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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4296856" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter One, “Meeting of the Hoover Mining Trust”, Wednesday, November 22, 1882:</strong></p><p></p><p>Attorney Mitchell Berg has asked eight of the townspeople to meet him at the Lucky Lady Dance Hall and Saloon at 3:00 P.M. on this day. These eight are Lucky Lady owner and gambler Jake Cook, Lucky Lady cook Maria Fuente, rancher and school teacher Katherine Kale, Lucky Lady owner and gambler Job Kane, Town Marshall Chester Martin, Fire Marshall and Lucky Lady bouncer Jeff Mills, Lucky Lady singer Clarisse Townsend and Lucky Lady handyman and bouncer Thom. </p><p></p><p>These people comprise eight of the eleven people who each have a 9% ownership of the Hoover Mining Trust which Attorney Berg is the Administrator. Two of the other three trust participants are currently away from Promise City and have authorized Berg to conduct business on their behalf in their absence. The remaining trust owner is wanted outlaw and fugitive Tony Lucky Corleone and any of his earnings have been court ordered to be paid to the Three Gods Meeting House in Tucson as restitution for his robbery participation there. </p><p></p><p>To date the members of the Trust have received no proceeds from the marginally successful Beatrice Mine that the trust owns half of or from the very successful Cunningham Mine which the trust owns one-third of. The stated purpose of this meeting is to announce the first profit distribution. Other guests in attendance are Maria’s brother Estaban Fuente, Mrs. Kale’s ward Ginnie Flaherty, and Mr. Kane’s fiancé Bernice Turner. Also present is Harry Rote, who had previously been Niles Hoover’s business partner. </p><p></p><p>Attorney Berg waits until all are seated and the Saloon’s doors are locked. He says, “Welcome Trustees, I have very good news for you all. As you all know, the Hoover Mining Trust owns seven properties of which Niles Hoover had invested, which he passed on to you. I am happy to say that three of these properties now look to be somewhat lucrative for the owners. I am only sorry that Niles himself never lived to see this but he will be pleased to have passed on to you something of value. </p><p></p><p>The first of these is the Kern-Runnion Mine on Bowie Mountain. That was one that proved to be devoid of any precious metals. Niles bought out the shares of both Kern and Runnion to give the pair enough money to start over again. The trust therefore owns eighty percent of this property, with Mr. Rote here owning the other twenty-percent of the property. That mine itself continues to be worthless except for one minor fact, namely its location. It is adjacent to the 100-acre plot of land, on which sits the ballooning factory that Count Ferdinand Zeppelin. Count Von Zeppelin’s has had success with his initial two prototypes and has now received a very lucrative contract from the United States Army to begin full-scale production of his balloons. </p><p></p><p>Zeppelin therefore wishes to expand his facilities and what would be most convenient would be to purchase the adjacent property, which you guys just happen to own. He has made a generous offer of $ 500 per acre for each your forty acres. </p><p></p><p>Ginnie asks, “What is the basis for the infrastructure already established within the mine and how would this be accommodating to him?” Berg is momentarily taken aback by the child’s question. “Ginnie, speak English,” Jeff comments. Ginnie rephrases the question and speaks slowing stating “What is there that is already in place that could be more useful to him than land?” Berg says “Only a bunch of holes in the hill with nothing in it but gravel.” Ginnie says, “No, that is an already constructed storage area for him to make use of that could also be used to house excess workers. We should ask for more.”</p><p></p><p>Berg says, “He’s offered $500 an acre! Do you know what land sells for around here?” Kate says, “Ginnie, it sells for $5 an acre.” Jake asks, “Mitch, Mr. Berg, who is funding your interest in this transaction?” Berg says, “My interest? It is the same as yours, I retain a one-percent ownership of the Hoover Mining Trust as the Administrator’s fee, the eleven of your own the other ninety-nine percent, each with a nine-percent share.” Jake says, “So you are not being paid by Von Zeppelin.” Berg replies, “No, in fact I recommended that he retain Elihu Upton as his attorney should The Trust agree to this transaction since I clearly have a conflict of interest.”