The daily Alaskan., 1912-01-22
Py ARNOLD EE-NG

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 am che na k sfr.n as the family | uoyor iGgf Co s.udy wAru vus st school. and af~ quitting school didn't H2e jo w0rs remember that as bay uurus Jir marble season ] took un interest n tho game except 'f1r keeps" aud usually von al the other boys marble, when I came in from n..yiug the same vl,h my Poct cts Eu8 down w.h alleys aad aces and ImEsevos ulg father would look at tra.l Hwa.Hg-.u-v.
 When [ vas eighteen ! was put Co work Wy employer owned large number or dwelling Eousos. and they were mostly ,ruaut The reason for Jhis was thaf bp would do nothing for his tenants Tlcr were an uortgaeed Co t'l. s..ra man. v1a .av Ht cgt the lutrrr.t on il. rerr-rgrs. Tho mort gaera cane iu6 fnc 0@ue oun day tearing mad rnd led my employer that ba dIEFt tnow how Co manage suah rrrrn-.v aud tho houses must he urt into thr hands of some ono else. WartvrIL thn orre-. offered to put thc management in my hands. to which Johnson. Ihr ma~tarec, assent ed. ! suppose uauwcII thought he could make me do what be liked But in that Hp -.s mistaken | offered a big commission tn agents Co rerom- mend .he houses and rarc fhn tenants evc-vIr1rE tr-y asked Thr result WIS that within 0 wear ] had the houses ar u..urlc7 al In prime or. der and paying a good interest on tho investment
 Whom eat thincS running I had nothing more Co da. so lit out into the world Irr Iit of excitement l strrHaI down fhe street, with my hands u my pockets and saw a red 77r art a' .rc 7sor of a handsome dwc.'r- I'd ~rt some idea of the value ar s~rh rronc-ty and thought I'd go in and attend the sale Fer. hans ! would M5y fhe property. I hadn't any money even 70 pay the ner.ertaeo ot the amount Of purchase demanded when the property Is knock cd down tn Inc highnst bidder. but that didn't trouble me a bit had fhe assaorr. ar satan himself. So I went in and raurd a lot of bidders. each ono acting aa if hp WIS afraid he would have the house on his hands. ] csffmafrd that the property was worth lot more than any Of the bids. ! don't know why | did SO. only know that felt certain of 1t, So ] raised Inc mst bid by SloO0 That scared everybody rlsc or, for put on look as much as to say. I'm bound to own this property if have to pay dornEe its va'uc Tor r" The couSc- 1roucp WIS That a. WIS krorkNd down to mo for SN1u7O The aurtionecr called ou mo for thp usual percentage of purchase. which was S2l0O AS | had nothing but my wits to satisfy him. ] proceeded Co exercise them. l asked him if hc would take my check, l and ho replied. Not without it being l certified. Then I asked him if he world w1it tfI I sent check to the hank for certffcatiou. and he said he would Sfn-e | hadn't any check or cheek brok-or hank for tbat matter to draw on WIS wondering what move should make next. when the owner Of the property rushed in and asked 1T the sale bad taken place When told that it had he sank in a chair and moaned
 "Tve got the money" he said. with which Co pay od ttie mortgage.
 q thought the case must be one Of foreclosure. | remarked. I've bought ! the property dirt cheap. I'm ready 10 sell it bacL to you for 75 per cent of what it's worth i consider, it worth i SsnODO I'll sell it to you for S30,00o.' ! The man fvetted and fumei and dick. cred. hut et last he accepted my terms.
 "Just you give me 5000 for my bargain" s0id, "and I'll sign any paper YOU Ike"
 He agreed 10 do SO, and made
 auick profit. Then I told him that
 what had said was true. and l
 thought I could sell the property for
 SsoC0o. He declired 10 bother with
 me. but within a year sold it for l S65O1a. It was all luck. A railroad
 terminal station WIS put up near the 1 property.
 1 I slapped that SglO0o around in an