"e this t th thiey're y 'beginin' to
talk about saycurities, :o I . rap u')
a bundle av Suntda su!;plemin;s i'
thick brown paaer, tie it wid red tal;e
an' seal it w-id a lot av wa::. pas.lin' a
strip av paper, w(id my nm) e woti' on
11, acreoss the knot in hi' rape. I talii
thlis down to th vi,. pre-idunt at .h
'Steenth national bank, a littitle, il.
t '
SHave -Did Up Me Stocks an.' onds.
bided, dried-up la-a-d, who lii-es to
make two cinls grow wvhere they was
only wan bayfure.
" 'Misther Jones,' I say, 'I have been
very extravagant. Me illegitimate
greet-grandfather. J. Vanderfclle"
Croesus, has often seroded me fr
spendin' so much money. Now ' I
says, 'I am goin' to rayform. I have
did up all me stocks an' bonds. to the
thriflin' figure av twinty sipvin million
dollars, in this buncie, an' I want you
to sinud thin down ro grandpal' agint
in New York. Here's a list av tlh'
stuff,' I say". 'Will you plcase sign
thiN rayceipt for shim?'
"Th' niLt week th' la-a-d in New
Ycrk that yvrouve fixed things wid,
sinds back to 'i'sther .ones a rayceipt
for th' stuff, signed n-id th' name av
Croesus. Al,-g wid it comes a lettoer
sayin' that grandpa insists on sindin'
his notes for Th' same amount. You
leave it all w;id Misther Jones. whose
ears ar-r-e - ig;lin' at th' smell a; so
much money. Tin da-a-ys lather ye
come back tb see him.
