Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-16

lsdHiUeTt, vi tue oTlbIudi vi olsNi
chy. tucked his telegram into his vest
pocket with q loving little pat. This
was the moment he had working and
living for all these long months. "Vei.
Urinary daffodil jinks," II read, AMI.
by his private cipher coda.
1t meant he was to go ahead, buy the
whole tract and draw on the company
Tor the first payment
The burning August sun beat ~.
lentlessly upon his unaccustomcd
head, his collar took ON the hue Of :hs
road. his face was blistered and lis
eyeballs scorched by the heat. but 20
absorbed was he In the schemes tina,
unrolled themselves before him that
he forgot to fume because of his liz.
comfort. he chuckied gleefully 10
himself. Notwithstanding the act ia.
volved the breathing Of mouthful Of
Kern county dust. for this was the eli
max he had almost despaired of reach
ing. Although he had never for a mo
ment lost faith In the richness Of this
little strip of foothill country, the
company had never until now beer
willing to raise the money for the first
payment and the erection Of the
works necessary for its development
and he had come to realize that, 81
verify. faith without works Is dead.
His company was not rich: Lambert
| Its heaviest stakeholder was worsa
tan poor. being heels over head In
debt. There were plenty of people h
did not dare to meet because Of over
! due notes. several clubs he could not
go near on account of delinquent dues
and numberless underlined tradesmer
who made his life a burden. But ID
/ the success of this deal he saw tn,
end OF all his troubles.
The loungers around the little hote
eyed him curiously as he drove up, am
fonowed at his heels as he made his
way into the Office. for such turnout
was not often seen In that part OF thu
country. Lambert pushed his wa,
through the crowd without seeing
them and drank champagne to his ris
ing fortunes as the uncooled beer trick
led down his dusty throat. The nam,
of Johnson. of the Mammoth Minera
Monopoly on the register, made hin
open his eyes trine wider. OF course
there was no reason why johnson
should not be there II he chose. bu
there was GOODNESS between tn,
members Of the two companies. espe
ciaIjy between Johnson and himself.
The county records showed the III,
of inc land To he vest I'D in one Antoni,
! I ,onez so early the next mornjns
lambert started off IN find her Bu,
once out ON the country roads. in IN,
waste Of The brown stubblefields. IN,
directions he had received AT the hote
became confused No one seemed n
tnow .nvtbjny ahout tho distance arI
T. hod hcen yariousIy estimated hon,
6t,nen milo, IN twentv ATtar follow
inc Tor sey.raI bo,,r. n ro.d that no
mo turning he looked abouI for some
on. of whnu ba miybt inouire tho yay
and tbe first sign Of life that came /,
siybt w.s tho ayure M a woman walk
inc toward hin, put whom ba u,,s al
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