Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-30
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YES. Yes. Edlc. | know that" he
said hastily. kissing her. "Its-it
viii be all right IN get hold o.
something or other that will put uH
scveral Jumps ahead of worry only
4 little patience. hon Good bye
lie Kissed her and the children and
left the house. In IN. stree, he met
his neighhor ltlhke lie was pink
and clean. .shaven. Inclined to plump
ness and his face was creased win
SMILES
"iiello. John. what you lring
hat cloud on your map for - he
called out ch--rfully Ferrol would
not have noticcd lilake's challenge
ordinarily Hut he wanted Blakc 10
talk to him this morning for "A puf'
pose
'Dh, the usual shoes and coats
and groceries and butchers bills
and 81 on. and 80 ON, ana 90 on
ferrul replied
nbke winked az him impishly
'pii you happen to see that l'nl-
vcrsal copper has hikcd ten points
~ two days he asked Ferrol nod
dei Wei II YOU had a coupla hun
drrd s,l,ed away In that little MIN"
is | have. you wouldn't be gloomlng
AT the rise ot flour and eggs. you'd
he splitting your sides grinning over
the hike In copper Why say Roy
there's nothing like getting aboard
the prosperity elevator On the ground
floor NJ some good little proposition
that ls II YOU know good man tn
guide YOU"
IT'S adj right II you've got the
spare money to risk ferrol gloom
ed but lie shrugged hts shoul
ders as he pointed 20 himself
"Nonscnre, don't tell M" YOU
haven't got a little alted away. why
a coupla hundred would do wonders
for YOU Say look here, John
Blake changed suddenly to "A serious,
sympathetic man of business. why
don't you take $500 out OF the bank
and come down to my office this AZ
ternoon and let mo talk TO YOU VIII
you do ~"
Il was not till they had walked
half block In silence that Fcrrol
said
"lAl right. Al. I'll he there"
~ Binkc
ferrol had always felt toward MS
ncighhor. Al Rake, as horse be-
tween the shafts OF a delivery truck
might feel toward trotter when
he left illake that morning the feel-
ing OF burden on his back grew
heavier still with no more brains
ahan the average man, Blake seemed
usually beyond the money worries
that spoiled many day for Ferrol.
what II the house expenses ran up
hundred dollars or so more than
before In few days Blake's 1T
tie manipulations doubled the com
Portable store OF money at his dis.
poAl
Blake had started as a lawyer To
nj In time between clients he spccu
lated In stocks Az clients were slow
In coming much slower than returns
from daring ventures IN the stock
market Blakc soon forgot the little
he had learned about law and be
came a student of unstable finance.
Income became to him "A matter OF
pure luck and pluck" II he won,
II was what he expected when he
lost. we'll that was TO be expected
too Tomorrow might bring better
luck and II usually did, TO him.
lie had never been able to make
up his mind whether he felt respect.
ful or patronisins toward John Fer
rol for his steady. humdrum method
of providing FOR his family aS n
salesman for publishing house
when the market went sgainN him,
Rlsee would think ~ Ferrol, AZ the
dlgnlficd steady-xoing, responsible
middle man between the publisher
and the book dealer. n man with a
fair and dependable income. dong
the right thing by his family IN not
exposing them to the Nagaries of a
lot OF gamblers when the market
went his WAY, however, he felt sorry
for F-rrol as heing little more than
a salesman who had To trudge on
through life at 80 much week and
] com missions which never by any
chance rose to interesting proper
! tons.
Warmed AZ heart by the ten point
| rise In his favcrite holdings, Ulake
not only felt sorry for Ferrol but
decided to help him. lie had never
tempted his neighbor to speculate,
out OF "A feeling that while specula b.
ton was all right for those who had
| the luck and pluck" and carried "A
light cargo NJ responsibilities. II was
| bad DOPE" for "A married man like
| teItol This morning. however, he
| fNNro much confidence In the future
~ certain stock IN which he had
been speculating that n would he
| doing terrol "A service to "let him
/ In on them hc considered.
he had even determined that II
| Ferrol stood In danger OF losing as
| the result Of his advice, he would
shoulder the loss himself Blake
| had tho goodness Of heart of the
gambler who has been having luck
| run his way
Eerrol came to his office that AFT
| crnuon looking guilty. lie had drawn
$500 on, of the bank half his saw
/ ingS he had never felt that $1,000
he had saved AS a comforta bic mar
gin, a buffer between him and
money worries That money was like
! hts insurance policy II saved him
from dread visions OF what would
3 happen to his family N he should he
/ run over and Killed In taking hair
~ his Swings for speculation pur.
poses. he felt as though he were
gambling with HIS children's futur,
Hut the smile on Hlake's rosy face.
/ his confidence and experience In
speCulating the fascinating ease
with which he had made more
money IN u week ar two than ferrul
{ had earned In a year. the pressure
At home. his employers refusal tu
{ raise hts salary
Here's my rull'' tcrrol said with
! netNou ioCulatity taking out a roN
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