Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-15

tied down ~ niYant 9gn pef cent nlsove
what II bud been wiien / vas advised
10 tiny r.
one morning received n check from
iuy employer Tor about Stow. payable
60 nv wife's order There was uo lei
ter accompanying it. bui pinned e. v
wns tit ~ paper an which was writ
ten, profit on tWu shares Of Acme
mining sio b." Emma aud I hnd
watched the rise IN the price ~ fbe
stock md knew that N our mysterious
friend bad rrally bought tha abafcs .ar
~ we would have the profit sent co..
but my wife insisted that there would
be- some reason why We wouldn't got
H. when C came wc were n'nuat ns
surprised ns n $50 hHd known nothing
about the matter. We were certainly
dellghtrd.
And now wc began 60 BE- consumed
by a gnawing curiosity as to who was
our unknown friend We spent all our
leisure tiWe trying 10 think ~ some
one who for some reason had thus n
vored us, going over every relative and
every friend both Of hers and mine.
recalled number Of persons 70 whom
/ had loaned or given small sums ~
money. but not one of them had ever
prospcrpd. and certainly none or them
was named Inngford
received my $1,000 at "a time whcu.
owiug to financial panic there were
many BARGAINS go bc picked up in div
idcud paving stocks. 7 invested flr
amount ard within ten months hnd
doubled uy curltal-that IS. I owned
$1,000 or securities paying me n go1'
interest About year after my FIRST
acquisition MIR LanCfori tclcgr1ph1l
me one morning TO buy some shares OF
the Sarah Ann company. located I'm fh'
vicinity OF the Acme mine ! pu' my
$1,000 into the ventures In n short
time news came that an extension of
had been struck In the Sarah Ann
bought the shares of the latter at :
cents and sold them for So.
I had now IN income sufficient 20
support my family very comfortably
without earning n cent by my own
labor. | determined 10 20 to Colorado
and find out who this man was who
had placed n fortune in my hand. l
wrote him that proposed to put some
one I'm the office 10 attend to the bust
ness during my absence and would he
with him In n couple Of weeks.
received reply 70 this letter mott
flying me that he would be in New
York before long and II | wished 10
see him / could then have an oppor-
tunity. but that It would avail me
nothing. since would not see one
who was at all familiar to me. As for
the thanks had sent him. he had
much more reason to thank me than !
Lad to thank him.
fter the receipt OF this information
EIIma and again racked our brains
TO remember some one who was thus
indebted to me. but met with no bet
ter success than before. Langford con
tinued to post me as TO what mining
shares to buy or to sell, but never did
so except on accurate information Of
the mines
A time came when my investments
gave me all the income required. and
! resolved Ia investigate my bcnefac-
Tor. Without notifying him Of my i'll
teutiou. went to Colorado. and one
morning appeared in his office. which
meanW ni,e Il. Il been removed 10 Colo.
RADIO Springs \ man over iifty years
of age WIS pointed out Ia me 10y the
. clerks as I.angford. I advanced 10
make myself known. He rose, pressed
my hard "nd said to me;
"Dne with me This evening at my
house Meanwhile say nothing go any
one here about our connection
He bowed me out. and +" kiil Time |
went about indirectly pumping people
about my benefactor No one Enc"
( anything " his anteccden,s before he
came to Colorado in n very forlorn
condition and went about with pick
like any other prospector In ting u"
found hole which promised well AMI
sold il for enough to set him NJ com.
fortubly ~ mine seeker. Other mines
fell into his hands. the Acme from his
having eruhStaked its finder, Since he
acquired the controlling mt"r".. IA that
mine he had made money rapidly.
When | me. Mr Iansro.d At his
house | S2w not only hy his manner
and mode Of living, but by his family,
that he was man sprung from the
lowly walks OF life. After dinner he
took me into private room. We lii
cigars and he said:
"Do you remember one morning.
( when you We're about eighteen years
old. walking on u road with a shotgun
on your shoulder and meeting an e~-
capped jallbird?"
i "Yes. Tell me something more
d On seeing You he turned and start
I ed TO run. You pointed your "un ai
! him and called on him 10 halt B"in-
/ defenselcsS. he gave himself up"
Il remember very well. But 20 on
lie told you how he had been born
. in poverty in the city; how without
/ parents to guide him. after he wat
some six years old. he had fallen into
/ such n life ns such boys must in"N
] itably fail int" and bad at last been
sent to state prison. There. W'!e'
the influence of lovely woman Wlp
minstcrcd to the prisoners. he had at