The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-28


Tor ne could no longer get employment
IT he offered bis help, he was told blunt
", "We don't want the dudes luck here
Almost worn out with that hope de
ferred which maketh the heart sick, be
paused one day to watch an oldish man
who worked on in bis claim almost with
out intermission. The old man seemed
irritated, as though he thought the dudes
luck might be contagious.
What dye wantYp he growled. u
can't afford to pay for any dudes help"
g" want" said Harold, what most Of
US are here for, / guess, and that Is
gold"
well, why don't you look for 1t stead
of loaing around and hindering others2's
Where shall I look?" said Harold in
the half tired, half pettish tone of one
who had tried everywhere.
swell" said the man, pausing from his
labors and Strengthening his back with
difficulty, 'if / were you I'd try right
there in the middle of that slew"
This was said with the broadcast wink
to some other men standing near and
was received by them with a loud guffaw
OF laughter.
To the mems surprise Harold at once
ACSS~ W "a VI LID 0EVfCsStOa
of marshy land where stagnant water
gathered) and was soon busily at work.
On the following day he continued and
went down to the Office and formally en-
tered for the claim. The news spread
that the English dude had staked a claim
and was working for gold in the Doggy
slew. A number Of idlers hung about
and watched him and amused one an
other with their gibes.
Say, dude would come the familiar
impertinence. don't you want a partner
thereY"
another ~bystander.
Then q pause, and another tormentor
would begin. Don't forget to give me
some shares in the company
Then, again, Say, dude, how many
thousand'n you sell your claim forY
with your luck thrown in," added a
further voice.
After a few days Harold's face flushed
with a reviving hope. He had found
gold IN his unpromising claim, and the
only question was how soon would it
give out. Each days work, however,
seemed to yield him a heavier return Of
ore. and at length he found a ..Dockat',
" tANA - IL At1(A% q dA
extra heavy load he went down to the
bank and was as usual hailed by another
gold seeker:
Say, anything but water in your
slewTe
Nothing much" replied Harold in an
ofhand manner. "Only the dudes luck
The find was too remarkable a one to
remain long unknown, and it was soon
hri1tfod rhrnaa fhok Az fSl,.Iou ku1
made nearly q record pile" At once
Harold Tremayne found himself courted
by those who had laughed and gibed at
him but a few hours earlier. He had
worked for a goal that he had never lost
sight of, and before the weather render
ed travelling impossible he made arrange
ments safeguarding his interests in Klon-
dixie and returned to Vancouver, already
the master Of more wealth than that
which Mr.. Bartlett had named as an es-
sentiaI qualification for a son-inslaw OF
his.
Returned bearded like the pard" from
a place where everything is subordinated
to the feverish lust for gold, Harold had
himself, to use his own words, Shaved
into responsibility" and started east with
the least possible delay. He had left Liv-
erpool in the early spring and was back
there once more in the early winter. His
vessel arrived in the Mersey about DON
and directly he got ashore Harold pro-
ceeded to the familiar offices In Water
street.
He was eyed somewhat obviously by
bis whilom fellow clerks. who only knew
that he had "chucked up his berth" for
some within. With a little trepidation he
asked il Mr.. Bartlett were in and was at
once ushered into the principal partners
sanctum.
"Har' exclaimed that worthy. How
dye do, T~remayne? Back ever sooner
than | expected" Then. without waiting
for a reply, he rose and called into the
outer office: "Mr. Joyce, can we make a
vacancy for a new junior? Here's young
Tremayne want US to give him a fresh
start"
Poor Harold felt in a very awkward
%quandary. He could not well burt out:
Eve made a fortune. Now may | mar
ry Mabel?v Yet that, Of course, was
what his return meant. While Mr.. Bart
lett had gone to he door, the younger
mans eyes fell upon a copy Of The Daily
Post on the desk, and he saw in a flash
the following paragraph:
Among tue pdSsSuSSis W tAS otSahA7
ship Partisan, due in the Mersey today,
is one Of the latest of the Klondike mil
Honaires, Harold Trenayne, who we be-
lieve only left this cityin the early part
of the present year"
Harold's eyes sparkled with amuse-
ment as he put his finger against the par
agraph and pointed it out TO Mr.. Bartlett
as that gentleman reseated himself The
usually digniiied head of the firm jumped
from his chair to the door again and call
ed excitedly:
II say, Joyce, Of course I meant junior
partner. Don't make any COMPOUNDED
mistake and imagine | meant junior
clerk
With the new year the style OF the hrm
became Bartlett, joyce & Tremayne, and
when spring was merging into summer
the daughter of the oldest member Of the
firm became the wife Of the youngest.-
Lloyd's News.