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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
By
George Barr
McCutcheon
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE 8ECTION 8ERIAL.
A Fool and His Money
Copyright, 19U,
By Geo. Barr
MeCutcbeon.
«■<»♦<» «’ ■S- <3> bills, so I suppose he knew what he i selected for me, and puffed at my pipe,
Herr Schmick, martialing Poopendyke
was talking about.
net quite sure that my serenity was as I went along, realizing that I would
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
<S>
‘ ‘You will be surprised to know, Mr. teal or assumed. This was all costing have to depend on his German, which
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INSTALLMENTS.
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Smart,” he said, consulting his sheets, me a pretty penny. Was I, after all, was less halting than mine and there­
In the opening installments of V ‘‘that scrubwomen are getting mor* parting with my money in the way pre­
♦ ‘‘A Fool and His Money,” George ?> here than they do in Now York City, scribed for fools! Was all this splendid fore, more likely to dovetail with that
of the Schmicks, neither of whom spoke
Barr McCutcheon’s charming novel, <3> and I am convinced that there are mo*e antiquity worth the—
German because they loved it but be­
serial rights for which have been
My reflections terminated sharply at cause they had to— being Austrians.
scrub-women. Today we had thirty new
<i> specially obtained for the Home <§• ones scrubbing the loggia on the gun­ that critical instant and I don’t be­
(To Be Continued.)
■$> and Farm Magazine Section, we e> room floor, and they all seem to have lieve I ever felt called upon after that
<•> learn of John Bellamy Smart, the <$>
apprentices working under them. The to complete the inquiry.
BARE OPPORTUNITY FOB AN
young man who is telling the story. <& carpenters and plasterers were not so
I found myself staring as if stupi
ALASKAN INVESTM ENT.
v He has just written his first novel,
numerous today. I paid them o ff last fied at the white figure of a woman
<•> and at the same time has fallen <i> night, you see. It may interest you to who stood in the topmost balcony of
The stock and bond house of Herrin
heir to an immense fortune left
hear that their wages for three days the eastern wing, fully revealed by the 4 Rhodes, Inc., Seattle, Wash., the old­
♦ him by his uncle. He is 35 years •$> amounted to nearly seven hundred dol­ last glow of the sun and apparently as est established firm in thia line in
•v o t age.
<$>
lars in our money, to say nothing of deep in dreams as I had been the in­ Washington, has been authorized by the
♦
After a visit to London Smart <$> materials—and breakage.”
management of the Golden Hill Con­
stant before.
takes a trip on the river Danube. <S>
For ten minutes a stood there star solidated Mines Gompany, situated in
Breakage!”
I
exclaimed
••> After finding an old-world town, <S>
¡ng up at her, completely bewildered the famona Willow Creek free gold
prise.
<8> he discovers an ancient castle,
and not a little shaken. My first quartz diatriet of Alaska, to sell 100,-
Yes, sir, breakage. They break
<i> which he purchases from its owner, <S>
thought had been of ghosts, but it 000 shares of treasury stock at 15c per
<•> the Count. With his secretary, <$> nearly as much as they mend. W e’ll— was almost instantly dispelled by a share. The remarkable feature of thia
we ’ll go bankrupt, sir, if we ’re not
I’oopendyke, he takes possession of
significant action on the part of the commission is that we are furnished
<s> the immense structure, which is <S> careful.”
suspected wraith. She turned to whistle with a written guarantee that the full
I
liked
his
pronoun.
‘
‘Never
mind,”
'*> supposed to be tenanted only by <??
over her shoulder, and to snap her fin­ purchase price of these shares is to be
the caretaker and his family, the 3> I said, ‘ ‘we'll soon be rid of them.”
gers
peremptorily, and then she stooped returned to all of the purchasers of
<3> Schmicks. To Smart’s amazement, <J> ‘‘ They’ve got it in their heads, sir, and picked up a rather lustry chow dog this stock in dividends before any other
the first night, he hears the cry <«> that it will take at least a year to which promptly barked at me across the
shareholders can participate in the
of a baby. The story continues: <$> finish the— ”
intervening space, having discovered me profits. The guarantee provides that
♦
<S> ‘‘ 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, which is under construction
the
end
of
the
month,
I'll
fire
all
of
(Continued From Last Week.)
among the shadows. The lady in white now, and is expected to be in operation
them,” said I, wrathfully.
