Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-27
lenrt nf a Snnth Americnn forest

wall h"ge u""rs "' sale S'""u open
showing the entrance I'd ste'i Na"'
from which noiseless electric eleNa'
tor led I" the storage vaults llNe $40
rleS below IN" surface "l the sr"uhu
The draw pah'lllng' the massive '"r'
niture' and the rIch Ieather-coNere'
walls with ther heaNE ceilli'ss' all ac'
cented the weird enectS OF the mlillohS
of cleaning coin and gorgeouslN tlhteC
stocks and bonds. The huge table
seemed to fill and crowd the entire
room and the wall of gold tn he push
ing itself against the ceiling.
Rivens approached the table softly
and reverenty. as priest approaches
the High Altar, and touched the gold
with the tips of his slender little fin
gers.
.rr ror,oncas Tin, ran,orsa ALWAYS
| o,,.,,o, o,,5 Lille .ho ,;,h man
| p;,.o,, ,o,,,oa o,a ,o,i,aa
| ..n ,.sD ., IT, ,ao.,, o,a
- g., Lo,.o,,,. rooohod .ha 70,
,o,.;,,, ,.a, ,oo,,,.a 1,,.o inc, bo,,,r g,
..yo,,,,.a ins, hao,o .. Stror, inter-
,unted ,.ugbing,v
..vas rou,u undarStard what moan
,a,ora r,.a eni.bed tho dave ,vork"
| .p,,. ,,.h,.o" ,ha ,,o,,,o 1ou,ver osled
rossioroteI,. "Sucb q nurnosa seems
70 me- in view or this stunning reye-
Iation the sheerest insanity. Life, the
one priceless thing we possess. is
too short, And what lies beyond the
six feet of earth we don't know"
."That's hecause vou're an unheliev-
er lin"
There couId be M mistakine the Sc
riousness with which Rivens smoke
Vet Stuort Iauobed in snite oC his ef
r,r, ,o coutroI the imnuIse
| "On the other hand cal" he an
swered, with mischievous banter, "if
your little heaven and your little hell
in which You seem to take so much
comfort are true. so much the worse
| can see You shoVelling coal through
all eternity
| But ! happen to he going to the
other place" Rivens broke in. good
naturedlN.
Stuart looked at the pie "i goId
moment ana then at BlNehs ana said
Slowly:
wei, II you get there' CAL there
one thing certain, the angels VIII all
have to sleep with VI pocketbooks
/ ,,l.,, hAt nil
Bivens's eyes sparkled and smile
played about the hard lines of his
mouth. In spite of its doubtful nature
he enjoyed the tribute to his financial
friends joke.
With a gesture of conscious dignity
| he turned to the table and quietly
said:
"C,uut oua or those heans of coin
Each stack or twenty-dollar pieces
contains q hundred-exactIy two thou-
sond dollars Retween each nile of q
million a scarIe, thread is drawn
Whom vou have counted one section
| ,ou will find twantv avactIv like II
varir,. r,,. statan,en, and then make
r,to ,r tboso nocl,oges or stockS
r, ,o,ds oil g;,t- -adoed dividaud nav
.. ~, ,bo, sida ,oILa ,bere in the
.,nna,., :, na ,,,ovad :, tho, direo,iou "1
b,r.. thrown = bean or ruhbish the
cor,n,or et,cl, or various rornorations
n,t vat having dividend Some of il
will he very valuable i'm time For
avon,n,e 10O OOo shares of T.. s Steel
| Common When that stock reaches
mol, and II win vet dn il that uackage
alan. wiu h. wurth fen millions
boy.n., cu,,n,.d any or thai s,um at
| all"
| ..y,n viII find an This table .yactly
| nina,,. niIIinns withiu an hour Won
,.,u .x,riua aocb division of coin
stncl,s and hands and hear witness 10
rho ,ru,b ,r my. assertions I'm going
| ., ,l,,,a tho, d,.,. aud L.av. ,.,u bara
ror an bour"
"AIon. with all th,to"
"Ob there's only on.. way uut " Riv-
| .,s, Iouab.d "tbrougb nv, uttI.. rereu-
l
some or the gentlemen who are wait
| ing When Won are satisfied of the ac-
| ,rrac, ,f my occnuut iust tan ON my
| do,, ond ri ioin vnu immediately DC
,h.. i,s,,,c,io,, coreruIIv re of erave
;,,,,,o,.,nna sbou coil an vou nc q
,,.i,,,a,, ,.,.,, ,,,,a ,,.., h.r,r,. thu, erouu
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vhar Pi,sns disannaar.d into the
odioiriuo r,nm Stuart at once begar
the task of verifying the fnancier'S
statement of his assets. In half al
| huur he had completed the task with
sufficient care to be reasonably sure
there could he no mistake-a million
dollars more or less was of no import
ancr Ten millions i'm gold would make
good every liability of Rivpnss banks
When Stuart had satisfied himself oi
tb. accuracy of the count. he stooC
| goziug at the uueer looking piles OF
| v.lluv metal and richly tinted PAPER
|