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

TltE SILVER CHAMBER
Mining Cqueried the atrangrrl- mining
Well. now. reckon 10 be posted on min
lnK Dldn't take hold ~ no i.et.Her-
uo.0allagbor silver mine when the stock
was down 10 nothing. ana make Il worth
Is within ycarI Ever hear OF tho Let
leFsOo-uailhEhrrf Oh, but you ought
to. for Gallagher stock has bcrn CLAM.
mOckinE around on London Change since
isso a pretty straight silver proposition
was tho Lot.Iivr.uo. Gallagher An
American miner would have stocked her
At a hundred thousand dollars. and made
dividends. but. pnhawl What can you
oNiuc, of gang of AfiuuhorH com
pany promoter picked her up cheap from
the assigns Of u busted jew. got up q
uyndleate. with Lord John dulnoapig FOR
president. and, times being so-Ho. palmtd
on a million dollars worth OF stock on
tho muFEinnvu Then he invested tho
plundrf IN his wifc'n name. went HmaAh
and got whi,cwAahed Ia bankruptcy
Ho there was tho ,iyot-iler-uo-u uaiinghcf
like whito elephant on the hands OF
Lord OulnuhplH and his muEginHca What
was they going TO doT Work the minor
Well you soc. Lord 0uineapiE's younger
brother was mining expert. and the
mugElnHcs mostly preachers and widows
were proud 20 be humbugegd by lord.
30 the end OF Il was that the directors
levied an assessment ana started 10
work developing.
And. a. said. an American mining
man with ti0.0o.0oo would have made the
minis pay. but Il needs laundering biz
prohu 20 distribute a dividrnd on a mill.
Na.s IalI
operations by renting big place In the
city. built q quarter million dollar gran
Ito building for ofiicvu In Donerr. Col /.
put up the wrong kind OF mill. the wrong
kind Of nmeitcr. and the wrong kind OF
works then. 10 show how much they
didn't know. gave the management 70
the Honorable Augustus GulneapiE. A.
the city oiiicea there were clerks ana
iiunkeyp. at the Denver once. managers
clerks. typswritora and nunkeyn al the
mine. annayorn. experts. managers.
CLERKS. typewritcru and aunkcya, More.
over. they al had their horses, their
dogs, their guns. their eyeglasses and
their hprseoloth oVcrcoaiS,
Every tina the Ahsayer sent home q
button OF silver there was n champagne
luncheon for the directors; every mana
gers report went as a puI TO tho news
papers. and the Official photographer
used to send large Eroupa OF the stan
N their working clothes,
ON change the stock wobbled up ana
wobbled down with every letter from
Colorado; why. even tho head OF an elk.
sent home by the Honorable Augustus.
sent Il up three points. Hut at last all
the capital was spcnt. no ore was In
sight worth cuAu. and the shares were
aa.N - III Ia k.. at eae d.
AhilllnK,
That's when ! met Lord Guineapig in
Donvcr-bluc as Ntrol-ior he'd got to
report TO his shareholders that they'd
been sold again. poor suckers. and must
make an assignment
'Look'a-hcrc." says l, have you any
particular hankcrinE after llquidauon?''
What do you mean, slry''
We'll sir. Il seems TO me that now
you're In a nasty hole. itd be superfiu-
Gus 20 wallow around In H. Spose
take a.hold OF your mlne and make Il
pay. whatll you do for me In the way
OF nharcsg"
"oh. I'll leave you our aasayer. Mr.
Gneiasmann; MIR smiff. our accountant:
the Honorable Angus"
Take EN- away and bury en-" says
l. Them. their iordships. their horses.
their dawgS. their guns, their blarstcd
eyeglasses and their horsecloth ulstcrs,
| want your dead mine, but | amt haV-
ing no truck with the long procession OF
mourncrs, want hyo thousand down,
absolute power and a third OF the
prollta"
That's how l became manager Sf the
Observation-Disclosures mine,
Takes well-educntcd liar TO manage
a.
into payStreak. cable home Great
BONANZA immense returns coming" OF
course, the stock goes up Aging Then
whom the engines bust. or few men
get smashed. they wire, Dreadful catas-
trophe," so that the shares 10 down.
down. down. till the bottom drops out,
Now, when struck II rich. | kept my
mouth shut tlil I'd filled up the safe
against rainy day; then I'd he able 10
have all sorts OF smashups without their
being any the wiser In the London mar
kot, Not that l did have much trouble
beyond an occasional shooting scrape on
pay day. Fact Is, my life was straight
bliss save for one Thing. and That was
Britlshcr.
II was smiH, Lord Guineaplgs old ac-
countnnt. who knew no more about min
ing than Frelbourg expert but the
creature. having lots OF wealth, bought
the mine next to ours the GRllagher's
Daddy. Now. l ain't prcJudiced to
speak OF. but never had any use for
an English la-dl-da son OF lord In
checked pants and galters, II hated me,
too. worse than pizen-blast It's cheekl
Not that | wasted my business hours
hating, for Just kept my head shut un-
less l could give n chance mark In the
eye to the Gallagher's Daddy.
Well one night who should come into
my ONCE but young woman. Pretty
as a picture she was. all wet and shiver-
Ing, but her mouth was-gummy. CryY
Cried fit to break her little heart Mr.,
Smlff abe said was a beast-a horTld
little beast; yes. that's what she said,
Smlff had sent for her all the way from
England. as his clerk and typwriter;
then when she showed up at the mine,
coQlly informed 'her that he had since
written countermandlng the order,
Wouldn't take her In out OF the rainl
Mad7 I'd have killed the Thing, but
that being midsummer. game was plumb
out OF season
PrettyP A perfect little witch OF a
woman--black hair, black eyes that
snapped, and thin, oval, winsome sort
OF face that bowled me right out. She
! had the cunnlngest. cutest little ways
/ you ever seen, and real lady, every
I inch, took her right on my books ~
secretary, walked her over to our land
| lady at our boarding house shark and
! had a cabin fixed up regardless! on, but
she was ripping clerk-smart as a
| Tho hast chenIcal command Tor wash.