Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-31

She met him at the door, and one
glance at his face convinced her that
he had heard the news.
"Why, how pale you are!" she cried
involuntarily.
YES" said he, "I'rl completely bro.
ken up. This has been too much for
me. 1 can hardly hold up my head"
Now was the time for Mrs. Lang's
81 told you So" but as she looked at his
haggard face the words. even if they
were in her mind, died on her tongue.
20 Daniel" she implored, don't
take on about 1t! Keep UP your cour
age, and We'll weather 1t yet"
'Oh, yes" said he, a little more
cheerfully, Il presume I'll be all right
by morning. You see, the jury couldn't
agree on that last case, and they kept
us out all night, and 1 never could
stand being broken Of my rest"
why, Daniel, haven't you heard
what has happened?" asked Maria. in
surprise. Then, in answer to his uues-
tioning look, she rapidly told the tale
of the bursting Of GreenhilIs petroleum
bubble.
But don't you be downhearted." she
said. 1--WE are still young and have
our health, and we'll pay off that mort
gage, every cent And, Daniel" she
hurried on, 81 don't blame you one bit
Smarter men than you got caught. And
T ho
mostly for my sake and Rosetta's."
Daniel had listened at first In
dazed silence, but now a smile slowly
broke over his face, and he was moved
to speak. ct is kind Of tough for those
that were in it, no mistake, but I guess
it doesn't concern me personally very
much"
What do you mean?" cried his Mife
in amaZement. "Tell me, did you really
have sense enough to sell out?"
II had sense enough not to buy in:
that is, If you call it my sense" he re-
piled, modestly. Fast is, you were so
set against it that 1 gave 1t up at the
last minute. I was on my way to Mr.
Evans for the money when my courage
failed me, and tore up the note and
mortgage, and went and told Rosencraft
that 1 had backed out"
Mrs. Lang drew long breath. "For
goodness sake, Daniel, why didn't you
tell me2"
well, Maria," said he, hesltatingly,
"that was the mean part Of it, and I'm
so oh 1nNNy IlrT% ~ to,
ways 1 still had just about as much
faith In those shares as ever, and l
says to myself, she has always been
coming at me with her II told you so,''
and now I'll get even with her. I won't
say word about it till those dividends
begin to roll in, and then when she
wants to know why we don't get ours,
I'll tell her 1t is because 1 followed her
advice. Then I'll have my chance to
say, Il told you SOP for the rest Of
my natural life' But I'm terribly
ashamed Of it now, especially consid-
ering how you took it when you
thought I'd lost the money. 1 ask
your forgiveness, Maria"
But Maria would not allow her hus-
band all the penitence.
81 know I've been too fault-f1nding
at times" she said, "but I'm going to
do better For one thing" she added
smiling through her tears, CPL try not
to say L told you so! again as long as
I live"
They sat down to supper, and Dan
lei, as he availed himself Of the good
home cooking" soon declared that he
felt like new man. Il can't help
thinking, though" he said, "about the
people that went into that oil specu-
lation. TO be sure, those that lost
the most are the ones best able to lose.
I guess was the only one foolish
enough to think Of mortgaging his
farm. Strange" he unused, "that that
Rosencraft, pleasant-spoken chap he
was. should have turned out to be
such a sharper"
"Wen, you remember 7" began
Mrs Lang; but she stopped short.
Eyes, Maria" said Daniel, with a
chuckle, as he broke open another fluff
fy biscuit, "I'll own up-you told me
so."-Youth's Companion.