Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-02
A MILLIONAIEE'S HARD DAYS.
BONANZA" Mackay saw the Time When H,
Had Nothing to Eat.

When John W. Mackay worked as o poor
placer miner, says the San Francisco Ners
Letter. he was always careful to put by enough.
when he could. to put him i'll position to
seize an opportunity who,. it offered; or, saving
that. TO have something laid away for rainy
day. But prudence can't put virgin gold in
the ground. and Mr.. Mackay's claim on the
Feather petered. He'd worked at it for
months. and pan as lie might the color got
fainter and fainter. He sat in his lonely cabin
one rainy night supperloss. reading by his last
tallow candle WORK on mineralogy which he
had borrowed from lordly and surprised en-
gineer. Above the noise of the storm came a
knock on the door. Andy Hepworth. keeper
Of the All Souls saloon at Thompson's Bar.
staggered in. Eis stagger was caused bv
several things. One of them was a lot of his
own whisky, which was under his skin: the
others were two sides Of bacon and a sack of
Hour. wnich Weighted his shoulders and hards
John. lie said, you never spend n dollar
Ove- my bar or any other bar at tue camp. and
that shows your good sense. But the bows tell
me you're in hard luck, and know man
when ! see ore. Here's something 10 keen
you going" And he threw on the rough focr
the sack OF Hour and two sides OF bacon He
retained the whisky
1t was good many years later, when Mackay
kad become rich man, that he again met He n
worth. gone i'll health, crushed in spirit lounp
ing among the crowd of hopelessness ones who
hang like flies about the bunshole of tie stock
market. susarless for them. "Hullo, Andy ~
cried John, delighted. You don't mean to
say you remember me?" snid the broken man.
Remember your laughed the millionaire.
..You bet do and that flour and bacon, too.
Broker" Flat" TN carry you a hundred
Of Con. Virginia" Good enough. John
You've rescued me from hell When shall
SELF" "When tell YOU" But he wouldn, !,
sell when he was told and Mackay had to ray
the loss. This happened three times. Then
the millionaire put his arm through Hepworth'
and took him up to his office one day. ANDY
he said, seriously, has whisky got you. or can
you let it alone?" ..Yes, can" SHones: In.
JUMP" straight" .All right. There's no use
trying to help you in stocks You're o gambler
aid when the fever gets hold o. you you won't
iisten to me or anybody else. All Souls was
first-rate saloon. and you knew how to run it
That's your forte. I'll send Dick Dey out &c
find good place. and you put yourself behind
the bar. Come back in two days-3,30 PM"
At the hour appointed Mr.. Dey and Hep
worth were there. Here" said Mr. Mackay
drawing u check. There's $4,000, Andy
Dick struck en Al place on Market street. Yor
can buy it and have some thing left to stand
run Of barasca, If need be- Keen tho bottle 10,
| ether folks and youll be all right II you
don t.-but hope you will for your own sake
| And dontyon ever forget, Andy, that that doul
| aud bacon will always be a draft at sigh: for
grub stake
I'm happy to say that the new All Souls in ,
| success that Andy is 40 temperate az q parson
and that hos done tho manly thing aad PAID
back overy cent Of the Sl0,0o0 out o. less yir
tuous mems pockets. II you don't believe 1
! ask Dick Dey.