A STORY OF JAY COULD.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 282, 2 June 1909, Page 5

A STORY OF JAY COULD.

Olio morning a man named Fox was in Jay Gould's private, office, when 1 some women, personal frionds.of the financier, called with a subscript tion paper. They were interested in a little cemetery that was in need of a fence. They wanted to do the thing up beautifully, and' wero .sure they could depend on him for most of ,, the cost." Gould seemed greatly interested until they mentioned the" f .act that it was a. ten-foot iron fence, with spikes at the top, that they Avished to erect. Then his ardour tooled. "My common sense will not permit me to give a dollar to such- .a project," he said, with cold finality. "If ifc ,was a low stone coping, I should gladly help you." • "Hut why V" one of them asked. "You always have a. reason." "And a good one,", he returned. "There is absolutely no sense in putting a high spiked fence around a cemetery. Those who are inside '. cannot possibly get out, and I am very sure no- one who is still outside is likely to break in. That is all. Tadies.".