Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20

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been cheated by an acquaintance nov
living at FAN River. That man, Mas
Creel by name, had suddenly come into
/ lot of money, and Hiram hoped thai
Creel might, for very shame, buy back
some Of the shares Of stock he hac
sold him, which had so deprecated IN
value as to be almost worthless
But at once. tonight, the image OF
Max Creel had faded completely, giving
place to that Of Lizzie Borden. He
found himself longing for her presence
and when at last he dropped into q
troubled sleep, he dreamed he was
/ again In the barn, again holding his
future wife to his breast, his lips seek
ing hers thirstily.
Morning brought no change, and he
awoke to feel that the thought of
| leaving Fail River without seeing Liz
zie again brought sense of miserable
| dependency. After all, he could tele-
| graph TO his employer explaining that
his business was taking him longer
! than he had expected it to do.
/ When he had finished breakfast, 1t
was as If his feet automatically turned
toward Second street, and brought him
at last on the other side of the road,
opposite to Mr.. Borden's house.
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enough, Lizzie would be off on an err
rand, and in few hurried words they
could make an appointment to meet
again in the barn the coming evening.
But instead of seeing the young
woman for whom he yearned with all
his soul and body too, he suddenly
saw a tall thin old man come out OF
the front door Of the neat well-kept
frame house.
Hiram cast q keen look at the man
he knew to be his future wife's father.
He was an ordinary looking man. Zee
hind. Andrew Borden there appeared
short, stout woman, and she threw
q glance at the man who was idling
on the other side Of the street.
This alarmed the cautious watcher,
and he moved away just as Mr.. Bor-
den began walking down the street at
fairly brisk pace. After q while
Hiram crossed over the roadway, keep
ing, however, a certain distance be-
tween himself and the old man.
Mr. Borden went into two banks, Of
one of which he was, as Hiram was
aware, the president, and then, all at
once. Hiram lost him. Where could he
have gomez However, after what
seemed quite a while, he came out Of
a BARRIERS shop.
Then he made yet another call, this
time TO g store which the man who was
logging his footsteps was to learn, In
time to come, belonged to Mr.. Borden.
After that the old man walked on,
IN q more leisurely way, for 1t was now
very hot, back home.
Wasn't IL Just possible that Lizzie
would come out and meet her father?
In the hope that this might be so,
Hiram once more took up his station
on the other side Of the roadway.
And then he noticed, with surprise,
that Mr.. Borden had some difficulty /
In getting into his house. First he tried
q side door, then he went around to
the front door, taking out his latchkey I
as he did so. but that door was OBJ
viously bolted from the inside. How
ever, this time someone heard him, for
the door opened and the tall thin form
Of Andrew Borden passed out of sight.
Hiram waited on quite q while, but
It was now unbearably warm, and as
there was no sign Of Lizzie, he walked
away to South Main street, where lived
the man who had beguiled him, two
years ago, into putting almost all that
remained Of his money into the stock
Of q concern already on the brink OF
insolvency.
AS a rule Hiram had met such mis-
fortunes in q meek spirit, but this
time he had felt very angry indeed.
Max Creel opened the door himself.
He looked very hot, and cross, too, as
he exclaimed, why, who would ever
have thought Of seeing you in Fan
River, Mr. Barrisonl What has brought
you here2"
sI've come to see you"
Come TO see me2 Why did you do
that?"
II calculate you know quite well. I've
come to ask you TO buy back some Of
those shares you sold me ct the price
I gave for them. They we're worth
dollars then: they're worth cents now.
I don't want you TO give me all the
good money I gave you, but demand
Is percent Of what / paid"
Max Creel cried out: That's richi
Would have troubled you, IL those
shares had doubled or trebled In value2
Hop along, Mr.. Baxrison, and don't be
,ooligh- I'm busy man" He waited a
then said IN q jeering tone,
7 can't believe yoa came 70 this town
Just 20 see me"
MAX Creel's visitor turned away. BE
Gould not trust himself TO speak The
nan looked big, prosperous, In q way
But the tables would be
turned when he, Hir@m, became the
husband OF Iaxxfe Borden, and one OF
he richest, and most important. citi-
lens Of Fan River.
Once more he began walking towards
second street. after all he had the
lay before him. IL he waited about
0n9 enough he was bound to see Liz
% come out Of the front door Of
And then, as bend IN the road
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