The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-15
The Jinndandy
Auto Company
II Made Good In the
Nick of Time
By F. A. mitchell


Julian stafford was n example OF
tie us and downs % life Born with .
s silver spoon il his mouth. he never I
knew during his childhood and ycuth t
vhst Il was % want for anything. IN
ste2i Y having 70 30 70 work when
- was hoy. Ike many other children
BE vas aSsociating with companions
y his own sSe. both boys and girls,
whose parents were wei 10 do. snd
TIE kind Of crayar he wore or the
ut 4 his coat was Of Infinitely more
importance 70 him than the money re-
Qrirei 70 p4y Tor such articles In
deed. be had only 10 order them When
the bills came IN 70 his father they
were paid. and Julian lid lot even
know q tie fact
However,. this happy period ended
About the time Julian came OF age
his tsther lost s good deal Of money.
Julian vert 10 work and earned
e-r-h for his necessities. which were
not great. But better period was in
store for him
Money Is Ike quic ksilver. So long
IS quicksilver i trcased in light ~
ceptacle. with the top crewei down.
il woc't -et away f-oms ou. But the
moment the volatile metal fnds place
70 besk through no matter how small.
there Is 10 holding on 10 r.
When we have plenty ot money.
zhe- We are making money. lis value
seems Ineligible. But when L has
/ or>e broken away from Is II Is Ike
+ the sZcksuver-it Is mighty hard TO
I rt,k il up again.
AT twenty-five Julian stafford was.
( 70 SPEAK t-u-atively. in a bed q roses.
I He had inherited SO 90 from an aunt
z For several years the country had been
under the depressing influence q a
( conmerc!4l panic. and al sorts Of
I property could be bought for song.
AZ the time Julian received his inner
ita1ce 4 change had begun 70 come
over monetary affairs, and he was ad-
viSef, instead Of investing his money
ar a safe and simple interest, 10 buy
something with l. Il didn't make
HUM GlAEEtAEt " -4GA AS LlI%A L
erythiny would for some years 70 come
ba increasing in value. ard he would
he able 70 sell his property for more
than he had given for It
!. Securities seemed 10 Julian 10 be the
, simplest form for such speculation. ant
| he bought $1,000 worth q railroaC
shares. The stock market soon boom
ed. and be sold out, making. as he con
{ sidered il. 80 per cent profit IN 81,
. months. That was al the rate OF don
: bling his money II year. At 5 pc
cent interest Il would require twenC
3 years 70 do that
/! Julian sold out just before the wav
j OF speculation broke, and after II brok
!. what he had sold could be bougt
/. again FOR what he had paid for Il b
fore. This time, instead q confirm
a himself to what securities his none
y would bay, he bought on a na7gil
!. Instead Of buying $1,000 worth Of :.
: eurities he bought Sloo,nno WORT
i Again the market doomed. Every da
q FOR several days Julian was maxim
. twice as much as his aunt had lei
:. him.
II " this time life 10 Stafford was Fl
n ed with delight IN addition 70 nal
e ing a fortune every day he was e.
i gagged 70 the dearest girl II the wor.,
II They had expected 70 live on a tho'
i, sand year in al APARTMENT y foy
roous. none q which was much b!
-e ser than a large closet. Julian figure
E Up cne night and found that he coul
lie sen OFT his stocks and have an incou
= - $1,000. derived from gilt edge pro
e cry. They could live in stone rroi
o house.
&c One day when the marker was jun
ID ing half q point or so on the uck
7e with every recorded sale Julian. W
be was standing over Il and making
be thousand dollars with every point. Il
tap on his shoulder. Turning. the
ag he saw Erskine, $ former Shoolmate
ve Hello, JIM"
an Hello, Julian: How sre you MAXI
d. our
1T julian very excitedly conSied IN
Of friend that he was getting rich 50 Is
ed that he couldn't keep track OF :
n funds
an Let me have 500. won't you. )
N lhat I've got a chance 70 80 into
be DIAL that think there's millions
soE Tnere's inst one share Of the g-ou
n. for ieft and can set II dirt che,
he III take yuu n for hsit Of r."
m julian was making money 50 {.
II. that he didn't want any mere pro:
Us for himself He was well dtSpcs
Of toward E-skics. and Whist was 800
ley hin. since Re hsd made ten times y
cot within a. hour; He gave jim aa
ton der OF his broker to- 500 AMI
he received the amount before leaving /,
I'd. o8ce.
Tss That vas : very exciting dsy
JulHr-t- fact. TIE ucSt exciting {
I'D OF rs life He made more uo-ey
* that che dsy than Z 81 the tine
tel IS s7eculariozs. Just before tie g
NJ t-E q TIE uarka: there vas s pec1,
NY EA4k.-ess- L vas tie trembling q
lie, wxvs tetore = t-aks. Tie ~bez,
hat wh., were watching thar orrc-Vu-
f. - next morning TIT CIT 8 report :
Sta &c - tie biggest ts-ki1c cocceC:
lei Va. s--esr wss Il coCaie. Than =
tad t,s-ce5 IT, r-eEtIe
Il re- Cd s-n-- with Tr'tsr-