The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-16
THE EVENING STORY
Fred watson, Financier.

years and years he had been going to
do this or that-something to make
the world sit up and think-but ne
had gone on doing nothing. 1t had
come about that he haG many -Irienus
and few believers.
Mr.. Watson had decided that he was
in love with a certain young lady. Sno
could not believe that he was sincere
and married another. Three months
later he was Just as much in love Win
another and receiving no more credlt.
Mrs James Renfrow, young
widow, was Mr.. Watson's second cous-
in. He had fallen in love ana pro-
posed matrimony three different times
before her marriage to Mr.. RenfroW. "A
year after the cousin had been left
widow he proposed again. He was
lust as serious as he had been on the
other occasions. He was just as GER
tain in his own mind that marriage
was the thing for him.
1t was well for the bachelor that ne
had a fixed income, and that ne cou1o
anticipate none of it in advance. he
was known as an easy mark In
| fact he was SO easy that on one occa-
sion a get-rich-quick man had returned
his money with a note saying tnat ne
did not take the money from chlldren.
| The cousin had expected the fourth
proposal, and when 1t came she an
'Fred, it is not probable I shall ever
marry. again, but if 1 do it Will be 10 d
hnancier have always had an al
miration for that class OF men. A aII
newspapers call them wolves ana az
that but a man who can beat wall
street has brains Think of man ac-
| curing an old railroad ftfty miles IonS
and turning it into trunk line reacn-
ling from ocean to ocean! IhinA VI q
IMAM consolidating half a dozen starv-
ling CORPORATIONS into one that pays
thirty per cent. dividends! Tnink-
at shall do the same or better!
lcalmly announced Mr.. Watson
i sYou poor child" exclaimed ene
cousin as she laughed IN nus 60
l"Why. Fred, if you were nnancier
lenough to buy forty bushels OF pota-
Itoes at forty cents bushel youd SCI,
them at the first offer of thirty-nVe!
i "Cousin, 1 shall become great
fnancier."
"When?"
.lciers. and therefore I shall take UP
That line. When have shown you
that I am a success at it I shall nope
for your hand. What do you say
ST don't forbid you to hope, but no"
don't go off and lose all you nave,
your line is being indolent ana Soou
Inatured. Don't change it"
.sRut I am no longer indolent.
''Since when?"
"TJaIf an hour ago. Now that nave
hone to sustain me / am gong u
hustle Monday I start for the Wes'
~ beoio NV financiering. I shall take
Iup mines You have made money II
them, why shouldn't II" $500,
"Fred Watson, don't be an IDIOT!
, was the exclamation. why, they
skin you out of your patrimony IN I
l week. NV investments were mace Ds
a sharr, LAWYER, and though have hac
some big dividends I don't feel safe
l Cracious but YOU are the last mar
: who should think of going there?
aft they can beat the financier the!
:. are welcome to. The nnencler Will "
working for the heart and hand or nj
: dear cousin. He now has someth1nt
I to strive for For the first time in hi
. life he feels that he has struck hi
gait. Mr.. Easy Mark sheds his name
Mrs. Renfrow advanced other argu
ments and besought the interference
of mutual friends. but Mr.. Watson wa
t obdurate. No one had ever found hin
t so determined. He departed on tn
a day set and in due time another ten
= lderfoot arrived in Nevada. He arrives
:. there because the train did. and be
). cause Providence guided nlm-
1 When he reached his objective point
: 1.-THE Emma mine, from which tn
n widow was drawing dividends, wa
:, only two miles away. The name OF tn
d mine was being buzzed about, an
:. within an hour he learned that tn
: same OLD game HdQ OCCh WOA NJ
: lagain The Emma was q hole in tn
e ground but scarcely more. Its glow
Q ing circulars were frauds. Its div
8 dends bad been paid from the none
e sent IL. The time had come for tn
= swindlers to skip, and they had tina
t, very morning taken their Doodle an
n departed.
d There were winks and grins an
o talk, but no one called them villains
If The same game had been played score
= of times If suckers had bitten q
,, hook exposed time after time, VIII
- should feel any sympathy for them
e In this case, as the -firancier ascel
r tanned. the swindlers had not departe
% east or west by railroad. For some ur
IS known reason they had just consciene
Is left to feel that a few days retiremer
into the hills was due the public. Tht
shed their tears and invest elsewher
l. Until Mr.. Fred Watson had hear
d. all about the Emma" he had not d.
m cided Just how to begin his fnanciel
ut ling. That gave him his cue. He SUI
v prised the natives some next mornir
by riding away all alone. He hs
De bought a horse, and he had bougl
as guns and provisions. He didn't loo
ID as If he wanted to be eaten by gri
III civ bear, and he certainly was Il
Or green to be taken Tor prospecso
err land the oldtimers finally decided tn
lie The must be an artist in search of scel
IN ery. Not a person would give hi
w credit for being financier, and y
n that was what he was. He had set o.
to track down the swindlers and the
r. Doodle. 1t was job for the sher
ed and his posse, but had not the Wido
ng Renfrew said she would not mar
or ANYBODY but a f1nancier? 1t was
er plain case of fool rushing in.
re There were three partners in Z
lis lswindle. They had retired to a hur
on Ier's cabin fifty miles away 1t was 10
: days before the tenderfoot overhaul