Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-30

was Frank Williams. a stalwart youn'
miner with a powerful body, poWeriu
Cornish accent, and powerfulhttle monel
beyond what be needed 20 buy mug
beer and pay his car fare TO the w est
/ His clothing was the clothing OF all Cor
nish men, made to wear and not for style
and he put on very few airs indeed.
When the other miners went west NJ
went with them, and that was the last
that the Miners Arms saw Of him unit
yesterday.
Then there walked calmly and majes
tically up to the bar being not easy tc
recognize as the awkward young man
/ from Cornwall. A very 1ne and lustrous
! silk hat decorated the top Of his head. A
! fierce and very black moustache curleo
/ upward from his lip, and his speech was
fun Of the poetic freedom OF the wild
West. But il was Frank r. Williams just
the SEINE. Under his arm he carried
a box Of white pine, such as are ordl'
Marty used to stow dominoes in. That
he laid down on the bar, and, calling up
the crowd, drew the cover of and pulled
out chunks OF mineral wrapped up IN
fragments Of back mber OF some Wes-
tern newspaper. He handed those chunks
around in proud silence, beaming with
satisfaction on his old friend Landlord
Hamilton, who was almost too much sur
prised to shake hands. The chunks OF
mineral were blush in color. with streaks
of yellow running through them very
plentifully, and here and there little
nest OF yellow stuff all by itself. Every
body knew that was gold quartz, and ad-
miring eyes gazed upon the COrnisbman.
'fSold her for $50, 1000" that individal
l8cOnically remarked. ''She's worth a
million easy, but Pm no hog. Put those
rocks in the safe"
They were stored away, and an impera-
tive wave of the strangers arm brought
every man in sight straight up TO the bar.
Everybody drank what he considered to
be the finest stuff going. The stranger
waved a bundle of green backs the size Of
an infants head at the landlord, and
everybody drank again. Everybody drank
twice more after that.
Then the man, selecting from the bum
die comfortable handful OF cash, stuffed
it into bis pocket, slowed the rest In the
safe, and gratihsd the hungry ears around
him. His tale was short, but frequent
wavings Of the narrator's right arm
heightened it out much.
"When l left here" Frank Williams
said, II went to Colorado, and knocked
around for a couple OF years getting gold
experience, but not much gold. tell you,
those were hard times"
This part Of the tale was carefully and
solemnly washed down.
From Colorado / went Just about eve
rywhere, working and prospecting and
getting along as we'll as / could. lean tell
you, young fellows, right now before you
start out, that it's 10 easy job making a
fortune"
Beer, porter, halfand-half, whisky.
brandy, and even ginger ale, are crowded
side by side along the bar.
1 rfaTF 4 L..
mines of Tennessee, Alabama, and North
Carolina. There is no such thing as pick.
iug up money in the brooks there, / can
tell you. IL was hard picking. Finally,
two years ago, made up my mind thatit
WAS no use roaming around. Luck hasn't
lost any Cornish men, and isn't looking
Tor any. i Ou'Ye got TO work to get at
her. | thought there was money and
gold in the quartz veins OF North Caro-
lima, and l made up mind to look for it
there until found it. l prOspected and
prOspected, and at last l did find il, not
far from Charlotte. 1 got control of 100
acres OF the ground that covered the gold,
and | showed pieces of the quartz to
spectators that were nosing around all
over. / got q letter telling me to come
here to New York. and l came here with
those chunks and showed them to the
parties that were backing the nOsers. ]
sold the ground to-day for $4,000"
At the conclusion Of the tale there was
grand rally, which dispersed only TO be
succeeded by more rallies that kept right
on. -=-aa44
Late last night Frank Williams was
still celebrating his good luck with
crowd Of Cornish miners who work as
iorenen on the aqueduct. His talk was
all Cornish then, and only the glossy silk
hat and the little chunks of blue stone
remained to tell Of the buoyant West.
Most OF the men thought that lucky
Williams would take his 10000 over to
England and 1--we nabOb all his days.
But that is not MIR. Williams style. He
said $4,000 was COED entering wedge.
He was going to take that wedge out
West with him and make his million vet.
The 81, 600 in cash which he had stored in
the SAFE was sound enough, and so, the
landlord said, were the guarantees. given
TO Williams for the other $4,000. Will
Hams said he had been in town for sew
eralaayss but had stopped at one OF the
fashionable uptown hotels. He wanted
to wait until he had the money in his
pocket before coming back to the old
Arms, so as TO appear in good condition
before his Cornish friends. They told
him his condition couldn't be finer, and
the jolly time kept right on. lis well
enough to tell confidence men right here
that Frank Williams weighs a good deal,
and that 1t will really not be worth their
while TO swarm around.