Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-08-14

in marriage is connection, more than
money"
"Yes-yes, | think you are right; but
there will be Observation-Disclosures, |
fear"
'Of course there will, to a certain ex-
tent there always is about getting any |
thing worth having in this world; but |
money is a key to most things nowadays. |
Tottering coronets must be propped by |
wealthy alliances. The parson or doctor
marries the rich tallow chambers widow. |
Marriage is a social contract in these
times. A hundred thousand pounds from
Manchester stands out for strawberry
leaves in the coronet, while fifth of the
money from Birmingham is quite content
to put up with an Honorable. Well, to
return to what l was saying, you agree
with me that | must look out more for
connection than money, don't your
'Yes, l think that's best; but it would
do no harm if you could see your way
into trifle of property besides"
Exactly. ] was at the minister ball
last night, and the prettiest girl in the
room was the daughter of old Denison of
Glinn | got introduced to her; danced
with her, and did quite as well as anyone
could expect to do in a first dance-Just
made her acquaintance, in fact. Now
that's the lady I've marked down as my
intended"
Yes said the old man musingly.
that might do if we could bring it about;
but he's a proud man, the father-very."
We'll come to that presently. just
listen while | reckon up all the advan-
tages. First of all, have taken fancy
10 the girl. She's a real beauty, every
inch Of her In the next place, she's
an only child. Consequently. it's only
fair to suppose that Glinn and what's
left with il will 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
I'd last to see it, Harold Denison is full
twenty years younger than | am, and bis
wife is younger again; they'll see me
out, boy"
well, father, it's no use denying il
may be so. Still, in days to come,
should be Pearman of Glinn; and with
a wife of their own class, il would be
hard if / didn't take my place in the
county"
!
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 J.
didn't leave time for learning a deal Of
anything else. You start with hdy lot
made; and ] think ! have shown you
enough to insure your not making ducks
and brakes of il.
mo. I don't think / shall hurt. ] car
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, ia
be nOtf"
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 second
mortgage Of the same amount. and there
may be- more for all ] know"
We'll. these. you see, are all points Ia
my favor We could make this FIRST mort
gage quite easy for him. al all events
Its a deal Of mOney-ten thousand
pounds bar Of course Il would be- differ
ent If the whole property looked lik'
coming 10 you an last
We'll, then, We must take that See
Ond mortgage also into our own hands
and lei Il stand a. very easy interest i
viii b. only virtually allowing Denisol
30 much d year during bis lifetime an'
30 abe long run win fal principally upol
me-
, 'Yes bui ! don'i follow che meaning D
an fhIs Sam
"Ihafs just what J am about 10 eK
plain 40 sou. Aiy chances oi meeilnl
Miss Denison are ~ extremely few. fha
~ b. quito Impossible 3 can arrive "a
afling for her hand in that Nay M
onIl chance b l0ur proposing BE- f0 he
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