The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-16
FINDING THE VEIN.

after the purchase) that while the Mexi-
can slept Gaskell struck continuation Of
the vein belonging to No 1. Having sat
isiied himself that he had struck the true
vein, and after taking out several speci-
mems of the ore, he carefully covered up his
find, awoke the old man, and returned to
the surface
You will understand the discovery Gas
kell had made when / tell you that from
the vein in No. to where it was identified
in No. is just 700 yards. of which $50 run
through the land of No. 2, so that lila of
the great vein belong to the mine that
Gaskell bought.
well, gentlemen, Gaskell sold that
mine to his syndicate--it was his own ven
ture--for $50, 900, half cash, half stock,
and his syndicate sold it to the public for
81 100000. The new company has already
taken 100000 out of the mine III four
months working, with the prospect of
taking out twenty times as much in the
next two years. The Scotsman's profit Of
S323,OOO taken in stock is now worth
Sl,000,000 in the market"
Marble and his associates gazed at each
other fxedly for a minute, and although
their eyes spoke volumes. no word was
uttered. The situation was altogether too
deep for words. With one impulse they
rose in grim silence from the table. II
find the air in this room suffocating,"
finally CALCULATED Gilbcy, "let us co.
As the now silent trio passed into the
vestlbufe in making their exit TO Fifth
avenue, Oswald shattered his preternatu-
raj calm by calculating, Great Jupiter"
The exclamation was not surprising, for
there, coming toward them was Mr. Gas
keil. the man they had done their best to
swindle, and his bride, the beautiful and
queenly Madge. For moment a waver-
ing in the ranks of the three was percepti-
BILE, and just the suspicion of desire to
u ngd m hna
perts face treasured them
My DEAR, said he. addressing his wife,
"let me present TO you some friends of
mine who once rendered me very great
service-someghat inadvertently, it is
true"-(a faint shiver shook the three)-
but nevertheless genuine service. They
helped me TO win what wanted most on
earth, and his eyes rested fondly on his
wife.
Mrs. Gaskell commented to her husband
afterward on the strange, shy modesty
which almost prevented the three gentle
men from meeting her gaze, and his smil-
ing reply was. They couldn't stand the
the battery, dear"
After the three friends had escaped into
the street from the Ito theml terrible stu
alton, Oswald, probably for the first time
in his life, wore crestfallen air. Boys"
he said, The carries too many guns for us
all around. Just think of it. he has never
S'0ii hei'ioiieo W nci 1he-to put IL mid
ly-somewhat peculiar part We took in
that mining deal
How do you know that"
Because you can always tell by the ex-
preston in woman's eyes when you are
presented to her how her husband has
been in the habit of speaking about you to
her. | would rather have faced a hair
trigger revolver than those grey eyes if she
had known our game
Mr.. Gaskell has taken other ninety day
options since his marriage, and some of
them have proved very valuable, but he
never expects 20 ind one to equal that
marvellous pair by which he won both for
tune and bride in 1855.
JAMES SELwIS TAFT.