Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-01-04

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CHAPTER l-MattheW Blackjack, whG
veiis the story, gives something Of his
E1iseory, rising from bootblack to Q high
lenancier.
CHAPTER t-Describes events two and
y half years before Wild Week. The
reader makes the acquaintance Of Henry
J. Roebuck. fnancier and philanthropist
CHAPTER 3-Enter the woman"
blackjack meets Anita Eliersley through
,ner brother Sam. whom Blackjack has
nelped BY giving straight tips on the
markets.
CHAPTER EBlacklock desires to en-.
eer respectable society,"" so he goes into
raining and applies for membership In
She exclusive Travellers club.
CHAPTER S-Blacklock commences to
scent trouble for him with Mowbray
iAAngdon as conspirator. Langdon Ia
another chief Of high finance
CHAPTER eBlacklock confesses that
ne wants to be married.
CHAPTER 7-Blacklock goes into train.
ing for his Introduction to society.
CHAPTER Son the trail of Langdon
CHAPTER s-Langdon at home Lang
Aen and his wife DIRE not happy.
CHAPTER 1D-Shows what a hypocrite
Henry ]. Roebuck is.
CHAPTER 1l-Blacklock attends a din
per at the home Of Anita's father and
y met with cold reception by the young
lady.
CHAPTER Pile takes the Ellersly
sanity to the theater
CHAPTER. l2-Blacklock proposes to
Anita Ellersly and Is accepted. Joy on
'Sne part Of the mother, who insisted that
Anita should accept Blackjack simply be-
cause he has money and the Ellersly
anances are low.
CHAPTER .l-Roebuck lures Blackjack
INTO a stock deal in order to trim" him.
CHAPTER 15-BIacKlock Is trapped and
Trimmed"
CHAPTER 16-Blacklock finds himself
long on Textile Common and when he
hears that the market is going against
him and ruin stares him In the face he
makes his friend, Robert Corey, presi-
dent Of the Interstate Trust company,
Ioan him money to tide him over.
CHAPTER H-Blacklock dimes at Del
nonico's with Sam Ellersly and decides
70 withdraw his application for member
ship In the Travellers club. He visits
Anita after dinner and tells her of his
financial distress. She shows herself to
be different sort of woman than Black
4Ack had snrn~-~A
CHAPTER 1S-Blacklock- drops IN TO
visit Joe Healy, who runs a big gam
ping house and who was a chum with
Blackjack years before when both were
penAuess.N Joe makes Blackjack take q
lot Of money Of his to invest.
CHAPTER 19-After a day with Textile
Common, Blackjack believes he can see
his way out.
CHAPTER @-Blacklock goes for a call
upon Anita and meets with a tempest In
the person Of her father and mother,
who are trying now to force Anita to
marry Tom Langdon, brother to Now
bray, because they think the Langdons
have Blackjack beaten. The session ends
py Anita leaving home and going with
Blackjack in his auto.
CHAPTER n-The couple 60 to the
Aome OF Blacklock's partner where they
are married, Anita Directing strenuously,
and then they 60 to his apartments at
ehe Willoughby.
CHAPTER 22-Blacklock spends the
cay at his Office and returns in the even
ing to the Willoughby, where he finds
Anita's father and mother Just about to
leave The mother cannot refrain from
applying the walls Of her wrath upon
4lackln-%
CHAPTER 2S-Blacklock gets hint
from Anita that Roebuck was conspiring
with Langdon to ruin him. He goes to
Roebuck's house to find out and there
'dnds the family gathered at evening
prayer. Roebuek announces that the
time for announcing the big coal organi-
Eadon5 deal has been delayed. It Is upon
this coal organization announcement that
Blackjack is depending to help carry him
through the crisis.
CHAPTER A-Blacklock tries to come
20 some understanding with his wife, but
fails.
CHAPTER 25-Blacklock turns over his
holdings in the coal combine to old man
Galloway, high fnancier and an enemy
to Roebuck. when he learns Of the lock-
out In the coal mines controlled by the
trust.
CHAPTER ts-B!acklock goes to Anita's
uncle and arranges to give him q large
sum Of money, the income from which
shall keep Anita In the circumstances to
which she has been accustomed. The
uncle is to give Anita the money because
Blackjack is certain that she will not
take Il from, hi--.
CHAPTER H-Mowbray Langdon, re-
turned from an ocean voyag>, and Roe
buck attempts to ruin Blackjack by
having his account taken from bank.
Blackjack finds another bank and when
Galloway dies, II Is found that Black
locks coal stocks had been disposed of.
CHAPTER &-Blacklock builds beau
dful mansion for his wife In New York
while she Is spending the time at Dawn
bill, their country estate up the sound.
Anita apparently cares nothing for the
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