The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11

| Ter. 1n0re ought TO De TWO nunQTSO
thousand coming to you, If you want to
realize, Win"
by Jove, you're 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 as
they left the elevator, there's more
coming to you than that. I've made
your fortune, Win. You'll be a mil
lionaire inside Of two years. Well
talk it over at lunch"
Ensconced in 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 eag-
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 fresh crop Of
"reminiscences of Winton's childhood
and Archie's 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 dark
beer, was growing sentimental.
Archie" said Winton suddenly, "if
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 your 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
dred thousand that you were speaking
about?"
Archie winked and laid his hand
soothingly 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? I tell
you, Win, If I 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 hundred to my account. Haven't
had more in ten years. l get checks
and pay out checks. By George, Win,
l saw more real money when 1 was
a young twelve-dollar clerk than I've
seen at any time since"
''What have you invested my capital
in?" 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 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"
II 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.
I should put the actual value of your
investments at eight or nine hundred
thousand Personally I'd refuse a mil
lion. And I never make a mistake.
I'm lucky as we'll as shrewd-remem-
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 have an en-
gagement at two, and that leaves me
only half an hour to learn about these
investments. What are they?
'The most permanent, enduring, and
valuable commodities in the world"
said Archie. Rubber, Win. Fifty
thousand in it. What do you think
about that?,
"Of course, there's rubber and rub
ber There's rubber that never was
worth anything and never will be. You
have to plant the right sort Of soil,
under the right sort of sun. Good rub
Der is a staple-I mean a staple that
never grows less. All the world wants
rubber, Winton. The price is going up
and up and up as the natural supply of
wild rubber becomes exhausted. I
was reading an article the other day
which showed conclusively that civili-
zation is built on rubber. 1t was writ
ten by the chap who tipped me off
about this company. How would we
get along for autos, and road houses,
and rubber heels, and"
you've bought rubber shares?"
mo, plantation, Win. Lock, stock,