The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-02


wreckage had been sighted. So / fear
1t is past a doubt that she sank like a
stone In deep water and took those
poor fellows down with her
1T is horribly sad. especially when
one remembers what heard this
morning. Hamilton. the girl Mr.. Cam
bel went wild about six years ago, is
out in Florida this minute and free.
> DuVernay. the man she married, died
Six months ago of malarial fever. You
Know, Mr.. Cambel was engaged to her
just after he left Cambridge and went
as an attache and was desperately
fond OF her, as l imagined he could be
ana when her people forced her into
marrying the other fellow he threw UP
his post and wandered nto all the most
out OF the way corners of the earth to
Try to forget things. What makes me
so interested is this: I've Just found out
mat she was a Miss Mabel Kildare be-
Tore she was married. and when | was
a child used to know her sister Elsie
very well indeed. In fact, | believe we
We're some sort Of cousins, and for half
a year we had the same governess to-
sether n were as intimate as two
children could be-. Then her sister mar
r1ed Mr.. D~uvernay. who had a colonial
appointment, n Elsie went with them
ABROAD. and we dropped completely out
OF touch with one another. Strange,
Isn't it. la l should hear of her again
the same day that brings news of Door
MI. Cambels death?"
It's a small world this" said Fair
fax sententiously, and condolences are
the connnaonest things in it. l sup
pose In a novel the pair OF them ought
10 AVE come together and forgiven the
past and married and settled down i'm
a villa residence. with ivy and clematis
attachment. and lived happily ever af-
terward. Unfortunately real life is
balder and far less romantic"
You seem out of spirits" said his
naHcee, linking her fingers over his,
arm.
II suppose 1 am. To begin with this
Port. Edes business isn't calculated to
enllVen one, and then on the top of that
I've had another taste of your blessed
guardians business methods which
nave nearly sickened me out of the Of
nee altogether. You know about this
Is trying to float? Well, we had a
preliminary meeting today-quite 1000
people. and all, comparatively speaking,
poor. They were for the most part
the gang he breaches to on Sunday.
with a %sprinkling of shippers out Of
work and other seafaring folk who had
saved a trife OF money.
oAeh coinI.ienCeu lne business with
prayer, which is right enough at it's
time, but struck me as being
partlcufarlly out of place there. The
audience, however, groaned approval.
and their confidence In the man seemed
to be strengthened. He followed this
up with a e speech about the pro-
hts to be made out of the modern sea
notorious fact that the losses Of the
business largely arose from the lack
interest on the part of shipmasters
ana the officers. This last, he said.
would be entirely removed in the
Brothers Steamship company, because
the article of association no man
hold q responsible position on
any n OF their vessels who was not
actual shareholder OF the
And then he pointed u that there was
= per cent. dividend guaranteed on
preference stock and a certain is per
m or 18 per cent on the ordinary
and wound up with another dose Of
not be alone content with earning in
for its bondholders. 1t would
have as its equal object the spreading
Of the gospel and t e civilization Of
to the uttermost parts of the
globe.
Then the meeting cheered and
amended and wrote out an application
" Ao'VVV 10 SHARES tnen and there In
room on forms which were handed
round, n when 1t dispersed Mr.,
Shelf ant I drove back to the
LOOK here l said to him, you've
put me down on the directorate of this
thing. with q salary OF $1,000 a year. I
to resign
"'Whar on earth for?'
Ion. shall we say 1 haven't suffi-
money loose to take up enol IN
but he said quickly, you needn't |
lake UP my You can draw your first
quarters salary and pay that back to !
the company's bankers on your first |
call. That will qualify YOU
No, ! said. Tn not going to do
I'm going to be mixed UP with
ever. Flatly. I don't believe In the
Thing one bit. It's a notorious fact that |
fre}ghts are so low just now that thou-
sands OF tons of shipping are laid up
becaus 1T can't be IA at a profit, and
II you put more in commission freiyhts
Will tumble down still lower
You speak from your Ignorance he
said. 1 should remind you that I
am by far an older man and have a
deeper experience. The business
Of Marmaduke Rivers & Shelf is a last
monument of what my humble
can n You will
day see for yourself the newer
company on an equal footing. Did YOU
notice what enthusiastic confidence
In its prosperity those humble friends
OF min showed this afternoon?
"A fat lot they know about the ship
ping business said l. In the mood
You worked them up to they have
believed in an advertising stockbroker's
If only there were a text at tho
of the page
Shelf pulled the check string. and
his brougham stopped against the curb,
MI. Fairfax he said your attitude
Pains nc. Let US part here for the
time. ard let Us Both pray that when
next we meet you may be in a more
mind w~hereupon out I step
ped and came along here to Park lane.
Amy. dear, l don't like the look of
at all. The other business-the
Oceanic Steam Transportation COM
rany as it is called officially-.is by no
means IN a healthy condition, and re-
Numbering that it seems to me that |
this new company is something |
very nearly approaching a swindle /
believe that Theodore Shelf, knowing
that he is in low water, is getting des- !
perate."
II don't know about the last" re-
piled the girl thoughtfully; but, as for
being in low water, there l think you
are wrong. Every week here
they seem to spend more money
than they did the week before.
Mrs. Shelf was at a picture sale yes