Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-19
such as one sees in most merchants

C0dIHDGTS. X
A middle-aged, respectable looking
man rose from desk, and saluted
him with the easy greeting:
Good morning, sir
Good morning, Wheeler Anything
new?"
No, / think not. sir. The Pearl
of the Indies Oystershell Company
has come to grief"
All, l thought So" said Mr.. Sey-
mour 'All our shares sold out,
hope?''
Eyes, OF course, SIR said Mr.
Wheeler.
"Just so. Always thought it would
smash up. What else is there that is
dangerous?'
Hem. Well, there is the Wheal
Rose Mining company, sir!'
"Ah!'
Eyes, sir. It is most promising at
present-pays a diyident of twenty
per cent. But l give it a month, Mr..
Seymour, and then"
You think that the Wheal Rose
will last month";"
Il do. SIR
And then-then 1t Will break up
and-smash?'
I'VE foated the company. if you re
member, sir?"
yes, remember. Do we hold any
shares?'
''No, sir! Certainly mott"
"Ah!" said Mr.. Seymour But ten
thousand, will you, Wheeler please?''
Il beg your pardon? Did you say
buy?"
eyes. Buy ten thousand"
II beg your pardon, sir. but it is my
duty to tell you that the company is
doomed" The shares will run down to
nothing, and the holders will be-
ruined. 1t is an unlimited company
Mr. Seymour"
s'Do as l tell you, please. Buy. ten
thousand Wheal Rose Mining shares
Mr.. Wheeler, who was merely the
tool of Mr.. Seymour Melford, rubbed
his forehead.
What was Mr.. Seymour Melford 60
ing to do with those dangerous Wheal
Rose shares?
CHAPTER x.
There is such a sense of happiness
permeating Lord Guys being when he
wakes the next morning that he won
ders for the moment what has hap
pened to him, until the memory OF
last night pours in upon him, and he
realizes that of all the lucky, fortune
favored individuals on this terres-
trial globe, Lord Guy Kendale is the
luckiest! Lorrie loves him! The
sweetest, the best, the most bewitch-
ing girl in the world has promised to
be his wife! Well, not exactly prom.
Used, but has promised to promise at
the end of three months.
Even the disqualification of his bliss
does not depress him; for, after all,
he tells himself, as he splashes in
his bath, what are three months ?
They pass quickly enough under most
circumstances-too quickly, heaven
y,
for that period, and they will pass
quickly, happily, in the society of the
most charming of her sex, for, of
course, he will see a great deal of
Lorrie-if he can't see her every day
he must manage it every other day
say. He must get Jack to invite him
to the rectory, plan excursions in the
drag, picnics, lunches, anything that
will serve as an excuse for getting
near Lorrie.
No man is so blind as the individual
who refuses to see, and for the pres
ent, the happy-go-lucky present, Lord
Guy refuses to see the hundred and
one obstacles of his making the pen
niless daughter of a country parson
the future Countess of Latcham.
Sufficient for the day is the evil there
OF, and he puts black care behind,
very far behind him.
And why shouldn't he? Hasn't he,
in addition to winning Lorrie, won a
thousand pounds? With love in his
breast and money in his pockets, a
man feels himself on particularly good
terms with all the world; so he sings
aloud as he dries himself, and Raw
ings, laying out the uniform in the
next room, smiles and chuckles in
sympathy
I'll leave the mare round after pa
rade, Rawlings" he says as he enters
the room.
Eyes, my lord: letters"
"Oh, put 'em on the mantel-shelf,"
yes, my lord. One from the Court.
my lord" says Rawlings. glancing at
the crest upon an envelope.
Lord Guy takes it with a little
twinge Of conscience. Is it another
letter of advice and exhortation from
the earl:
1t is too short to be a letter
Dear Guy: I've got the govt rather
worse than usual. l wish you would
get a few days leave and come down
at once.
Your affectionate father,
Latcham.
Guy is dutiful son, in all points
excepting that of matrimony, and he
doesn't hesitate for a moment though