The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-09-18

VByV ~ 40 GAE. 83Nn NAAaNJs E3kR1Iy
lie took the letter. and reco@nsssd q,
once Ia the address Ciement Shaw's ir
regular handwriting. Cuf o3. . . ~ lad
besn fer OVER a month. from afl .onp
naanieatisn with farm~r frisnda, be grasp
ri the ritter with 4 sensation Of ~. and
hurried back 10 bis room 10 read Il euiet,
Iy. and without risk of insergsapfioa.
The letter ran N fcIiows
My Itrar Young Friend--I havs juss
received your letter asking ~ % vriss
you ~ Columbus, an Glad 3 sAsain
ycur address, n ! have = matter IL il
portanee ~ spsak Of. Firt however, IL,
~ congratulate ven On the succem ysa
have mes With ~ 4 book agent. II Ii sot
4 business to which I should advise yuu
- devote yoar.elf permanently bot |
have ne Doubt that the experience which
you acquire. and the necessary csatact
into which II brings you with di6ersa,
~claxsss Of people. viii do - gosd, while
the new n which II brings hefsrs
ysar ~yes will crafty the Natural levs
u adventure which ron share II connos
with fho~e of your age. When Yen ses
out, ] had snisgisings N to your success
admit. IL was certainly N arouons
undertaking for = boy of 6fteea: hu,
yea have already demonstrates that yea
ere able to paddle ysur own canoe, and
shai hereafter feel confident of youI
success In life. % far 1t least ~ relates
to earning ysur living. Tha. you MAJ
al0 b successful in building up . ssol
chasorter. and taking an honorable posi-
tion among yonr fellow-mes. l earnestly
hope.
II nov cs0e y IL business ups ~Aien
l wish to speak to you.
"Yeu will rememb<r that . man NAMED
James Wall was prominently identi6ed
with the Great Metropolitan Mining Com
pany. ~ which your poor father lost his
fortune. Indeed, this Wall. who. Is Z
plausible sort Of fellow. was the one whs
ixduced Min To enhart in this disastrou,
speculatiss. / SUSPECT he Aas festhered
hin own nest pretty web already. and
that he intends to d ~ still more.
vas surprised - hMr fron him som.
tn days since. | viii not copy the let
tcf. but send ron the mbstancs ef Il. Ill
reports that IN winding up the Affairs ol
the company there h . prospect Of real
ising two per Get. for the stockholders
which, - your father swsed = thousand
shares. would yield tive thousand dollars
lt may b some time. ~ adds. before thu
dividend will b. declared and paid. n.
prefcoscs = willingness. however to pay
two thousand dollars rash for . transfer
Of your fathers claims upoa the com
pany.
Now. two thousand dollars are no.
70 b despised but my impression u tha,
such . man - James Wall would neveI
have made such n offer IL he had noI
expected tia asssos weuld aneun Il
considerably more thar tive per cent
A. unwilling t. cleo viii the sfer unit
know mere about the akairs OF thu
company. Here it has struck me thal
yos can - Of assistance. This Wall lives
in . town namsd Portvilie. in Wiacon'
MIN. % the SHORE Of Lake Superior. |
wsuld suggest that ROT change your nane
60 q oace to Pertville, and 6s1 eus
what you car l can give yes ~ in.
structisn& but must trust to your owl
aative shrewdneas. in which l fed mrs
you are net deGcieat. II 1t should u
necessary 70 give up year present bust
men, do y without hesitation. since thS
Other business h 81 more importance.
will write Mr.. Wall that I hare b. eEe,
under coasideratisa. II ysu need neaey
draw upsn Ne.
II bear that Jsehua DrummsnA haa
RIM away from hsme, carrying away con.
siderable neney belonging : o Mis- father
1hs latter appean 70 lament the leo Of
his money more than q his ron.
50 --~S> 1880 z:~~~- &~s>-l
CLEMENT SHAW
nAts Isttsr rave Walter much food fol
rs1ectiso. He deternised to give up hi,
bssk agency. and leavs - ssoa a. pes
sihle for Psrtville. II VA encouraging
70 think that h any event, be was likely
to REALISE twe thousand dollars from til
mininG shares. which BE had looked upoz
- ~volueie~. Besides. he felt there va,
every rsascs t. hope they would prov,
ev~n more valuable.
Three days later, having closed his &C
counts ~ agent. he started for portviIle.
He had made . new start n life. and
this unexpected messy would prove 4
stepping stoue to new ambitions. Hi
With hh notts always, "Strsag and
St3aAy."
Walter fsund . cheap boarding. hous.
Al gave his aans - Carl Walters. III,
at ence nadc inquiries about Janes Wall
He found out that Wall WAS regarded 4,
. ahrewd Speculation and was associatet
With several men II dubious business rep
utatisn in varisua copper and irsa min
ing enteruisea-
The man had N sGce employing sev
eral clerks, wis seat out ceesiderab BIZ
advertising natter Offering shares 81 steel
- investors ct : distance. walter nan
aged to ~ eapleynsut 10 the ol6ce.
Within Av~ days he had learned all II,
ina ard outs Of to busipass: il tsa b,
~as ready y make . mere In his svs u
tere~ts.
Tie steck Ter. which shaw had heeu
e6ered TIVE thsuaanA dollars BE discev
@rsa va really wsrtA tea thousand dsl
laso.
Walter hired Z lawyer. when b. LET
Portville h. carried With hin . check e.
. small fortune.
Staplcton was his ~destinatisa. Waits,
decided 70 invest ssne q his ASaey \
= general store there. Joshua nrunmm(
vas surpwissd and Indignant sh0 =
learned Of this new businens hval -
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