Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-08-07
A sroRx OF FauE EEIEs.nsHIr.


That Contains Intrinsic Evidence OF Being
Lie.
A double house was recently moved
from Powell street, San Francisco, con
corning which an old settler tells an in
teresting story, says the Sacramento
Bee. He says that two young men from
New York state, who had been TO school
together, arrived In San Francisco early
IN the '.ifties." Black went to the mines,
and Gray remained In the city, and with
a small sum, fitted out a little store. He
prOspered, married, had children. Then
came a big reverse. He found himself
In tight place, from which nothing but
S15, 600 would extract him. He went
among his friends to raise the money,
but they had none to give him. And
then as he turned a street corner sharply,
he ran into Blacks arms. He told him
his trouble and gave him all his history
during the ten years they had been sepa-
rated.
81 have the money!" said Black; 'fbut
$4,000 just sizes my pile. I am tired
Of mining, and hoped to settle down
here and get into some business, but you
can have it, my dear fellow, and III
take a whack at the pick and rocker
again"
Gray took the money and Black re-
turned TO the mountain. In the course
Of that year the merchant made a lucky
turn, and sent the miner his money with
ample interest. Then they ceased to
correspond, and the last the merchant
heard Of his friend he was about to
marry and move into a new mining dis
trict.
Five years afterwards the miner and
his family returned to San Francisco
Black was dead broke. Everything had
gone wrong with him. His mining
speculatiOns had failed, the mines he had
discovered had petered out, the men he
had trusted deceived him, and he had
about $50 remaining Of a once ample
fortune. Tie hunted up his friend GRAY
who was, Of course, delighted to see
him. 'And I don't see nothing for me
to do old man." said the despOndent
miner, except to get a Job shoveIng
sand, If you can't help me to one"
81 have Just moved into a handsome
house on Powell street, said Black ssand
I want you to come and dine with me to-
morrow evening. tits double house
finished about a week ago"
The miner was on time, with his shah
billy dressed wife and little ones.
'YOu did well In sticking 20 the town"
he remarked to his old schooI-feIIow.
'Here you are way up as a merchant,
living In a fine house, all your own,
and having a bank account as long as
my arm, I suppose"
Before dinner they visited the adjOin-
ing house, which was furnished in pre-
dwelling. Then they sat down and
chatted over old times until the lateness
Of the hour warned the miner and his
wife that it was time to return to their
lodging house.
'An right my dear boy, said Gray,
but Just step next door, there is some.
thing I wish to show you which neg
lected on your first visit When they
entered the hall Black halted. 'Here,"
he said, ''that looks like my trunk
Nonsense" said Gray, come up
stairs to this bedroom"
"Why said the miner looking about
him, ''confound you, you have moved all
my traps up here from that lodging
house.
'Aye, have I my triend?'' shouted
the other, slapping him on the shoulder.
'fWhere should a man keep his things
but in his own house, and in what part
Of the house better than his own bed
rOom?''
Black was beWiIdered, and began to
have doubts as to his friends sanity, but
when his friend thrust a deed of this
very house into his hand, and followed
with deed Of cOPaFtnershiP IN his bust
ness, he broke down and cried like a
child.
"And now we are moving away this
old house, sir, to another quarter" said
the narrator of this remarkable tale of
gratitude and friendship, 'but I would
not take 100000 for it, It was Black
himself who told the story, now a most
successful merchant.