The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-22

they muddle matters by always talking law,
law, law II it were left to me, should
dismiss the whole lot Of them and depend
| entirely upon my common sense. If it hadn
| been for the lawyers, | am convinced that al!
this trouble could have been avoided, or at
/ least amcably adjusted out of court. But
am saddled with half dozen of them, simply
because two or three banks and as many pri-
vate interests are inclined to be officious.
They claim that my interests are theirs, but
l doubt it, by Jove do. They're a blood
sucking lot, these bankers. But I sha n t
bore you with trivialites. Now here is the
situation in word II is quite impossible
| for me to prosecute the search for my child
without financial assistance from outside
sources. My funds are practically exhausted
and the banks refuse to extend my credit
You have publicly declared yourself to be my
friend and well-wisher. l have asked you
to come here tonight, Mr. Smart, to put you
to the real test, so to speak. l want one
hundred thousand dollars for six months
While I was prepared in sense for the
request. the brazeness with which he put it
up to me took my breath away. am afraid
that the degage manner in which he paid
compliment to my affluence was too much
for me / blinked my eyes rapidly for a sec
ond or two and then allowed them settle into
stare of perplexity
Really. Mr. Pless.' l mumbled in direct
contrast to his sangfroid, ''you-you surprise
me
He laughed quietly, almost reassuringly
as he leaned forward in his chair the better
| 30 .+,J, hop do mot htnG
that I expect you to produce so much ready
money tonight Mr.. Smart. Oh mol Any
time within the next few days will be salts
factory. Take your time, sir. I appreciate
that it requires time to arrange for the"
held up my hand with rather lofty air.
"Was it one hundred and fifty thousand that
you mentioned Or"
'1rhat was the amount, said he sudden
glitter in his eyes.
studied the ceiling with a calculating
| squint as if trying to approximate my bal
ance in bank He watched me closely, al
most breathlessly. At last, unable to con-
troll his eagerness, he said
,At the usual rate of interest you under
stand
Certainly" said and resumed my cal
cuations He got the impression that I was
annoyed by the interruption.
''I beg your pardon he said.
''What security can you give, Mr.. PlessV
I demanded in very business like way.
''Oh, you Amcricansl' he cried, his face
.t lin .a.,,ro roE.t ..yor w;,,
~. -, IT, $40 do not uondsr that
you are so rich. shall give you my per-
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marriage Of the Count Maris Tarnowsy. scion
Of one Of the greatest Hungarian houses and
| Nine. the nineteen vear-old daughter OF
Gwendolen and Jasper Titus, of New York.
Newport Tuxedo. Hot Springs. Palm Beach
and so forth. Jasper Titus. the banker and
railway marnate, whose name as we'll as his
land was to be seen in every great financial
movement of the last two decades!
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70 me Win rush' as SAT 1here III ""e
presence OF the only man VINO hau ever nee"
known 10 eet '"e oe.'er oi Jasper ,,'us |"