The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-07-19
TOLD YOU So
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On his return from the village one
afternoon, Daniel Lang entered the
house with a preoccupied look on
his face, which quickly vanished as
he caught sight of his wife.
seWell, / declare, Maria" he ex-
claimed, 'fif l didn't forget all about
that yarn! Never thought of it till
this minute. And the Bingham, too,
It's too bad!'
After a search through his pock-
cts he finally produced much
crumpled bit of Cloth. Here's the
sample you gave me-" he said, in
propitiatory tone. as if there might
be some slight merit in having
brought that back in safety.
~ told you sol" said Mrs. Lang.
COR, at any rate, I thought to my
self when you started off that you'd
forget more than you would remem-
her, 1t was easy enough to see that
time l was giving yoa your charges.
I should think that you had been
gone long enough, though, to do all
your errands twice over"
''Well, you see," said Daniel, Il
was tending to little matter of
business
"Business?" cried his wife. 9TH
warrant you've gone into that petrol
cum Daniel Lang! Just as I expect
3D." she went on, as she read as
sent to her guess in his eyes. Il
told you that man Rosencraft would
inveigle you into that foolishness II
you didn't look out"
"It isn't foolishness," protested
Daniel. Its an A number one in
vestment. Everybody knows that
there's money in oil"
Money in oil!' scoffed Mrs. Lang.
eyes, for Rosencraft, no doubt! And
the oil is all ON his tongue. He's
a smooth one. l told you, from the
first
Now, Maria, do be reasonable. Do
you suppose that such men as Deacon
Locke, and Squire Marks, and old
Mr.. Evans, that's as close as the
bark to q tree, would let Rosencraft
fool them, even if he wanted to? l
tell you, they don't go into things
with their eyes shut. They've investi-
gated Squire Marks has figured it
out that those shares will pay from
fifty to seventy-ive per cent. divi-
dends the first year, and nobody
knows how much after that. Why,
they've struck oil already! Rosen-
craft had bottle of it with him this
afternoon, and he let me smell Of
it."
Remember that p: tent churn, Dan
iel? And what 1 told you when you
bought the county right for forty
dollars? And how it came out?"
"Of course l do. You've reminded
me of it twice a week on an average
for the last ten years. But this is
different. This isn't a speculation,
it's a certainty.
NOW, Maria" he went on, coaxing'
ly. don't be offish. I'm doing this
more on your account and Rosetta's
than on my own. l want you to take
some comfort as you get along in
years, and l want Rosetta to have
advantages. They say that every
man has his chance once in his life,
and this is mine"
For the land sake, Daniel! You
talk as if you were buying a whole
well yourself. How much are you
calculating to put in?"
well" said Daniel, avoiding his
wife's steady gaze, you see Rosen-
craft had just fifteen shares left, and
we got to bantering, and on
the spur of the moment, so to speak,
he offered 'em to me for an even
thousand He was sorry the min
ute l took him ap, but it was too
late"
A full minute passed before Maria
found her voice. "A thousand dol
Iars!" she gasped. at last. "a thous-
and dollars! Where is the money
coming from?"
why, I'm going TO borrow it of
Mr.. Evans-just for the time being"
And Dcrtgage the farm? o Dan