South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-03
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feet IN an instant. Let me bring
glass. ma'am. You come along. Col
Onel-there's a little tal.e we can
BRING. too. Maybe we can scare up
some fruit or a cup Of tea on board.
I n ask Mac"
Mrs. Blaylock reclined at ease.
Few royal ladies have held their
royal prerogative with the serene
grace Of the petted Southern wo-
man. The Colonel, with an air as
gallant and assiduous as in the days
OF his courtship, and j. Pickney
bloom. with "A ponderoLs agility
half professional and half directed
by some resurrected, unnamed. long
forgotten sentiment. formed a d.
versified but attentive court. The
currant wine-wine homemade from
the Holly Springs fruit-went round;
and then j. Pickney began 20 hear
something of Holly Springs life.
II seemed (frOm the conversation
of the Blaylocks) that the Springs
was decadent. y third of the popu-
lation had moved away Business
ano the Colonel was an authority on
business-had dwindled TO nothing.
After carefully studying the field of
opportunities open TO capital he had
sold his little property there for
eight hundred dollars and invested
il one Of the enterprises opened up
by the book in OkOchee.
Might 1 inquire. sir" said Mr..
Bloom lin what partiCulad line of
business YOU inserted your coin? 1
1 know that town as well as / know
the regulations for Illegal use of the
mails. | might give YOU a bunch as
/ TO whether you can make the game
go or not"
J. Pinkney, somehow. had a kind
/ ~ feeling toward those unSophisti-
Gated representatives of by-gone
/ days They were SO simple. imprac-
teal. and unsuspecting. He was
glad that he happened not 70 have
gold brick or a block of that west
! ern Bad Boy Silver Mine stock along
with him. He would have disliked
10 unload on people he liked SO Wei
as he did these: but there are some
temptations too enticing TO he re-
sisted.
NO. sir" said Colonel BIaylock,
| pausing to arrange the queens wrap.
/ Il did not invest i'm Okochee. ]
l have made an exhaustive study of
business conditions. and I regard
( fields i'm which 20 place capital that
is limited i'm amount Some months
ago through the Kindness OF
friend. there came into my hands
map and description OF this new
( town of Skyland that has been built
upon the lake. The description was
/ SO pleasing. the future of the town
/ set forth i'm such convincing arEu-
ments, and its increasing prosperity
portrayed in such am attractive
style that 1 decided To take advant-
| age of the opportunity il offered.
I carefully selected d lot i'm the center
J of the business district. although it's
| price was the highest i'm the sched-
/ ule-five hundred dollars-and made
I the purchase at once
Are YOU the man mean. did
/ YOU pay five hundred dollars for a
{ lot i'm Skyland?' asked !. Pinkncy
/ Bloom.
Il did. sir" answered the Colonel
with the air of a modest millionaire
explaining his success; d" a lot most
I cNccllently situated on the same
/ square with the opera house, and
I only two squares from the board of
! trade. l consider the purchase a
/ fOrtutous one. IL is my intention TO
erect a small building upon il at
/ once. and open modest book and
/ stationery store. During the past
years l have met with many pecun-
/ larry reverses, and now / find it
! necessary 10 engage i'm some CON-
/ merCial occupation that will furnish
me with a livelihood. The book and
stationery business though an
humble one. seems to me not inapt
. nor altogether uncOngenial / am "a
graduate Of the University of Vir-
ginia; and Mrs. Blaylock's really
wonderful acquaintance with bellies
lettres and poetic literature should
go far toward insuring success. OF