Chapter 29
MR. FAIRCHILD'S TELEGRAM. "Tacoma!" repeated the professor. "Who is interested in Tacoma?" "I own five lots of land there," answered Chester. "Then I congratulate you. Lots are rising there, and are destined to go to a still higher point." "How do you account for that?" asked Prof. Hazlitt. "In three months the Northern Pacific Railroad will be completed, and that will give a great impetus to the growth of the town. I expect to live to see fifty thousand people there. Let me ask how you became possessed of these lots?" "They were given to me by a friend now dead." "What was his name?" "Walter Bruce." "Indeed! Why, I own three lots adjoining the Bruce lots. They are among the best located in the town." "Would you advise me to keep them or sell if I have the chance?" "T
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