HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION SERIAL.
By
George B a n
Copyright, ISIS,
By Geo. B» it
MeCuteheon.
A Fool and His Money
MeCuteheon
bills, so I suppose he knew what he selected for me, and puffed at my pipe, lierr Sehmiek, martialing Poopendyke
not quite sure th at my serenity was j as I went along, realizing that I would
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
<$> “ You will be surprised to know, Mr. real or assumed. This was all costing have to depend on his German, which
<S>
INSTALLMENTS.
<3> Smart,” he said, consulting his sheets, me a pretty penny. Was I, after all, was less halting than mine and there
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lo the opening installments of <$> “ that scrub-women are getting more parting with my money in the way pre fore, more likely to dovetail with that
<$> “ A Fool and His Money,M George ® here than they do in New York City, scribed for fools» Was all this splendid of the Schmicks, neither of whom spoke
German because they loved it but be
Barr MeCuteheon’s charming novel, <3> and I am convinced that there are more antiquity worth the—
My reflections terminated sharply at cause they had to—being Austrians.
<§> serial rights for which have been
scrub women. Today we had thirty new
(To’Be Continued.)
<$> specially obtained for the Home <§> ones scrubbing the loggia on the gun that critical instant and I don’t be
<$> and Farm Magazine Section, we <& room floor, and they all seem to have lieve I ever felt called upon after that
3> learn of John Bellamy Smart, the <§> apprentices working under them. The to complete the inquiry.
A BABE OPPORTUNITY FOB AN
I found myself staring as if stupi-
<$ young man who is telling the story. <S> carpenters and plasterers were not so
ALASKAN INVESTMENT.
<$> He has just written his first novel, <§> numerous today. I paid- them o ff last fied a t the white figure of a woman
The
stock and bond house of Herrin
<$> and at the same time has fallen <$> night, you see. It may interest you to who stood in the topmost balcony of
<$> heir to an immense fortune left 3> hear that their wages for three days the eastern wing, fully revealed by the k Rhodes, Inc., Seattle, Wash., ths old
<§> him by his uncle. He is 35 years <§> amounted to nearly seven hundred dol last glow of the sun and apparently as est established firm in this line in
<$> of age.
<§> lars in our money, to say nothing of deep in dreams as I had been the in Washington, has been authorized by the
management of the Golden Hill Con
stant before.
After a visit to London Smart
materials—and breakage.”
<®> takes a trip on the river Danube. <$> “ Breakage»” I exclaimed in sur For ten minutes a stood there star solidated Mines Company, situated in
ing up at her, completely bewildered the famous Willow Creek free gold
<$> After finding an old-world town, <§>
and not a little shaken. My first quartz district of Alaska, to sell 100,-
<§> he discovers an ancient castle, <§> prise.
which he purchases from its owner, <$> “ Yes, sir, breakage. They break thought had been of ghosts, but it 000 shares of treasury stock at 19c per
<§> the Count. With his secretary, <£ nearly as much as they mend. W e’ll— was almost instantly dispelled by a share. The remarkable feature of this
<§> Poopendyke, he takes possession of <S> w e’ll go bankrupt, sir, i f w e ’re not significant action on the part of the commission is that we are furnished
suspected wraith. She turned to whistle with a written guarantee that the full
<3> the immense structure, which is <$> careful. ’ ’
I liked his pronoun. “ Never mind,” over her shoulder, and to snap her fin purchase price of these shares is to be
<& supposed to be tenanted only by <S>
gers peremptorily, and then she stooped returned to all of the purchasers of
<$> the caretaker and his family, the <$> I said, “ w e ll soon be rid of them.”
<§> Schmicks. To S m art’s amazement, <$> “ They’ve got it in their beads, sir, and picked up a rather lustry chow dog this stock in dividends before any other
<3> the first night, he hears the cry <$> that it will take at least a year to which promptly barked at me across the shareholders ean participate in ths
intervening space, having discovered me profits. The guarantee provides that
^ of a baby. The story continues: <$> finish the— ”
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<» “ You tell the foremen that if this almost at once although I was many the money is to be used only for a
job isn ’t finished to our satisfaction by rods away and quite snugly ensconced stamp mill, whieh is under construction
the end of the month, I ’ll fire all of among the shadows. The lady in white now, and is expected to be in operation
(Continued From Last Week.)
them,” said I, WTathfully.
uzzled him with her band and I could on July 16. There is sufficient ore in
I * ■ N THE ,^ M E OF HEAVEN, Mr.
“ T hat’s less than three weeks off, almost imagine I heard her reproving sight to warrant a substantial profit
I Smart, what could have induced Mr. Smart. They don’t seem to be whispers. After a few minutes, she ap from this season’s run, and to reim
you to----- ” He got no further making much headway.”
parently forgot the dog and lifted her burse the purchasers of this stock. By
than this, and to my certain knowledge
“ Well, you tell ’em, just the same.” hand to adjust something in her hair. reason of this operation the shares
this unfinished reproof was the near And that is how I dismissed it. “ Tell He again barked at me, quite ferocious should greatly increase in faee value.
est he ever came to openly convicting 'em w e’ve got to go to work our ly for a chow. This time it was quite This is a great opportunity for a good
me of asininity.
selves. ’ ’
plain to her that he was not barking investment. Mail your cheek today. Ws
' ‘ Make yourself a t home, old fel “ By the way, old man Sehmiek and at the now shadowy moon. She peered will gladly furnish you further infor
low, ” said I in some haste. I felt sorry his family haven’t been paid for near- over the atone balustrade and an in mation. References—Any Seattle Bank.
for him. “ We are going to be very lv two years. They have put in a elaim. stant lated disappeared from view Herrin k Rhodes, Inc., established 1688,
The late owner assured them th e y ’d get through the high, narrow window.
cosy here.’’
