The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-06-19
STRONG AND STEADY

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n. He was still more SURPRISED 10 recos-
sia~ h. th< visitor Dr. Porter. ths prin-
cipsi 81 the institute.
-Uood-eveuing. Connd.- said the doc
to-. II am ssthcr = late visitor. was
not su~ but you might b. In bea. Have
you hard from home lately. CooradT"
asked the doctor.
"Iea sir. | received . letter . lev
days since"
hid POUR father spsst Of being us
sr<lIys
mo. SIR mid Walter. taking instant
alarm -iisss-Aavs you hoard amp
thingy"
"feA, mi boy and that n NJ reason
foi calling upon you II this unusual hour.
rscsived this telegram twenty minutes
since"
Walter took the telegram. with trem-
bling fingers. and read the following mes-
sax~:
-Ds. Porter-Piease sesd Walter Con-
nd home By the 6rst train His father
y very sick. NANCY FORBES"
-Do you think there h any danger.
DR.. Portsrf- asked Walter, with . pale
face.
Il csnnos tell. my boz /: this telesraa
furnishes Ill The IncCmation I possea
Who n Nancy Forbe1F.
.She b the housrkeeper. ! can't real
ise that father II 20 sick. He I'd Dot ssy
anything about II when he wrose."
~let N hope IL In only . brief akA-
Mesa ] think you had better 90 hous b.
the nrst train to- morrow morning"
The principal shook hands with Walter
and withdrew. When his tall form lad
vanished. Walter sat down and triei to
realize the fact Of his fathers sicsrem;
but this he found difficult. Il was q long
tins before BE- GOT to sleep, but at length
&c did sleep. waking In time only Tor .
hAsty preparation for the homewarc joar-
neg.
He VA - occupied with thoughts Of
his fafher that Il vas not till be wss well
o. b way home that il occurred to him
that this was his fifteenth birthday. to
which be had been looking forward Ter
some time.
The s~at IN front oe Walter vas for
some time vacant but at the WoodviIic
station two gentlemen "a in and entered
upon IN animated conversation. Walter
did mot ~ irst pap any attention to IL.
He ~ looking out Of the window list
ieasiy. unable to FIX his mind upon any.
thing except hi fathers sickness. But
at length his attention was caught by
Soma Fsrnarkn made By one of the gentle
men In front, and from this point be list.
sne ~dlanguidiy.
= suspecfed him to Be . swindler when
h4 6rst came to me- said the gentleman
sitting next the window. -He hadn't an
Aooest look, and ] was determined not
~ u3Ss 1uoytGl1kn wssarhas schema.
Mining companies are risky things al
ways. once got taken In to the tune
q ave thousand dollars. bat 1t truxht me
= lssson. So ! was mot particularly Inn
pressed with the brilliant prospectus Of
The Great Metropolitan Mining Company,
In spite Of its ~hixh-sounding name, and
In promised dividend OF thirty per cat.
Depeasd upon Il James Wall and his con-
federates will pocket oil the dividends
that are made"
~very likely you are right But ii may
b. that Wall really believed there was q
good chance Of making money
sOf course he did. but he was deter
nined % make the money for himself,
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