</p><p></p><p>That satisfies Jake who says, “So besides Ginnie, who wonders why he is offering so much, we seem to think this is a good idea. I’m wondering why he is offering so much?” Berg says, “He is offering $ 20,000 for a hunk of land so that he can more conveniently fulfill his million-dollar contact with the United States Government.” Kate says, “I think that is the answer.” Berg says, “He wants to expand in the direction of the land because the other side of his property is the Fisk Mountain Mine, who have a successful silver operation there.”</p><p></p><p>Jake says, “So I suggest that we sell him the land but retain the mineral rights.” Ginnie says, “I like that idea. If we hold the mineral rights we can provide him with any excavation needed for himself, therefore increasing his actual usability of the land.” Berg says, “I’m guessing that if you are adding stipulations he may not be willing to pay his offering price. What price would you want to retain these rights?’ Kate points out that nothing has been found there. Berg adds that a considerable amount of excavating was done by Hoover’s former partners. </p><p></p><p>It is pointed out that the nearby Fisk Mountain Mine had experienced miners working it a very long time before the silver vein was actually discovered and that was done only on their last ditch effort, and it the most inaccessible place on that site. Kate says, “Unless we’re going to put forth an effort to find it, then it is unlikely.” Berg says, “It is safe to say that while the ballooning people are using large quantities of hydrogen and helium gasses they won’t be doing a whole lot of dynamiting nearby.” </p><p></p><p>Kate is content to take the $ 500 per acre. Ginnie suggests that a clause be added to give the Trust the right of first refusal to repurchase the land should Von Zeppelin decide to sell it.” Berg suspects that can be done without having to renegotiate the deal. Jake says, “I think that the mineral rights should be retained, even with the long-shot odds. You never know when you draw to an inside straight. How about this, we go with the same price offered but agree to let him have 25% of the mineral rights, us retaining the other 75%.” That is put to a vote and passes, with Berg saying he will attempt the re-negotiation. Harry agrees as well. </p><p></p><p>Berg dismisses Harry, saying “Mr. Rote, the remainder of this meeting does not concern you. On your way out if you could please admit the two gentlemen who should be waiting outside that would be most helpful.” Harry leaves, holding the door for the elderly wood elf Manuel Gonzales and a well-dressed clean-shaven man in his early twenties wearing a quality tailored suit who the others present do not know. The two men takes seats at the table. </p><p></p><p>Berg says, “Most of you know Manuel Gonzales. The man with him is Charles Jobin, his uncle was Dudley Jobin, a partner with Mr. Messier at the Beatrice Mine. You may recall that Dudley Jobin perished at the mine in June.” Kate and Jake exchange looks at that comment, as Kate was nearly killed by Jobin in that previous altercation. Jake adding “Sad thing that.” Berg states that Charles was the sole beneficiary of his Uncle’s estate. </p><p></p><p>Berg then says, “Because of some concerns that Judge Isby’s assistant Mr. Tomlinson brought to my attention about Mr. Messier’s honesty and forthrightness he has continued to work this mine since June under the close supervision of myself as well as Mr. Gonzales, who I subcontracted for that task. What was found was a rare mineral called wolfram, also known by the name of tungsten. It is one of the rarest and most valued metals found because it has the highest melting point of any metal. It is used outside of the United States in countries that deal with Wizard magics as a component for the making of magical artifacts and items.” Jake says, “I believe the only element more rare than that is unobtainium.” </p><p></p><p>Berg continues, “There was one small vein of this metal. It has now been mined to exhaustion during the last five months, with a finished product after processing of 320 pounds of this metal.” “Quite a lot,” Kate states, thinking of how many rings and wands could be constructed from that. Berg says, “Messier had a twenty-five percent share of that mine. He took his eighty pounds and departed, with no desire to stay here any longer. Since he has no intentions of ever returning he has signed over his claim to the mine to the remaining partners.” Gonzales nods while glancing at Kate and Ginnie, indicating that he had a hand in persuading Messier to do that.