The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-07
THE DEAc0N'S
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"cid ooruen Graham Pork
Pscksr, Chicago, Writss 10
fis Sen fisrrspont

tConeiuded1
/ The Deacon Judged from iiilin
! eNpruaaiun that he HAD got NIP
\ ped aud was going &C. try 10 uns
4 load the lnaH est him, ao hr
changed hits face 60 the one
which he used WHEN attgudlnb
\ the funeral of anN one who
} hadn't bvuu professor ANA
came back quiak and hard
"l'm surprised. william, that
YOU should think l would nc
d Crpt money made la gambling
j let thla bs lesaau 10 you.
3 How much dtA Yau lnaef
4 That's The worst OF u
didn't loaai / made two hundred
\ dollars and iiiii hove another
SIGH.
! Made two hundred dallarn''
q echoed the Deacon. ANA ne
changed his face again for the
one which he used when he
4 found a lead quarter IN hla ull
J aud couldn't remember Who had
\ passed &c On him
! Yes" lsiH Wsut on, and Ira
\ ashamed ct Il. faf you've made
n me zee things In new liHht
h or course. after what you've
3 said, know IL would be an
d Insult % offer YOU the money,
d Aud / feel nov that IL wouldn't
q be right TO keep Il myself
y must sleep on 4 ana Try % tina
y the straight thing Ia do"
y n guess Il really didn't IN
= terfcfe with ttifi-e sleep. but the
q Deacon sat Up with the corpse
y 81 that two hundred dollars.
q you bet. In the morning ~
\ breakfast he asked brother hiil
, a. explain al about this spccu.
3 latinE business. what made the
q market 80 up and down, ana
= whether rial earn oF wheat or
J pork figured In any stage ~ a
y deal Hiii iaoaad sort of sad
y and dfehfmyseyed. a. N hts con
science hadn't diaested that twn
\ hundred yet. but he was mighty
y ObliEing about explaining
= everything to Zeke lie had
changed his face FOR the one
9 which he Wufa hen he sold an
easy customer ground peas
and chickofy Tor %. ~ Jaws.
\ and every now ard then he
4 Fuiped a. II he VAS going Go
start \ hymn When 1911 told
him how Euad and bad eathrs
, sent the market up and down
he nodded and said that that
n part % ft was an right be-
J caure the weather was % the
! Lord
Not On the Hoard ~ Trade
h lsnt" ftiii answered back
at least nnt 10 any marked
extent 10 ssesn ths weather
man 90 sums lar In the corn
belt and, IS TIE weather man
usually reekafls wrong. I rcckou
there Isn't anY special tnspira
tioa about IL The game u o.
Esiess what's going Go happen.
not what has happ@ned. and
] by the tire the real weather
cosne= along everybody has
uessed wrong ard knorket
the market Off a cent ~ two
That made the Deaeon's chin
hlsksfa draap : little. but hs
began o. 49, questions again.
ard b. ard - he discovered
] that away bshna "a boat .
hundred miles behind. bat that
y ~ MsHHHff EHsFAtl = w Ntt' NHNA
con4-a deal tu futures there
were Fea. WHEAT aud poFs. Raid
that he'd been H1lzinforfnei and I
niislrd that speculation y a. a |
J legitimate business. involving I
Akin and SaEsestf that His last
] scrupie vas removed. and that I
he would Accept The two hun.
fred.
J nut heightened fiEht up ai !
that and Thanked BIN far put I
] tiuE q - elsAF and removing
] the doubts that bal hs-n W.T..
4 Tf''-- ~-7.' ss'F '23'' y 1900
] Speculate WITH clear 'an-
science after listening u thr I
psscon's ahls exposition ~ the
aghf=cs Was only mafry he
hadn't seer him 10 tAIk X over
before breakfast. a. ghe two
hundred haA been lying 90
hssvy on hts mind al Night
that hs'd got ~ early au8
mailed cheek for n 10 the
praeon's pastor ard told him
b. spend II on his per-.
Zrke took the evening train I
home In order IN prY that
eheck out Of the elder. bat old I
Doe. Hoover sas pretty qGlck
stepner himself sHa he'd hiowu
The Nhnss tee hundred as soon
~ ~ Eos a.. buying winter coal
Tor Iaror people
] sin1piY mention the Deacon
w. passing az an example -
the fact that It's easy FOR I
man who TANKS he's al right
% ~ ri uruua when hs s~rT a
coupis ~ hundred dollars lying
around iafae a little % one
site 81 the sfFaishtsaad narrow
path. and thai when Ne reaches
down 20 pies ~ the money
there's usually string tisf %
y and a small boy N the
bushes o. give u a fHnh Easy
come money never draws inter-
eat easy borrowed dollars par
uNury
From -rs~tfsFs fr~n . self I
Aads NvFchant q ula Son. ~
] George Horace f4oftmef. small.
] Maynard 4 CO. Bastun.
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