The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-01-28
a Born
Spectator
By EUNICE BLAKE

and our credit has been exhausted |
have begged you again and again 90
get position. and you have not even
tried to do so. I'm afraid III have to
give up trying to live with You
James Martin looked very lueHbrious
United for any kind of druagerY, he
had not found q way Of making u liv
ing without II He had been Il soldier
and conspicuous for bravery. but it i
notorious that man especially built
for war Is not likely to be fitted fo;.
anything else When Jim had mar
ried he had Just made $1,000 Oh a RET
estate deal which he had put through
nu paper that IS. without ally cash
Before he could strike another sneh BIT
# luck his profit WIS all gone
Well Betsy he said 'yon married
II man untitled fof=the ordinary hum
drum Of life and yen must take YOU
medicine. III 90 out and hunt fog
something to do, but if find anythin;
1t won't last very long. III probably
be discharged within few weeks.
Not If you attend to business. keen
Il
YOUR employer.
Il won't If | don't see him making
mistakes, in which case I'll probably
throw your advice 10 the winds
jim Martin found position with n
man named Summers doing conServ-
alive business on small capital jim
had been with him but u month when
1. 1T
Of money by the investment of a very
little capital.
4 didn't hire you to tell me how TO
run my business. said Summers ami
drawing a check for his salary due dis
charged him.
jim was walking home cmsing him
self fer a fool when he encountered
red flag at the door of Il warehouse.
Having a fellow feeling with red flags,
which usually denote forced sales, he
went in and learned that a stock OF
copper was 10 be sold for Il man who
had gone under financially The bid
ding vas Just beginning \ man sidled
up 10 Jim and. slipping ten dollar
bill into his hand whispered 70 him to
raise the last bid. Jim did as request
81 and was relieved by hearing the
ran who had paid him raise his bid
But the rise in the bids vas very
SLOW. The great European var had
Just broken out. aud it occurred to Jim,
who WAS familiar with soldiers re-
qairements, that copper entered into
the composition of ammunition and
if the war lasted long enough the stock
of tie worlds copper would be used
up He had no idea of buying this
stock, for he had nothing to buy it
With. but somehow he could not resist
the temptation to go on bidding But
The excitement of the contest got the
better Of him, and he suddenly awoke
10 the fact that 100000 worth of cop
per had been knocked down to him
He had reached the price copper was
selling at in the open market. and no
one had any use for this lot at any
higher figure The buyer was at once
called upon for 10 per cent Of the price
10 he paid.
Jim was equal 10 the occasion. TAX
ing one of his principal competitors by
the sleeve he said: You wanted this
copper; so did |. | don't know why you
wanted it. but | have been Il soldier.
md, knowing the necessity for cop
per in the manufacture of ammunition
and considering the amount of ammu
milton that will be required by the com
batants. | believe copper is going up
Within few weeks or a few months
this stock will be worth a great deal
more than it is today. If you'll pay
the 10 per cent required to carry 1t
I'll take YOU in for 20 per cent of the
profits.
Wait Il minute till get the last quo
tation." said the man, "nnd III let you
know"
The last quotation was quarter of
a cent higher than the price Jim was
to pay Make ii half the profits,
said the capitalist, and I'll 80 you
jim assented The man paid the mar.
gin on the copper, and before the bal
anee was to be paid copper had risen
half n cent Il pound.
Meanwhile jim had gathered Stats
amount likely to be required. Orders
for ammunition We're beginning to
come from abroad. and copper kept go
ing up Jim convinced his partner
that the price must continue to rise.
and the latter consented TO hold on.
One day after the war had been go
ing on for nearly year the copper
WAS sold, and Jim pocketed what WAS
for him a small fortune. He and his
wife had. on the strength of Jim's cop
per holdings been able to borrow
enough to keep them, and now they
were in fine fettle.
my dear" said Jim, "as | told you
a year ago, you married man untitled
for the ordinary humdrum Of life.
They say you can't make silk purse
out of a sow's ear, but in this case
a Spectator has been made out of
fool"
81 expect you're right, Jim." was