♦ * I N THE NAME OF HEAVEN, Mr. ‘‘That’s less than three weeks off, uzzled him with h er hand and I could on July 15. There is sufficient ore in
I
Smart, what could have induced Mr. Smart. They don’t seem to be almost imagine I heard her reproving sight to warrant a substantial profit
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 sam e.”
this unfinished reproof was the near­ And that is how I dismissed it. ‘ •'Tell hand to adjust something in her hair. reason of this operation the shares
He again barked at me, quite ferocious should greatly increase in face value.
est he ever came to openly convicting ’em w e’ve got to go to work
ly for a chow. This time it was quite This is a great opportunity for a good
me of asininity.
selves. ’ ’
"M ake yourself at home, old fel­
‘‘ By the way, old man Schmick and plain to her that he was not barking investment. Mail your check today. We
low ,” said I in some haste. I felt sorry his family haven’t been paid for near at the now shadowy moon. She peered will gladly furnish you further infor­
for him. “ We are going to be very ly two years. They have put in a claim over the stone balustrade and an in­ mation. References— Any Seattle Bank.
cosy here.”
The late owner assured them th ey ’d get stant lated disappeared from view Herrin * Rhodes, Inc., established 1895,
through the high, narrow window.
Mining, Oil 4 Bank Stock Brokers, 119
‘‘ Cosy!” murmured he, blinking as their money from the next— ”
Vastly exercised, I set out in quest of Cherry St., Seattle, Washington. Adv.
Discharge
them
at
once,”
said
I.
he looked up, not at me, but at the
frowning walls that seemed to pene­
We can ’t get on without them,’
trate the sky.
protested he. ‘‘ They know the ropes,
“ I haven’t explored those upper re­ so to speak, and, w hat’s more to the
gions,” I explained nervously, divining point, they know all the keys. Yes
his thoughts. ‘‘ We shall do it together, tcrday I was nearly two hours in get
ting to the kitchen for a conference
in a day or two.”
‘‘It looks as though it might fall with Mrs. Schmick about the market
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 the
‘‘I am expecting masons at any min­ doors are locked.”
‘ ‘ Please send Herr Schmick to me
ute,” said I, contemplating the un
stable stone crest of the northeast tur­ in the— in the— ” I couldn’t recall the
ret with some uneasiness. My face name of the administration chamber at
brightened suddenly. ‘‘The particular the head of the grand staircase, so I
section of the castle is uninhabitable, I was compelled to say: ‘‘ I'll see him
am told. It really doesn’t matter if here. ”
‘ ‘If we lose them we also are lost,”
it collapses. Ah, Britton! Here you
was his sententious declaration. I be
are, I see. Good morning.”
Britton, a very exacting servant, look- lieved him
Under new management— entire change in
On the fifth day of our occupancy,
od me over critically.
Britton
reported
to
me
that
he
had
de­
all departments—all rooms redecorated and
‘‘ Your coat and trousers need press­
ing, sir,” said he. ‘ ‘And where am vised a plan by which we could utilize
the
tremendous
horse
power
represent­
refurnished. Particular attention is now being
I to get the hot water for shaving,
ed by the muscles of those lazy giants,
s ir !’
paid to prompt, efficient an«! courteous service.
Rudolph and Max. He sugg sted that
‘ ‘Frau Schmick will supply anything we rig up a huge windlass at the top
you need, Britton,” said I, happy on of the incline, with stout steel cables
being able to give the information.
attached to a small car which eould be
‘‘ It is not I as needs it, sir,” said hauled up the cliff 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 the 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 up on
A day or two later the castle was the donkeys I had been persuaded to
swarming with workmen; the banging buy, especially for Poopendyke and me,
of hammers, the rasp of saws, the spat whose legs were so long that when we
tering of mortar, the crashing of stone sat in the saddles our knees touched
and the fumes of charcoal crucibles ex­ our chins or were spread out so far
tended to the remotest recesses; the that we resembled the Prussian coat-of
tower of Babel was being reconstruct arms.
ed in the language of six or eight na
That evening, after the workmen had
tions. and everybody was happy, i had filed down the steep, looking for all
no idea there were so many tinsmiths the world like an evacuating army, I
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in the world. Every artisan in the sought a few minutes of peace and quiet
town across the river seems to have in the small balcony outside my bed­
felt it his duty to come over and help room windows. My room was in the
the men from Linz in the enterprise. western wing of the castle, facing the
There were so many of them that they river. The eastern wing mounted even
were constantly getting in each other’s higher than the one in which we were
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way and quarreling over matters of living, and was topped by the loftiest
jurisdiction with even more spirit than watch tower of them all. W« had not
we might expect to encounter among attempted to do any work in that sec­
the labor anions at home.
tion as yet, for the simple reason that
Poopendyke. in great distress of Herr Schmick couldn’t find the keys
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mind, notified me on the fourth day to the doors.
of rehabilitation that the cost of labor
The sun was disappearing beyond the
Manager
as well as living had gone up appre highlands and a cool, soft breeze swept
eiably since our installation. In fact, up through the valley. I leaned back
it bad doubled. He paid all of my in a comfortable chair that Britton had
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