The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-11-27
KE MINE

Kings. She's too good, any way. for n
common scrub cowboy like me. Oh.
man, but You should see her sit n buck.
Ing horse. She's like the west wind
riding a cloud, with the bright hair fly.
Ing around her head and her eyes like
stars. The broncho tears up the
ground. but she laughs as she drives
home the spur, and there's no fear In
her. I've fought two men for fooling
around her, already-one with rides on
horseback; he's IA the hospital; the
other, shooting nc sight with guns. but
hunted him out OF the country"
Jack Brancepeth always was hand.
some, hut now NJ he laughed m
triumph felt that Miss kitty hud no
need to rue her choice. FOR this gallant.
simple. boylsb lover had the face OF a
Galnhnd.
"Nes THAT'S why I've been trying TO
Keep straight Why. I'd be NANCY
hermit if / couid make myself good
enough for hcr Bu,, as she sail. the
Old man would never let me have her
unless Ia lot OF wealth. I tried hard
enough, but then we'd been engaged
more or less Tor two whole years with
out my making my pile"
But" said !. "this doesn't seem 10
have much bearing on the present
troublcG'
at hasn't. eh7 Well you reach your
hand into the loft pocket Of my belt,
and you'll find her letters. There,
that's right; now read the one on top"
so found myself glanclng over the
first OF n batch Of letters In a fine
round school girl hand like a strlngful
OF knots. The letter read:
"Dear Jack-If you want me don't he
a fool. Here's Pa favoring Daddy
Longlegs. who wants me awful bad.
He's given Daddy Longlegs a straight
tip how TO make his fortune. Pa told
him that they've just found n tremen-
dous lot Of ore in the Grubstake mine,
but the principal owners are lying low.
and saying bad things about the mine
until they can rope in all the stock.
whatever that means. Any way,
they've broken down the pumps on pur-
pose to let the works get flooded. so as
TO hide what they've found. Daddy
Longlegs has sense enough 10 speculate
in Grubstakes; you haven't
KITTY"
'Yes," continued Jack. "IIltty's pref.
ty straight goods. and when she says
thing she means Il. If Daddy Long
legs had a thousand dollars, / was
worth two thousand; at least that's
what ! realized In hard cash by selling
my ranch TO n tenderfoot. So rode
down here to Bitter Root City. went TO
Kitty's uncle. III Hewson. the stock
broker. planked down my roll OF bills.
and said; Buy Grubs,aSes.'
"You hadn't ought to buy outright
says Hewson; you should margin
WHAT'S thatY said 1.
alt means said he. that you plank
down your money; run The show; n
the stock goes up. sell out when you
think you're pretty well fixed for life:
II tile stock goes down two thousand
dollars worth. you lose all you have
got
"'G'll GAMBLE said I. with all I can
hold down by sitting straddle'
"Well, you should have seen the
brokers guying Ill Hewson in the Min
ing Exchange, and afterward heard
them talking among themselves in the
Coffee Palace.
"What,' says one smart Alecli. you
think III Hewson's working for silas,
chi You must think Sllas p. Hewson's
gone locol The old man confessed only
last week TO n friend Of mine that the
mines played out. why, the works
are chock nblocl; with water. md no
tunnellng facilities to drain II: the
pumps have broken down and OF real
pay ore there isn't a dollar I'm sight
"A level head has old man Sllas,'
says another; as to III Hewson. he's
roped IN a sucker who thinks he can
gamble-some fool OF a cowboy. he
says
"'rhere was another sucker last
week. says smart Alecl;; Daddy Long
legs they call him - plnnked down a
thousand dollars on n falling market.
he, he! Well, he's busted now; mar
gin all run OUT
AT that they al drank toast. Tong
live the suckcrs' but-well-I laughed.
Snow read the second letter." said
Jack.
you're n daisy" I read. "Daddy
Lonelegs has come bacl, dead broke;
and bis language Is just dlsnaceful.
Hold on, keep right hold, Jack. FOR pa
says hen soon be letting The cat out
OF the bag. 70 II the stock goes down
any moro YOU must keep a good heart
and hold on. KITTY"
"rhots all right" said Jack, "but
by the time / got the letter on Monday
morning my margin was running ont.
too. Says IIi, IFS nll your own fault;
you never took the trouble TO ask my
advice. or You wouldn't have bought
until today; but that was poor conso.
latlon, FOR was Ike to be as big a fool
as Daddy Lonrlcgs, when the Ex-
change closed ON Monday the Grub
stake was quoted at forty-three. and
II It went n point lower my two thou
sand dollars would be lost. Read the
third letter"
"Hold on TO the Stock" read. "You
needn't have been jealous OF Daddy.
He amt IN II, never was. FOR I love
you, old boy. On Wednesday morning
fTtn unrrsn rrfff Ia Ia III tHa uotnv. 4F.k