The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04
\ EN- thousand dOllarsl The
partners gazed at the check
with loving eyes. Never before,

partners gazed at the check
with loving eyes. Never before,
in all their stupendous under
takings, had their efforts been crowned
with so great measure of success.
That comfortable feeling, that one ex-
periences on having completed an ar
duous task, permeated their whole
beings. The future was before them,
and, as they meditated, visions of many
more golden harvests arose, and added
to the JOY of the occasion. They felt
that there was no limit to the possi-
bilities. All that was necessary now
was to find some profitable means of
investing their capital, and surely in a
booming country, like Western Canada,
it would be strange if they could not
hit upon some method of investment
which would bring large returns.
How seldom it is, in the life of man,
that he is entirely happy! AS rule,
his happiness is mitigated by some con-
dition, or occurrence, which he could
wish were different. And unalloyed
happiness is generally the forerunner
of distress, or, to say the least, season
of disq quietude.
"Well, Perk old man." said Blackler,
t'what are we going to do now?"
"That, Blackler, is matter for the
most serious consideration" responded
Perkins. "For once l didn't count my
chickens before they are hatched. and
SO have no plans TO submit as yet.
But we'll sleep on it tonight, and per-
haps in the morning one of our great
inspirations may come"
"Weil, I'll hesitate at nothing now.
1 dreamed last night that 1 asked the
mayor for an option on the city of
Winnipeg"
"That's the way, Blackie; never turn
anything down because it looks big"
So they retired, and dreamed about
but to attempt to relate small frac-
tion of the glorious triumphs they ex.
perienced in their sleep, would take up
too much space, and be detriment to
the rest of this history. Suffice it to
say that they arose the following morn
ing in a very optimistic frame Of mind,
and after breakfasting took up the
morning papers to see what was going
on in the rest of the world.
From the general news items they
passed to the markets, and here it was
that the looked-for inspiration came.
Crop reports indicated that prices
would advance in the near future.
Altho the crop was large, its value was
lessened by the appearance of rust in
many sections. Thus, the price of No.
l Hard might be expected to soar.
"Blackler, what do you say to flier
in wheat ?" asked Perkins.
81 am afraid of it," answered Black
Ter; "we don't know how true these re-
ports are, and they may only be ruse
on the part of the bulls. If we had
any confirmation of the rumors about
rusty wheat, would feel safer"
"Well, let's take a walk around to the
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So the two partners presently arrived
at the offices of some prominent grain
brokers, and we're able to follow the
movements in the price of wheat. It
stood at 81A and, in ten minutes after
their appearance, there was an advance
of 4 cent. Five minutes later came
another advance, this time n of a cent.
Perkins addressed one of the brokers,
and inquired as to the truth regarding
the crop report.
aQuite true," was the reply. "There is
rust everywhere"
"That means high priced wheat,
doesn't it?"
"Sure thing, it's going up like bal
loon now"
Perkins drew Blackler to one side,
and consulted him.
"Don't you think we had better buy
into this game, Blackie ?"
swell, it certainly looks good, but
don't place our whole capital on it, old
man. have seen so many fellows 60
broke in this business that am leary
of itmyself..
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