The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-04

gambler, ana fearing exposure, he had
forged his uncle's check 10 the amount of
several hundred dollars, hoping to re-
place the money ere his uncle should
learn what he mad done. This he failed
to dO-and when his crime became
known, he was forced to fee the
country TO save himself from a felon's
cell. BY his mother he was given
money to aid him in his flight, and
had come to California. Made reckless
and desperate. he had first adopted the
gaming table as a means Of support. and
with what success l well knew. The
money given him by his mother and that
taken from his uncle had been promptly
returned. He had also paid for the edu-
cation of his young sister and enabled his
mother, who had lost most of her prop
erty, to live in comfort. Her love had al
ways followed him, and through her en-
treaties and the promptings of his own
better self he had given up drink and
abandoned the gaming table.
lie was working hard; had won the
confidence of his employers; was re
ceiving a fair salary and by frugal living
was constantly saving money.
Two years had past since we had be-
come fast friends, and Bob was now the
confidential clerk of his firm, and the
prospect of his becoming a partner was
not far distant. There remained nothing
for him TO do but TO bring his loved ones
to California and there make them
home. This he determined to do and
when his sister wrote him that his
mothers health was failing and that she
had but few years TO live, he redoubled
his eXe-tions. hoping that the pure air
and sunny skies Of California would win
back the health of the invalid. His salary
had been increased and he was self-sacri-
cling in his efforts to save; but, nOtwith-
standing these facts, months, perhaps a
year would have to pass before he could
have his dear ones with him.
But in the meantime tickle fortune was
preparing to do in a few days what the
hard work of years could not have ac-
complished.
My friend and I both held stock in the
''Tuolumne Mining Company" whose
veins of ore had long since played out and
been abandoned as worthless. The stock
was not even worth the paper on which
it was printed, and the world had forgot
ten that such company had ever existed
But the original proprietor Of the company
was one of a class of men TO whom many
a wealty man of to-day owes his sudden
rise to riches and afiiuence. He had en-
ergY and perseverance and unbOuuded
faith in the possibilities of his claim and
kept working away long after his fellow
/ stockholders, having wasted their money,
had given up in disgust.
A last the labor of years had been re
warded, and he had struck vein of ore
so rich in quality and capacity that the
stock which had long been valueless
leaped at once to par and began steadily
climbing. The papers were filled with
accounts of the rich find and the stock
exchange was crowded with eager, ex-
cited men, anxious to buy the long
neglected stocks. Daily we eagerly
scanned the reports and noted the rapid
rise of Tuolumne Mining Company's
stock. At last when it paused
and stood still at seventy-tve
above par we sold and found our
selves each $4,000 richer than we had
been one month before Bob seemed but
little elated by his sudden rise to wealth
and only thought of the happiness II
would bring to those whom he loved The
modest little cottage which he had rented
| was given up and a handsome mansion
! purchased and fitted up with the utmost
care. Then he wrote for his mother and
sister to join him A month later they
came and no happier group could have
| been found in all the west than the four
! who sat down on the night OF their ar
! rival.
Many years have flown since the "Tuo-
! lumne Mining Company made its presi-
| dent and stockholders rich in a single
! day. Loving care and most skillful med
! lCdI dlu COuIu HOI w III udCh JH6 HedIIH VI
the good old mother and she long since
passed to her home above. Robert Har-
ris is a man well known i'll the business
circles of Sacramento His hair is now
gray, aud pretty, bright-eyed children
climb upon his knee and call him papa. -
The friendship began in Lone Horse
Gulch so many years ago has not dimin-
tshed, but has grown stronger with the
flight Of years, for the lady who sits OPP
posite to me when I write and whom
call wife, is Monte Bob's' sister.