Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19

ai.ed him. "S'posc he YVES killel,n said an
ot lcr thar amt no time this thirty year no
W rent, so to speak, just surcrin for it, ez
hi. u.ral ri slt ~ "A Mexican" Tho jury ut
In compounded by bringing in verdict of
h,ni.Ilc against certain parties unknown
Y t i; was understood tacitly that these I'M
ki own parties were scvcrally Wilcs and Pc
dr.; Manuel. Miguel and Roscommon PROV
in an unmistakahlc alibi Wilcs and Pedro
II; fled TO Lower California, and Manuel,
vi .rlr and Bonommon deemed it advisable,
III the then excited state of the public mind. to
W. .hholdthelor"cd application and claim from
thacourt, and the public comment. Sothat for
a year after the murder of Coucho and tho
fiji int Of hi, assassins "Thc blue Mass Min
in; Company" remained in undisturbcd and
ac.ual possession Of the mine, and rcimcd in
tn il stead.
Bat the spirit of the murdered Concho
would MT down any more than that of the
murdered BanIuo, and SO wrought no doubt,
in quiet, Concho-iikc way, sore trouble with
| th' "Bluo Mas Company" For great capt.
taii,t and master of ayarico came down
to the mine and found it fair, and taxing ON.
Of the company asil', offered to Ind his
name and a. certain amount of com for a con
trolling Interest. accompanying tn, generous
offer with u Sue 'siiuu that if it wc'a not
acceded to he would bc compelled to luy up
| various Mexican mines and flood the market
with quicksilver to the great dctrimnnt of the
| blue Mass Company. which thoughtful ,ug-
! g,stion, offered by Il man frequently ailuGod
a tf f'nl ia al
| princes, and as one who had done much to
develop tho resources Of the state" was not
! to be lightly considered; and so after a eau
tious ron-consutation with the company. and
n cOmnendable secrecy the stociholdcr sold
out. Whrrcat it was speedily spread abroad
| that the Great Capitalist had taken hold of
"}lue Mass and the stock went up. and tho
! other stockholders rcioiccd-unt the Great
Capitalist found it was necessary to put up
expensive mills, to employ a high salared
superintendent fact, to develop the mine
by spending Of is earnings, 50 that the stock
quoted ut | T. was finally saddle1 with an as
sassmcut of 90 per share Another as>css-
mclt of 80 t. enable the superintendent to
proceed to Russia and Spain and examine in
| to the workings of the quicksilver mines
there. and also general commission to the
gifted and scientific Plla-oman to examine
intothc various component parts of quick
silver and report if it could not be manufac-
t,acd from ordinary sandstone by steam or
electricity, speedily brought the other stock
holders t. their soil-cs 1t was at this time
! the good fellow "rom,n the seliouS-mindcd
"Dick' and the speculative but fortunate
! "Harrv,n brokers of the Great Capitalist
found it convenient to buy up. for the Great
Capitalist aforesaid. the Various other shares
at great sacrifice.
fear that have bored my readers in thus
giving the tire,ome details of that ingcnuoA
American pastime which my countrymen dis
miss in their cpie,rammatir way rs the "freez-
ing out process And lest any reader should
question the ethics of the proceeding, l beg
| him to remember that one gentleman accom-
plished in this art was always sincere and
direct opponent of the late Mr.. John Oak
hurst, gambler.
But for once the Great Master of Avarice
had not taken into sutli lent account the av-
arice of others. and was suddenly and virtu-
ouslv shocked to learn that an application for
Rock Rancho" was about to be offered be
fore the United States land commission.
This claim covered his mining property. But
the information came quietly and secretly, as
all of the Great Masters information was OBJ
tanned, and he took the opportunity to sell out
his clouded title and his proprictorship to
the only remaining member of the original
"Bluc Mass company" n young fellow of pith,
before manv-tongued rumor had voiced the
news far and wide. The blow was heavy
one to the party left in possession. Saddled
by the enormous debts and expenses of the
Great Capitalist, with credit further injured
10y the detection of this lucky magnate, who
was admired for his skill in anticipating
loss. and whose relinqUi5hmcnt of any project
meant ruin to it, the single handed, impoyer
ished posscssor of the mine, whose title was
contested and whose reputation was yet to be
| mado-poor EigrS. first secretary and only
remaining officer Of the "Eluc Mass COM
pany," looked ructully over his books and
Lis last transfer, and sighed But l have be
fore intmuted that he was built of good stuff
and that he believed in his work-which was
well-and in himself, which was better; and
so, having faith even as u grain of mustard
seed, | doubt not that he would have been
able to remove that mountain Of quicksilver
beyond the overlapping of fraudulent grants
And, again, Proyidclce-having disposed of
these several scamps-raised up to him a
friend, But that friend is of sufficient I'M
portance to this veracious history to deserve
a paragraph to himself.
rba DN-ln Of .
ordinary mortals Royal Thatcher. His
gcnealogy, birth and education are I take it,
OF little account to this chronicle which is
only concerned with his friendship for Biggs
and the result thereof He had known Biggs
a year or two previously; they had shared
each others purses, hunks, cabins, provisions,
and often friends, with that perfect freedom
from obligation which belonged to tho pioneer
LIE. The varying lido of fortune had just
then stranded Thatcher on desert sand hill