Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-30
THE
SULTAN'S |
DRA' !
By GEORGE DALTON.
BY GEORGE DALTON.

silence that was urging each man
just his thoughts to what had in sT
pened, and to what should be sal -
"Coriound it, Hazleton,' broke . Dt
Loss, Il didn't intend to see the I u,,5
of that check. 1t huttered my W ";nu
| couldn't help it, ! had no CO. i9
and ! never dreamed it was for Il &
stunning amount
"Never mind, De" returned Hak iiom,
as he arose to stand before the VI ~" w
with his hands in his pockets, WY -;nJ IN
ran his eye far down the many 'ef 81
business Pueblo on the opposite ,,,.
the street gorge. Il didn't min! "d .tod
seeing it, He wheeled about and Tn
his hand on his friends shoulder. :.1o
Loss, it's been on my mind long IN ~
to tell you the story of the 5 al
Draft" IA
"The Sultan's Draft" exclaimd l''. De
Loss; the amount was princey. | ~"
you had done we'll, but" ,,.
oh, I'm not speaking of the g ;fNi
You didn't suppose | would, cveh h 60
were rich enough, give nearly $25P, " >,
the solicitor for the refugee H. ,a..
Hazleton chuckled with pure joyo1ne, ,.st
uIn ~ ',.i,, '',' -'.'o a., IT., peak
able Turk At any rate, ! lij,m, j,,,,s
wouldn't if it were not for the SJ ''" .
Draft ,,o,,s
"The Sultan's Draft! In he yen a,s ;
name what do you mean by the ST ''' >
Draft?" cried De Loss .rt,
We'll, De Loss, we have been tn yos5 = =
a lot since we were boys, but you WI ~ e,;
in on this deal. 1t was when the P'lrlu .,I,.
caught me For weeks | hung on \ ls lnS
eyelds while ! tried to pull my bui 80
through. How ] came out of it ! bs,a,sL
told you, and you may be sure Os 80; M;
didn't, not he. Yes, old 'Osl Ekoo,.
Raudebaugh dead and gone to 'oi ..
pe%Ie t ~ ms $50 H's sott nd it
was awfully risky, but old man r III ~
baugh-God bless hirn-gave md m II
chance, and with American gall and 0N
luck | did the rest, a.of.
Oshkosh had allowed me an ovel Ia "a
at his bank for far more than my ,,l,i nns
ing would warrant. Unexpected tHpGiSIis'
one after another, dropped on me. E,a,,t
payable were fired into me WIZ
mercy, like bullets, and bills rece aD's az
were fired back to me, as worthli -
paper wads. All the resources nIu
were strained to the uttermost to Nt an
one dollar fill the need of five. AT I
after careful figuring, | found Co.
must have fifteen thousand dollars 'O
thirty days or go up. ,,s
"Raudebaugh, you know, De, r.
treated me like his son, and ! knI II
he could do anything to help me it ~ u
be done; if not, and | had to let -
was only fair he should know it an i..'
bank should have the advantage Of p0'-
ting in its claim first. ,s
Il went down to the bank as blf ~ ~
that pennant over there on the h -.
went on Hazleton oshkosh and ei'
through the business together, canyas 7Iis L;s5
it bit by bit; the good old dog di 4aa ,'s
best to figure it out. but it seemed W.
tough proposition. !.
Sorry for you, James, my boJ oi,- nv
kept saying as he studied it, but ii ,o'>7
very bad. Fifteen thousand dollt -.
thirty days-thirty?-' and he'd loI X "'
me, and I'd nod my head ..r
1--WE sat a long time thinking it ;ea
Oshkosh totally lost in it and cheI Ni!' ~:
off the things he was going over M
mind with his pencil on the blotting az :,
This bank is going to save " !, = =
it car James, my son; but I'm a '''0
noliug can be done ..
AT this oracuar drCne my o"''
went up and then sank down, in Ef5,
not so far down as it had been. i'e'
bit Rard baugh looked up slyly.
Don't you know somebody, Jal ''e'
you can draw on?'
What for fifteen thousand doll
'Nobody?' -.
"'1his is too serious for me TO oN'
about, Mr. Raudebaugh.'
James, son, don't you know ST my
body you may draw on, somebody way
ott-a long way Oft : -:
Oshkosh began to fairly purr ll''
and for a moment my '.P' 'P'
leapcd up as caught his idea and ''i'
breath of relief it would give -,
Somebody in Thibet, or Archal 'se'
Or up the Congo? =.
The sporting spirit that had beer ~. ~.
dormant second self, or had been b.
and captive through long life Of 'usi.
lNAS IINCslllS' l'SN'l lIi +i'tli VIZ tlAN L.,
thought of a flyer tell you he t; " u :
sang his alluremcnt like a siren, an u !
though sick with dread Of its erin ma
rickery, swcetened to the idea =.
"'No, but | mean IT. coaxcd the o'1
man. Now, suppose dray -,
lr-a-a-a-w-, and while | sulkcd in l'l'
collapse that followed my sec
md and better judgment Of the thin T.
! was even then paying d lp'
Ike mad in my imagination on the nc ny!
his impossible possibility might give m III,
'or few days-Oshkosh scratched wa.
IN a block Of drafts. lie finished , ''l'
ossed it before me on the extension 'e'
# his desk,
1T was a draft on the Sultan o
Turkey for fifteen thousand dollar. L"
light
Sign it, sign it, Raudebaugh urq ca
il five minutes you shall have the me ne.
o your credit. This will be the clcvc res
icce Of check-kting ever done
81 signed It before ! knew it. NAL NY
kind of plunge Of it and with q .eI
ng Of a gamble on liberty and life "