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put up a job Of salt on a Denver mining
engineer. He had to stand for the tender
foot's proposition, however, and sure
enough. three days later, the mining
engineer from Denver showed up. None
Of the boys in camp had ever seen or
heard of this Denver mining engineer b.
fore and they had a great laugh, even if
they were a bit surprised, when he in
spected Bucks put-up JOB and pro-
nounced it 0. K, promising, and worth
$4,000 on its present showing. The boys
said among themselves that the mining
engineer was probably just out OF some
mining institute in Boston or somewhere.
he looked so young and green and his
appraisal of Bucks fixed hole was so
funnv.
"Buck demurred good deal when the
Harvey Gaddis boy said that he would
only pay 5000, but, at length, after a
day of hemming and having, he con-
sented to accept the terms, which were
to be cash.
"'Tll telegraph to my father. Harvey
Gaddis, OF Washington, D. G., 70 send
me the money right away said the
tenderfoot when the bargain was struck,
and he walked right down to the teIe-
graph Office with Buck and sent this dis
patch: Harvey Gaddis, such-and-such
number on Massachusetts, avenue, WASH
ington, D. c.: Express $4,000 currency
Immediately. Have found big bargain
"The rumor of the success of Bucks
deal with the jay boy from back East got
around the camp in 10 time and lot OF
the boys just lay on the floors of the rum
factories and dancing tents and hollered
over it. But they were careful not to
say anything that could cop Bucks game
with the tenderfoot. They knew tina,
Buck didn't let people monkey with him
that way.
"While he waited for the arrival Of
the currency from Washington, the boy
with the pedigree started off on another
whirl, and on the first night he stacked
up against Con Dinsmore's stud poker
game. He took about $400 away from
Con the first night, 500 the next night,
$500 the third night, and on the fourth
day he sloughed it all back at Cons
table and went broke besides He knew
as much about the game Of stud poker
as do OF Yiddish, but he just played in
luck for the first three goes at Cons
game, and when his luck shook him 1on
the fourth day he went under in heap.
al don't care,' said the jay, trying to
look game, after he went broke, I've got
$4,000 coming to-day or tomorrow, and
I'll see what | can do with that
"'How about that mine O Buck Win.
gates 8 p asked ore of the boys who heard
him make this break.
"'Oh, I'll pay for that out of what l
win,' was the cubs reply.
"Buck had been called to Denver on
some kind Of a phony deal or other on
the day before or else he might have
worried good deal about the course his
tenderfoot customer took when his $l5,-
OOO arrived at the camp. Myself and a
couple of the boys were with the white
eyebrowed capitalist when he went down
to the express office, in response to the
notification, to get his biz bundle of
money from Harvey Gaddis, Washing
ton, D. G. He opened the big brown,
carefully sealed envelope before us, and
counted the $4,000 in absolutely new
crisp $50 and 500 bills on the express
office counter. We all had close look
and feel of the bills, for that kind OF
money wasn't common in Creede. Gold
was the circulating medium, and what
paper money turned up in the camp was
always greasy and worn.
s" Looks nice, hey" inquired the
tenderfoot Father must have gotten
these Treasury notes right fresh from the
Teasury.'
II told the cub, in a gooi-natured
way, that $4,000 was pretty big wad
for young fellow to be packing around
with him in Creede, and that it would be
good scheme for him to place it in ice
CoDley's hotel safe over night, and take
a receipt for it.
"'Oh, Pm going to win back what I
lost at stud poker first said he. Then
I'll put it all in the safe.'
'1 didn't want to waste any more
breath on such chucklehead, and so l
let him go on about his business. He
made for Con Dinsmore's stud poker lay
out right off. He bought 81, 900 worth OF
chips at the go-off, and his fine, new.
crisp Treasury 500 bills made hit with
Con.
If you win out, laid Con, I'll just
cash you with the yellow boys, and hang
On to this green stuff myself for luck, if
you don't mind
"The Harvey Gaddis boy said some
thing about the heftiness of gold to carry
but if Dinsmore really wanted
the paper, why, he'd leave it there, Of
course. Then he waltzed in and socked
it to Cons game TO" $l,700 within an
hour. Although there were four other
men in the game not another one of 'em
had thimbleful OF luck except the ten.
derfoot. Within half an hour he had
put Con an even 81, 600 up against it, and
then lie said he'd cash in and drop down
TO Bird ManIey's for bit Of faro.
"'All right said Con, come back
when you smash Birds layout, and
Dinsmore cashed the tenderfoot's chips
in double eagles, holding on to the
81 600 IN Treasury notes, as he said he
was going to do.
"The cub went over to Joe Conley's
and put the big bag of gold coin in the
safe. Then he went to Bird Manley's
faro layout, and made hit with Bird,
100, by plunking down $1,000 in crisp
b5O and 500 notes for his stacks Of blues
ind yellows. Bird fingered the bills
"'Don't get that kind of money often
,ut here. do yOu?' the tenderfoot asked