Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-01

asl8s q aus $1,000 1llI.l

Tive association 9E ASkEAskm comp
Oe ten 5OcaI store pers, and sta mem.
beEs expxeea i Rood deal az curl
OSsty and interest At naousA1v meet
Inn where * had been announced ROs-
coe Meredith had i matter 81 ilupor<
lance ID present Tor their cOnsidera-
tion.
Roscoe vas general faYorase d
the town.
Gentlemen he said when be ap-
peared before tle association. 81 have
III my pocket ing entire fortune u
license t. pgacfics law. The city Id
vited with giiftarGng prospects, but
pgeacsabed lnittaIiy surplus capital
j hare not got. WayneviIle down the
line offered ~ rvAtlon salary ID lts8
legal department. Rnshton tendered
an opening ii the Law depa ttnent OF
4 big harvester concern. which meant
burying oneself IN Plunpton I am
known. Old Judge Barnes. HE only
other attorney this side be the county
seat, Ii about 10 retire. I have de-
clded 20 put ont aay Single II Plymp-
ton. "
Good kOg youi We want ron Il a.
thuasassically hailed the leading IoeaI
grocer
aProvided
There vas 4 hush and an eager a..
Eaes o9 glances. The proyiso held in
suspense somehow put damper On
proceedings
Provided, conElnued Roscoe, 81
can earn 8 nying ID my native town.
/ have figured e out Lem Dole, ~
aess0r and COLLECTOR, q about to move
away. That leaves those positions
vacant Elect me MS Dole's successor
and therA Is i surety of slye hundred
dollars i rear 3
Wen do thar, don't doubt IL. Roa.
eoe. observed the governor 0S the
ASSOCIATION.
THAT, continued Roscoe steadily,
rs not enough. / shall have to have
d thousand Here Ii my proposition
Ton ten people have more or less Iitl-
CATION each year. I viii make 10 each
one of you minimum annual Zee
hfty dollars apiece That makes up
the thousand dollars. For the nfty
VIII cover all local suits. give all
necessary verbal advice and attend To
collections Oh b safteen per cent com
mission basis All this win enable
sme to have spare time 10 work up
general business. and | shall star
with You and grow up with you, md
later Oh IL 5udgeshIp comes along
count ME Ia as u candidate Is ! de-
serve II.
THE proposition was unanimously.
accepted ana everybody seemed
pleased With the arrangement. Ros-
coe took ont part 81 the ten sub
scripsfons III trade. thus from the
tailor d suit of clothes from the gen
eral store his footwear, neckwear and
hosiery from the grocer and the
butcher supplies Tor the harder, Tor he
lived at the home of his aged mother.
Al few utigious farmers came ID ID.
secure his services, and while hts
progress was slow he Yves financed
Tor the year and did not worry
sl1 months had passed b. and Ros-
cOe had accumulated d small store
81 money, when one day there entegad
his Once an old man who seemed to
De i confirmed invalid. He ingro
esueesi himself as Mr.. Award Trule.
and stated thar he and his daughter
had Just arrfyed III Plynapton. had ar
ranged f0s rooms with widow Lar
kIns and INTENDED to remain until q
suls they desIgAed bringing u Boyd
cOaaty was decided.
SITS the Tarleton estate" soberly
ANNOUNCED Nj. Trude, aud Roscoe be-
ran to smile. 81 see you are familiar
with ii and don't think much of Its
merits. went on Mr.. Trude. y sup
pose there have been twenty lifigants
ii the mater during the past Yen
years. and evAry one of them losars.
For eli that, should feel I had not
done my tsuky Is I did rot try ~ pros
ecHte The claim 0x my dead wife. ]
otter ron the case on contingency
giefy per cent IL you win. Il lose
viii gIsg you what T casa afford,
nv 2&&4ES8 A1&Bs$ ANA ~ AttAAsA
over. ana I viii call again ii tha
noFnlng.
ThaE night Roscoe went over all
that lie had read and heard of the
Tarlesen case Il vas "a anataScs
where powerful moneyed snferesss
were able I'd tire cut poor aid obscure
lssiganfs. Roscoe haa abOak made M
MS Mind 81 refuse an apparently
hopeless xnlaai0n when Gr. gEsakie
chanced to bring his daughter with
hsEn 60 The once An hour 80 that
sweet pre1azea ans Roscoa mas Will
linz to aavose dHas ana money boths
II sasa srilsce nasglat farttlaeg irlcreaaa
Shair mcaansan
oscos discovered some strong
Ysrssa 81 Ghe xlalka If the IrukIes. bsak
me eaR weaE against eAeEa Il sook
ssaa aask dor 10 assEeaA ID u hlsalsg
es. 10 othes ltfiganf bad ever
zone thaG 1ar. me pSe9ied male
lsarsperea the defense Xhey began
10 tear she YesOlnee. persistent young
Yaysv@r. ne alAf aaneg eaaesn Tor