The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-06-25
cIiM5iNc AWAY mon EAcIE cTY.
One IL the Ingenious Devices Practiosd -
Got Back TO CivilixAtion.

tEagle City Cor. n. 7. SUM-
The panic that recently fell on this camp
and the adjacent boom towns has wslli
nlkh subsidsd, but The movement con.
tinues out, and NOT In. Mining operations
have begun in o small ways every
body NOT 80 engaged ID making preparn'
tions to move. Some OF the devices re-
sorted to by the stranded merchants TO get
money enough to take them back to civil
ixation arc original 10 say the least The
two proprietors Of the White Star Saloon
sat In their back room the other night with
knit brows discussing the situation. They
had a a little whisky left and q box and O.
half Of cigars. When times were flush and
they supposed the crowd had come to stay
they had done business In reckless way,
and after the stampede they found that
most of their debtors had vanished. Sew,
eral days had now elapsed without sale,
Of anykind. They were out Of money,
almost out of stock, and entirely
out Of courage and hope. Both want
cd to get away from the country, but
did not know how it was to be done. II
they sold their liquor and cigars to some
them, and yet these things comprised their
sole assets After they had studied the
matter over until the hour was late, they
agreed upon plan of operations, and
separated for the night. The next morn
ing they met in the saloon, q aroughIlog struc'
ture with canvas roof, and busted them
selves for some time putting up very di-
luted article Of whisky in pint TASKS, OF
which they had quite number. They
thinned the stuff once, tasted Of it and then
thinned it some more until it looked so
pale that any one would have detected the
imposition If the bottles had not been
black. The work proceeded in silence un.
til most OF the whisky had been corked,
and then Rogers, one Of the partners, said
to Henry, the other:
''Ins mean trick and l hate to do it,
but don't see any other way"
Pulling his hat down over his eyes Rog-
ers sailed out, and Henry, sitting down on
a box in the barroom, looked the picture
Of melancholy. Pretty soon one of the
well.to-do miners came in softly, and
walking up to Henry, whose head was
buried in his hands, said:
"Cheer up, old man. It's hard, of course,
but you mustn't break down. That will on
ly make bad matter worse. Take it cool
and brace up. II there's anything that
: can do for you let me know. What is iti
| Out with it,"
} swell, this thing struck me, pardner,
} Just at the worst time, when l had just re-.
, mitted all my money, and of course it will
be some time before will get much again.
, II you could let me have ten 1t would
help nightly"
The money was forthcoming, and soon
the saloon.keeper was left alone again. A
little later in came two workingmen, both
with sympathetic looks and tender words.
/ Before turning to go, one OF them said, as
! II the idea had just struck him, that it
would be good idea to assist the afflicted
and got drink at the same time. "Leps
have something.D Henry went behind the
, poor old bar and set up the well-remem-
bered bottle. The men drank and paid,
. and as they were turning to go the saloon.
keeper called their attention to some prime
stuff which he bad just received bottled,
and which he was selling for dollar a
pint. This was little more than the
men had counted on, but they each
bought bottle and sauntered out. All
! that day similar scenes were enacted
! at the White Star. Such a steady
string Of visitors at any saloon had not
been known in Eagle for weeks. Scores
! called, dozens drank and bought bottles OF
! the freshly imported stuff, and all ex'
tended to Henry their sincerest condo
lence. Toward night Rogers returned and
! found the White Star saloon thoroughly
cleaned out and Henry awaiting him, his
, face wreathed in smiles.
: at has paid immense, pardner," said
Henry. "We've got more'n enough to
> climb with now, and it's my opinion that
. we better not lose any time about 1t eth
: err For an hour they were busy getting
; such traps together as they could carry
conveniently, and soon after dark Mr.. and
. Mrs. Henry and the shrewd Rogers were
1 footing 1t to the railroad. The next day,
when some Of the kindly old miners called
10 help bury Mrs. Henry, they having al
c ready dug the grave, they found this note
0 written on an old envelope stuck In the
J. mouth Of black glass flask:
The old woman didn't die, boys, but she
J, would II VIC had stayed as we were, and, come
0 to think about It, we.believe We would, TOO, II
s we stayed nov. Goodbye.
j. The old-timers simply sawed their teeth
D together, and walked sullenly away. mo
D body'Il miss 'em," says one." "Nor their
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