“Mother calls it hangman’s day, and superstitious people won’t do lots of things on that day.”
“Pooh! America was discovered on a Friday; many of our most distinguished men were born on a Friday, and many famous events occurred on a Friday. So there you are!”
Jack went to his work, and Millie started to copy several letters from shorthand notes of the day before.
About this time Mr. Bishop came in, and the first thing he did was to send Jack with an order to a William Street printer.
When he got back, the cashier handed him a letter addressed to him, care of the firm, bearing the Denver postmark, which had been delivered by the postman while he was out.
In one corner was the imprint of the “Gopher Gold Mining Company.”
The boy tore it open and found a brief note and a bank draft.
The latter represented the third annual dividend, this time of three cents per share, on 5,000 shares, which amounted to $150.
An accompanying printed enclosure intimated that the dividends would probably hereafter be declared semi-annually, owing to increased output and superior character of the ore mined.
There was also a notification that the price of shares had been advanced from 15 to 25 cents, and that only a limited number of shares would be sold at that figure, the company reserving the right to still further advance the price without notice.