</p><p></p><p>Berg says, “Mr. Jobin here owned a quarter of the mine and the Trust owned half, so the new percentage would be Jobin now owing one-third and the Trust with two-thirds of the Beatrice Mine. We are here today to talk about the disposition of the remaining 240 pounds of this precious metal. There is actually nothing to talk about, since by law any and all wolfram must be sold to the United States Government for a fixed price of $ 2 an ounce.” </p><p></p><p>Ginnie interjects, “Yeah, right, that ain’t happening.” Chester clears his throat. "Young lady. The law is clear, Washington has first dibs on this. Our hands are tied. Plus, if we sell it to someone else, the government will wonder where it came from." Jake says, “Maybe there is a typo on that form, we didn’t find 240 pounds, we found 2.4 pounds, which we are obligated by law to sell to the Government.” </p><p></p><p>Jobin speaks up and says, “I’ve done some inquiries and have discovered that there are people who are willing to pay between $6 and $8 per ounce for this.” Mitchell Berg says, “I am sure that is true Mr. Jobin, but Mr. Gonzales here knows a little about this too.” Manuel says, “Well yes, some of you may know that in my younger days I served with the Mexican Military and as such I still have some connections down in Mexico. My connections seem to think that I could get between $20 and $25 per ounce for this metal.” Jobin becomes very excited upon hearing this. </p><p></p><p>Mitchell Berg says, “That is very interesting but obviously it is a moot point since we have an obligation to sell this to the Government. So officially that is what we must do. I make a motion at this point in time that we vote to sell this to the Government….and that we make Mr. Gonzales our agent to see about carrying out this transaction.” Several people around the table laugh at this suggestion, with Kate seconding that motion. </p><p></p><p>Jobin objects to giving all 240 pounds to somebody who he does not know. Gonzales suggests that Jobin accompany him on this journey, to which he agrees. The motion passes. Gonzales says he will head out almost immediately to find a Government Agent or some other intermediary to sell it to in exchange for an eight-percent agent fee. Gonzales and Jobin depart [and thus, puts into place the plot device needed by the GameMaster to explain Gonzales’s absence for the remainder of the module]. </p><p></p><p>Berg says, “The final piece of business today concerns the Cunningham Mine. As you may recall Raymond Cunningham owned two-thirds of that mine and the Trust owned the other third. In June Mr. Cunningham suffered an unfortunate demise at the hands of those bandits in the area. His son Simon inherited the mine and had limited mining and management skills himself, but had the good fortune to be romantically involved with the Mayor’s daughter Patricia. As you all know, Emery Shaw is a very trustworthy man and was given charge of the management of the mine, subcontracting out the work to the Morand-Seawell Mining Company. </p><p></p><p>This was good timing as Morand-Seawell had been gearing up for full-scale production of their own mines but were just staring up so had the resources available to temporarily focus on this other lucrative vein. The majority of the Silverbell Mining Company’s ore processing in town has therefore been of the ore from the Cunningham mine, with almost a million dollars worth of silver having been extracted. After processing fees to Silverbell as well as the extraction and transportation fees to Morand-Seawell it still results in a net value of $ 780,000 worth of processed silver. </p><p></p><p>Chester and Clarisse gasp in amazement. He says, "That's a fortune. When word gets out, it'll attract all manner of folk." She says to Chester, "We... I mean, you'll be able to build your own house." She blushes at the slip. Chester pats her hand. Ginnie whispers over to Kate “So we don’t have to worry about the farm anymore?” “Shhh,” is Kate’s reply as Ginnie mutters “I never have to ride a horse again.” </p><p></p><p>Berg states, “The Trust’s one-third will be $ 260,000 so each of you will receive $ 23,400 as your share.” Berg adds, “This isn’t the last of the money from this mine, although any additional mine will be harder to access and with greater processing cost. So you will get more but this payment probably represents half-to-two-thirds of what is there and it will take a lot longer to get the rest.”