Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-06-27
re grUpLsc


sands story has aroused a lot Of
thoughts | have been a.stcking down
cellar late years. for to tell the TRUTH
have some nasty twinges OF cont
science every now and then when n
get to thinking of this dollar game OF,
ours"
saw that the impulsive blood was
fast cooling, and that it would only be-
q question Of minutes until Bob would
be his clear-headed self
Now, what is it she wants you to,
do?" / persisted. rs IT a case of
money, of our trying to tide her father
over"
NOTHING of the kind, Jim. You
don't know the proud Virginia blood
Neither that girl nor her father would
accept money help from. any one. They
would go to smash and the grave
first"
He paused and then continued i'm
pressively:
This is how she puts it. She and
her father have raked together her
different legacies and turned them
into cash, a matter of 100000, and.
she got him to consent to let her
come up here to see if during the'neXt
six months she might not, In few
desperate plunges in the market, run
1t up to enough to at least regain the
trust funds. Yes, know 1t is wild
idea. told her so at the beginning,
but there was no need she knew it.,
for she is not only bright, but she
has the best idea of business | ever
knew a woman to have. But 1t is
their only chance, jim, and while
listened to her argument l came
around to her way Of thinking"
"But how did she happen to come
to you with this extraordinary
scheme?" I interrupted.
ITS this way-her father. who
knew Randolph & Randolph through
your fathers handling of the Sea-
boards affairs, learned Of my connec-
ton with the house, and gave her a
letter, asking me to do what could
to help his daughter carry out her
plans She wants to get a position
with us, If possible, In some sort OF
capacity, secretary, confidential clerk,
or. as she puts it, any sort Of place
that will justify her being in the of
nee. She tells me she is good at
shorthand, on the machine, or at cor
respondeuce, also that she has been
q contributor to the magazines. II
this can be arranged, she says she
viii on her own responsibility select
the time and the stock, and hurl the
last Of the Sands fortune at the mar
ket, and, JIM she Is game. The blow
seems to have turned this child into
= wonderfully nervy creature, and, old
man, am beginning to have feeling
that perhaps the cards may come so
she will win the Judge out. You and
know where less than sixty thousand
had been run up to millions more than
OAcO, and that, too, without the aid
she will have. for I'll surely do all
can to help her steer this last chance
into spongy places"
Bob In his enthusiasm had complete,
~ lost sight of the fact that he was
Endorsing q project that but a moment
previous he had pronounced insane,
and with q start / realized what this
sudden transformation betokened. In.
sVttabTy, II the project he outlined
were carried out, Bob and the beauti
full southern girl would be thrown into
close association with each other, and
further acquaintance could only deep
en- the startling influence Beulat
Sands had already won over my or
diparily sane and cool-headed com
1rade. AS looked at my friend. burn
ing with an ardor as unacCustomaC
as It was impulsiye, felt a tug a
my heart-strings at thought Of this
sudden cross-roading Of his nfe's high
way. But I. too, was filled with th'
glamour of this girls wondrous beau
". and her terrible predicsment ap
Ipealed to me almost as strongly as
HAD to Bob. So, although knew 1
would be fatal to any chance of hi
weighing the matter by common sense
I burst out;
Bob, don't blame you for falling
I'm with the girls plans. II wer
in your shoes l should, too"
Tears came to Bob's eyes as h
grabbed my hand and said:
"Jim. how can l ever repay you 70
all the good things you lave done 70
mellow can II"
1t was no time to give way TO emit
itionaI outbursts, and while Bob wa
lgeltinE his grip on himself. wen
On: =