The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-17

work. great crowd, hundreds, gath
cred instantly, for it was wild time in
Creede then, and call tor trouble
brought the throng as IL by magic.
AS Mrs. Miller showed the revolver
the workmen hesitated, aud for a brief
moment there was pause, while men
of all social grades looked on in silence.
The workmen were again ordered to pro.
ceed, and again they hesitated under tho
muzzle of the revolver. Then came the
end. Some one in the crowd shouted:
"Mrs. Miller has fed many man
when he was broke, and never asked him
cont. Let's duck the jumpers in the
creek"
A howl of approval arose in answer,
and the jumpers made haste to slip
through the crowd and sneak away.
Mrs. Miller had an offer of $4,000 cash
In February for two of the lots which
che had held to with the aid of her re.
volver-there is no doubt about the aid
of the revolver; any man who looks into
her laughing gray eyes sees the viii De-
hind them when it is aroused-and she
sold them at once. She had now money
enough to 20 on with her building. The
work began the first week in March, and
on April 1st she began to draw $500 a
month in advance from the rentals.
The building is fifty feet square, and,
as said, fronts on three streets. 1t is
neat frame structure, two stories high,
with lofty ceilings, large windows, two
large rooms ON the first floor, and
broad, easy stairway leading to tn,
second floor, where there is wide hall
and nine large well-lighted offices. It ID
much the best building in town at thin
writing. The total cost was $4,000.
Mrs. Reid Miller, on April 1, 1891,
reached Creede too poor to pay the
freighter who brought her here. In
exactly one year to day she was in re.
ceipt of an income of $500 n month and
had snug sum in bank. But the story
is not all told. She might have had
greater income, but deliberately refused
it. AS her building approached compile.
ton, President McDonough of the First
National Bank offered her $50 month
for the corner room on the first floor for
the use of the bank. While she con-
sidered the offer man came and offered
her $3.50 a month for the same room,
that he might open gambling resort
there. Mrs. Miller refused the g gambler's
offer because she thought that respect.
able business would in the end prove the
most satisfactory.
This is not all of Mrs. Miller's prop.
erty. Along in February the State Land
Commissioners sold a half section OF land
adjoining Creede on the south tor the
benefit Of the Colorado State School
Fund. The scenes at that sale were
wonderful to behold. More than 1000
men and some women attended and went
wild with excitement. Hundreds were
ruined by the prices they paid for unim-
proved willow swamp land. Corner lots
brought from $4,000 to $1,000, according
to location, while the rest sold down in
the hundreds. Mrs. Miller attended the
sale aud bought dry lot at the foot of
Mammoth Mountain for S145. One has
only to walk over the school sections, as
it is called, to see that the lot is we'll
chosen, and, considering the prices the
rest paid, very cheap. 1t should be said,
however, that there was Nc great dis
position shown at the sale to bid against
the women; but, on the other hand,
Mrs. Miller would have paid an extrava-
CANT price. .
On this lot Mrs. Miller has built two
cottages, front and rear, at an expence-
Of over $500 The front house is one
story high, has bay window and two
verandas and three largo rooms, besides
smaller ones. There is no ueater looking
cottage in town. 1t Is to be rented.
She will probably get fifty dollars a
month for it while the boom lasts, and
thereafter good return ON the money.
The rear cottage is mado of rough lum-
Der and contains two rooms. Mrs. Mil.
Ter rents the front room and lives in the
rear room with her boy. She will start
for Vienna in short time to visit her
father, who is still living there, but she
inter ds to return to Creeds very soon.-
New York Sun.