The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-15

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had come. "No one she sobbed shr.ugt
her fingers, could be kinder than my tus-
band-not even my own dear father.
81 daresay, darcsay," g,ealcd Per-
taking off his spectacles, and r.i.4hDs dnir
lenses with his handkerchicf ND. wEv
the deuce don't YOU bring hiu here, t'''r' ,
Perfectly ridiculous, keeping ~ two brnse',
with all these empty rooms :
The girl looked up with .se,y sAiIs. :.
"All right, father: the day ii.-. ii4e option
runs out Poor Stllwell ntls. seesi VOC
bcgonc until that time
All Stillucll Bronson's peadl;es ~. K4s-
derton were in vain. Not Si,larr tab
crown could he squeeze out ;. dc nan !
When it was proposed that Kenda;ta sno'Sd !
exercise his option at half price resirus TO !.
the date set, the hnancier not only irtsis-tthe
offer with scorn. but he presented the ,:lor-
tdnate young man with proth:.s,iy ao.e
drawn at sight, for the two hur.lttt pounds ,
with interest, although he had rot paid oue I
half ct the money which appeared On its face :
He found Bronson Unexpectedly stubbcrn ii !,
refusing to sign this until he rad taken i Ia I
his wife. but that lady, after consnlting hcr
father, advised her husband . sign, which he
did next day in Kenderton' Office.
Instead Of exercising his optiuu eerdertsn
wrote to Bronson demandn. i:.iinesiste pay
ment of the two hundred iJounGs, with :.,,tr-
est. stating that. il this was noi ecac eiiin
three DAYS, he would take proctal,ngs he
fore the three days were past. old Peter Car !.
michael climbed the stairs 10 kct1egton's
room. n
Good morning, !. ". he said. grnially,
while the man behind the tsLic bliasee q; hin, !.
through his glasses, at first without rccsgni-
ton. {
"Ob, il is you. Cautious Peter" said xrn-
dcrton, with an uneasy grin. To What do l /.
owe the pleasure OF this visit q.
Indeed, J. W. thought OF paving iris .
visit a month or two ago. but my former eSce-
ricnce still rankles, and knowing you to be so,
much cleverer than |, it seemed better to re-, }.
main at distance and work through that !.
unfortunate young man. Stillwel Bsonson. !
whose note | have come to take up, as he
doesn't happen 10 possess the mcuey TO
Hquludte II niIisell'
In that case" said Kcndrt5n, Il arf
doubly glad TO see yoG- Here Is the no,c."
Yes, thought you would be glad. Brol-
son, who is an inexperienced person about
business, seems to think you arc ha'd man
TO person in difficulties, and is afraid os
future proceedings on your part. SO | told him
would not pay this note unless you signed
document giving him full acquittance, which
brought here in my pocket"
"Ah,' said Kenderton, caution returning,
"and what if refuse TO sigl'' ~
at doesn't matter button to r,e' replied ,
Carmichael, ndiffercntly. :" If you refuse to-
sign, YOU can take action against him. In
deed. as the Young man confessed to me that
he sat the end Of bis resources, ] advised him
to let you sue and defend the caseson the
ground Of cytortion and usury'
"My dear Peter, you know very well that !,
man has no defense against promissory note
he has signed. Judgment is bound to be in
my favor"
g. True, true; the difficulty will come in the
collection, and if you prefer that note to my
check, there is no use Of wasting more words
about it.
Kenderton hesitated moment then: =
oh, very well, he said Give me your
check, and I'll sign any kind Of quittance you
like
When the transfer was made, Kenderton
asked
Whats this Young man to you' Are you
becoming benevolent in your old agef"
Benevolence begins at home, J w, and
Bronson happens 10 be my son-in-law." ~
"The deuce you say"
"Yes, and besides that, although he is
poor enough at the moment, | am TO pay him
next week hundred thousand pounds for
half Of that option YOU did moi choose to exer-
else. Good-by, j W. | told you I'd get
even with you ultimately"
And thoss who know the potency Of Bnpnb.
sons Patent as money-maker are aware
that the old man much more than made sued
his words.
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