The Red Cloud chief., 1913-12-18
love and RAT.TRApS
BY clAUOiNE sissoN.

low.
You keep your eye on Henry. Tie
ss bound to be rich man some day.
they would say.
inc young man was engaged to
Eunice Rathbone, and had been for a
year. People were wondering why
they didn't get married but no one
guessed the true reason. II was be-
cause Henry was too smart. At the
age Of twenty-One he had been left
$1,000 In cash. lie was then teaching
the village school. He had once
bought hog for 81 and sold It for
81: he had bought horse for $25 and
sold II for $50; he had bought SIS
worth OF geese feathers from the
farmers about and shipped them to
the city and made profit Of 81.
Therefore. he felt that he had a right
to class himself as a fnancier. and to
resign his school that he might de-
vote all his time and energies to
speculation
Tho ex-scho0lmaster had devoted"
and six months had gone by when on
one OF his counting nights he found
Eunice looking very sober and evi.
IDENTIFY troubled In her mind. When
ne had begged her to tell him what
was the matter she answered.: IT'S
a matter I don't want to speak about,
but feel that must. It is about
our getting married"
"Yes!"
Il am asked almost every day when
the event is to take place"
'Well?"
Il cannot answer. and folks have
come to regard It as strange"
but II is the understanding that
when ] am $4,000 ahead of the game
wo are to we'd"
And that leads to another matter,
Henry. You cannot doubt that love
you. but am going to talk plainly to
you. As a school teacher you were a
success; as financier you have been
a failure"
What right have you to say that"
he asked as he flushed.
You began your financial career
with a thousand dollars. How much
OF It have you left?"
you mean how much have I made,
don't your"
II mean to say that you haven't
got two hundred dollars left"
sec here. Eunice-!"
Don't bluster. Henry. There is a
general opinion that you are a sue.
cess. but I know better. Az your
pledged wife I have right to know
certain things. As said before, you
are failure as financier. and the
first step is to admit It."
Henry sat with very red face and
sulked
You are a moral, upright young
man. You have a very good educa.
tion. You are spoken OF as smart.
You started out with little worldly
experience. however. and too much
confidence In yourself You argued
that because you had made money
on hog and one or two other things
you were financier."
I'll not take that talk from any
woman!" said Henry to himself.
You did not consult any of the
girl. nor did you ask my advice.
You Just went ahead with a feeling
that you knew 1t all. You bought
wheat on a margin for a raise when
there was no logical reason to look
for a raise. You invested In silver
mine stocks that had been published
az a fraud. You put money into 9th.
!er things without serious investiga.
ton. and the result is-the result"
"And you don't ~ant to marry a
failure. Of course!" said the lover.
"You are not q failure. You have
failed In only one thing. Ninety men
out Of q hundred do that. You NAV
yet be Q success AZ a fnancier II YOU
will be content to accept and follow
the advice OF conservative person."
AS for instance?"
Il am that person."
'Oh. you are a flnancier. are you,"
Mighty funny that l should have
heard nothing about It. thought
you might have fifty dollars laid by,
but never had a hint that you were
!speculating."
! ucveT YOU
iabout. Henry. and ! haven't been dis.
loyal in keeping 1t a secret. About
the time we became acquainted an
aunt died and left me $4,000. want.
ed to add to 1t, Of course. have a
cousin over at Enfield. He had Just
started dairy. and wanted me to nut
In a. partner and enlarge the bust.
ness. went over there and spent a
week posting myself. I investigated
the business from every point, and
then ! invested my money"
"And how much did you lose?"
II can sell out today for $1,000"
But your cousin has been the bust.
ness head"
"On the contrary. he has done the
work while ! have done the planning
or most OF It. ] wasn't going TO sav
a word to you till the day we were
married. but II seems that the time
has already come. want you to