</p><p></p><p>Berg says, “I have had the money evenly distributed among the three banks in town, so I have paperwork here where you can each decide which bank or banks you wish for your share to be deposited in and I will then arrange the transfers.” Kate mutters to Ginnie, “I’m thinking of the Bank of Gonzales.” Ginnie whispers back, “That doesn’t earn interest.” Kate replies, “It doesn’t get robbed either.” Clarisse says, "Chester and I don't want our shares in any bank those Condon's own. I don't want anything to do with them."</p><p></p><p>Berg says, “That’s all I have for you today.” Jake comments, “Well, it’s been a profitable morning.” Ginnie says, “So I’ll never have to drive a horse again.” Kate says to her, Only if you plan to walk everywhere you go. I didn’t make you learn to ride to make you miserable. You need to learn to ride to be able to go places faster than you can walk.” Ginnie whispers back, “There are other ways to go faster than I can walk.” Kate whispers back, “Not that are publically known.” </p><p></p><p>Clarisse and her boyfriend Chester are talking among themselves when Bernice Turner says to them, “You two can get married now, you have enough money.” Jake jokes, “Think of the china set they can get now.” Jeff jokes, “They could buy the biggest house in town.” Chester sputters. Clarisse claps his back. She asks, "Are you alright, honey?" He composes himself and replies, "Just fine." He glares at the others who give him innocent looks back and comments, "I'll be sure your invitations get lost in the post." </p><p></p><p>Clarisse nudges the Marshal, "Chester, That's not nice. You apologize... Wait what did you mean by invitations?" He replies, "Well I was going to wait until later, but... " He pulls out a ring from his vest pocket and gets down on one knee. "Clarisse Townsend, will you be my wife? You make me the happiest man in all of Promise City." Barely a second of time passes before she replies with an enthusiastic “Yes!” as she then dives into his arms. </p><p></p><p>Kate smiled as Chester and his new fiancée embraced and kissed, with Clairesse blushing a rosy red. In a moment she approached, gave both hugs and kisses on the cheek and said, "I'm sure you'll both be very happy. Everyone will be all worked up, the Marshall getting married will have the town buzzing. If you need any help getting things settled let me know." That ends the meeting and some people begin to depart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4296856, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter One, “Meeting of the Hoover Mining Trust”, Wednesday, November 22, 1882:[/B] Attorney Mitchell Berg has asked eight of the townspeople to meet him at the Lucky Lady Dance Hall and Saloon at 3:00 P.M. on this day. These eight are Lucky Lady owner and gambler Jake Cook, Lucky Lady cook Maria Fuente, rancher and school teacher Katherine Kale, Lucky Lady owner and gambler Job Kane, Town Marshall Chester Martin, Fire Marshall and Lucky Lady bouncer Jeff Mills, Lucky Lady singer Clarisse Townsend and Lucky Lady handyman and bouncer Thom. These people comprise eight of the eleven people who each have a 9% ownership of the Hoover Mining Trust which Attorney Berg is the Administrator. Two of the other three trust participants are currently away from Promise City and have authorized Berg to conduct business on their behalf in their absence. The remaining trust owner is wanted outlaw and fugitive Tony Lucky Corleone and any of his earnings have been court ordered to be paid to the Three Gods Meeting House in Tucson as restitution for his robbery participation there. To date the members of the Trust have received no proceeds from the marginally successful Beatrice Mine that the trust owns half of or from the very successful Cunningham Mine which the trust owns one-third of. The stated purpose of this meeting is to announce the first profit distribution. Other guests in attendance are Maria’s brother Estaban Fuente, Mrs. Kale’s ward Ginnie Flaherty, and Mr. Kane’s fiancé Bernice Turner. Also present is Harry Rote, who had previously been Niles Hoover’s business partner. Attorney Berg waits until all are seated and the Saloon’s doors are locked. He says, “Welcome Trustees, I have very good news for you all. As you all know, the Hoover Mining Trust owns seven properties of which Niles Hoover had invested, which he passed on to you. I am happy to say that three of these properties now look to be somewhat lucrative for the owners. I am only sorry