The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 33, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 December 1911 — Page 3

!(-~X— =xg BURBANK’S | ■ OPTION «| By W. Crawford Sherlock {Copyright. ign. by Associated Literary Press) “It’s a confounded shame, a beastly outrage, a —a —a—7 —” Burbank was so choked with rage that he could not utter another word. His black hair bristled, his eyes fairly bulged out of their sockets and his big, red face was purple as he dashed into Johnson’s office, and threw himself into an easy rhail\ puffing and blowing like a porpoise. “Have a fresh cigar, Burbank,” ventured Johnson blandly. “You have been chewing away on yours until it Is pretty well gone.” "No, thank you,” spluttered Burbank, glancing disgustedly at the mutilated weed and then hurling it out of the window. “Cigars have their charms for me just now. I'm ibout to lose the best chance I ever had and forfeit a cool thousand besides.” “Tell me about it,” urged Johnson sympathetically. “I haven’t any money, as you know, since that Joppa Trust Company went into the hands of a receiver and tied me up, but perhaps I can suggest something to help rou out.” “That infernal Joppa Trust Compand tied me up, too, or I wouldn’t be in this fix,” groaned Burbank, mopping his face energetically. “Johnson, I've got an option on a piece of and that a certain corporation in this .own must have. In fact, they about decided on buying it at the last meeting of the board of directors, but, be■ng slow and old-fashioned, they deferred definite action until the next meeting. I got an inkling of the game Mid slipped down and got an option >n the property. The option expires iomorrow at noon and I'm booked to iose a thousand in cash and a dead sure profit of fifty thousand at least.” “Won’t the owner take part cash and the balance on mortgage? You save some cash.” “The owner is trying to wriggle out; of the deal,” explained Burbank, scowling darkly. “1 think he smells » rat. He won’t renew the option, and unless the entire amount is raised by noon tomorrow the deal’s I . Mb ! ' I wSA ■ u 'Tbb “You’re Crazy, Johnson!” off. I have arranged a mortgage for all I could get, but I need several thousand more to make up the difference. There’s the rub, confound it.” “Have you tried to borrow the money to make good?” inquired Johnson thoughtfully. “If I were in yoUr place, Burbank, I'd even go shares with some one sooner than lose a chance like that.” “Tried!” shouted Burbank with returning rage. ‘Tye tried every friend, relative and acquaintance I have or ever expect to have. With one accord, they all make excuses, even though I offer to divvy up with them. One was considering another investment, a second had his money all invested and wouldn’t change it, a third never went into land speculations and so, on. The upshot of the whole matter], Johnson, is that when a man is reported to have lost a lot of money by the failure of a company like the Joppa Trust, people fight shy of him. I don’t believe I could sell a tcp dollar gold piece for eight just -—•trow; everybody would think it was counterfeit.” “It’s a great pity, Burbank,” returned Johnson quietly, “and I’m awfully sorry I can’t help you. I’ve one suggestion to make, old fellow, if you promise not to fly off the handle.” “Fire.away,” growled Burbank laconically. “I’ve quarreled with everybody else and I guess I need one friend to talk to. Go ahead, but don’t ae long-winded about it.” “Nettle Rand has the money. She was in here this morning to ask my advice about investing ten thousand sf hers which is now lying idle. You know’ her well enough to ask her and ( believe she will help you out.” The, suggestion had the effect of an electric shock upon Burbank. .He sprang to his feet, his red face several shades redder an his eyes fairly blazing with wrath. “You’re crazy, Johnson!” he roared, oringing his clenched fist down with a resounding crash upon the desk. “Do you think I’d borrow money from a woman—especially Nettie Rand?”

