The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-02-24
HOYT & CO., Proprietor'
HOW / GOT RICH AGAINST MY WILL.

Ts So o,;g ;Tsss 81 By MAC ARoNE. sa:6 .l.sssa9.
esa ,asigiaig' --7-.-' 80 :. 'is.iss-,..5' = =,
-Afesr battling for many years with mis-
fortune, misery. reyerses and disappoint-
menE, have. .squatted in st. Louis. -;
Fam now rich mana nabob. The
Assessor has. assessed me at ;S275, 900. l
have ssMac Afone Gastle' nearly compile
ted;saudsf crowd of upholsterers and
SUPPLY merchants solicit my patronage.
Plies Of sweet scented notes daily beg the
favor of my society to dinners, suppers
and evening parties. "a -. 90
And yet it was not always so. l can
yeeoilseE hen i was as poor as poverty
when IT;SaafinIy solicited employment where
bys might live honestly and decently.
Nobody would listen to-. me-nobody
cared for me- Bankers looked suspicious
lyse my appearance. Clergymen gave
me aamess Of ssesld shoulder" They
could make. nothing out of }me. Grocers
and saloon keepers eyed me with mistrust
when Z asked them for five or ten cents
worth Of their wares. Ny tailor would
hsys the5money in advance for suit OF
clothes / badly needed. :;
Unable to do anything in st. Louis, 1,
with two friends-companions in misery
resolved that we wonld try. our luck in
Kansas City. Their names were John
Smith, aIvenderof patent rights, compiler
of directories and PROTECTOR of advertising
lodges and zAlbert Ro obinson, a Bohemi:
an, who was for some time local reporter
on one Of the st. Louis dalEes. but at the
time speak Of, out Of situation, money
friends and hopes. Robinson had a man.
uscsips of five hundred and forty pages
ofefoolscap, entitled aMillerism Exposed,
or the perpetnity Of the Earth" It was
well9written, logical treatise, and would
have made reputation to be proud OF (;
but no publisher would undertake to print
it for the poor fellow. -. -.
We. three packed up our. little yalises
and took cheap passage on one of the
boats for Kansas City. There we were
more fortunate. Smith obtained clerk
ship in dry goods house, Robinson Sc
cured a position in one of the morning
papers, / became salesman and book
Eeeperin a grocery house. We had about
sepenty.ive dollars month. 1t was Eot
1nnch, but it enabled us to have little
reunion once in a while, talk of the past
and devise projects for the future over a
quiet glass of beer in retired room just
OFF from Main street.
After a long chat one evening, Oh our
hopes and fears, Smith said: =
ssAIl nonsense, my dear fellows! We
haveSneither of us the means of making a
fortune, butsan idea strikes me-could we
not get the credit of being rich ?''
Sand to what purpose ?" | suggested
'1t gives one a position in the world.
A large inheritance augments the conside-
ration in which we are held. Then every
thing becomes easy"
2 ns.I recollect" said /, "of an uncle of
mine who went to California at the time
of the gold fever, and he has never re-
turned nor been heard from since"
5lsHsThat,s just it. Well bring your uncle
tolife--or rather, we'll kill him. Ingots,
gold dust, shares in mines and crushing
mills, shares in railroads, banks and gov
ernment securities will have grand effect.
No doubt there are many returned gold
seekers. of that. time, fortunate and other
wise, from st. Louis TO ST. Joseph, along
the river towns, that remember your uncle,
or have met him in the gold fields"
sLet us kill him." continued the two
scamps, "and leave the bulk of his fortune
three millions and half Of dollars-to
Mac Arone.,
We laughed heartily at the joke, and
had another round of beer. thought no
more of the circumstance, and you may
guess my establishment when / took up
the paper on which Robinson was "local,' %
and read among the city items:
"a Lucky FelloD.-We learned yester-
day, from party of gentlemen just re-
turned from Montana, of the death of
Mac Arone, ST., one of the most fortunate
miners, who was attracted to the gold
regions several years ago. BE was NOR
tally wounded by party of Indians, and,
after.being carried to Helena, had just
time to make his will and leave the bulk
of his sayings-some ss,5oO,o ,oOo-to his
nephew, Mac Arone, who now occupies
the humble position of book-keeper at
Brown 6 Co.'S grocery house, on Main
street. We wish Mac Arone, Jr., JOY OF
his.goed fortune, and, as he was always a
hearty, joviial kind of a fellow, he has now
threerand a half millions additional claims
on our regard"
The evening papers and The other morn
Inc. ii papers re-hashed the item and the two
fellows resailed the story with all the Sc
riousness imaginable.
The next day people came in groups to
compliment me. Ny employers wanted
me to go in partnership with them and
extend the business. l disayowed the re-
port, as q matter of course, but nobody
would believe me. Many in Kansas City
knew my UNCLE well-they had met him
in different mining districts of Montana
end California, Some had been fellow
travellers of his from one place to anoth-
err ALI put him down as lucky, shrewd,