The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09

Now look mere, lAnn' ne saul theIe ,
no use talking nonsense about this thing. I've
lived In hell for II for three years. and I've GOT
i. ! had 70 get, 1t. 1 could never hnye gone
II I hadn't, Well, I'm not taxing any chances
with It. I've stood by YOU, my>boHi IN good an
bad weather. and you know youI never wan an
and SO do i. And you mustn't expect me to
"iinnn' %HIisteu"!, with IBIS mouth slightly open
Then he GRIM d a little. .
",UnGe stand, said Cunningham' I'm roy
on this thing. You know that's not my style.
You're going to got paid for, It and paid well.
And II you wan! 70 take hold IS managing en-
At this point linn said he'd have 70 be eN-
cused for a moment because he iel' b sISH, a tG1
him, and then turned In, The next day passed
and Linn did not appear Ihis ahnoked SHnI
with. But he had more important matters
To think Of. At the end Of the week he started
eastward for the Magdlens' ana SIX weeks
ningham Knew capitalists in Boston. but be
w%;Ht asking fsvorss (. , Tss Ss2i'+ condo h.
ditlonalIy. Then a mining expert was to
go to .Antioquia with hin at, MS expense
IL the thing wasn't all he SAID ana more we ueai
was oil. Cunniugham's friends we're Impressed
with the change MS South American experience
had worked in him His plans and speGllca-
tons, for instance, were the acme ot, business
like ompl teness from the map OF his clever
canal tohis inventory of placer mining tnachlh-
cry. The remote VINO hhd lhe business ia
his hands put II through inside oi Sixty days;
Shortly after Cunningham and the ihiillug
expert sailed for Barrauquilla there hinPed mo
Boston "A Notwithstanding tramp. AFTER TINS
individual had raised the price OF a shave and
a haircut lie was recognized as llhh, mn
had started for Boston shortly ailei unhlns.
hams owl departure. He had moi travelled nrst
class. lie had traInped over the mountains
from Medellin to san Pablo on the Aiagdalela.
II a9y one ne, tbs ip3Rsy To s S, s,Sry N"a At San : Pablo
he mad found a river steamer "lll a JantLeu
feed pump, which he had assisted ~ repairing
for his passage to Barranquilid, Al BaIrah-
guilla he had shipped as a sloker on 9 tramp
freight steamer bound for New \ ORR Ihs
was IN August, and II was sui,ry m ths sI3he,
hole. 1t reminded him OF what cunningham
had said about living three years III heu'
The second day Linn vas IN Boston he called
on a man 10y the name of Jenkins, whom ilr hdu
known in the early days OF the dow inward path.
MIR. Jenk mss business was such Things as
close-shayed notes, thlfd mortgage ahdpItNa.e
loans to friends only on household lurntul'
and the like. once. when thus gentleman NM
self had got into a tight place, OWING toa certain
irregularity In a mortgage note, LINN VINO Aad
beah one Of bs regular customers and who
happened 10 be flush at tie time, had come
iorTard and put up tAe m&rGE 10 P,1a' s nt," I'M;
iAfi YOU gentlemen. seem 70 be running
up from South Africa, he sail Only last
week Mr.. Cunningham you must KNOW mn
was here forming a mining company iheS
say he's got u goo thing .oid linn
" Yes, know Cunningham, -md Linn
-" A hun rel thousand, | think said Jen-
kins $4,000 paid w. $4,000 Tor MS INNING
'ea"M-m-,' said Linn. I'm after capital,
too. But don't need so much a. cunningham
" What have you got?" JENKINS askel
II call IT,, sal Linn. the Benevolent As
similation Company
'Mlne?' asked jenkins,
"'N-no, sal Linn. This is a sort OF comic
0'sJsnkins looked into Linn's eyes for further
so haven't got EN- said Linn Shut
The door was shut for two hours during
the second Of which there came out ireHneht
sOunts Of hilarity on Jenkins part When
II openec again, Jenkins was giggine
he was snvine. nut nothing so be utiful You
come around when you're reaay and get your
money uo,,
On a Wis Visit to- a marie sister in Newburyport,
coming to Boston occasionally len Wreks
later, Cunningham and The mining expert g..
