that will be ample. 1t was
rather thoughtless Of Pearson"
what then?'
"Well, you see, dad, when he went
away upon this little holiday to Havre
he left me to pay accounts and so on.
He told me that there was enough at
the bank for all claims. 7 ned occasion
on Tuesday to pay away two cheques,
one for $50 and the other for f120. and
here they are returned with bank no.
tice that we have already overdrawn to
the extent of some hundreds"
The admiral looked very grave.
What's the meaning of that, them" he
asked.
"Oh, 1t can easily be set right. You
see Pearson invests all the spare cap
tai and keeps as small a margin as
possible in the bank. Still 1t was too
bad for him to allow me even to run a
tslr Of having a chenue returned /