Show STUBBORN 3IAN i George Van lervllt Revenue Upon ni OlKitliiate North Carolina Farmer Far-mer New York Nov 17Even a millionaire million-aire has his trials George Vanderbilt who has been paying out 511009 a month down at Biltmore N C where his magnificent house is going up I awoke one morning to find himself in ery much the same position as was Ahab of old when he set his heart on I his neighbors vineyard George Vanderbilt Van-derbilt has set his heart on his neighbors I neigh-bors six acres of land They are not fruitful or particularly fair but they lay between the ground that he had already al-ready purchased and these six acres he determined to add to his large property prop-erty But you know the old adage Man proposes etc and George Vanderbilt Van-derbilt felt the truth of it to his own sorrow The worthy owner of the six acres was approached It was poor land yielding little or nothing which he could not have sold for 50 under ordinary or-dinary circumstances But when George Vanderbilt desired it its value immediately rose Ten thousand dollars was the modest sum put upon it Mr Vanderbilt said he would pay 6000 a pretty penny for that land but the owner refused He was then offered 7000 but this was also spurned The next offer vas still more munificent The owner possessed a team of oxen with which he worked the farm and Vaderbilt now raised his offer to 7500 and as an additional inducement offered of-fered to emplcfy the man and his team for 3 a day until his house Fhould have been completed andafter that to buy the team for 300 He also agreed to give regular employment to the mans daughter But no it was all in vain Ten thousand dollars or nothing This ob stinacy aroused the just Ire of the millionaire I mil-lionaire and he proceeded to execute swift and righteous vengeance upon the obdurate farmer A well seventy feet high is now building about the six I acres When completed it will be painted black so as to be unobtrusive as possible Mr Vanderbilt will also proceed to draw the water of a well which supplies the farm so that the six acres will be practically worthless Now the man is offering to sell at any of the prices named orless but Vanderbilt Van-derbilt declares that he would not take it for a hundred dollars I EVA SCHUBERT |