The Marshall republican., 1911-04-28
They Would Not
Speculate
By GROVER s. GRIFFIN
by American Press Asso-
citation, 1871.

4Serests were lighting for Northern Pa
nhc7 Well. ut that time I was dip
~ into stocks with mighty little
Hsney and usually on Q per cent mar.
81 I would lose $50 one day and
0nke several hundred the next, repent.
anx the process vice versa.
Now never could do drudgery. and
~ position Of Spectator on not
s.sngh to buy a good horse was dis
snessing. But this was not the worst
- ~ I was heels over head In love.
asd my girls father was aware Of my
n.s4ciai condition. He gave me to I'M
0Rn9taDd that I must look elsewhere
- b wife. He would never consent to
afvf his daughter to one so reckless,
ssbA even II I gained a fortune in Wall
ser~ft It wouldn't make my difference
- 1Aim. for he didn't approve Of sue
eest gained In that way. Spectators
~ he drones.
~As for his daughter. she said she
oGI red with him. gave me a lecture on
eh1 folly OF thinking Of marriage when
, nd not means for support for my
alone aud was liable 10 be landed
and dry any day so far as my
u1<Ifhe capital was concerned. She ad.
Xed me TO 20 to work and threw out
= faint hint that II I would earn an
ehspcst Income she might marry me
after nfi.
II had no idea OF doing TINT SO long
~ ! bad n dollar In the world to put
ap on stocks and kept pcgging away
mil nj last I got down to buying ten
shares at n time. One afternoon after
md had some successes my broker
soh me that ! had 500 TO my credit.
Ne also told me that Northern Pacific
ssss acting very strangely and
-Oh. cut II short" said one Of the
Bisfeners. when the stock went up
yop were IN for n hundred shares and
made n tot OF money"
1nbo's telling this story" asked the
Narrator sharply.
You"
We'll. then. shut up till get
Through.
The stock was about par. and ]
psve an order TO buy ten shares. That
WAR Just before the stock went M &C.
q hundred md ffty. The next even
en- I wo:;: to see my girl aud told her
|thnt I Ind made ifty points On North
esrs t'nclfic. having sole out that after
nsssn.. She said that my selling was
gis<. only sensible thing connected Will
eHkr transaction. When ! left her she
nve the n kiss and. calling me back
sre me n letter 10 post and another
sksss.
-.if 4 get two kisses nj having mnde
EurtD.' I said. how many shall ] get ~
having made Sl0.0o0T
Meme she replied. II you should
lake that you would be all the fur
fb<r from reformation
n went away laughing. and whom
Dssssuid ! meet but Jim Atterbury.
[Rsssl Tim OF my good fortune and asked
Mn 60 20 and have a little supper with
~. He accepted. and we went into I
B<anurant.
r7hls In a kind Of confession. ! sup
Dprse. and ! might as well make Il nov
m on the subject. We drank severa
bseties OF wine and I became ambi
kss,ns to treat Jim royalty. Going into q
B1bshf bank, I cashed q check for 500
pnA"-
-B$cw It nii In" said the critic o.
~ story.
Not all of II. A ~pickpocket relieve,
ne oil what I didn't spend. went q
I'D ut O O'clock and didn't wake ~
Hi . In the afternoon. When ! did
uent but to get something to eat ant
buyink a paper l saw In LET
en IN a newspaper that Northern
nsi1c had begun to skip up about Il
gacksk In the morning and had closes
3 With 1000 bid.
-yj<hsn't Disguised thought Hat
Atpln on a day or two ! would hav
Ne a small fortune. And when
uEht that out Of tho whole deal
kan't left but $500 l sat down an
q. Yes, I cried; for notwithstnnd
the prejudice Of my girl and he
fher against specializing. believe
competence would have helped m
Lrsugb with her. Putting my han
my pocket found the letter sh
"a asked me to post ! carried 1t II
af hand till l came to a box nn'
ifhped II In. hoping that ! wouldn'
ave to confess why I hadn't poste
the night before.
THAT night there was n terrible tim
|,sut Northern Pacific stock and th
jexf morning. true enough. there wer
aIes att 1000. In the evening. pinin
'br SYMPATHY, I went to see my Cir
found her In the slough Of despont
tried y vain to get out of her wha
~ ths{ matter but failed. Finally sh
IA sd hething about the letter sh
"a en me the night before.
}rpre mad put It In the box a fe,
luuteS after ] had left the hous'
too much In the dumps I
nv 30 I left early.
~rhI ext morning about 0 o'cloc
)honed me to come right q