White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-19
II came to see you about some an
time furniture" said Dollar Bill.
Copyright. 1918. by the Bobbs-Merr,u "a

tiaue furniture" said Dollar Bill.
~ don't want to buy none" imme-
diately repudiated Lafayette. Il de-
clare | don't know where old iona
than got all the worthless trash the
house is clnttered up with. When |
was here five years ago he had Two
chairs and n kitchen table aud "a can.
vas OF"
HE got it from me- explained the
worm hole Expert. and here's the Dill
for IL. I'm William j. Shugit.
Lafayette Bunker. who had not yet
removed his foot from the lower par
of the gate. eyed the document In cues
ton with careless Indifference. but did
not take 1t In his hands.
THAT amt no proof TINT Jonathan
owed II to YOU" he uninterestediy
aro,,ed Course | don't say he didn't,
but II he did you'll have to collec It
the next time you see him. and ne
laughed silently. like a man too stingy
to share ever Il joke.
VERY well: I'll have to repieyin the
furniture" announced Mr.. Shuyit. CON
.realing his anger n much as posi-
BILE.
you can do whatever you blame
lpleaser. granted young Mr. Bunker.
The furniture's mine. and I'm going
10 sell II If can lind anybody fool
enough TO buy 1t. and he strolled
away in the direction OF the disin-
ttee,ating old house. pausing TO pull a
dead and decayed weed from the d
of the walk.
.sThe worst of 1t is | don't dare re-
pleyin IT," confessed Dollar Bill To
Wallingford. The papers would get
hold OF II, and that would ruin my
business. | ought to have made sew
eral thousand dollars ON this deal. bur
in the shape the thing Is I'd have
been glad 10 settle for s 30 and take
the next train for Texas Why. tpn-
found IL. Jim. | haven't any furniture
left 10 sell. ! used IL AL In siocking
up this place
You might buy II in ut a very cheap
figure" suggested Waliingford. Il
say" he called after the retreating
heir TO the Bunker estate.
Lafayette half turned aud ben upon
them impatient brows Huh he
grunted.
What will you take for that furni.
turef'
The heir from Oklahoma came back
Immediately.
"Wbatn you giveg'
"A hundred dollars.
We'll. this morning | might have
sold IL to you for that. but I've just
seen this mans bill. and II says he
furnltnre's worth fifteen hundred. so
that's the price. / amt looking for u
profit. I'm just d plain farmer"
II know; I've bought apples from
them chuckled waliingford. Lets
see that furniture"
Come right in" invited Mr.. Bunker.
Dollar Bin Shuvit walked r%everestly
into the parlor Of the old Bunker hume
stead and surveyed his own creations
with the worshipful pride Of a born
genius. Look at that Scrambleton
suit" he glowed. did you ever see
more beautifully threadbare upholster-
ing? Look ut the mended leg on that
Stuart table. You can see that the
bottom OF the leg Is " wood and
was glued on by a dub. say. twenty or
twenty-five years ago."
waIlingford looked about him with
the appreciation of an artist. The dust
OF ages lay thickly on everything.
Mr.. Bunker strobe back to the
kitchen to suppress a boiling teapot.
Shuvit led ]. Rufus into the dining
room. and upstairs into the bedroom.
and ever into the attic. extolling the
virtues Of rare highboys and cowboys
and other modern triumphs OF an
tiquity. and since wallingford was In
terested displayed secret ORA wen ana
sliding panels and false bottoms and
hollow bedposts without number.
well. how's the furniture: asked
Mr.. Bunker. rejoining them In the
front bedroom. where Wallingford him
self had begun TO eovet a heavy old
four poster that bore the marks OF
two fun centuries of digni6ed wear.
Its too old fashioned to be worth
much" decried Wallingford. Il might
give you the hundred dollars FIRST
offered you for II"
ITS worth more than that Tor ium-
ber." insisted MIR. Bunker. live heard
too, that old fashioned furniture N
times fetches fancy prices"
when it's In such rotten repair as
thls!' retorted Wallingford indig-
hantly.
swell. it Is kind o shiftless looking.
admitted MIR. Bunker. scratching MS
head. I'm willing to knock $50 Tor
repairs or O. what this gentleman says
the goods IL worth"
Twelve hundred and ffty dollars.
figured Wallingford. IL might buy tue
farm for that II you'd throw In the
house aud furniture"
snake II 5000 and III 80 you.' OF
fere1 Bunker.
eThiu eamst Ill In nd " 00rt6ad WaIltrC-