Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-16

fantasy about oil shares. Perhaps
they could be bought on paper.
Large fortunes have been na3de ln
Dill" he said. Personally, aYfa be.
lever in oil. Where are thefwells""
"ln Arizona"
IAN excellent locality" the Mar
,auis continued ~approvingly. What is
the present price Of the shares?"
They are dollar shares" David re-
piled, land their present price is par.
You/may find them quoted in SOME A.
nsncial papers, but as practically the
entire holding is in my possession,
the market for them is limited"
Precisely" the Marquis murn,1r-
cd. ITO come to business. MI. THAN.
are you disposed to part with n
David appeared to consider the
matter.
well. 1 don't know" he said, i've
made something like twenty million
dollars out Of my railways, and
have about reached that point, when
|speculatioNs cease to attract"
The Marquis held on to the sides of
his chair and struggled against the
feeling almost of reverence which h.
feared might be rejected in bis
co~untenance.
"A very desirable sum a monsy,
Mr.. THAN" he conceded.
IT'S enough for me-" David &C
knowle0ged. There are two million
shares in the Pluto Oil company,
practically the whole of which stand
in my name. If the calculations
which the most experienced oil men
In the States have worked out ma
sterialize, thoseN shares will be worth
TON E yojllirr tlnl1ore il, Fe,,p Nnn~$h,
tin -e. Let me see" he went on, 'twc
hundred and thirty thousand pounds
is. roughly speaking, one million, one
, hundred and ffty> thousand dollars
You can have two hundred thousand
Of my shares. il o like, at a dollar
This is exceedingly kind of you,,'
the Marquis declared. Let me see
dollars would be"
"a matter q forty thousand
pounds"
Il sea- the Marquis Illuminated
i "forty ihnnaaDd pounds"
You are rot. i am sure. a busi
ness man" his guest continued, sc
;you will pardon NJ reminding yot
that you can easily obtain an advance
from your bankers upon the title
deeds of property, or a short mort
gage would produce the amount"
"a mortgage the Marquis repeat,
ed, as though the idea were a new
one to him. "Ah. yes. I must con
TESS, though, That I have the strong
est possible objection to mortgages
If thy ran in any way be dispensed
with"
! IT suppose that is how you large
English landowners generally feel
David remarked tolerantlH. IF 70,
would prefer it, I will take your not
of hand for the amount OF the shares
paEa bic. say. in three months time
The Marquis upset the box OF ci
garettes which he was handling: HI
was lot as A. rule a clumsy person
but he felt strongly the need Of sor.
eStraneous incident. He stood on thu
hcarthrug whilst the servant whom
he summoned collected the cigarette;
and replaced them In the box. A;
soon as the door wax closed, he turn
ed to his guest.
Your offer. Mr.. Thain." he said
lis a most kindly one. 1t sinlplifiei
the whole matter exceedingly"
You had better make the usua
inquiries concerning the property,
the latter advised. y am afraid 20,
will find It a little dificult over OF
this side to get exaAt information. bu
if you have any friends who under
stand oil prospecting
The Marquis held out his hand.
1T is not an occasion upon which
a further opinion is necessary" h