The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-27


stock broker always busy. eager TO
learn, sharp ne n steel trap with the
books She'd take down my letters IN
shorthand whiak them or on the type
writer Keep the iotterbook lndexed 40
10 the minute run the postage stamps.
why. I rot 10 used 10 her In o week
that I barely took the trouble 70 sikh
what Hho wrote, much loss 10 Beo N II
was correct. Fnot n, I gave over my
heart, the Keys OF the safe and the
books Hhe ran mo. she ran tho Ofice,
and, II she liked, she WAS free 60 run
tho mine. How shn did hate the Thing
THAT horrid. nasty smini
Bit by BIT aho put me up 10 the hehcmo'
little by llttie she led me on--i Just burn'
Ing 90 get quits with the Thing, " only
for her sake. ~ last she showed mo
how could fairly knock the stufilng
out OF The OailnRhsr'H Daddy
You SEQ. he'd struck II rieh-llt on 10 n
BONANZA that wnh tho talk of Colorado
The silver Chamber. they called it--a
mass OF sulphurotH and ruby silver, big
M a church, running 1900 a ton. II
was right NJ the and Of the ledge, within
a few feet OF tho end OF my third level
drift, which had been rich 10 the very
end Of my claim,
Grab into H." said the sly little puaH
Trouble1 Never fear " you've got
tho pluck" says she, "fll supply tho
brains Now" says she, I'm 10 around
and begin by squarinE Bmiff'a engineer
got around MIN IN a jlify-and Wen take
such .iao out OF old BmiH that ho'll
think he's sat down on dynamite"
or course she twisted me round her ill-
tlo nngcr before "a time 10 think Don't.
suppose "a have run full tllt ni whole
code Of laws In my natural senses.
We bribcd Bmlff's engineer. who dis
abiod his hoiatiDR gear In such way
the mine had % be- closed down while
he sent down 70 Dcnycr for skilled hands.
while amln'a mon were lying around.
We bought them up. III there weren't
six lrft on his payroll. while I was work
ing double shirts on the third last drift,
Now both mines were worked with
shafts. because there was no Htopa
around worth tunnclinH from. moreover.
they wrru both wet ar Niagara, 40 you
nee the pumps were about the heaviest
part of the machinery
~ that little cats instigail0n. I took
some carpenters by night 10 the Daddy's
shaft Lowering men with ropes. We
got three solid brackets fixed 10 the tim.
boring say forty feet down Then We
lowered down a tank Of well-thrred ium-
bor which lifted neatly In the brackets,
and nllcd up tho shaft Finally. We put
Ia thrcc feet OF water. and stole away.
Next morning the Thing came saunler-
ins down TO the works. and when he
looked down The shaft. there was the
black water within few feet OF tho top.
"ial Joaycl what boAstly ahameH'
u walled. ''Mc mines all full OF water
on dcarl Come. you men-you beastly
- 4 s.sNaa h..
Hut tho "bcAHtly engineer fcllah'
couldn't wig up the pump because the
said pump was busted.
Work. How We worked Double
shifts. double time. Sundays, holidays.
hointing out the bonanza Hulphurets OF
the UallaghcrH Daddy. The silver
chambcr-why, the names pigwaAh TO
the reality. never. In all my mining
experience, saw such a haul Think
that smir pcttedT Think he found out.
and had deputy sherinH around my earHy
Not a bit. The critter went OF fishing,
yea, slr fishing. and was the laughing
stock OF Colorado. while hustled.
Yo gods. was the blindest ass ever
born. Never found II out TIL I'D worked
che silver chamber down TO the last ton;
never I'M the last ounce was consigned
TO the smelling company down In Denver.
was down there for my holidays. when
met tho manager OF the Great Dinde
Smelling Company. and he greeted me
with regular horse laugh.
well. Mr Philanihropist. said he.
how goes itl"
"PhliAnthropistY What do you meanf'
why, amt you been working double
shifts for the last three months and con-
signing every hlesAed dollar OF your bull
ian 10 the erndit OF the Gnllaghcr'B
Daddy"
You're mad" says l.
well. I've been thinking II was you
who'd gone iocoed-unlcsA you've mort
gagged body and soul TO Mr. Smiff."
A light broke Ia on me. Lets see
the books" howled. and my letters"
Yes. Il was the cold paralyIed truth.
ia been vietimiEed-horribly vieimiEed
by that little sho-cat While ! signed
letters without Rlancing at them, she'd
written strict ordera. from me, that ali
the bullion was 10 be credited TO Smin
OF the Galiagher's Daddy.
while he was away fishing. with
scarcely six men TO so on his payroll.
I'd been working his mine at the expense
OF my company and handing over the
whole proceeds TO his bankers II was
"a horribly put-up job That she-hend
OF secretary had been sent down by
the critter In revenge She was his
wife, newly out from England-Mrs.
smiff OF the Gallagher's Daddy mine,
Can you ask Can you torture the
hearts,rings OF ruined man7 | skipped
the country that night. and the Let-Her-
Go-Gallagher Silver Mining Syndicate,
Limited. is busted community,
ROGER PocoCK.