Mining, Oil k Bank Stock Brokers, 119
“ Cosyf” murmured he, blinking as their money from ths nex^—”
Vastly exercised, I set out in quest of Cherry St., Seattle, Washington. Adv.
“ Discharge them at ones,” said L
he looked up, not a t me, but at the
frowning walls that seemed to pene “ We can ’t get on without them,”
protested he. “ They know the ropes,
trate the sky.
so to speak, and, w h at’s more to the
“ I haven’t explored those upper re
gions,’’ 1 explained nervously, divining point, they know all ths keys. Yes
his thoughts. "W e shall do it together, terday I was nearly two hours in get
ting to the kitchen for a conference
in a day or two.’’
with Mrs. Sehmiek about the market-
“ I t looks as though it might fall
down if we jostled it carelessly,’’ he men. In the first place, I couldn’t find
remarked, having recovered his breath. the way, and in the second place all ths
“ I am oxpecting masons at any min doors are locked.”
ute,’’ said I, contemplating the un “ Please send Herr Sehmiek to me
in the—in the— ” I couldn’t rweall the
stable stone crest of the northeast tur
ret with some uneasiness. My face name of the administration chamber at
the head of the grand staircase, so I
brightened suddenly. “ The particular
was compelled to say: “ I ’ll see him
section of the castle is uninhabitable, I
am told. It really doesn't matter if here.”
“ I f we lose them we also are lost,”
it collapses. Ah, Britton I Here you
was his sententious declaration. I be-
are, I see. Good morning.”
| lieved him
.
Under new management—entire change in
Britton, a very exacting servant, look On the fifth day of our occupancy,
ed me over critically.
Britton reported to me that he had de
all departments—all rooms redecorated and
“ Your coat and trousers need press vised a plan by which we eould utilize
ing, sir,” said he. “ And where am the tremendons horsepower represent
refurnished. Particular attention is now being
I to get the hot water for shaving, ed by the muscles of those lazy giants,
paid to prompt, efficient and courteous service.
sir»”
Rudolph and Max. He suggested that
“ Fran Sehmiek will supply anything we rig up a huge windlass at the top
you need, B ritton,” said I, happy on of the incline, with stout steel eables
being able to give the information.
attached to a small car whieh could be
“ I t is not I as needs it, sir,” said hauled up the c liff by a hitherto wasted
he, feeling of his smoothly shaven chin. human energy, and as readily lowered.
“ Come in and have a look about the It sounded feasible and I instructed
place,” said I, with a magnificent him to have the extraordinary railway
sweep of my arm to counteract the feel built, but to be sure that ths safety de
ing of utter insignificance I was ex vice clutches in the cog wheels were
periencing at the moment. I could see sound and trusty. It would prove to
that my faithful retinue held me in se be an infinitely more graceful mode of
cret but polite disdain.
ascending the peak than riding np on
A day or two later the castle was the donkeys I had been persuaded to
<$
® was talking about.
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•warming with workmen; the banging
of hammers, the rasp of saws, the spat
tering of mortar, the crashing of stone
and the fumes of ehareoal crucibles ex
tended to the remotest recesses; the
tower of Babel was being reconstruct
ed in the language o f six or eight ns-
tions, and everybody was htppy. i had
no idea there were so many tinsmiths
is the world. Every artisan in the
town across the river seems to have
felt It hie doty to come over sad help
the men from Lins in ths enterprise.
There were so many of them that they
were constantly getting in each other’s
way and quarreling over matters of
jurisdiction with seen more spirit than
we might expect to eneonnter among
the labor unions at horns.
Poopendyke, i s great distress of
mind, notified me on the fourth day
of rehabilitation that ths cost of labor
as well as living had gone up appre
ciably sines our installation. In fact,
it had doubled. He paid all of my
buy, especially for Poopendyke and me,
whose legs were so long that when we
sat in the saddles our knees touched
our chins or were spresd out so far
that we resembled the Prussian eoat-of-
arms.
That evening, after the workmen had
filed down the steep, looking for all
the world like an evacuating army, I
sought a few minutes of peace and quiet
in the small balcony outside my bed
room windows. My room was in ths
western wing of the castle, facing ths
river. The eastern wing mounted even
higher than ths one in which we w en
living, end wns topped by the loftiest
wnteh tower of them aD. Ws had not
attempted to do any wort |a that sec
tion as yet. for ths simple mason that I
Herr Sehmiek couldn’t find the keys
to ths doom
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'i’eoppssriaf beyond ths
highlands and a cool, soft breeze swept
np through the valley. I leaned beck
in s comfortable chair that Britton had
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