The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-28
CHAPTER XXyI.

The entire town was in = culver OF the
intensest and highest pitch Of excitement.
The announcement was not expected, for
it Vas thought that as the prisoner had no
friends ON the outside who had sufficient
temerity to RISK public opinion and CEN
sure III resculng them, they o~"fd ho' es
cane. Yet sso@Peu rney had, and the little
Gown did very wise thing They let
them 90.
No pursuit was meditated or attempted.
The men were ~ large, and no efforts were
made to capture them again. The affair
had terminated III Robert Eversley's ac
auIttal, and although the public advocated
a severe punishment ~ Amory and his
confederates Their escape relieved them
IL a task, and they were not regretful to
see the affair thus closed. They knew the
villains would fetch up in some prison, for
their Law breaking proclivitIes would surely
involve them IN tropble, and dismissed
the affair On its merlts, and went back to
labor.
Labor How merraly rang out every
hammer and how chaerfully echoed every
whistle upon that horning when work
was resumed at tho shops Of Tremayne
Adams Robert Etersley had been pre-
vailed upon to accept ths position of fore
man of the entire wofks, and the men
were hilarious over hla promotion, for
there were none whS did hot like and re
spect him. He had'been tbeir leader, and
they doubted not hls influence had brought
about the resumption Ut work on the old,
non reduction basis. So, every man
worked with will every man gave his
energies and time to labor.i The old air
of thIeving industry.and application began
to appear, and the men felt as they ex-
pressed 1t :
Glad to get back to work again.
About a week after all things disturbed
seemed to have settled down to the old ba-
SIS, and when the past trouble babe fair to
adjust themselves TO the entire satisfaction
OF everybody, James Mayhem came to
Robert and told HIM that he wanted to
tell him something about the Amory
affair
You remember those papers | gave
you Ii he queried.
(Which ones
1.-THE ones L took from the private desk
in Amory library, at the villa, before his
trial and escape from the prison
You have saved them, l suppose Z
Certainly 1 have.
Ali of theml
Yes"
"Hare you looked them over y
''Only carelessly."
Then you noticed that AmOry has
saved all the old stock In the mines your
father was controlling many years ago,
when Amory was with him i'll California,
and you were a BOY.
Yes"
What amount of stock was there n
II do not know exactly, but | think
that my father owned a; controlling inter-
est in the FL Dorado nine, he having a
thousand shares at five hundred dollars a
share.
That is right. Well, read that.
As Mayhem spoke, be handed Robert a
little snip of paper which he had cu5 from
the New York papers that day. 1t read
Holders Ut old California mIne stock
will be surprised agreeably to learn that
what was supposed to be useless Is now
held at a premium. The old E. Dorado
mine has been worked up by a new com
pany, and the developments tend to con-
nrm previous statement to the effect that
1t will yield large quantity Of gold to
the ton. The stock is selling at a large
advance in San Francisco and New York,
shares being quoted at $3.50 ana S16O. A
good Investment for old stock holders who
deemed the stock worthless.
Then am not entirely poor, laughed
Robert You have been true friend
to me, Mayhem"
Mayhem flushed, and changed the sub
ject.
1t is a fortunate thing for you, he
said.
The good fortune Of the new foreman
spread quickly. The men were glad, aud
Robert was a hero who, In their eyes, de-
served all bis fortune. The good news
were extent iveiy circulated, and none
grudged him the fortune which his true
self mobility was deserving of. He went
to the city bf New York, sold the stocks,
and then coming back, settled down 10 his
old busineSs again.
A favortte with the men, end firm ad-
herent to the rights and principles of the
workingmten under his control, who liked
him and followed his advice in all things
pertaining to their labor
Everything was restored to its former
order and prosperity and the works went
on as if there had never been an Edwin
Armory.