| Then, turning on his heel, he thnn- | dered out of the office. I “He’ll do it, all the same,” solilo--1 quized Johnson as he listened to the I loud clatter along the hall. “He I never leaves a stone unturned that | may help him to carry a point. He’ll I be back here in a couple of hours to I thank me for my suggestion.” | Johnson’s words were prophetic. | lu less than the specified, time Bur- ] bastk returned. There was no trace ) of wrath upon his big, red face and he beamed upon Johnson as he entered. ’ “Ypu’re all right,” he shouted as he ■ patted his friend on the back with a ’ force that nearly dislocated Johnson’s ] shoulder blade. “Try as I did. I ’ couldn’t get away from your eugges- ’ tion, so I went up to see Nettie Rand. It’s all right, my boy. I’m fixed for life.” “She agreed to advance the money to you. did she?” questioned Johnson. ! son. somewhat puzzled by the exceed- • ing exuberance of spirits Burbank was displaying. “Listen to me and I will tell you the whole story. I went to the house and sent my card up to her. In a few minutes Nettie came down. My! she was pretty, dressed in a pink gown with a lot of lace stuff around the neck and her hair all twisted up so daintily on the top of her head. The sight of her so rigged up took all the breath out of m<- for a minute. 1 sat down on a sofa by her side. and. as soon as I coifld pull myself together. I blurted out something about going into partnership with me. What do you think she did, Johnson? Why she drew up a. little closer to me and putting her head on my shoulder, said she would accept me. although the way I proposed was somewhat unique!” “Whew!” whistled Johnson. “That wasn't what you wanted, Burbank—at least just now.” “Wasn’t what I wanted!” roared Burbank, springing to his feet in the stress of his excitement. “Why, mail, I’ve been trying to. propose to Nettie Rand for the last three years, but never could get up enough nerve to pop the question I wanted Nellie a whole heap more than I did that blessed piece of land that I have an option on.” “But how about the option?” inquired Johnson. “Will Miss Rand put up the money for that?” “Sure she will, and when I rake ii my fifty thousand we arc going to ge« married and go to Europe on our wedding trip. You’ll get a. slice out of the deal, eld fellow, for that valuable suggestion of yours. It was worth more than the profit in the deal.” The Biggest Gusher. Some years ago, while men were drilling a well in Ohio in search of oil and had at the proper time lowered number of nitroglycerin shells into the hole to be exploded, one of them stuck about twenty-five feet below the sur face, a fact that was s not, however known until afterward. There was a tremendous gush ot oil, the flow being so strong that th< derrick was deluged from top to bot tom. Apparently it was the biggest well in the history of the oil business and the firm that was doing the drilling naturally exulted at the prospect of a fortune. But their joy was short-lived. The Buckeye Pipe Line company’s eight-ineh pipe, through which 6,00t‘ barrels of oil passed each day, sudden ly shut down. An investigation was begun, and before many hours it was found that the new well had been drilled close to the pipe, which hac been broken by the explosion, and the oil, which seemed to come from the well, really came from the pipe line. This ended the career of the biggest gusher known,—Harper’s Weekly. They Like Italian Bread. “I must stop and get the bread,’ explained the man wly> was taking his friend home to dinner as he turned off Broadway a little below Grand street “I worked for a time in a place on Broome street, and one Easter I took home a loaf of bread for a joke. It was all covered with dough flowers and curlicues and it looked funny, but it tasted, good and the family wanted more. Since then I’ve had to take all the bread home, for my wife insists that it is better than other baker’s bread and she never has a touch of her old indigestion unless she changes to American baked bread. The bread is baked more thoroughly and even the freshest bread is never heavy and pasty. It keeps in condition for a week or more and so it’s. economical as well. ‘Dago doughnuts,’ they call them at my house, because I bring home the circular loaves with a hole in the center. They make a rye bread that’s good too, and entirely unlike the German style, but our family want the white and they want only Italian bread.”—New York Sun. Convenient Window Seat. Many girls who go away to college use their trunks a§ window seats, but when they need anything from them they find it rather inconvenient to have to remove the cover and pillows A better way to dispose of the trunk is as follows: Have a shelf as large as the top of a dressing table fastened to the wall just high enough to admit your trunk being placed beneath it with the lid raised. Hang a pretty cur tain around the shelf and you will have an, attractive dressing table as well as hidden trunk. Wider Field. • “How is your son, the young doctor, making out?” “First rate since he learned to adapt himself to circumstances. He started out as a Jujjg specialist, but he’s a green apple specialist just now.”— Town and (Country.

J (WP <anct MHLS tw . WANTED SI,OOO AS A STARTER Joy Little Maiddn After Waiting Two Months Was Willing to Compromise on $2.35. I “Robert, dear,” said the coy little naiden to her swetheart, “I’m sure 1 rou love me. But give me some proof if it, darling. We can’t marry on sls 1 week, you know.” “Well, what do you want me to do?” laid he with a grieved air. “Why, save up SI,OOO and have it iafe r in the bank, and then I’ll marry FOU.” About two months later she cuddled ip close to him on the sofa one evening and said: “Robert, love, have you saved that .housand yet?” “Why no, my love,” he replied, “not ill of it.” “How much have you saved, daring?” “Just $2.35, dear.” “Oh, well,” suggested the sweet lung thing, as sjhe snuggled a little bser, “don’t let’s wait any longer. I Ms that’ll do.”—Lippincott’s. FAME. Sf ■ h “Mammy, why is I named Andrew iackson?” “Why, chile! Dat wus yo’ grandpapa's name!” Juvenile Logic. Little Mabel’s mother was expecting Mabel’s auntie on a visit. Just as she was almost due to arrive a telegram came which read: "Missed train. Will Jtart at same time tomorrow.” Mabel hurried home from school, ex'ecting to greet her auntie, instead of Uhich she was shown the telegram. She read it through carefully and laboriously and then she remarked: “How silly of auntie, mamma!” “Why, dear?” inquired the mother. “Well, don’t you see that if she 'tarts at the same time tomorrow she rill miss the train again.”—lllustrated Bits. ‘ His Idea. She—Look here, John Foodies, why flo you always get out of the way when the carpets need to be taken out and cleaned? He —Merely, my dear, because of my desire for originality. She —What do you meanly that fool talk? He—You know, my dear, I alw'ays try to avoid the beaten path. Real Class. “You ar? not going to jilt the duke?” “Yes; I think I’ll marry an American.” “But think of the duke’s fine old :astle and his moated grange.” “All very well, but the other fellow owns a garage.” Always the Same. Diogenes held up his lantern and {azed into the mirror. “I have found at least one honest can," he said. All of which goes to show that reformers of all ages are alike. Little Things. She —I’ve always said that it is the little things that trouble us most.” He—Yes, I know you have. “And now here’s a paper which says that the proboscis of a flea, with which he “bites,” is 12 times thinner than the finest needle made.” Not Up to Date. The Schoolmaster —Now. how was it at this great discovery made by Co rabus was not fully appreciated until any years after his death? The Up to Date Scholar —Because ue didn’t advertise, sir.—The Sketch. Its Complement. “Pa, why does the eye have lashes?” “Because it has a pupil, my son.”— Judge. 1- : -