that Niles himself never lived to see this but he will be pleased to have passed on to you something of value. The first of these is the Kern-Runnion Mine on Bowie Mountain. That was one that proved to be devoid of any precious metals. Niles bought out the shares of both Kern and Runnion to give the pair enough money to start over again. The trust therefore owns eighty percent of this property, with Mr. Rote here owning the other twenty-percent of the property. That mine itself continues to be worthless except for one minor fact, namely its location. It is adjacent to the 100-acre plot of land, on which sits the ballooning factory that Count Ferdinand Zeppelin. Count Von Zeppelin’s has had success with his initial two prototypes and has now received a very lucrative contract from the United States Army to begin full-scale production of his balloons. Zeppelin therefore wishes to expand his facilities and what would be most convenient would be to purchase the adjacent property, which you guys just happen to own. He has made a generous offer of $ 500 per acre for each your forty acres. Ginnie asks, “What is the basis for the infrastructure already established within the mine and how would this be accommodating to him?” Berg is momentarily taken aback by the child’s question. “Ginnie, speak English,” Jeff comments. Ginnie rephrases the question and speaks slowing stating “What is there that is already in place that could be more useful to him than land?” Berg says “Only a bunch of holes in the hill with nothing in it but gravel.” Ginnie says, “No, that is an already constructed storage area for him to make use of that could also be used to house excess workers. We should ask for more.” Berg says, “He’s offered $500 an acre! Do you know what land sells for around here?” Kate says, “Ginnie, it sells for $5 an acre.” Jake asks, “Mitch, Mr. Berg, who is funding your interest in this transaction?” Berg says, “My interest? It is the same as yours, I retain a one-percent ownership of the Hoover Mining Trust as the Administrator’s fee, the eleven of your own the other ninety-nine percent, each with a nine-percent share.” Jake says, “So you are not being paid by Von Zeppelin.” Berg replies, “No, in fact I recommended that he retain Elihu Upton as his attorney should The Trust agree to this transaction since I clearly have a conflict of interest.” That satisfies Jake who says, “So besides Ginnie, who wonders why he is offering so much, we seem to think this is a good idea. I’m wondering why he is offering so much?” Berg says, “He is offering $ 20,000 for a hunk of land so that he can more conveniently fulfill his million-dollar contact with the United States Government.” Kate says, “I think that is the answer.” Berg says, “He wants to expand in the direction of the land because the other side of his property is the Fisk Mountain Mine, who have a successful silver operation there.” Jake says, “So I suggest that we sell him the land but retain the mineral rights.” Ginnie says, “I like that idea. If we hold the mineral rights we can provide him with any excavation needed for himself, therefore increasing his actual usability of the land.” Berg says, “I’m guessing that if you are adding stipulations he may not be willing to pay his offering price. What price would you want to retain these rights?’ Kate points out that nothing has been found there. Berg adds that a considerable amount of excavating was done by Hoover’s former partners. It is pointed out that the nearby Fisk Mountain Mine had experienced miners working it a very long time before the silver vein was actually discovered and that was done only on their last ditch effort, and it the most inaccessible place on that site. Kate says, “Unless we’re going to put forth an effort to find it, then it is unlikely.” Berg says, “It is safe to say that while the ballooning people are using large quantities of hydrogen and helium gasses they won’t be doing a whole lot of dynamiting nearby.” Kate is content to take the $ 500 per acre. Ginnie suggests that a clause be added to give the Trust the right of first refusal to repurchase the land should Von Zeppelin decide to sell it.” Berg suspects that can be done without having to renegotiate the deal. Jake says, “I think that the mineral rights should be retained, even with the long-shot odds. You never know when you draw to an inside straight. How about this, we go with the same price offered but agree to let him have 25% of the mineral rights, us retaining the other 75%.” That is put to a vote and passes, with