Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-02-06

Mr.. Bines. limits natural that
I'm little uneasy. Why should you
want to SEQ me do we'll, after our lit
tie affair? Now. out with It! What are
you trying TO do with me? What do
you expect me TO do for you? Get
down to cases yourself. Mr.. Bines,"
Il WILL ma'am, In few words. My
granddaughter, you may have heard.
is engaged to an Englishman He's
next thing TO broke. but he's got a title
coming. Naturally he's looking fur
money. Naturally he don't care fur
the girl. But I'm afraid she's infat-
uated with him. Now then, If he had a
chance at some one with more money
than she's got, why, naturally, he'd
Jump at it,"
Aren't you a little bit wild,"
Not a little bit He saw you at
Newport last summer, and he's seen
you here He was tearing the ad-
jectives up telling me about you the
other night, not knowing, you under
stand. that I'd ever heard tell OF you
before You could marry him In n
jiny II you follow my directions.
But your granddaughter has a for
tune"
You'll have as much IL you play
this the way tell you. And-you
never can tell in these times-shc
might lose a good bit OF hers"
ITS very peculiar, Mr. Bines-your
proposition"
Look at what brilliant match It
would be fur you Why, you'd be
Lady Casselthorpe, with duke3 and
counts takln' off their crowns to YOU
Ana that other one-that Milbrey-
from all l hear he's llghtern cork
,ut his galluses and he'd float right
up into the sky. He amt got any
thing but his good family and
,hirst."
Il see. This Mauburn isn't good
enough for your family, but you reck
on he's good enough for me? Is that
il, now?"
Come, Mrs. Wybert, let's be broad
That's the game you like. and don't
criticise you fur H. It's a good game
IL that's the kind OF a game You're
huntin' fur. And you can play it bet
meant fur it-and I'd rather have her
marry an American, anyhow. Now
you like 1t, and you got beauty-only
you need more money. I'll put you in
the way of it, and you can cut out NV
granddaughter"
L must .think about It, Suppose |
plunge in copper, and your tip isn't
straight I've seen hard times. Mr.
Bines, in my life. haven't always
wore sealskin and diamonds"
Mrs. Wybert, you was in Montana
long enough to know how stand
there?"
know you're y I, and your words
as good as another mans money. |
don't question your good intentions"
Its my judgment, hey? Now, look
here, / won't tell you what know and
how | know it, but you can take my
word that l know l do know. You
plunge in copper right off without
saying a word to anybody or maxim
any splurge, and here"
From the little table at his elbow
he picked up the card that had an
nounced him and drew out his pencil.
You said my word was as good as
another mans money. Now I'm going
to write on this card just what you
nave to do, and you're to follow direc-
tons, no matter what you hear about
other people doing. ThereIl be all
sorts OF reports about that stock, but
you follow my directions"
lie wrote on the back OF the card
with his pencil
CONSOLIDATED Copper, remember
and now I'm a-goln to write some
thing else under them directions.
Do this up TO the limit OF your
capital and I Will make good anything
you lose. There, Mrs Wybert, I've
signed that Peter Bines' That card
wouldn't be worth q red apple In a
court of law. but you know me. and
you know it's good fur every penny
you lose"
Really, Mr.. Bines, you halfway
persuade me. I'll certainly try the
copper play-and about the other
well-well see; 1 don't promise, mind
you!"
you think over IT, I'm sure you'll
like the idea-think Of bein in that
great nobility, and bein' around them
palaces with their dukes and counts.
Think how these same New York
women will meach TO you them"
The old man rose
And mind, follow them directions
and no other-makes no difference
what you hear, or [ won't be respon-
sible. And I'll rely on you. ma'am.
never to let anyone know about my
visit, and TO send me back that little
document after you've cashed in"
lie left her studying the card with 2
curious little fash OF surprise.
CHAPTER XIII.
TIE AMATEuR NAPOLEnN or WALL