The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-02-20

mer Won't OlIer no ODJeCClOH 10
takin' out q policy to protect the
bank, so / stroll up to the Smoke
Shoppe this mornin' an suggest it
to him. He's right agreeable an
says he's already thought O. that,
for which reason he's applied for
a policy with a company represent
ed in this town by you!"
"That is quite true. 1t occurred
to me that you had overlooked sug-
costing the matter to Elmer when
you made the loan, so l, realizing
that the bank should be protected,
took Elmer out to luncheon yester-
day, and between the soup and the
nuts I sold him a hundred thousand
dollar policy. The bank is a bene-
ficiary to the extent Of any ap-
proved claim against his estate and
somebody else is the beneficiary of
all that's left"
"Yes, but does this bank git a
ffty-fifty cut on the commission you
earn on that policy?"
"Oh, so that's where the shoe
pinches, does 1t? Well, Mr.. Moody,
I'm not going to give up my side
line and I'm not going to continue
It provided I permit you to graft
off me. Consequently ! shall have
to accept your alternative and re-
sign my position here. How much
notice do you require?"
Old Anse was mortally stricken
e-,~o1oH on hath harms ~ q IiIaru-
ma. If he accepted Nellie's resig-
nation, he would never, never find
another employee like her. Also,
he would most certainly ALLEVIATE
the hardly won affections Of Elmer
Clarke-and a healthy account from
the fedgling millionaire would be
worth many thousands yearly to the
bank.
"You women make me SICK" he
growled. "You amt got no sense
of h%umorosity. Amt a one of We
can take a joke" And he founced
I'D and out of. the bank.
Nellie Cathcart's mellow, gurgling
little laugh followed him, to give
him the lie. After luncheon she
went down to Elmer Clarke's mail
order garage. She found his old
plug shooting dog, Noah, asleep on
the lawn, so she invited Neah into
Elmer's flivver and drove off to SAP
Carlos, a town some thirty miles
distant. Here she sent a telegram
requesting an answer by mail; and
having thus spiked the guns of Old
Lady Bray, as. it were. she returned
to Pilarcitos.
When Absolom Mcpeake came
down to his office the following
Monday morning, he found on his
desk a most remarkable telegram.
1t read as follows.
please write me giving details
of the mortgage mentioned in Hi
ran Butterwortll's will as having
been given by Butterworth to one
Benedict Catheron. My GRANDPA
ther vas Benedict Catheron, for
merly of Davenport, Iowa, and |
find among my deceased mothers
papers a mortgage for forty thou
sand at eight per cent payable semi
annually, on q farm in Mercer
county, Illinois, to secure a prOmis-
sorry note of Hiram Butterworth
given my grandfather. My mother
was the sole heir Of my grand
fathers body, and / am the sole
heir Of hers. She is dead and so
is my grandfather. Mortgage dated
August 10, 1882, deficiency judg-
ment dated March %, 1887. Do not
telegraph, MS desire to keep matter
absolutely secret and kilograms to
Pilarcitos are broadcast by opera
tor. Answer.
Nellie G. Cathcart,
"Pilarcitos, California"
christopher Columbus" u
INJURED Absolom Mcpeake. what
do you think of that?" He rang M
his secretary. "The B~utterwOrth
file" he commanded.
The girl brought it. 1t took Mr..
McPeake less than q minute TO I'M
earth a duplicate copy of a mort
gage given to Benedict Cather0n,
of Davenport, Iowa. by Hiram But
& WILLIE, OH q GtNLlOn Vi idhh III
Mercer county, Illinois, to secure a
promissory note for forty thousand
dollars at eight per cent interest
payable semi-annually, and if not
so paid semi-annually, TO be added
to the principal and bear interest
at a like rate. The mortgage bore
the date August 10, 1882. A min
ute later the lawyer had unearthed
a record Of a deficiency judgment
against Hiram Butterworth. In IA
vor Of Benedict Catheron. dated
March %, 1887.
He sat staring at the telegram.
"Nellie C. Cathcart." he murmured.
"Where have I heard that name
Cathcart recently? Cathcart. Cath