Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-04

is. to her real father - who, in Vida's
opinion was still the slayer of her
mother.
We'll, about those shares how
many have you got?" said Jacob Ro-
mer.
Three hundred" said Phil, his
nerves q~uivering.
"Who is your lawyer??" said Jacob
balancing himself on Pills chair, of
which he had now learned the Sc
cret.
"Purves Of Coatestown,' said Phil.
We'll" said Mr.. Romer, 'ff you
like I will take a hundred and fifty
Of these and - keep you going till
the stuff you take out balances your
weekly working expenses and leave
you a hundred pounds to the good!"
Philip gasped. He could hardly
speak. In a gush Of confidence he
felt that he must tell about the empty
treasury and his urgent need. He
wanted to sell on no false pretenses.
Perhaps Mr.. Jacob Romer wilfully
misrepresented. atE
That's all right" he continued;
II will see Purves. He knows me. |
have had dealings with him before.
We shall need your signature - that
is all. And, by the way, lest forget,
after this week you had better let me
see your balance sheet on Saturdays
shows a considerable lurch on the
down side at present, / daresay.
Well, that is always the way at first.
But rye been looking round, The in
dications are good. You and I will, hit
1t, If we only hang onto it and don't
build lighthouses. Ell, Master Phil.
Here's a cheque for two hundred
pounds to tide you owe pay day "a
fortnightly one, isn't it
Its only a week." blurted out Phil,
with tears in his eyes, which shamed
him. For were they not things that
no business man ought to dream OF
showing. "Its only q week, and eighty
would have done = only, sir, only =
l did not know where to get it,"
the old mar looked long through
the trees, chuckled, and said. Master
Phil, l am an old pit-sinker, and | had
1t figured down to about that. But an
extra hundred in the bank won't hurt
till l pay it in through Purves. Only
don't forget about the weekly balance
sheet. eh, Phil?"
1t was the first time Mr.. Rome
had dropped the semi-ironic Master,
and Phil nodded with a pleasurabl'
sense O. equality. He cheered up a
once.
"You are running things On goo
lines" he said; 81 know = and sa,
so. But those who dig up coal an
iron must be prepared to put a 10
in the ground before they can tax
!, out any gold" 80
And he came off to meet the return
ing carriage swinging aslight'tcane
and actually whistling.
J A few steps down the slope n
, turned and looking up saw Pills wis
full face. !,
) "If 1 were you he said, Il woul
t not say anything to -. the peopl
down there about we'll, Q OF
E little arrangement! You understand
You cab consult a lawyer If you TN
d And work - that's the medicine X
your trouble. my lad. was readin
d in the Book the other day don
know what set me onto it-.that hoI
X deferred makes the heart sick. All,
knows a lot, the old fellow who Wro'
If that. He set to work and gathere
unto himself of silver and gold al
IS the peculiar treasure of kings al
'e provinces - something like tina
1t WelI;5I suppose 1T just means tho
e Proverbs of2his. I'd read them agai
le IL l We're you. There's a lot chat
t. young fellow can chew the cud OF
n. those Proverbs. l hadn't looked In
e the thing for fifty years II ey.
IL And l had got to think 1t was all I
~ children and parsons. But opened
n the Proverbs, and though | keep n
is self fairly we'll posted, learn
something new every line. Mode'
at too might have been written vest
day. Try it - you won't waste yc
time, either, Mr.. Philip! Good day
He was gone, and Phil stood W.
dering at Saul being thus among I
II prophets. Then his eyes turned to I
ct cheque in his hand. 1t was in his o
Dr. name. drawn on the Kirktown ba
'lt for 5000. PAY to Mr.. P. Calmont
ef person was written across 1T.
II. So Jacob Romer had not come
er- bargain. He had his information
y. taken beforehand. and there was
~, cheuue ready written in his Q
study at CORN Castle. To anot1
T.. more sophisticated than Phil t
~ would have appeared exceedingly $
picious. But Phil knew better
nv had seen a hard. bold eye grow s.
on He had heard an imperious voice
Is, ter. He knew that when a sentel
81 broke off unfinished = it was beca'
Les a slender girl was ascending a WI
Gu path He understood because
ny was sometimes taken that way h
self.
OF CHAPTER XxxVL.
The Second Babe Goes Into the w
In the Office of Incubus & Co. J.
at Kirktown. where everything
known before it happens, there W
two opinions and only two as to
III motives of "the Old Man"
"He is plainly mad said Ja'
ich Kahn and his faction.
Trust hinl!." said Walter Grind
and Hector McKill; "he has his G
On the Port Pit and those two sgt
IN miles of moor. I only wish we
,ad thought of it in time. But we {
The bought out his existing intere
49, This is a new game. The Old Man