The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-13
BY M QUAD

Aunt Mary Davidson vas farmer:
widow, and she ran the farm with TIA
help Of a hired man. She bad always
been given credit for being a sharp,
Keen woman. People said that she
knew twice as much about business
as her husband Tie husband was
Industrious and Woodworking, but the
buying and selling wele left to her.
When Aunt slarr found herself q
widow and entirely responsible for her
actions she desermned 10 make money
a little faster by speculation.
ln due time Aunt Mary came across
the advertisement OF the Blue jacket
silver mine
The Blue jacket proposed to let
limited number OF people in on the
ground hoor Aunt Mary was one OF
them. She sent for free book.
and when II came the picture OF the
president OF the mine WAS on the Gov.
er. He had The look OF foxy swim.
der but bis vanity was stronger than
his prudence. Aunt Mary held ner
breath for tire minutes over the star.
ting promises made in the book and
then sent on S100 When she received
her stock certificate ii looked 50 nice
that she forwarded 500 more OF her
cash When all the fools ia tie coun.
try thar could raise money lad been
gathered in and the swindlers had
made fortunes the postal authorities
stepped In
II SO happened that two or three OF
the swindled were after the president
OF the Blue Jacket SO closely that lie
thought 1t better to go into the eoun-
try for awhile than 10 take steamer 10
Europe, which IS the usual way. Aunt
Mary read Of the affair in the papers.
She had been robbed Of her $500 Id
hnrt her to lose the money, but il hurt
her TO have been taken 10 and done
Tor. The worst OF the matter was
that she had advised others to grab a
good thing. ana. OF course. she would
be held responsible. she was grittiug
her teeth and wishing she could get
her paws" on the rascals when a
stranger Knocked at her door. 1t was
a summer day II she took summer
borders and ii she had none at the
time he would like TO come for q con.
pie OF weeks. He was a business
man from the city whose nerves nad
been shattered by too close applica.
ton
Aunt Mary took a long look at the
man and Invited him In. She took
another long look at him and made .
him A low rate and added thar he
could depend on fresh eggs and IN
watered milk. at the dinner table sha
scanned hs face for the first time
He said be was connected with
Bible publishing house but she didn't
quite believe him After dinner MIR.
Coles. ais the stranger called himself
about. file inspected the
wagon shed. the barn aud the milk
house and finally came to the smoke
house. AS he was peeplng in he was
given a push and the door sla umed
and locked on him. II was Aunt Mary
who had done the business u len she
lad tier man fast she brought OUT
hair and sat down by tie door.
."I want to know what this meansg r
vas shouted ut her from inside
Why. you are locked in the smoke
louise" WIS the reply.
Tbut whHs foffo N
"So mat ! cdn have talk with you
I you Wasn't tuekcd IN you might run
way az soon as began TO say things
md, too. want you where the con.
table can ind you when he arrives
low does the Blue Jacket silver mine
orne along these days. she ASKED
'''i Enuw nothing about II | told you