The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-03

ter. There ought to be two hundred
thousand coming to you, if you want t,
realize, Win"
"By Jove, you're a trump, Archie
said Winton delighted. He had quite
enough business sense to realize how
much better two hundred thousand was
than one.
Between ourselves" said Archie al
they left the elevator, there's more
coming to you than that. I've made
your fortune, Win. You'll be q mil
~lionaire inside of two years. Wei
talk 1t over at lunch"
Ensconced Il a little restaurant a
few minutes later, enjoying the excel
lent meal that Archie had ordered,
Winton listened to his Cousins anus
ing chatter. He noticed, however, that
Archie displayed no extraordinary Gag
erness to take up the subject Of the
investment in fact, all Winton's en-
deavors to lead up to 1t failed, being
followed invariably by a fresh crop of
"reminiscences of Winton's childhood
and Arches young manhood. Mean
while the minute-hand of the clock was
moving on inexorably, taking the
hour hand with it. Also, Archie, mel
lowing under the spell of the lark
beer, was growing sentimental.
Archie" said Winton suddenly, "ff
you've spent all my money, let me
know the worst"
Archie looked inexpressibly shocked.
He set down his glass which he was
just in the act of conveying to his
mouth, and Winton saw that his hand
shook. my dear boy" he protested,
"that's a nice sort of bomb to hurl at
your cousin !"
"Then, why the dickens are you tell
ing me about YOU past instead of COM
ing to the point?' exploded Winton.
'Don't you realize that / am interested
in my fortune, Archie? Let's get this
business over. Where's that two hun
bred thousand that you were speaking
about?"
Archie winked and laid his hand
s%oothingly on Winton's arm. work
ing, my boy he answered. do you
suppose I've put out real solid money
to accumulate at four per cent when
I've had a chance to double it? l tell
you, Win, If l were not conservative
by nature, I'd have put it all into
those investments, instead of leaving
ten thousand to your credit account"
$50 I've really got ten thousand to
my account in the bank?" asked Win
ton.
"Well, what about it? Isn't that
enough?" retorted Archie. II haven't
got a hundred to my account. Haven't
had more in ten years. l get checks
and l pay out checks. BY George, Win.
l saw more real money when l was
q young twelve-dollar clerk than I've
seen at any time since"
What have you invested my capital
I'M" said Winton quietly. He was
growing suspicious of Archie; he felt
sure his cousin had made some in
vestment that would never prove remu-
nerative. He was wondering whether
he would ever get more than the ten
thousand.
you're very persistent, Winton,"
said Archie, with a touch Of bitterness.
"If you don't trust me I'll sell out and
let you have your hundred thousand
back"
you said two hundred thousand just
now"
81 said there ought to be two hundred
thousand coming to you. SO there
ought to be-three, four, five hundred
thousand. Five would be conservative.
l should put the actual value of your
investments at eight or nine hundred
thousand. Personally I'd refuse a mil
lion. And l never make a mistake.
I'm lucky as well as advertisements
Der that, Win. But, Of course, you
won't realize even two hundred thou
sand until your properties have proved
themselves"
Yes, Archie" answered Winton.
But the trouble is that l have an en-
at two, and that leaves me
only half an hour to learn about these
Investments. What are they?'
1.-The most permanent, enduring, and
commodities in the world"
said Archie. Rubber, Win. Fifty
-fousand in it. What do you think
about that?
"Of course, there's rubber and rub
,er. There's rubber that never was
worth anything and never will be. You
nave to plant the right sort of soil,
Inder the right sort of sun. Good rub
)er is a staple-I mean a staple that
ever grows less. All the world wants
'ubber. Winton. The price is going up
md up and up as the natural supply of
Wild rubber becomes exhausted.
vas reading an article the other day
which showed c~onclusively that civili-
,ation is built on rubber. 1t was writ
by the chap who tipped me off
this company. How would we
ret along for autos, and road houses,
md rubber heels, and
you've bought rubber shares?"
.sNo. a plantation, Win. Lock, stock,
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