Bob Younger's Fate — page 44: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. 85 “Exactly so; the same thriftless fellow, ragged and dirty, without a cent to buy him food or lodg- ing. I recognized him at once, and provided for him to the best of my ability. Said he in return: ‘Stark, you’ve acted the white man toward me, and I’ll do the square thing by you. You shall have that mine for fifteen thousand, and I wouldn’t take less than my original price from anybody else. I got tired working it myself, and have hunted you up to strike a dicker with you.’ ‘To make a long story short, I looked the ground over very carefully, and came to the conclusion that it is the best investment I have ever had any- thing to do with; but I can raise only ten thousand dollars. Can you supply the other five?”’ “TI have about five thousand dollars,’’? replied Theo, thoughtfully, “‘but Iam not fully satisfied as to the safety of confiding so much in a stranger’s word.” It is not our purpose to detail the various strong lights in which Stark placed his arguments before the young cashier. It is but necessary to state that he appealed to his pride in providing the best possi- ble home for his future wife; his duty to do the best for himself; the absolute certainty of disposing” of the property, in case they should decide not to work it themselves, for many times its cost; and a thou- sand other alluring pictures of what could be done with the fortune to be secured with so little trouble. When Julian Stark parted from Theo that night he had secured the latter’s promise to enter into the venture with him. comicbooks