The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-08-29

the Gold King Company, and its stock
holders, among whom Richard Borden was
prominent.
He had received for his Eastern company
price option on the Gold King, which
would prove ridiculously small if his assay
of the specimens proved up to his antici
pations. But through one fatality and
another which he could not contrul-in-
Guiding 4 railroad wreck and a broken mine
cage aud shaft-he had been delayed in
! bis inspection of the mine until the very
/ day before the option expired. More than
that, his own company had telegraphed
him that very morning Of decision reach
/ ed by the Directors If the assay did not
/ prove satisfactory By the 10th the order to
purchase the mine would be re,ciuded
/ New plans would be formulated al a meet
/ ius of the Directors, and If the deal had
not been eonsummated by that time it
would be dropped
Hudson saw his first commission slip
/ ping from his hands. either through the
expiration Of the option On the mine or by
the action Of the Board Of Directors Of hi,
Eastern company Either way it would
be agsraylriug to him. lie must not ouly
/ get hi~ report in before the morrow. but
I he must .ee Richard Borden, the chief
owner add President af the Gold kin-
/ With that purpose IN view he hurried
back to hi. hotel aud proceeded 10 make
f an as,ay &c ais rocks, with their fige fakes
Of gold scattered through them. He was
I thoroughly convinced that the older por-
tiou Of the nine was rich in streaks Of
+ gold ore. 4 few hours later when he
T finished hi~ ,s,Ay. this was demonstrated
[ beyond doubt Carefully poi>ins the
. s,.ld he had extracted from the fragments
. % rock he aid aloud
/ That a rich find /, viii ran trnm
hil, tu one hundred iollar> a ton 10 vill
. L., the making of ms reputation. Nov
I Tor Richari Borden. and then iyr a report
! t. the Eastern Mining Company.
II, drcg a time table of Ihs oarrow
gauge railroad from his ppeke, The mad
sound around the base oi the mouatain-
tuaehias at a juEru mining camps, ana
etrsrsina from the iooIhlls OF the Rookie
duall, a. .seli into = standard aausr rad
. that grysy.-l the oon,iurut
Hudson stared hard AZ the time table
aai trgwucd
a b.a,.tly sls-s' be muu.rrl W
train until morning Such >rryioc never
saw Bot one tram a day
But shcre vas 40 chojes He content
rI himself the bs-l be cauli 10 the small
mining tswu anl reiir,I early e. BE- ready
foraG closk start in TEE morning
Richard Borden lived twenty miles sess
Il the Gold King on the oal~kJTts of ,he
u,ost pretcn,ioa. settlement "a the Tr-aon-
Hud-au dropped n the cars early the Sol
lou,ns morning Al GolIhsll and booked
an,ani 10 vain 'yf .upe soTt % a convey
an,y 60 earry him 30 the hpsac af hs. man.
.Ilau yoa have = stage og some ~ors
e thing 70 P5sk HP stran-,rs be t>kel
"a The solitary -iaiiou agent
Nut for tins early train. Where ia
suQ wsn; g. ~
To Nr Bar,lcu s-Rishari Borden
H. y1u kngv him
The naa Iid not reply i,rrs,ly bu'
g,asaslag luas she rough mad SAID
There yoaE yhancs Thsrr Mis-
Bsrslsn Ia her agiomobsic II sou ~ a
friend q her uncle she u,a, take yea 1a'.
Ilud,.,a did nss wsit for explanations.
but bol,,-i Gus 81 the dingy Toom
.' | IN going 60 ask you ,a take uir a. a
passenger b. said tuushsaE thr -idc at
the car wifh one hand / must -sr yuur
uncle ., anor and settle ba,iae>s with
him
She .nilgl ami zracioasly moiianvd hlu
a. i position bs her siie, Yea have de .
es,Irl to advise yoar oumpAny 80 bus the .
mine ,e~. she >asl quietly
'Yes and | must Inspect he paPer- ii .
lhr contract aud ,hrn telegraph my som .
Fany before no1u.
She touched The lever and started the .
automobile puihng up the bill. When il .
va. Running suieo,fiy she aske,i Why .
in such a hurry Would noi tomorrow .
81 as sell
No i, must B., done before uoou ta- .
IAy. Hudson answered There
meeting of the ,iockhuliyrs thi, aitcruoDa.
and It ,hry don hear favorably from me
by that time lhey will cancel the orlrT
They had reached a commanding rmi-
neuee on the mountain road and Hudson .
forgot his business in admiration. She. .
t,s,, seemed distracted and lost IN cunJem-
piatlon uf the scenery.
Ii II wasn't Tor haslneSs now, hc .
said ,eGectiyeiy. 4 couldn imagine any
thing pleasanter than a hong ride through .
such glorious country.
She laughed slightly, aud replied with
httle intake Of the breath Why not .
take it anyway? d make an excellent .
guide know every road and sidepath F.
1t seems sraceless To refuse such a
tempting offer, but il /, something that .
viii affect my whole future career ! must /.
first attend to that, and then
She did not accept the hint, but added .
somewhat irreleyantly
Bat what would happen if the mine .
proved worthless
Hudson shrugged his shoulders
II j be ruined-that i, my reputation .
as L minin. expert would be-. and that i .
my only stock in trade at present
They passed along the brow Of the hill .
touching higher levels with each succeed .
ing mile, and far below them lay the val /
leys rich in their early autumnal hue>.
The yerdure of the mountains WIS blotched .
here and there by the dirty mining camps, .
with the ugly derricks and unsishtly build
ings; but otherwise the view was unmarried I
by any invention of man. They crossed
bridge which spanned small stream Of
water tinkling down through deep gorge
IN the mountain.
There are gorgeous views, Hudson
said for the fifth time Then, consulting
his watch he added in some alarm: Why,
you live a long distance from the station!
had no idea it was SO far.
YES, uncle choose it because Of It's eX-
clusiveness, she answered indltterently,
with head averted.
"But-but will we not be there soon?
Its getting late
A mountain fox suddenly crossed the
road Immediately ahead Of them, With
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