Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26

tooh hauutsal matches 3FOun1 tulS ptaA- /
form I'd bust his skull"
Well. l reckon I'll not smoke any
way" said Hanks and he seated him.
self on bale OF cotton and took
small piece of tobacco from the pocket
of his vest and began to chew it. Say.
Jim" he went on, what do you think
about the way Hillyer is actin about
wheat? Is he plumb losin' his mind:'
Il was jest a-studyin' about that my
SELF replied kenner. It's quar- to !
me-"
Il reckon you don't feel like you are
exactly a Solomon" smiled Hanks, |
with the market at SIP, after all the |
row you made about him payin' Sl.Oo. |
Not exactly" and Kenner burst into |
a harsh but hearty laugh. That's |
whar l was wrong. I'll admit it, but
most O what | said was jest TO keep
George from maxim mistake. 1t don't
do a young Teller any good to start out
with a record for bad judgment. But
what's got me is HiIlyer's quar- excite
ment all along. Why, he is as nervous
/ as he can be. 1t don't look like he'd
| be that away with all that profit on his
| side. An then, whenever thar'd be
| rise an anybody advised i'm to sell.
he'd always turn to George and ak i'm
what about it-neyer knowed i'm that
way before an whatever George
woulG say went. But the old man is
ratified bad this mornin'"
You say he S:'
'Yes: | was in the office just now
~. T'Exyn hy.nls
wired that the top notch price was
$142 and that nobody co1ld predict
whether she'd advance or decline. The
old man was as white as a sheet as ne
handed the kilograms to George an
watched his face. That boy is simply
wonderful He's as cool as cucumber
in barrel o. frozen vinegar. He's
read every newspaper bearin' on wheat
all over the country an knows the
thing from to lizard. He's on to
every grain that's exported. every
1ourin' mill that's shut down on ac'
count of the rSe-in fact, every detail
concernin' wheat in America an every
whar else | acknowledge | was eX-
citeds just now watchin the TWO
George didn't change countenance one
[ bit; he jest sorter laughed an SAID
Well. thar'S one thing certain, MI. Hill
yer. this strain amt a-doin' you any
good, an. as fur as I'm concerned, l
reckon we'd better try to unload.
Good Lord. he said that. did hep
You bet. an the old man got whittier
an more excited eff anything lie
4 member, it is jest with you, George
l he said. Tell me positive, would yol
sell right now if it was yore deal
George hung his head a minute an
: then he said: Yes, Mr.. Hillyer, since
I YOU leave it to me; I've hung on Jes
L as long as I'm willin' to. 1t mar!
! climb to $50 or even higher. but
don't want to resk it Then the Oh
IL man shot around the office like a 90;
u after its tail. wirin fer cash offers.
IL never seed the like. l tell you, oil
e man. thar's some'n at the bottom
this
e "Whar' are they now" asked Hanks
Is .eThev wasn't in the office When
= come through.
Both OF 'em struck off uptown fe
{ the telegraph Office lickity split. The
~ was too anxious to wait fer meSSel
ger boy to bring the reports. Ha, TIA
comes George now, long by BOD
- stOre-see i'm an right behind II
- is the old man. Did you ever see I'LL
~ yer walk like that? Let's go over
49, the office an meet EN-.
80 Kenner and Hanks stood under IL
10 awning in front of the warehouS
- when George and the merchant a
40 rived. They all went into the ONE
: together.
you think Jacobs & Co. are Il
no best to deal with them the old ma
cd was saving eagerly. Lord, my DO
eff we slipped up now l couldn't star
-, if We must trade with solid parties
~. Jacobs & Co. is all right. put
49, Kenner. They are as good as L
as bank
nt Some banks amt with shucks
'u said HiI,ver look 'em up, Geore
~ See what their commercial rating IS
10 George opened an enormous, gree
Md covered book on the desk, ran over
,o+ pages for moment and turned.
- are quoted from three hundred to Il
i, =. hundred thousand; credit AL he sa
tho "Oh, yes. they are all right. So
Kpnner. You'll get every cent tn
ink agree to pay. Don't you think
Hanks|
Hanks shrugged his shoulders.
don't know a thing about EN- he
sponded slowly, but eff it was
'in deal | would"
GU Yes. YOU would" laughed Kenn
nds ,,-or, ,,,o+ ~, oocasion TOO seric
"a" for stab at Hanks. You'd know
liu sort o socks they wore an how tn
60 teeth was filed before they saw y
aat money"
Eff had any doubts about it at Il
said Hanks. I'D attach sight DIR
TO the bill O. ladin'."
ugh ON iae.,n 80 49, ,..,r =. so
to hehher' his g., -