The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01

| f.- tsaHs Ike q reasonable u---r-
y T. II hasn't been ior >a1e. aid :
| ta'iy but II any one can buy II at a
fair :src. ! suppose ! am he II the
! cash ere coming 70 pay tar Il
he here your chance. aid O,h-
sosh, ID. taking mp q .ettcr, passed Z,
.ver q me: then Be turned - wrItc
i.s-ir- away with h., pen At a wonder
iu' "a on something that was evidently
I 51lry him.
II Letter was from a capitalist who
Nos q The head Of syndicate that Vas
tieriE to buy developed mining prop
/ rriy. 1t was evident that they meant
+. bushes and had millions back OF them
| w lie | was reading and Oshkosh
was s.i writing like fury. clerk slipped
! IN w 4 basket containing the usual
sr.st papers tina: daily passes through
bar all made up ready 10 sign and
| mail, md on the top OF the heap was
the Slltan's Draft give you my word
9f hofor, De, | grew sick again at sight
! Of l.
II old man finished with a final
skate cross the paper as the clerk passed
out
Well, James, son, what do you think
of II he said, wheeling around 10 me
| I'm ire the Conqueror could be sold
II ths price isn't out Of sight II you
can wing that deal, my boy. you can
snap our fingers at the whole pack OF
yorr lebts, and the Sultan's Draft, too.
Your commissions on the sale would
anout 70 five times the sum OF your
preset needs. Do you thini, you can
make go through in six weeks That 5
/ abgItthe limit OF time I'm giving to the
return OF this hoax
Oh, my God We can't count on
that such a desperate emergency as
'hisrl cried in a panic.
'teep. cool, James Keep cool Si,
on t, safety valve and throw in your
haeoE and coal oil You must beat in
The rec with some Of your plans, and
this cfers another very good opportun-
jty + win out. Now look here Osh-
hlsh ,ontinued, taking the paper he had
Just cen working over. that draft has
to hive something 20 go with it, and
this 5 what | have made; but if any
SoGl n earth can tell what it is. its more
than can do 1t did not contain a word
to nike it Ineligible But it was beau
tful 70 look at, The pen strokes were
decorative as Chinese characters. and
ANY one might have told me it was San
scr't or Runic, or Cuneiform, or Az;ec
or C1octaw and | would have believed
ito, for that matter. design for an
Orie-tal rug or an Arabian mural deco
ratioa; it would have been all the same
to me. Why. De, what was intended to
convey the idea OF signature and ended
in tiat last almighty skate Of Oshkosh's,
beat Spinner's and was a master
piece finer than that Of the Sultan him
self that they inlay in mother-of-pear on
the tops OF tabourcts Heaven help the
British Museum if it ever meets with
that dummy document Of Oshkosh's :;
sayalts will waste their lives trying to
dcClrAer It
We'll. that worthless thing the old
man fastened with big bank pin to
that worthless draft. and addressed it to
his correspondent here in Chicago.
here you are, James. my boy; bid
it good-by. but be ready to greet il with
amount on demand when il comes back
Nos go long about your business
i lid 60 about my business-you can
bank on that. | fairly tore up the earth
to he ready to meet the return OF that
draf, Why, | couldn', think OF that in
fcl0l draft that | didn't imagine the
banks it went through and the stir it
wEs. have made in some of them OF
the looming young clerks that handled
ind revercntly, too, good Lord and
# I e old-timers they appealed to, per
laQ, who were afraid TO take it seri-
ou-'y and afraid to take it as Joke
None of my schemes positively failed.
hut hey tan;aIized me with numberless
DELAYS that ate into my nerves like lye
Still the return of the draft was provi-
druually delayed Then, when each day
daH1ed with the dread that il would
bring the crack Of doom, the consumma-
uou OF the Conqueror mine deal became
as, red. The final settlement OF the sale
that would give me money to burn ran
uelL and neck with the return OF that
i4s -deyi, draft that would bring me
rr and disgrace.
Il last bank messenger came down
- me works to tell me Oshkosh wanted
% e me Immediately Ii was a thought
les, tloing for the old man to d7-he
knew my oondition-why, | thought OF
sur de as |. went up town
Odd Oshkosh was waiting for me iii
his private office, looking as usual, faith
,r', and kindly serious. But the door
IaI hardly closed on us when he few
At ne ard beat and pounded me on the
b1.. and shouted an uudertone OF some
-u. | news into my car; | couldn't make
gu. whit.
I .ook. look, James, my boy he
cried, snatching up bit Of paper. The
Su,tan's Draft, the Sutan's Draftp
The engraved voucher swan before
I
lanes Hazleton-hfteen thousand dol
,ars-the Sultan's Draft had been paid :"
Well. what do you think OF that"
marveled De Loss.
From that on it seemed that every
thing came my way" resumed Hazleton.
More than a hundred thousand came
poaving in on me in the next few weeks.
But Raudebaugh and never tired of