The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-27

eghan, the proprietor of the Opera
Comique,' otherwise known as piles o.
Bones far from subtle hit at the
anatomical curiosities of its female stock
company, so to speak. These bloated cap
italists requested Jim Lowe to lead the
gang they had picked out for the Job,
and Jim consented conditionaIIy on his
Being permitted to take along with him
young Englishman who had recently
struck the town and who had taken kind
~ to it. The young Englishman's gun
cases and kit had painted on them Hon
John Cornwall and st. Mary rather
1ancIed itself on possessing him. and
spoke of him as a lord When Corn.
wall smilingly explained that he was NOT
a lord, but only a lords son. st Mary
said that was near enough and good
enough for it, and went on calling him
Lord Cornwall" as it had begun do
ing. And Jim Lowe bargained that
r Lord CORNWALL should join his party.
'Hev him, if you like" said Madison
whose fuency made him. the spokesman
OF the grubstakers; only he's a sport
not prospector. I don't see what good
he'll be to you; but, if you want him.
why, you can take him"
1t appeared it was CornwaTs idea, not
Jim's
He wishes to join the party" observed
Jim Lowe, because he thinks he nav
find some big game in the mountains; he
knows nothing and cares nothing about
mining. One more won't make much G1f-
ference to us, and the others are keen
on his coming-hell be a mascot, they
say; you know how the boys feel when
they talk in that fashion,
"Oh, hev it your own way. JIM" -e-
sponded Madison; reckon you gfnralIy
get your own way, anyhow"
Jim laughed little and nodded
And the fart hot h.
own way in st. Mary; he was a kind of
King in 1T, though he put forward no
claim to be anything of the sort. A su-
perlor position was given him by tacit
consent, and the impartial onlooker would
have seen some grounds for it in Jim's
makeup, both physical and mental. He
had not drifted into the camp from God
Knows Where, as so many of the other
inhabitants of the place had done; he had
come across the range with some Indi-
ans, amongst whom, it was plain, he was
regarded as chief. The Indians had
departed. but ne had remained Now. the
Indulgence of curiosity about a mans an
teeedents is dangerous amusement in a
miniug-canp, and no one questioned Jim.
Z He told Madison he had lived for a few
years among the Indians, but had grown
tired of it, and he said no more about
his past. He mixed freely in the life of
the town, and became a favorite with
most of its people. He was man of
education. and that counted for some
thing, but his kingship was really based
on character. He was a Strong man
''Ye can't bluff him nor chip him out O.
the game was how Madison expressed
it; he's jist thar or tharabout all the
times
i Besides Jim Lowe and lord Cornwall, -
there were four other members Of the ex-
= ploring expedition. Three of them We're
genuine prospectors. true specimens of
1.-THE class which finds Mines but hardly
ever makes any money either from its
discoveries or anything else The fourth
was what might be called a handy man
but his chief function was that of cook
= and bottle-washer.
They had penetrated into the heart of
the Shadow, without seeing ANYTHING
which even the most optimistic could pro-
lAnounce prospect. Most of the party