The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
BILL AND SAM.
How Thoy Deca-ao tho Millionaire3
OF Jumping Run.

BAN caIno forward and looked down
on tho ground, wLcrcon tho speaker
eyes wcro bent.
"Wcll?' said Sam. intorrogativoly,
chewing q straw az he spoke.
SEQ nothin'?" asked tho first speaker.
"Nothin' worth call,latin' on" re-
Joined tho man with tho straw in his
mouth.
''No?"
"No."
"Wall. Go." said tho other, on his
knee. examining tho earth; that's gold
zero"
Sam preserved his immobility.
''Suro?" he said.
Dog certain" replied his companion.
"Wall, ii that be tho case" COM
ncntcd Sam. "wo'll halter look into It,"
And ho went down on his knees, beside
tho first
Tho two 3crutinzcd, with unrestricted
carnCStncss, u littlo SPOT Of ground, on
which como yellow spcclls lay. They
diSgcd. In addition, carefully down be-
low tho surface with thoir ilngors Thcy
grew absorbed nnd Interested in the en-
ploymcnt. Presently the doubling Sam
ucl roso UP from his knccling posture,
and exclaimed, In something like an OK
cited manner for him:
"Ey thunder, ELL, you're right. It's
find. 'Sp"ct tho vein goes right into
Ito hill" pointing. as he spollo, OF o
rising activity not far from them.
Look here" again cried ELL.
SAM Stoopod down, at onco tbiq timo.
Eli presented u handful OF earth for
inspection.
"Cy larry, ELL! It's rich, II it don'.
stop hero" Sara cjaculatcd
And it didn't stop there. 1t went right
or. And it coon became apparent that,
n'i Sar, put l., The cusscd thing" never
would stop. There was no end to c.
Eli and Sam. rough minors though they
wcrc, were rich men from that out
There was arun down 1T Jumping Eun.
their camp headquarters SO called from
The annual overflow or the creek Il was
s!tua ted on. who wanted to start q news
paper. Eill' nad Sam started oao for
him There WAS . wandering preacher
WHO Was wont to lament his ill.fortuno
in not fading gold in tho universal
search for it among tho miners. and to
preach tho beauties OF poverty at oro
and tho sa-lo tire. When more cnthu.
Sicstic than usual he entertained an in
variable desire ~ build and start n
church. ILL and Sam built church
for him. and went regularly to hear hir,
preach but thcro was, of all of them,
brokcn-down, power; y-st:ickcn theatre
cal manager, who had stood at tho tav-
cru corner. with :: sccdy plur hat cooked
on ono sido Of his head and his
hands in his pockets, for LOT
many days, cndcavoring with what
cloQucnco no could command to in
s'nco some prosperous miner to In
vest III tho erect ton OF an cd ilco for a
thcatrr. Eli and SAM startod him in
this field. and then left for Tho States.
Tho newspaper they had endowed lu-
nlcntcd their departure rs that of tho
most cntcrprising OF tho citizcns." Tho
minister prayed next Sunday in open
church for their safe escape from tho
pcria OF their journey" The theatrical
manager, upon tho opening night at his
thcatcr. introduced into = topical song O
very handsome compliment to tho part
nrrs. In word Jumping Cun pros
tratcd itsclfand worshircd at the shr.no
81 William links and Samuel Shan
stone.
After sOrlc jcalousics, arising out OF
contendin; influence with tho people OF
Jumping Fun. tho minister md tho
editor and tho theatrical manager camo
to an aclicaLlo understanding, aud, tho
amusement serving interests Of tho
tscatcr becoming now commonly rccog-
Eiz,d. all tho olCl"cc joined in sup
porting that histricnic temple.
One da.i. the management advertised
q sptcitl feature, or rather u srt Of
special features. 1t was TO DO ON tho
occasion OF tho returning OF Mossrs.
Biinl;s ard Shanstonc frOr, their Last
crn lip. Tho management would
take pl. asnro In stating. that ct great
expense. it had brought all tho way
from San francisco galaxy OF talented
icr,alo attractions. They would rival,
III bcarty and dramatic excellence. any
thing in tho way OF theatrical stars.
III" management had bern specially de-
sirous Of pleasing. in order to rcnt.cr
Mi lifting tribute To tho return OF their
al tinIui*hCd fcllow-ciiizcns, hicssrs.
LINKS and *hanstonc. and. rs tho
'@.ncnt gentlemen were en- route to
san rr@Hci:co. the entertainments pro-
v:G'd at such an enormous OUTLAY would
i"vH I" bc attended constantly during
;ho short tirac OF the gcntcmcn's stay
ara consequent limit Of tho engage
rtnt.'
l 20 manager OF tho littlo thcatcr, an
artistic affair 81 unhrwn logs. large and
snac!ouS, had really putdone him.elf In