Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-10
SllaS OF Hebron
Valley
By NJ. ]. PHILLIPS
Copyright, 1905, by Ruby Douglas

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'o'i" w. "a 'No''''
sha'eh' colheIF l"''' 'i''' 'l''i'' "'uo
eyes ana hEh JaN' Hi'-"' nave pe'i''
from appearances, an acloF. lie might
have been mistaken for a popular
preacher or professional baseball
DIaver His age was. apparently, any
,,.ba,.a l,etrann thirty and fifty wears.
~ l,d tha mir If qood living and
- -. ,,... -, - tro world
. supposed ~ -
All sueSSe' a. ~ '''.'
ever, would proDanlE nave sohe luo
OF the mark. He was senior member
Of the firm Of Davidson x Cole Of Wall
street a firm which bore rather shady
rrputation Even now he was hurry
,n, homo from hunting trip in Maine,
It'll, had Ioo, .rt short bv the tin.
,.'I.,,,..,,. ,.,,,,t,.od or . hig "suHne'
- +, : -, 49,, novt dor an the Stock
- ~ -
iH1''''',1' .,-,,,. Do,idso, e. Cole
=. ,.,,,,,,.i,,,, =, ,,,rro,. saveraI hun-
dred thousand dollars because the Hill
DI@la l-I'',, :, = daath oronr,a far tha control
- ~ ~. yorI- ond yyaetern Each
-. haI1 oI,ou+ ,p..third or the
stock. Spectators and investors held
the other third, mostly in small blocks.
The Silvers needed the road, 1t was
said, To stde its chances of becoming
a dangerous competitor The Hillman
crowd desired it for those very possi-
bilities
The stock was down to 81; but, &C
cording 10 the information cleaned by
the brokers, the Silvers were prepared
to pay 100 if necessary for the shares
constituting the balance Of power.
Despite the suspicion which attached
TO him on wall street. Davidson's face
u-as ono nooDla fustfnctively liked and
trustad V5en ot remote junction
roIp+ Slas 1sbIar outored the smoker
- +Eo tr,i,, SHAKING The snowNakes
fro,,, ,,i, ,,i..,ar. n was mid vinter and
stor,,in., lao tool, tho scat beside the
I,.,1.n.
As,Io. ,,..,, t,,.a,t,.-fva and his pood
,o+,rad f,co r,chisaInd nv the stress
- o,t,. l;ea vas rorrd and immotured
,,,+ ,,.t,t,aI ,,,,ro. .,,.,. rotiva sbrawdness
:, = a,,.I r.,,nI. bo,astv
no,.idso,, ,,,. , ,na,, to i,snira not
onIv confla,na lut condolences. Be
sIdos bo .,,.o. IN tr,,. ,good for conversa
+ion !, ,r,a co,,.., of half an bour the
country yo1.l was unburdenIng him
sorr 70 ,bfs aorpaqbIe stranger as he
49,, -. ..j,.,..1 =, r,io c,oses+ Fr,and
- 1.-Two ,,.a,. fo Hebron VALLEY. I'm Yer
mont" hn -qil "Jm clerk in old man
Rri-rs. General store. been workin'
tbore since / was fourteen. The old
man wants 10 retire now. and I'd like
IN buv tr,n business"
~ eaa p. I..ioiuad Davidson politely.
SiIas hc,t tattoo with clumsy fn-
,,ers ON the window sill and smiled
with embarrassment before he proceed
Oh "Thara's there's a girl you know"
Indeed Brfsgs' daughter. l sup
nose"
a%o. Jennie Gardner We're-we're
engaged you see. That's why | want
the store F."
Feel as if you'd ought to be set up
I'm brsipas: before Won marry. eh?"
ouorjed thc broker smiling a little.
"Weu no. / don't" replied the young
man reluctantly. and Jennie don't;
neither does her ma But her father
he's Jobn Gardner. the banker there at
Hebron-he don't Ike me: thinks amt
got money enough, guess. Then
there's another fellow, the postmaster.
He wants Jennie to marry"
Davldson's interest qulckened. why
don't you run away with the glrl?" he
"9hvu' ,.. c,.,, osrota y, har
- CO :. 49,, r,atbor sor tbat mat.
60 -. -,
..rr1,,i - .l.teaa,1 ., ,a+ ro,, marry, ~