Berg saying he will attempt the re-negotiation. Harry agrees as well. Berg dismisses Harry, saying “Mr. Rote, the remainder of this meeting does not concern you. On your way out if you could please admit the two gentlemen who should be waiting outside that would be most helpful.” Harry leaves, holding the door for the elderly wood elf Manuel Gonzales and a well-dressed clean-shaven man in his early twenties wearing a quality tailored suit who the others present do not know. The two men takes seats at the table. Berg says, “Most of you know Manuel Gonzales. The man with him is Charles Jobin, his uncle was Dudley Jobin, a partner with Mr. Messier at the Beatrice Mine. You may recall that Dudley Jobin perished at the mine in June.” Kate and Jake exchange looks at that comment, as Kate was nearly killed by Jobin in that previous altercation. Jake adding “Sad thing that.” Berg states that Charles was the sole beneficiary of his Uncle’s estate. Berg then says, “Because of some concerns that Judge Isby’s assistant Mr. Tomlinson brought to my attention about Mr. Messier’s honesty and forthrightness he has continued to work this mine since June under the close supervision of myself as well as Mr. Gonzales, who I subcontracted for that task. What was found was a rare mineral called wolfram, also known by the name of tungsten. It is one of the rarest and most valued metals found because it has the highest melting point of any metal. It is used outside of the United States in countries that deal with Wizard magics as a component for the making of magical artifacts and items.” Jake says, “I believe the only element more rare than that is unobtainium.” Berg continues, “There was one small vein of this metal. It has now been mined to exhaustion during the last five months, with a finished product after processing of 320 pounds of this metal.” “Quite a lot,” Kate states, thinking of how many rings and wands could be constructed from that. Berg says, “Messier had a twenty-five percent share of that mine. He took his eighty pounds and departed, with no desire to stay here any longer. Since he has no intentions of ever returning he has signed over his claim to the mine to the remaining partners.” Gonzales nods while glancing at Kate and Ginnie, indicating that he had a hand in persuading Messier to do that. Berg says, “Mr. Jobin here owned a quarter of the mine and the Trust owned half, so the new percentage would be Jobin now owing one-third and the Trust with two-thirds of the Beatrice Mine. We are here today to talk about the disposition of the remaining 240 pounds of this precious metal. There is actually nothing to talk about, since by law any and all wolfram must be sold to the United States Government for a fixed price of $ 2 an ounce.” Ginnie interjects, “Yeah, right, that ain’t happening.” Chester clears his throat. "Young lady. The law is clear, Washington has first dibs on this. Our hands are tied. Plus, if we sell it to someone else, the government will wonder where it came from." Jake says, “Maybe there is a typo on that form, we didn’t find 240 pounds, we found 2.4 pounds, which we are obligated by law to sell to the Government.” Jobin speaks up and says, “I’ve done some inquiries and have discovered that there are people who are willing to pay between $6 and $8 per ounce for this.” Mitchell Berg says, “I am sure that is true Mr. Jobin, but Mr. Gonzales here knows a little about this too.” Manuel says, “Well yes, some of you may know that in my younger days I served with the Mexican Military and as such I still have some connections down in Mexico. My connections seem to think that I could get between $20 and $25 per ounce for this metal.” Jobin becomes very excited upon hearing this. Mitchell Berg says, “That is very interesting but obviously it is a moot point since we have an obligation to sell this to the Government. So officially that is what we must do. I make a motion at this point in time that we vote to sell this to the Government….and that we make Mr. Gonzales our agent to see about carrying out this transaction.” Several people around the table laugh at this suggestion, with Kate seconding that motion. Jobin objects to giving all 240 pounds to somebody who he does not know. Gonzales suggests that Jobin accompany him on this journey, to which he agrees. The motion passes. Gonzales says he will head out almost immediately to find a Government Agent or some other intermediary to sell it to in exchange for an eight-percent agent fee. Gonzales and Jobin depart [and thus, puts into