n work Of fiction. Cunningham, pro'ucel
his famous Inventories and placet large Or
ders for placer mining mmGhineay' Who t5' baaGG
lust taken his egree az mining engineer from
the Mas-achusetts Institute OF Technology
snnntbwarS. Linn, TO whom full reports, OF
these proceedings bad come by by Way %, Trr,
kins's Office restet quietly IN TS Ne%p onc EPSSrr''
he came TO Boston spent two days shopplhg
and on the following Satqp|ay tooG a steamer
AT New 1OFK TOT fufllO. b'lhio Va 'F
Linn travelle in the cabin.
Meanwhile Cunningham and the Tech Rradui
ate were doing things The way ,he erom pu sen
pablo In Itself opened the native eyes Bnt
that was only an overture. ~ ONE miracIe
Colombia had not had a revolution for two wears
and cunningham did not propose TO risk any
such Nv In his ointment. Hordes OF pfoWu
men swarmed along the line OF the canai WIN
nick and scraper, and gangs chopped out
derrick beams and sluice timbers In the woods
Cunnln ham boiled with omnipo,enGe he
had three servants and a pSrG.iaiDiLIiin ne bard eaId
through the canal and they were taking gold
gu! L ii me did not appear in the valley OF the
Porce When he reached san Paolo ne "enI
eastward and leIsuIeiv collected W SPiibbe tb uNe
be- nroceeded westward again, across the
Magdalena and over the mountains, TIL ne came
of the scene Of Cunningham's triumphs Here
Linn opened the four large packing cases ne
carried with him and began rehesrsals lor
IL W. months from that very day a mule
train started from the horseshoe loop tgr
Medelln. Cunningham rode At the h Se Il e I've
months, and he was carving two mnllons 0t
gold dust t. Nede. n.o o bT 20, T thu com ma1H'
$4,000 for Cunningham, and as much more
waiting in the river A. often rs CMnninGhsm
and chewed his l%uxuriNnt beard CYnninFham
carried a large revolver IN a beau'iul nolst"t,
but the balance Of the train was ularIned =, ht
natives OF Antiouuia are the simplest, klndileSt
people In South America, and the valley OF the
Porce is ~ safe AZ Bromtield street. boston,
except, perhaps. I'm time OF revolution,
Toward the end OF Us second daN : tourney
at the foot Of a mountain, the mlizZies ot some
eighteen or twenty rifles suddenly DIocken
the trains way. Behind the rifles were as many
soldiers in neat, new uniforms ana al, onlcet
smiling pleasantly and requesting a halt
CUNNINGHAM Jumped from his horse ana
wished 10 know the meaning Of things,
you have gold sphrr, ~ understand.
said the or1ccr, -, ned 60 MedelAn no!
This have 10 seize IN the name OF the republic
"CUn ingham turned the color OF a man VINO
80" Look here, sir he barked. There. a
mistake here. This train Il consigned "a, senior
Pillar SOPHIA Of Medellin. n member OF the Ma,
tional Congress from the state OF AnuoQula
"'Ah said the officer sadly. Formerly.
no longer The National Congress l. dissolved.
senior Pillars estates have been confisca'ed 10y
the revolution -
"" Revolution. said Cunningham, speaking
from the pit Of his stomach Then he choked,
They bound his arms and the arms OF ms men
and ledthem up the mountain, while ne inuinbied
about American citizens and warshlus. The
mule train they turned back along the ROAD
il had come. That was tho last Cunningham
saw Of IL o.ad ho
hastaned 10 Medollin, to find senior Sopira IN
,.cod apirits and no sign Of a re VOlltiOn Nnen