The Press., 1916-11-09

tune made in this way it would have taken wings later on. Now you ican begin life on a more solid though a much slower basis.''
 Julian secured a position at $25 a week, and on this he married Rose Meriweather. She proved an excellent manager, though the hardest thing she had to manage was her husband. It is not to be expected that a man who has made money at the r: e of $1,OOO an hour and for the time being considered it as easy to produce as pumping wa ter from a well will at once look out for small change. When Julian went home in the evening and reported that he had spent 80 cents for luncheon, 10 cents for car fare and 25 cents for two cigars, Rose figured that this totaled 65 cents, or about $2OO year. Other expenses in proportion would. bring ruin.
 After many backslidings Julian got himself down to hard pan and many an evening when dead tired permitted trolley car to go by him while he walked the two miles between his business and his house. But baby came. and everybody knows that a baby brings added expense, which in-- creases and multiplies till the child has grown and left the parental abode. Notwithstanding Roses man. agement and that she got Julian pret- ty we'll trained as to expenditures, they had hard time of 1t. Doctors bills, which are hard to take into considera-, tion in laying out funds, came in, and every cent went for ordinary essential expenditures.
 Mrs. Stafford, struggling against in- surmountable stacles, broke down. Julian was provider so far as he waS able, and Rose was dispenser. Nei-' ther could supply the others place, When under such circumstances the woman has to throw up the sponge the bottom drops out of the household.
 The couple could not afford servant, and when Mrs. Stafford was unable to be up to cook the meals her hus- band was obliged to handle the skillet,
 
 many meal. This was hard both on his wife and himself.
 Julian was too poor to buy a news paper but during the noon hour while eating lunch brought from home. he looked over the paper in the office. During his wife's illness he was one day reading the financial news-from force of habit-when he saw it stated there had been a sudden rise in Jim- dandy Automobile. The company had succeeded in purchasing valuable pat ents and for year past had been earning large profits. Julian finished browsing over news that he had no reason to suppose concerned him and his luncheon at the same time and went back to work. >~-
 A few days later when Julian had prepared the breakfast and was taking some toast and tea up to his sick wife he stopped at the front door to answer the postman's whistle. He was hand ed letter, which he carried on up with the breakfast. Having put the breakfast down beside his wife, he looked at the letter On the left hand corner was printed, "Jimdandy Auto mobile Company, James c. Erskine Secretary" He opened the letter and read aloud: -5..,.,
 Dear Julian-Our venture after a long period of distress has at last made good. Under reorganization our interest is 1000 shares. As soon the new certih- cates are issued will send you your 500 shares. Since the recent advance the nlar- ket price is S0 This makes your lot worth; $4O.OOO. The reason I haven't given. you any Information before is because there was no good news to report. Yours. with . congratulations, JIM.
 What does it all mean?" asked Rose.
 "I don't know. Some one has made a blunder'
 Rose suggested that he go next door, where the inmates had a telephone, and call up Erskine. He did so, and Jim undertook to remind him of the check for $500 that Julian had given him when he was making money on the ticker at a thousand dollars an hour. But Julian had no remembrance of the incident and could not recall it. However, Erskine assured him that the money had been invested in what led up to the Jimdandy Auto company, indirectly through the holder of val uable patents, and that Julian was holder of 800 shares of stock worth $SO a share. ...
 When Julian went back to his wife and assured her of their good fortune she jumped out of bed, and the pair did tango on the floor. :.
 Jim made over three-quarters of his fortune to his wife, then proceeded to lose the remaining quarter in specula-,, ton. ~. balance.