LEAVING IT ALL TO FATHER Prospective Son-in-Law Had Poet’s In. stinct of Referring Practical Matters to Others. He had the poet’s instinct for leaving practical matters to others, but his father-in-law-to-be did not know 1 this. “Look here, young fellow,” he said. “I think it’s about time the date of your marriage with my daughter was fixed.” “Yes, perhaps,” the young man agreed. “But I am leaving that entirely to Ermyntnide.” “Ah! Is it to be,a quiet or a stylish wedding?” “I think, sir,” answered the young man quietly, “I can leave that Safety in the hands of Mrs. Bullion.” “Yes, quite so,” nodded Mr. Bullion. “But a young fellow generally has some idea with regard to the expenses —bridesmaids’ gifts, you know. And —by the way; what is your income?’ “Well, that, sir,” said the young man modestly, “I am leaving entirely to you.”—Answers. TACTLESS REMARK. [ OX3 I 1 Fond Mamma —Now, here’s baby’s photograph. Do you see the resem blance to me? Mr. Malaprop—Why, nothing could be plainer! A BraYe Man. Patience—l really believe that Fred is a brave fellow. Patrice —Why so? “I told him to be careful, that microbes came from kissing.” “And he wasn’t, afraid?” “Nothing. He said he was from Mis souri—he had to be shown.” “And did you show him?” “Gee! I didn’t have to. He said he’d tried hard tr> find some, but he couldn’t seo any** Revenge! “Say, aiderman, I wish you’d get me a job as a dog catcher.” “Are you out of a job?” “No, but I’ll quit the work I’m doing now if you get me that job.” “Ever have any exeprience as a dog catcher?” “I don’t need any experience; I’ve got the incentive. I’m a letter car rier.” Paternal Wisdom. “Pa, how much is a peck of trou ble?” “Apparently it isn’t very much, mj son.” “You mean it doesn’t take up muct room, pa?” “Yes. I have known a peck of trou ble to be carried on the tip of a worn an’s tongue.” Refuted on the Face of It. ‘T’ve got the dramatic critic at last!” exclaimed Mr. Stormingtor Barnes. “I can prove the unreliabil tiy of his observations.” “What has he done?” “Referred to my ‘Othello’ as a col orless performance.’ ” Wasn’t Near Enough. Bluff —I understand that Jones was let in on the ground floor in Smith’s financial scheme of 50 per cent, profit Is that so? Sham —He got in on the ground flooi- all right, but the trouble was that he found the cellar already full —Judge. What a Question? “An eastern newspaper asks, “Are waiters tired of taking tips?’’ “Ha! Have we any reason to believe that cats no longer care for mice and bald-headed bachelors Hhve ceased tc have any eye for chorus girls?” A New Industry. “Signed up as yet?” asked Actor Yorick Hamm. “Not yet,” responded Actor Hamlet Fatt. “Then how do you eat?” “I’m a professional Bohemian at a Bohemian restaurant.” Magnificent Opportunity. “I don’t see any sense in referring t« the wisdom of Solomon,” said the ma» smartly. “He had a - thousand wives.” “Yes,” answered the woman tartly, “he learned his wisdom from them." Impossible. “Plimper asked Miss Hefty to be his little wife.” “What an absurd question.” “Why so?” “She weighs at least 200 pounds.” Her Reason. “Why didn’t you ask for your transfer as you entered the ccr?” demanded the conductor. “Because I isaw a sea and wanted to get it before the ma' behind me could get to it,” ,the woman replied, dalmly. ’

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