The Irish standard., 1913-07-05

senior partner, respectfully, how
! much money have l got left?"
Income or principal. Mr.. Alderson?"
asked MIR. Sharp. lo-sing at William
curiously.
II don't care" Bill answered. II
want to know how much Gun lay my
hands upon"
Mr.. Sharp looked in his books and
answered: "A tribe over two mil
lions. You know you have been break
Ing into your capital rather freely dun
ing the last year or two. Why?"
Because I'm engaged to be mar.
ried," William answered. mo, we've
both always lived pretty we'll. and I'm
afraid that what Is close fit for one
will be closer At fur two. And my
father used to tell me that some day
he would show me how to double my
capital any time l wanted to- Do you
know how to do it. MI. Sharp2" he
asked. looking frankly at the senior
partner.
The senior partner stared back 20
hard that his glasses blurred.
''Well-er-it can be done. Of
course" he answered. But you I'M.
derstand that there are certain risks
attaching, Mr.. Anderson. For instance,
suppose the stock in which you spec
! ulated went down instead Of up, or UP
instead Of down-why, 1t might be
serious"
Il guess l can trust you, Mr..
Sharp" answered Bill. wringing his
hands. my father used to toll mo
always to be bull. Can't you be q
/ bull for me?"
We'll" answered Mr.. Sharp, II hap
pen to have good thing or two In
mind. Suppose you try futter In
oil. Then I know a nice mine out in
Nevada that wants some capital to
develop It, And then half million or
! SO In Mexican copper. think can
give you good run for your money,
sir"
IAN right, leave 1t to you," said
William. and wrung his hand again
and went away.
Three weeks later Sharp and Sharp
shut up their Offices for good and went
away, leaving William with q pile OF
stock that was pronounced to be worth
half a cent on the thousand dollars
! said half cent representing the in.
trinsic value Of the paper of excellent
/ quality on which It was printed.
you ought to bs worth about nina
hundred dollars" said the government
agent, after he had gone through VIII
/ liam's affairs. "Yes. Sharp and Sharp
I took every penny they could get their
hands on. wish I'd interviewed
sooner. We've had them under OBJ
sorvation for months. but-well. we
didn't think they'd get anybody to
| fall for them like that"
! HUM" said Bill, and put on his hat
and walked round to see Miss Har
greaves.
Louise. DEAR" he observed. i've
lost every penny had"
80 Mr. Sunderland was telling me
yesterday" she answered. What are
you going to do. Bill?"
I'm going west" he answered. IN,
father told me anybody can make
money out west. / guess Ill have tt
make another fortune before ask yor
to set the date for me. Will you wait
dear7"
She looked at him in amazement
She had long knows that It would b.
impossible for her to marry BILL She
had tried to tell him SO FIVE or si1
times, but each time he had so domi
mated her by his simplicity and can
dor and good nature that 1t had beer
impossible to mako him understand
And she flirted twice since they had
/. been engaged! And now he wanted
her to wait! It was easy to promise
but-well, she knew that he would
expect her to wait. And he would be
wretched If she were false to him; pcr
haps 1t would shatter his faith and
make him like other men. To play
false with Bill-why. 1t would be like
sacrilege! II she did that she could
never be quito happy again.
"I-Ill write to you," she gasped
and fled, choking, up the stairs. That
afternoon she wrote Bill long letter
She told him that she could never
marry him, that the loss of his for
tune made not the slightest difference
but that she was not worthy of him
SO he must let her 60 and never see
her again.
1t would have shattered any mans
faith, that letter. Bill read it and
stayed away. He had made all thu
preparations for his departure wheE
! Sharp and Sharp were caught in Mon
treal with one million, nine hundred
and seventy.eight thousand dollars o.
Bills money sailed away. William I'M
packed his suit case and went round
to see Miss Hargreaves.
TITS all right. DEAR" he told her
when she came down at his earnest
plea. 1--WE got 1t nearly all back, but
l need some ono to take care Of 1t fol
me. Will you name the day when
you'll begin to be my banker?"
But. BILL" she cried. didn't you
| understand my letter."
Yes, sure" he answered. But tina,
was when was beggar."