The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-21


Book Entitled minneapolis Mornings
The Wonderful Adventure of Mr..
Moses In TangIetown In Which He
Learned the Folly of Sitting In at ."The
Other Mans" Games.
You know that there are certain rules
that every member Of the Bankers Asso- |
citation is bound to observe If he keeps his
standing: he cannot wear oyershoes, or
sift his ashes or take off his double win
dows or smoke on the public streets. 1t
is an unwritten code, but every gentleman
knows it's demands and observes them
carefully. There is, however, a bylaw
allowing exercise" and under this by
law, a man may walk down to his office
in the morning, providing he does not
hurry or does not do it to avoid paying
his nickel on the street car.
Under this beneficent bylaw one morn
ing several years ago, Mr.. Moses Of the
eighth ward, who was then striving to
break into the higher financial class, was
walking down town. To vary the route
pin avenue and was walking thru the
neighborhood of Chestnut, Linden and
Hawthorn avenues, sometimes called
Tangletown
AS he came opposite a fine red brick
mansion he noticed the butler standing
bareheaded on the steps reckoning.
Thinking there might be fire or an acct
dent or something Mr.. Moses hurried
across the lawn and asked, Whats the
trouble?"
"Just come in a moment replied the
| functionary anxiously.
Seeming no danger nor adventure in
such a quarter of the city, Mr. Moses COM
piled unquestioningly and was ushered
into magnifcently furnished apartment
in which sat a most beautiful young lady
styishly clad an elderly gentleman, evil
IDENTIFY her father, and a young man with
an agreeable and friendly face. The young
| lady extended her hand to Mr.. Moses and
said:
1--WE have taken the liberty to ask you
to witness my marriage. There are certain
reasons for this which cannot explain to
you now. Have you a few moments
timer ~.s -.
Mr. Moses was dazed for a moment,
but having read the Arabian Nights In his
youth he replied Certainly and bowed.
us the clergyman here asked the lady.
| At this remark the young man turned
to the butler and. nodded and this attend
ant at once withdrew and returned ush-
ering into the room an elderly man who
bore the impress of his calling on his per-
son. He looked inquiringly around and
was evidently somewhat at sea as to what
was expected of him. The elderly gen.
tleman took him aside and explained to
him in a whisper He nodded and the
two spent few moments examining some
papers. 49,.
The parties to be married then stood ur
in large bay window where the morning
sun was shining in and the marriage GER
mony was performed.
Mr.. Moses was too much astonished tt
take in the details Of the affair, but he
noticed with joy the great beauty anc
sweetness Of the bride and he observed the
manliness and strength Of the bridegroom
with admira ton and respect. 3. ...S
When the ceremony was concluded ant
congra tulations rendered the old gentle
! man tapped Mr.. Moses on the shoulder
} and beckoned him to follow. AS they
, reached the hall he said
, Il have here (taking three packages
l from the stand) three wedding presents
for you. They are numbered one, two ant
} three and are to be opened cOnsecutively
a years time intervening between each
You are not to follow this mornings af
t fair any further nor to mention it. D.
, you agree to this?" -
r Mr.. Moses, of course agreed. He tool
the packages, thanked the old gentleman
and proceeded, in a dazed and dream.
q way to his office. u.....
1 That evening he opened the first Of tn
S packages. It contained a thousand olla
9 bill carefully wrapped in oiled silk. To /
4 was pinned bit of white paper with tn
r words: '.-~.~-'s.. 20, .-- .-,%"r sei.:i
: "To be used in speculation in stocks"
d Mr.. Moses nearly fell over in astonish
r ment and dismay. He spent half the nigh
r thinking of his wonderful luck and of 1t
= possibilities. From that time on, he be
i came careful student of Wall street val
= ues and at the end of six months tn
: money was all invested. At the end of tn
O second six months it was gone.
8 When the day came for the opening G
= the second package, Mr.. Moses coul
y hardly wait for night to come on. II
y pulled the curtains of his room CAREFUL
|, down, plugged up the keyhole with cot
ton and opened the box. Another thou
= sand dollar bill fell out Attached to :
: were, the words, ITO be used in minin
- ventures
e Mr. Moses now put the third packae
20 in the safety deposit vault and began h
! study Of mines and mining values. +
W attempted to avoid buying the other fe
lows Hole-in-the-G round, but somethr
y went wrong and the lack Of few thou
3 and more to put in to hunt for the fir
at thousand broke the company up and Il
G. mine went back to it's former state :.
wild nature and Mr.. Moses was shy h
Us second thousand dollars before the end
i six months. g.. ....-
o. It took all the nerve and determinatit
as he had to prevent him from opening Il
OF third package before the appointed dat
re But he succeeded in holding off, VIII,
a. age from the deposit vault and went hor
", ~ with trembling expectation He broke t
.1, seal and took out the following note:
as Never speculate! It has not cost you &C
to learn this lesson, and you ought to have ser
nd enough to take it to heart. The man or co
is pany that prints the stocks and sells them to t
a.. public is the party that makes the money T
"a man who digs the hole in the mountains and ca
italizes it is the who digs the metal out
20 the public. s..s..s-
ut
in Mr.. Moses decided that this advice W
so good that he took it and lived hap
ever after. re-
So that morning was not wholly vast
after all, tho he was twenty minutes Ia
er to the office.
ef The baseball season in Boston ope
y grandly, the baseball reporter reporti
g that "Stahl pushed a neat one over Co
d roy's roof" and that Ferris tore off
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