The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-07-17

loved him-because all San Francis
co loved the man. He had taken
sixteen millions of dollars from the
capitalists Of San Francisco and
given it to the people. Thoy wor-
shipped him, and what wonder
that they should ?" :, ...'.
Mr. Edmond L. Goold, q guest of
Senator Sharon to~uay and n por-
sonal friend Of Ralston, gives me the
following incident in the life Of the
unfortunate man, which affords
clue to his character
MIR. Ralston in 1S4S was O. clerk
on q Mississippi steamboat. He
VAS generous ard poor. One day
no went into tho banking house of
Lake u Martin, in St. Louis, and
said: :, ~
'!I say, Martin, can't you lot me
have S500?"
81 don't 500 how we can, Billy."
said Martin, "unlcss you can give
us somo security. Who can you get
to indorse for you"
Rnlston scratched his head O mo-
ment and admitted that he couldn't
give any security. Said he: 'sATar
tin, the fact is, Tn brole-dead
broke-but I've got chance to 90
in with G. X. Garrison down at
Panama, and L must have $500 to
got there" .'i. ;;
a fter a while Mr.. Martin decided
that Ec would lend Ralston $500 on
his own account and run tho risk of
payment, and giving it to him, Rails.
ton started down the river to ioin
Commodore Garrison. This was
in '48
Did Ralston ever pay Martin ?"
[ asked Mr.. Goold. =
"I'll tell you how it was" said Mr..
Goold. "Isalston forgot all about
it, or else he lost track of Martin.
But fourteen years afterwards met
Martin in New York. Ho was broke
then himsolf--gone all to pieces
hadn't dollar. Ralston at this
time was ut the meridian of his
glory, spending money by the mill
Lions. Well, one day Martin came
Up to mo looking very seedy, and
asked mo if in my travels in Caifor-
MIA had ever met a man by the
name Of Billy Ralston. ="
Chilly Ralston ?' said +. "B-i-l-
l;y R-a-l-s-t-o-n why I. know a.
man by the namo of William G.
Ralston-uscd to be with Common
dore Garrison in Panama. It was
Fritz, Ralston & Garrison in San
francisco, but now Ralston' is at
tho head of it.. :. !:
"Well, Mr.. Goold, that's the same
Billy Ralston that borrowed five
hundred dollars of me down in st.
Louis il '48. Do you think he
could pay it back now 2"
"Pay it back y said Mr.. Goold,
"why you're Joking Pay it back
Ralston pay five hundred dollars!
Why, Martin, Ralston can pay five
million dollars l.
"Well," said Martin, "when you
see Billy in Frisco, you just tell him
bout me-and if he aih't strapped
and if 'twont break him up, I Just
Wlsh y Y51e, he,d ;, pay mo that ffxe hundred
"The fact of Il is," said Mr.. Goold
as he told tho story, "I thought
Martin was Joking. Il had no idea
that Ralston owed him anything.
But When I got back to California
[ thought I'd banter Ralston about
it. So 'one day when I was in
R6Glston's room, I said jokingly: II
""You're nice looking fellow,
falston, to be cheating an old friend
ont of five hundred dollars,' ain't
you 2" ~f', 49,, -.
; "What do you mean ?" said
Ralston. Z T." hi.t
"Why, when T was in New York
the other day, a man by the name Of
"What !" exclaimed Ralston,
tin p I. -,
= Eyes, Warwick Martini
"Whores his address e. "Hero J."
he shouted to the cashier of the
bank, "telegraph ten thousand dol
lars to the credit of Warwick Mar
tin-quick !" and Ralston danced
around like crazy man. : h@"Wa%1
"The next day." continued Mr..
Goold, "Warwick' Martin received q
telegram from Ices & Wallers,' 3D.
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