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

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fantasy about oil shares. Perhaps
they could be bought on paper.
Large fortunes have been m3de IN
Dill" he said. Personally, l aYfta. be-
lever in oil. Where are thefwells":
An excellent locality: the Mar.
auis continued a~pprovinsiy. What is
the present price Of the shares?"
They are dollar shares" David re-
piled, and their present price is par.
You/may find them quoted In some A.
nancial papers, but as practically the
entire holding is in my possession,
the market for them is limited"
Precisely" tho Marquis murrrsur-
cd. ITO come to business, Mr.. THAN.
are you disposed to part with any v
David appeared to consider the
matter.
"Well. l don't know" he said, rive
made something like twenty million
dollars out Of my railways, and I
have about Reached that point when
speculatio@s 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 reflected in his
countenance.
"A very desirable sum az money,
Mr.. Thain." he conceded.
ITS enough for me-" David ac-
knowledged. 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
terialize, thoseN shares will be worth
ten million dollars in -four months
tin-e. let me see" he went on, 1.-TWO
hundred and thirty thousand pounds
is. roughly speaking, one million, >one
hundred and hfty> thousand dollars.
You can have two hundred thousand
of my shares. if YOU like, at q. dollar
This is exceedingly kind of YOU"
the Marquis declared. Let me see
dollars would be"
"A matter 81 forty thousand
pounds"
r sea- the Marquis rurninated
Forty thousand pounds"
You are net. i am sure, a busi-
ness man" his guest continued, 80
you will pardon my reminding you
from your bankers upon the title
deeds of property. or q 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. J. must con-
fess, though. that I have the strong.
est possible objection to mortgages,
If thy can in n way be dispensed
with"
II suppose hat is how you large
English landowners generally feel
David remarked" tolerantly. 'If you
would prefer it, I will take your note
of hand for tho amount or the shares,
payable. say, in three months time
The Marquis upset the box OF CT
garettes which he vas handling: He
was not as a. rule a clumsy person,
but he felt strongly the need of sor<
e~Strancous incident. He stood on the
h%earthrug whilst the servant whom
no summoned collected the cigarettes
and replaced them In the box. A.
soon as the door was closed, he turn.
ed to his guest.
Your offer. Mr.. Thain." he said,
lis a most kindly n 1t simplifies
the whole matter exceedingly"
You had better make the usual
inquiries concerning the property
the latter advised. y am afraid YOU
will find It a little dificult over on
this side to get exa~t information. but
if you have any friends who under.
stand oil prospecting" "
The Marquis held out his hand.
"It is not an occasion upon which
a further opinion is Necessary" he