Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-24

Keller inri tably.lo Tell him toni He
paused. struck by the ambiguity OF
DICKS message Here, show him tin,'f'
he finished testify -'sssAs- 's'i'Hs z,risf
70 Dick, looking. particularly smart and
neat entered with an affables Morning,
Mr.. Kelter,n@ to, which that gentleman
responded with grunt,
9tfIfs visitor seated himself without
invitation and proceeded deliberately
to- draw off his gloves. Mr.. Keller
watching the process with ill-concealed
impotence. - Bite
Well he said at last, brusquely,
what is your business?" m ....,.
MAY ask, Mr.. Kelter, what time
you make it by your watch?.s a
~ Kelteri stared at him, doubting
whether he, heard Alright, and. ii $50,
whether Dick had taken leave Of his
senses. 2a' 3 '''.'l ~
K aTpresume," he replied, "you did not
comeshere to ask idiotie questions ?"
.."'rWell, to come to, the point make
the time eleven-twenty. At eleven
thirty you stand to lose one hundred
thousand dollars ~ 1zSssS-' "a
when you, .cpndescend to explain
perhaps l Shall understand what you
are. driving at said Mr.. Keller, tart
ly-
se'SYou are a holder in the Denver Mug,
get Mine tosthat amount, as happen
to. knowailiH has had "a misfortune.
Water has; - broken in and the mine
will probably meyer be. worth work
ing again. The news is not OUT but
have a friend on the spot-one OF my
lsfriends=4who sent me a private jtele-f
<gramq You may rely, absolutely upon
his information. On the strength Of it.
L have disposed fof my stock"
Keller never for one moment doubt
| ed the story. His knowledge of the
young man would not permit OF it.
Things looked decidedly serious. He
jumped, atathe one possible loophple-.
/ the fact that the news, was. not yet
| public property, and moved toward
the telephone = Ais'3 i'''' ~ '.2lsi yer
foIeNol use, Mr.. iKelter3 it can't be done
in the ftime.p 10 eitfod S aEaod e,.,
=, Keller, turned quickly. ..es,,...s;f1
A''Then why. the devil have you come
here to- tell me this? presumed you
did not do so for your own edifea-
tfon ?Yi1ei$H sslh9m9Y xsd3e Us
ne. Certainly not" replied Dick. einper.
! turbably; self .interest-that is all.
MY representative in the Exchange has
instructions to give the thing away at
Eeleyen-thirty unless he hears from me
to the contrary. Whether, he does so
or not depends upon yourself In the
| one case, you lose your money; in the
other you win have time to sell out,
| as there is no suspicion at present OF
anythfng being WRONG with the mine
Shares are now. slightly above par and
| the disaster will be Kept dark as Dong
I asf:possible by the parties Interested
4 &; We'll = said Keller, impatiently; ".go
on! What are you driving at?"
.s.--'.erWell. -. returned Dick quietly,
Gin the event of your giving your con-
sent to my marrying your daughter my
| man will be told to keep his mouth
shut. You have not much time. Mr..
l. helter-1gsa e. iiasgEslaaissa s4s naY
ls;sT heu 'audaeity Of the scheme took
away: Mr. Kelter 81. breath for q mo-
ment land then for the second time
within three days he boiled over
NOR ne shouted violently icon.
found your impudencei"- -------- Siii3'
Theasounds penetrated to the outer
office, and the clerks marveled at such
unwonted ebullitfon on the. part of
their usually icalma and limpassiye en-.
( pleyer. Dick took up his. hat and
Egloyes. a5s ;sa.z q a .dazels
7 Y "very we'll sir. p he said. Indifferent
", Il wish you good-day.'' al
lat times the mind works with light
I ming fapidity and before Dick was half
\ way down the stars Mr. lKelter had
a1done ia lot Of thin iHgsa He. had all
! ready dropped sixty thousand dollars
that, day, and another hundred was Us
good as gone: If he did not quickly de-
eide upon accepting the young mans
odious condition. .~.--z-~-~----.-~,- frs
I0iWhether hec accepted itg' or,not the
result was likely to be the same; for
hiss daughters first defiance of his
+ wishes had opened his eyes to strength
I efsWills he did not credit her with pos.
i sessfng, and which he did not conceal
from himself would ultimately end in
lshers going her own way. In spite OF
F,anys opposition en ibis part.o.lAnd one
7 hundred and sixty. thousand dol larsi
He ,groaned; itsmust not be!
He rushed to the door
/ .sIa ASK Me- Rudford to come baekY, he
shouted; and q clerk started stlsl in pur-
sl1it.ssiE irsS+ 50 IL s>ass gEy,.i ysf ssT;El
tei1t Dick came back. He knew quite well
! what this mean, but did, not allow; any
undue efation to appear
ll.s,... i agree, Rudford,' said Mr.. Kelter,-
briefly ssands having passed his word,
Dick knew that Madeline was as good
4 as his. ess3oa LFash zsd -fgslE ie1a1Y 50 4y,s
g He diyed at the telephone; there was
just time. He rang up his man. and
/ cancelled his previous instructions.
When he came outaof the box his pros
pective father-in-law had disappeared,
having rushed of to the Stock Elk
change, where he made the most OF his
opportunity and finally succeeded in
unloading his shares at a very slight
loss before the bubble burst The
i doubtfulness Of the transaction did not
| trouble the two men-they were stock
/ brokers.
Dick. returned to his Office consider.
ably. elated He was considerably more
Eelated when, in the course of the after
noon. he received an invitation to dine
with Mr.. Keller that evening.
+ That gentleman never did things by
/ halves. and Dicks action. though by
mo means disinterested, had undoubt-
edly saved him a very heavy loss, for
which he was correspondingly grateful
/ So, when the wedding day took place,
six weeks later. he came down hand
sonnely, and Dick took to himself a by.
no means dowerless bride. Further
more her ffocks. in number and in
every other way, we're all that could be
desired.-New York Weekly
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