The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-17
Not Exactly I:ed- Rock.

In California. IN the DAYS ~ the Com
stock excitement. when al kind, OF Will
eats were te,ng iluatci on the market
and rapidly Bought by an in~di>rrm.nAg-
lug public. a Mr.. Davis bought a c!a.Ia-
Thi- claim did not cost Mr.. / ayis much.
whatever il eos, the public. and q wa
known hy the name -! he bob Ia
Consolidated The speculative Mr. -.
lo-i no time in doing wba; many a map
under Ike circumstances hal done hc.
fore. AID has done De organized
q company and sold some 81 the .iock.
To a very popular friend of hi be- sold
n large block of ten thousand share, At
one dollar pr share.
For some time the mine amounted 10
nothing. and after n few twenty-five
cent assessments hal been lcvei. the
stock would really not have been cheap
81 a gilt
For this reason Mr.. Davis and the
friend TO whom he sold the ten thousand
shares - u good thing were Lot on
speaking terms. One DAY. however. the
friend. 10 his utter and complete aston
ishmeni, received a note. asking HIN Ia
call a, once nj the rcsidcn. 81 Nr.
Davis. He went. AMI found Mr. Dsvi,
in bed The table was covered with
medicine bottles, and Mr.. DAVIS looked
~ il ms head had been rcpo,ing ia n
sack Of -four.
Jim said Davis, in 4 hoarsc and
feeble voice. Il did YOU a dirty trick \
few months ago in selling YOU them ere
Bob Tails. for | krowed YOU coulda':
afford the money. and. Heaven knows.
they've not brought me no luck
Well said Jim. .what has been
done. can no, be undone now.' AZ the
same time gazing compa-sionately upon
the sickly form OF the PROSTATE DavI~.
mo, no. urged DAVIS. Il done You
a wrong. The doctor saws ] haven't
many hours 10 1--we. and before ] die |
want TO undo Is far ~ ] can the in my
| done YOU; where are them shares
Got en- down nj my Office was
the reply.
You bring EN- up here n SCOT a
YOU can said Davis. land ! VII.
give Won the money that you paid lot
'em."
Niuttcri1g expressions o! grief. and
with eyes r:pidly becoming mos; with
tears. Jim rushed of 10 the office and
brought up them ere shares. The
shares were handed TO Davis. who,
with an expression a. il il were his last
earthly tran~aciiUn. handed hiS friend
ten thousand dollars in currency.
Il never thought YOU mean, 10 do
me wrong said Jim. speaking Is Il
he was about 10 choke. and ! dC
hope YOU will soon be better. old man. .
Jim then retired with his hands full o.
greenbacks and his eyes full Of tears.
No sooner had he left the room than
Davis, suddenly recovering. jumped
out Of bed and did a war dance on the
floor. Wiping the flour from his face.
and taking the rag off his throat. b,
remarked TO a conhdant: Wei,
guess | had him that timc|'
II guess YOU did" replied the Goa.
fdant.
The following morning the news was
blazoned forth.in all directions that the
Bob Tail Con- had struck the
greatest BODY ot ore ever seen on the
Pacific coast. and the slia-es bounded
up from seveniy-fiyc cents. the last A.
sessment unpaid. TO seven dollars. The
last time Mr.. Davis was seen he wa,
living at the Hoffman House in New
York. feaSting on the fat OF the land.
He VS. then the largest individual
holder of Bob Tail Cons" AMI draw.
ing q princely revenue in the form al
monthly dividends from the property.
But once again Davis and his friend
are not OF speaking term@-ttnaHeia
.NerS,