St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-15
MEN YOU READ ABOUT
Popular and Prominent Peo-
-, Whose Names You
See in Print.
How a Saloonkeeper Won
Mackay's Gratitude in
California.
One Man Who Showed That
He Was Not Afraid Of the
DueliSt MoreS.
The United States Senate at
Prayer Is a Very Curious
Study.

When John w. Mackay worked as
Door placer miner. says the San FRAN
cisco News Letter, he was always care
full to put by enough, when he could 10
put him in position to seize an oppor-
tunity when 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 plan as he might
the color got fainter and fainter. lie
sat in his lonely cabin one rainy hlSht
supperless, reading by his last taiioW
candle a work on mineralogy, which ne
had borrowed from a lordIy anu sur d.
prised engineer. Abovd the NOISE 'ol
the storm came a knock on the oo'r.
Andy Hepworth, keeper OF the All
Souls saloon at ThOmpson'S Bar stag
gered in. His Stagger was causeu u
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 flour, which weighted his
shoulders and hands. John, lie said.
lyon never spend dollar over my bar
or any other bar at the camp, and that
shows your good sense. But the bows
tell me you're in hard luck. and know
a nan when l see one. Here's some
thing to keep you going" And he
threw on the rough floor the sack of
-four and the two sides of bacon, He
retained the whisky.
1t was good many years later. when
Mackay had become rich man, that he
again met Hepwnrtll, gone in health.
crushed in spirit, lounging among the
crowd of hopeless ones who hang like
flies about the bunghOle of the stock
market, SugarlesS for them. "Hullo.
Andy" cried John, delighted. You
don't mean to say you remember me?''
said the broken man. "Remember
you" laughed the millionaire. You
bet | do, and that flour and bacon, too.
Broke?" Flat" "I'il carry YOU Il hun
dred of Con. Virginia" Good enough,
John. You've rescued lie from
hell. When shall 1 sell?" "When
l tell YOU" But he wouldn't
sell when he was told and Mackay had
to pay the loss. This happened three
times. Then the millionaire put his
arm through Hepworth's 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"
Honest Injun?" straight" '.All
right. There's no use trying to help
you in stocks. You're gambler. and
when the fever gets hold of you you
won't listen to me or anybody else. All
Souls was a first-rate saloon, and YOU
knew how TO run it. That's your forte.
I'll send Dick Dey out to find a good
place. and you put yourself behind the
bar. Come back in two days 3:3OC. H."
At the hour appointed Mr.. Dey and
HepWorth were there. Here, said
Mr.. Mackay. drawing a check. There's
$4,000, Andy. Dick struck an Al place
on Market street. You can buy it and
have sOmethidg left to stand a run of
bad luck, if need be. Keep the bottle
for other folks and you'll he all right.
If you dOn't-but hope you will, for
your own sake. And don't you ever
forget, Andy, that that -four and bacon
will always be draft at sight for a
grub stake"
Pm happy to say that the new All
Souls is a success. that Andy is as tenn
perate as parSon. and that he's done the
manly thing and paid back every cent
of the $4,000 ont of less virtuous mems
pockets. If you don't believe 1t, ask
Dick Dey,