The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-10

40, having given ones best years and
energies 10 work strenuous and at1-
sufficing in itself, but seemingly i'm
possible 10 find elsewhere, was a. BITTER
blow TO a man Who 6tiW felt himself
fit for Something. I had no prospect,
no hope of finding suitable employment
in England, SO at least l Thought i'm nay
them Respondent condition My active
career: as I believed. had terminated
abruptly: | was too poor to marry;
had no living relations, l could nave no
horne but my clubs and q back bed
room off st, James street. There was
nothing before me but 10 YeEetate ia
ubscuri1y without hope or horizon, dis
appointed and useless, until ended
rapidly into premature Old age
AS I brood4d tl1us inoodily, taking no
interest in the hustle and scnffie around,
/ was frequently challenged 10 run
ashore with the rest
But [ had no heart for it I knew
Gibraltar like my pocket" I ha'5
been Qllar1tered There with my regiment
in early days. J1e place Was fuM OF
ghosts. 1 did not wish to be UeniChed
of joyous times in the heyday of youth
now when I was so keenly conscious of
the failure I had made in life.
Yet I went. and almost Immediately
tumbled upon an old friend 1t WAS
Harry BrightgTnltEl, whom l had noI
seen since We We're lads at school 10
gether. He was NOW grown into a
puffy. round checked consequential lit
TIE ln2Hl with the self satisfied air OF
one accustomed to give advice to otn-
ers. He was a partner In tlAe highly
respectable finn of Black s. Bright
smith, SOLICITORS. of Gresham street.
as We walked up WATERFRONT street
together ne explained this unexpected
meeting.
i came out a couple of days agD."
e-tl
to travel 70 some beastly place in,a-h.
But have been stopped here by a. tele-
gram from my partner WITH some curl
Gus news I'm fairly beat; and don't
know what is best 10 do"
Is it business"
Yes. On account of some clients of
ours. heirs of the late Sir William Nc
kiHop. He went rather bIindly into a
mining speculation in these parts quite
without consulting US, you underStard).
Now It's al in a tangle. The heirs are
minors, unable TO act for themselves.
and even ne can make nothing OF IL.
So ne decided that one of US ought 70
come out and look after the property.
Black couldn't, or wouldn't and ii fell
to my share. worse luck"
Lets hear about it. Where is the
mine exactly. and what is the trouble?'
ITS q lead mine in some mountains
80 ca SO miles from here. The nearest
town is called Marbella."
y know ton the coast, half way to
Malaga"
The mine was brought TO Sir Will
liam McKnIop's notice by a mining ex-
pert. and l believe the scheme looked
extremely rosy. [ find a report among
his papers that the ore was very plen-
tiful and very rich. Il could be worked
easily. labor was cheap. the stuff could
be got down without difficulty and
r-1ljg1Tloi7 IN rho 0npT7 hoqPh Sir
William took to the thing, paid a large
sum for first rights. and just as he
was looking for returns. died. Then
when we went into the business, as
representing the beueficiaT1es under the
VIII, we could not see our way. We've
been u months trying to Straighten il
up and have done Just nothing at all.
There is hitch after hitch. We can ge,
no information; no replies to our let
ters. The engineers who brought the
thing 10 McKillop cannot be found"
Were they the real vendors?"
No The property belong really &c
q Spanish nobleman, q certain Marquis
de Almendral. He is somewhere in this
God-forSaken country. l suppose, but
the contracts we're made with the en-
gineers, who took the lead in every
thing"
And You can't come down on the
engineers ."
Cant find them, 1 ten you. YOU
evidently DON'T know much about min
ing engineers-of this sort, anyway
They're like cells and have slipped clean
out Of sight 1t WAS q firm called
Grips Baslelf Bros. knew them and
once had dealings with them 10 mn
sorrow. It was in a South African
company and we acted for the promo
tiers. hut got left high and dry.
smelled something flshy in this bust
ness when heard that Cripps Baskeli
was in it. It was about his last coup
Has the firm failed?"
Gone under completely. The whole
OF them-loes. stock and barrel. The