guarantees sure returns and certain dividends.

Our supply of granite is exhaustless, the market limitless, and
all that we need to develop this quarry and obtain lucrative
returns is a little additional capital. For this purpose fifty
thousand shares of the capital stock are now offered for sale
at one dollar per share, so that the investor may receive the
benefit of the advance to par which will follow, as well as the
liberal dividends which will surely accrue.

The price of stock will be advanced from time to time, as it is
taken up.

Subscription books now open at the office of

WESTON & HILL, Financiers.

"It reads well," observed Winn, after he had perused this alluring
advertisement, "and I should imagine an investment in a granite quarry
might seem a safe one."

"Yes, decidedly safe as well as secure," replied J. Malcolm Weston, with
a twinkle in his steely blue eyes not observed by Winn. "I wrote that ad
with the intention of attracting investors who desire a solid investment
for their money, and fancy I have succeeded. You noticed, perhaps, my
allusion to gold mines and oil wells that have recently proved so
elusive." Then taking a box of cigars, and passing them to Winn, and
elevating his feet to a desk, as if to enjoy the telling of a pleasant
episode, Mr. Weston continued: "That prospectus (which I pride myself is
an artistic piece of work) will attract just the class of men who have
grown suspicious of all sorts of schemes. It is this element of solidity
and certainty that we shall elaborate upon. Now I will tell you about
our plan and how you are to assist us in carrying it out. As you may
recall, I was away last summer with Simmons on his yacht, and while on
our trip we landed upon an island called Rockhaven, up the north coast.
It is sort of a double island, half cut in two by a safe harbor, and
populated by a few hundred simple fisher-folk. We remained there a few
days looking over the island, and I noticed that some one had started
quarrying the granite of which the island is composed. That, and the
location of the quarry, which faced this harbor, set me thinking. It
ended in my inquiring out the owner, an eccentric old fellow who kept a
small store and fiddled when he hadn't any customers, and finally buying
the quarry. I paid him one thousand down, and we are to pay him one
thousand more when deeds are passed. We are now going to send