Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-06

made her Acquaintance. in fact No,
that's the lady I've marked down a. NV
intended" ny
les. said the old man musinrlv
tnat might 10 If we could bring il about !:
out he's proud man. the father-yerv. .
We'h come to that presently. Inst
listen while reckon I'M All the .a,,sn.
tages. First Of all. have taken fancy
TO the girl. Shes a real beauty. every
inch of her. In the next place. she's
an only child. Consequently, it's only
tair to suppose that Glinn and what's
let with it win eventually fall to her.
we have got most of the old property
now; and that would insure the whole
thing being in our hands at last"
Yours, Sam, yours. 1t is not likely
Id last to see it. Harold Denison is full
twenty years younger than L am, and his
wife is younger again; they'll see me
out. boy"
We'll. father. it's no use denying II
may be so. STILL in days to come, l
should be Pearman of Glinn: and with
wife of their own class. il would be
hard If didn't take my place in the
county,"
Yes, you should manage it, though 1
have failed; but you've had advantages
| hadn't. Sam. You've a pull, you see,
in education; | hadn't much. The art
of making money taught myself, and il
didn't leave time for learning a deal Of
anything else. You start with tidy lot
made; and | think l have shown you
enough to insure your not making ducks
and brakes of it."
mo. l don't think shall hurt. can
take care of myself pretty well at most
games on the board. | never dabble in
anything | don't understand. Don't you
make yourself uneasy about me. gov
ernor. Now, Denison is a poor man, is
he not?'
Yes; he has well on to three thou
sand a year nominal rental left still /;
but there's more than one mortgage on
the property, let alone other charges"
Haven't you some money on the prop
erty yourself?"
Ten thousand, Sam, and I'm first
mortgage; but | know there's a second
mortgage of the same amount, and there
may be more for all | know"
'.Well, these. you see, are all points in
my favor. We could make this first mort
gage quite easy tnr him. at all events"
ITS a deal of money-ten thousand
pounds; but of course it would be differ
ent if the whole property looked like
coming to you at last"
well, then, we must take that sec
ond mortgage also into our own hands,
and let il stand at very easy interest. II
will be only virtually allowing Denison
so much year during his lifetime, and
in the long run will fall principally upon
me-"
Yes; but | don't follow the meaning Of
all this, Sam"
That's just what l am about to ex.
plain to you. My chances of meeting
Miss Denison are so extremely few, thai
il is quite impossible can arrive a
asking for her hand in that way. Ny
only chance is your proposing it to hel
father, and asking him to accord me per
mission to try if l can win his daugh
ter's hand. Mind, that is the way you
must put it; but don't forget that you
will have to bring your pecuniary hold
over him into play also-only, do il
gently"
You may trust me: have pulled
the strings in SO many ways in my time
that I've learnt to be pretty cute about
doing it with delicate touch. I'll helI
you all | can when I've made my mind
quite up about it."
Ito be continued