Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-31
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On his return from the village one
afternoon. Daniel Lang entered the
house with a preoccupied look on
his face, which quickly vanished as
he caught sight of his wife.
We'll, l declare. Maria" he ex-
claimed. II didn't forget all about
that yarn! Never thought of It till
this minute. And the Bingham, too.
Its too bad!"
After search thro.sh his pock-
cts he finally produced much
crumpled bit Of cloth. Here's the
sample you gave me-" he said, In a
propitdatory tone, as II there might
BE- some slight merit In having
brought that back in safety.
II told you sol" said Mrs. Lang.
"Or, at any rate, thought to my
seR when you started OF that you'd
forget more than YOU would remem-
her. It was easy enough to see that
your wits were wool-gathering all the
dime / was giving you your charges.
] should think that you had been
gone long enough, though, to do all
your errands twice over"
well, you see,' said Daniel, II
Mss tending to little matter Of
business"
'.Business?" cried his wife. 'Im
warrant you've gone into that petrol
cum Daniel Lang! Just as I expect
ed" she went on, as she read as
sent to her guess in his eyes. 81
told you that man Rosencraft would
lnvsigle you into that foollshness IL
you didn't look out"
ut isn't foolishness,p protested
Daniel. Its an A number one in
vestment. Everybody knows that
there's money in - =. ~ q. q :.
Money in oal!r scoffed Mrs. Lang.
Eyes, for Rosencraft, no doubt! And
the Oil Is all on his tongue. He's
smooth one. told you. from the
Arst-''
Nov. Maria, do be reasonable. Do
you suppose that such men as Deacon
Locke, and Squire Marks, and old
Mr.. Evans, that's as close as the
bark to tree. would Yet Rosencraft
fool them. even II he wanted to?
tell you, they don't go into things
with their eyes shut. They've inyesti-
gated. Squire Marks has figured 1t
out that those shares will pay from
atty to seyenty-flve per cent. divi-
dends the first year, and nobody
knows how much after that. Why.
they've struck oil already! Rosen-
craft had bottle Of vt with him this
afternoon, and he let me smell Of
It."
Remember that patent churn, Dam
tel? And what l told you when you
bought the county right for forty
dollars? And how 1t came out?"
"Of course / do. You've reminded
me Of 1t twice week on an average
for the last ten years. But this is
different. This isn't speculation,
Z It's . certainty.
Now, Maria," he went on, coaxing.
y, don't be ofish. I'm doing this
more on your account and Rosetta's
than on my own. want you to take
some comfort as you get along In
years, and I want Rosetta to have
advantages. They say that every
man has his chance once in his life,
and this is mine"
For the land sake, Daniel! You
talk as II you were buying a whole
web yourself. How much are you
calculating to put in?"
WE'LL" said Daniel, avoiding his
wafes steady gaze. you see Roseni
craft had Just fifteen shares left, and
We got to bantering, and on
the spur Of the moment, SO to speak,
he offered 'em to me for an even
thousand. He was cory the min
ute I took him UP, but 1t was too
Iate."
A full minute passed before Maria
found her voice. "A thousand dol
lars!' she gasped, at last. "a thous-
End dollars! Where is the money
coming from?'
why. I'm going to borrow 1t Of
Mr.. Evans-just for the time being"
3 "And mortgage the farm? o Dam
lei, you don't mean It'll"
ut isn't going to be one Of these
longrunning mortgages" said Dan
Eel. doggediy. II can pay of quite