Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-06-06
Deatb.Bea Repatriation.
HOW GEN. DODGE MADE GooD BAR
GAIN IN MINING STOCK. A

HOW GEN. DODGE MADE GOOD BAR
GAIN IN MINING STOCK. 81
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-Apropos Of
the rise in Mammoth, they tell capital
story about Gen. Dodge. Some time ago
A. q. Brown, well-known operator here.
bought 1000 shares of Mammoth from
Gen. Dodge at SO share. This was when
the company was first organized, ABOUT
nine months ago, and IS was bed rock.
The thing hung fire for long time. The
Sierra and Nevada excitement came along,
and nobody gave Mammoth second
thought 1t was not on the board; it had
no value; and you couldn't really give it
away. 1t went by the name OF 'Dodge's
pup" Assessments were levied regnlarly.
Brown talked long and loud, and the
street r+-souHded with his curses. He
swore trat Dodge bad swindled him, and
by tbs gods he Was going to get even with
that wa rior some day, come veal, come
woe. . -5 .........
The day before the news OF the strike in
Mammo Il leaked out, Dodge, who was ly-
| ing very low in OaklaLd, sent IA telegram
| over to Brown that be would like to see
him at o. ce. Br ,wn had heard that the
General was ut The point OF death, and a
| feeling O sympathy prompted him to re-
spODd AL once, so he took The next boat.
| Arriving at tho Genetal's elegant house,
| he was Shown up 10 the Invalid s chamber.
| Nobody Was there but Gen. Dodge and his
secretary The General lay dropped up by
pillows, look! e llie picture. of ghastlliIsss.
He was very feebla-his b cath Came quick
and short. his eyes were glitteriug, and his
| hands Law hplnleSS brSlde nlm
Il have sent for you, MI Brown" said
the general, with much difficulty of speech,
Ito say-that that l am very ill; and
1 fear I may not get over it. With view
| to that contingency il have been ar
ranging my-business affairs-[Her the
! general was overcome with weakness, and
| pause Of five minutes ensued to enable
him to recuperate] I am told that you
are not satisfied with the sale-I made to
you of that Mammoth. Now, [ don't
want to -the-world feeling
that leave anybody who believes
that I-have-ever wronged--him. [ be-
4 lieved the stock was worth the money, and
| I believe-so yet, but do not want any
body now-to think that l have got the
| better of them. L am-verY-il. / don't
know what-the stock-is worth, or if it
is worth anything but if you. like I will
4 cali our trade off. Give me your stock
4 and I will give you your $4,000 back. :"
| Here the General sunk back utterly ex-
4 hausted. , -.. ..-
In very pity Mr.. Brown would not pro-
1 long the conversation. In few words he
expressed his sympathy for the General,
and then with the remark that, though he
did it with some reluctance, he would ac-
cept the offer.
'sAntone,'' gasped Gen. Dodge family
from the pillow to his secretary, "glve Mr..
| Brown a check-and take his-stock.' y
The next morning at nine O'Clock every
body knew that big strike had been made
| in Mammoth, and before night $40 was
freely bid for the stock. To-day fifty
shares-all that could be got-were bought
at SIG share. General Dodge is slowly
recovering, and on Monday was in his
Office V5rgi1,ia City Chronicle.