place the plot device needed by the GameMaster to explain Gonzales’s absence for the remainder of the module]. Berg says, “The final piece of business today concerns the Cunningham Mine. As you may recall Raymond Cunningham owned two-thirds of that mine and the Trust owned the other third. In June Mr. Cunningham suffered an unfortunate demise at the hands of those bandits in the area. His son Simon inherited the mine and had limited mining and management skills himself, but had the good fortune to be romantically involved with the Mayor’s daughter Patricia. As you all know, Emery Shaw is a very trustworthy man and was given charge of the management of the mine, subcontracting out the work to the Morand-Seawell Mining Company. This was good timing as Morand-Seawell had been gearing up for full-scale production of their own mines but were just staring up so had the resources available to temporarily focus on this other lucrative vein. The majority of the Silverbell Mining Company’s ore processing in town has therefore been of the ore from the Cunningham mine, with almost a million dollars worth of silver having been extracted. After processing fees to Silverbell as well as the extraction and transportation fees to Morand-Seawell it still results in a net value of $ 780,000 worth of processed silver. Chester and Clarisse gasp in amazement. He says, "That's a fortune. When word gets out, it'll attract all manner of folk." She says to Chester, "We... I mean, you'll be able to build your own house." She blushes at the slip. Chester pats her hand. Ginnie whispers over to Kate “So we don’t have to worry about the farm anymore?” “Shhh,” is Kate’s reply as Ginnie mutters “I never have to ride a horse again.” Berg states, “The Trust’s one-third will be $ 260,000 so each of you will receive $ 23,400 as your share.” Berg adds, “This isn’t the last of the money from this mine, although any additional mine will be harder to access and with greater processing cost. So you will get more but this payment probably represents half-to-two-thirds of what is there and it will take a lot longer to get the rest.” Berg says, “I have had the money evenly distributed among the three banks in town, so I have paperwork here where you can each decide which bank or banks you wish for your share to be deposited in and I will then arrange the transfers.” Kate mutters to Ginnie, “I’m thinking of the Bank of Gonzales.” Ginnie whispers back, “That doesn’t earn interest.” Kate replies, “It doesn’t get robbed either.” Clarisse says, "Chester and I don't want our shares in any bank those Condon's own. I don't want anything to do with them." Berg says, “That’s all I have for you today.” Jake comments, “Well, it’s been a profitable morning.” Ginnie says, “So I’ll never have to drive a horse again.” Kate says to her, Only if you plan to walk everywhere you go. I didn’t make you learn to ride to make you miserable. You need to learn to ride to be able to go places faster than you can walk.” Ginnie whispers back, “There are other ways to go faster than I can walk.” Kate whispers back, “Not that are publically known.” Clarisse and her boyfriend Chester are talking among themselves when Bernice Turner says to them, “You two can get married now, you have enough money.” Jake jokes, “Think of the china set they can get now.” Jeff jokes, “They could buy the biggest house in town.” Chester sputters. Clarisse claps his back. She asks, "Are you alright, honey?" He composes himself and replies, "Just fine." He glares at the others who give him innocent looks back and comments, "I'll be sure your invitations get lost in the post." Clarisse nudges the Marshal, "Chester, That's not nice. You apologize... Wait what did you mean by invitations?" He replies, "Well I was going to wait until later, but... " He pulls out a ring from his vest pocket and gets down on one knee. "Clarisse Townsend, will you be my wife? You make me the happiest man in all of Promise City." Barely a second of time passes before she replies with an enthusiastic “Yes!” as she then dives into his arms. Kate smiled as Chester and his new fiancée embraced and kissed, with Clairesse blushing a rosy red. In a moment she approached, gave both hugs and kisses on the cheek and said, "I'm sure you'll both be very happy. Everyone will be all worked up, the Marshall getting married will have the town buzzing. If you need any help getting things settled let me know." That ends the meeting and some people begin to depart. [/QUOTE]
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