The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-16

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u win enllghten yoa Thcy have
ministerial looking representative o
! the name " flshcall, whose innoccnc
eau osly be described ~ intantiIe
This precious old lamb called upon ,
arm Of promoters, IIllr q Eaton. who
m strict confidence happen to h- nj
ageuts. aud asked their advice with e
gard 20 location for a deep watei
harbor on the Texas guif coast the,
intend TO construct with the assistancs
OF hoped for legislative appropria
iion" once moc Mr.. Renwyck wa,
no overcome by amusement that hs
was forced 20 pause ~ his story "Now
my company--l mySelf. sou under
standf' be began at length
"of course" said Richard. bowling.
has been saddlcd for a long time
with au utterly worthless tract Of land
along the gulf--a miserable. sun baked
little hole rejoicing IN the name Of
Olivia, which lies midway between
Matagorda city aud Longmatt. by the
way Through I'm q Eaton We sd.
yised Brother Eishcall 10 buy this
tract. which bless my soul--he did at
once and at our own prlcer'
The amused speeulator glanced at
Richard and, mistaking bis gloom for
a phlegmatic British lack OF humor.
| went on:
1T seems also that thereafter the
Peace and Good win Realty com.
pany went to BIN Williams and asked
his advice. The old skintlint also own.
ed a lot OF land around Olivia. which
he promptly worked on ON his confd.
ing benefactors. Now, look here, Croy-
land, you don't seem TO appreciate the
Joke"
"But, my dear sir" began Richard.
forgetting his role for moment,
"Ollvin isn't such a bad-er--I mean
--er"--
"SUch bad sale for me, chr laugh.
ed Mr.. Renwyck. unconsciously help
Ing his guest out OF a hole. II should
say notl Why, my boy. we've sold
white elephantF'
Richard thought swiftly. Olivia, as
he was about TO tell Mr.. Renwyck.
was not such bad site for a deep wa
ter barber after all. and In fact he had
always cogtended with his father that
II was more adyantageonsly located
for that purpose than Matagorda City.
Not only was the situation more cen
trail but II offered shorter aud more
direct communication with freight
routes aud main lines. True. the
country was sparsely populated IN Its
vicinity, but settlers would come nat
urally with the development OF such
an enterprise. Perhaps the Peace
and Good VIII Realty company's rep.
resentatiye was not such an egreglous
ass as the Renwyck and Williams fac
tions supposed.
HAS the new company, In your opiD- |
ion. any chance of successT he asked |
his host.
"Chancel" laughed Mr.. Renwyck. |
mot a ghost Of lt Now. listen, Here
comes the cream Of the Joke. The time |
for taking vote on these deep water |
harbor bills In the Texas legislature |
had been set for two weeks from now, |
but various circumstances have played |
directly into my hands. senator FRANK |
Klnwait. president Of the Texas state
Improvement committee Of the legls |
lature, was closeted with me for two |
hours this morning. He Is now on his
way TO Austin, where my barbor bill
VIII be passed by both houses immedi-
ately upon his arrival, and the legisla-
ture will at once adjourn"
"You-you mean" stammered Rich
ard "that you have bought Kinwait-
that
"Tut, tutl' protested the crafty old
schemer. 'True, bought the gentle
man lunch at Sherry's, together with
a few cigars, a couple of cold bottles,
and there were some incidental ex-
penses which ran the price OF the meal
up-well, up into six figures. but be-
yond this Mr.. Renwyck paused and
smiled. "No one IN this enlightened
age would dream Of buying an entire
my dear boy. Horrlble"
Richard rose from his seat, took a
turn up and down the library. then
faced his exultant host.
"Mr. Renwyck," he asked, aren't
you losing sight OF one important fac
tor In the game? From what ! have
beard Of him, Bill Williams Is scarcely
the man TO be lying around In u ham
mock while you are putting through
your deep water harbor bill. In my
humble opinion. you are going TO have
4 fight on your hands that win make
you sit up and get busy
This was the most un- English Ian
yuage which the supposed nobleman
had yet employed, but II did not at-
.ract the notice or awaken the suspl-
lion Of Mr.. Renwyck at that time.
,wing to his deep interest In the mat
er Immediately In hand
"Ah," he cried, NOW you've laid
your finger on beauty spot! or
,ourse Williams will fight me with
Doth and nail; but, by the Lord Harry.
le can'tw
"Why Dotr
"Slmply because he will not be In
Texas when my bill is passed"
Richard stared nt bis host In fear
nd wonder, while Mr. Renwyck con
inued jubllantly:
II could not have had matters turn
'ut better II had arranged II all my
elf II seems that Williams fool OF u
on was up here In New York last
week and got himself badly smashed
~ In an automobile accident"
what, you don't mean
Yes. It's true" added the specnla-
or quickly without noticing Richards
lok OF astonishment Michael show.
q me a greatly exaggerated newspa.
or account yesterday morning"
is he-er- mortally OF dangerously
urtT began Richard. who had In
ruth forgotten all about the condition
I the real Croyland, nnd be now be
an 20 fear that the man who had as-
1med bis name really might be more
sriously injured than any OF them
ad imagined Richard was neither