Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-05

I'VE thousands into It Ne can evlentuaI
II sell out The main thing IS the loan.
Don't you think SOP
II certainly do" said Alan .etOf
course a good many things might In
terfere- We'd have to get a right q
way and a charter before the road
could be built. and reckon they won't
buy till they are sure of those thingz
No; It may take hong time and
lot Of patience, = said Miller, -but your
father could afford to wait If be can
get his money back by means Of the
loan I tell you that's the main thing
II had offered to sell Wilson the
whole thing at $4,000 he never would
have come up here, but he is sure now
that the property is Just what he r.
looking for. Oh, we are not certain Of
him by a long jump. It all depends
on whether he will Insist on going over
there or not II he does, those moss
backs win bust the thing wide open
II he comes straight to my ofdee In
the morning, the deal may be closed,
but it he lies around the hotel taking,
somebody will spoil our plans, and
Wilson will hang of to make his own
terms later-f he makes any at all.
It's ttcklish, but we may win"
1T is rather ticklish situation" ad-
m1tted Alan, but even If We do get
the loan on the property, don't you
think Wilson may delay matters and
hope to scoop the property In for the
debt?''
He might" Miller smiled, "if be
didn't want to move that railroad
somewhere else, and, besides, your IA
Their can keep the money in suitable
shape to pay or the note In any emer-
gency and free himself
II don't know how to thank you, old
man." answered Alan. IF you had
been personally interested in this, you
could not have done more.''
Miller threw himself back in his
chair and smiled significantly. do l
look like man with nothing in it?'' he
asked
But you haven't anything in it," re-
torted Alan wonderingly.
'+That's all you know about it." Mil
Ter laughed. 1T the road is built, I'll
make by it. This is another story. As
soon as I saw you were right about
putting railroad into the mountains
l began to look around for some of
that timber land. I didn't have long
to wait, for the only man that holds
much OF it besides Colonel Barclay
Peter Mosely, whom Perkins fooled
just as he did your father-came in.
he was laying for me. I saw it in his
eye. The Lord had delivered him to
me, and I was duly thankful He was
up himself, bless you, and Dragged
about his fine body Of virgin timber.
I looked bored, but let him run on till
he was tired; then said:
well, Mosely, what do you intend
to do with your white elephant? You
know it's not just the sort Rarnum is
looking for
He kind O. biinked at that. but be
said: I've half notion to SELL The
truth is. I've got the finest investment
open to me that ever had. If l could
afford to wait few years, I could
coin money out OF this property, but I
believe in turning money quick
so do L. said I. and watched him
firt about in the frying pan. Then I
said, What is the price you hold it at?
~ thought said he, that ought to
get as much as I paid
LAS much as you paid Abe Temp
kins and Perkins? said. with a grin
Do you think you could possibly sell
piece Of land for as much as those
sharks? VI you can, you'd better go
in the real estate business. You'd coin
money. Why. they, yanked two thou
sand out Of you, didn't theyY