The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-01

ana had an office in town where he
transacted mining business.
Suspected Something.
! After good deal of talk he said that
/ the colonel intended going or his motor
] to Saltar at O clock the next day On
! behalf of the colonel he extended an in
yltauon TO us to join him on a trip TO
\ Saltalr We agreed to GO and after be-
/ ing in our company about an hour and
half, saying hs had an appointment
| With the colonel about O'Clock he left
I Immediately on his leaving u.s. | re-
marked to my brother that I considered
this man to be operating the confidence
1 trick on us, and it was not my intention
| to fill the enga gement indeed we had
| arranged to leave that night on the mid
night train fors Los Angeles, fearing that
we Were being followed but later on in
the evening, we felt tired with our
| Journey from Chicago, we decided to stay
over and leave note for this young
man. telling him Of our intention of not
keeping the appointment So we left a
note with the clerk of the Cullen hotel
addressing 1T to the young man who was
to call for Mr.. McWhirter today, and in
! formed the clerk of the likelihood of such
person calling.
Avoided Engagement.
To keep out of his way we took a tram
| up to Fort Douglas and came back to
town about a quarter past p We were
on the point of entering the ROYAL cafe
Tor lunch when we were approached by
| IillS young man, VINO expressed MS regret
at our being unable to join him on the
| trip to Saltair and said that the colonel
had expressed a wish to meet us in any
case; that he was interested to hear of
two Scotchmen in the city, and that we
would find the colonel a very nice old
gentleman; that it would not be too late
for us to come back to have our lunch
in the cafe after seeing the colonel This
/ thought this could do no harm and
with my brother we accompanied him to
a43 West See9ad South, q cooSaiag house
OF Mrs. Mary Young. On the way he
expressed on behalf of the colonel regret
at the appearance that we would likely
find the office in, his own office was
under repair at present and these were
only temporary quarters.
Meet More Strangers.
When we saw the stair up which we
turning back, but he shouted TO us that
we were to come on, that the colonel was
waiting on us He was at the head of
the stair at this time. We went on and
he approached a room and knocked at
| the door. The door was not answered
Immediately. He had to knock again,
when the door was opened by a gentle
man of whom the man who was steering
us inquired if the colonel was in. He ex-
planned that the colonel had been expect
ing US but had gone out for minute or
! TWO: out sad that we were late and told
us that we might take a seat and wait
for his return.
Other than the person who accompanied
us there, there We're two occupants of the
room. to each Of whom we were intro
duced. The first one was described as a
mining expert, whose name L do not re-
member He was about 80 years Of age;
height. 3 feet or s; weight. l should say
dark moustache: hair slightly gray; well
dressed; black suit; frock coat; had rings
on his fingers and watch chain; he was
inclined 20 be slightly bald. that is, not
bald. but his hair was getting thin. He
was q continuous smoker of cigars. He
! spoke with "a nasal tWdng; a drdWl even
more than ordinary Americans. His face
gave me the idea that he seemed to be
tanned and notified little. l would not
say that he had had smallpox, but he
had weathered face; his moustache was
! not long and silky. it was rather thinned
and dropped. His whole complexion was
very dark.
The Great Unknown.
| The other man was described as doc
tor-the name ] do not remember. He
was supposed to be local. He was the
| biggest man of the crOWd-abOut five feet
| ten; weight, / should say, about thirteen
or fourteen stone; broad. square Shout
/ Gers; very well dressed, the best dressed
/ of the bunch; evidently tailor made
4 clothes; fair complexion, mustache fair;
! athletic build and a man good looking and
| well proportional. He also had some Jew
| elry, rings, a watch chain, and, l think,
| an emblem on the lapel of his coat. He
/ is probably 40 years of age-a man would
( think in the prime of life-big, athletic and
| strong He had a full face and stout
characteristics. He had mild hammered
voice.
! On entering the roo mthe mining ex-
J pert apologiZed for the delay in opening
| the door, and the doctor said he thought
/ it was his wife coming. and as they were
/ engaged in little game of cards. they
1 had delayed opening the door until they
/ threw a paper over the table which held
| the cards. On the right hand side. en-
| tering from the door, hung a map of
Utah, with mining districts on it-p4aces
/ where mines were. In another corner of
the room was a small desk table. on which
| were letters and correspondence of one
| kind or another. Thrown around the
| room in a promiscuous manner were
| Jumps of of one kind and another.
| The room had the appearance of an of
| flee furnished for an emergency.
Suggest a Game.
After some preliminary talk during
which some samples of ore were shown
/ to U.S. my brother and / and the other
young man We're asked by the mining ex-
| pert TO excuse the doctor and him
! till they finished their game of cards.
which we had interrupted. Our friend
who had shown up asked to be al
| lowed to participate in the game, and
| after some slight hesitation the mining
| expert agreed and dealt him out a hand.
| Each of the other men had opposite him
a large pile of poker chips in different
coiOrS. and our friend bought $40 worth
OF these to start him in play The first
| gan resulted in his winning $40 out of
which he gleefully said he would stand
Us our dinner. He next turned to me
and asked that / should be allowed to Join
! in the game. l declined, saying that
knew nothing about cards; but he showed
| forward $50 worth Of his checks and asked
me 10 play these away; that if 1 lost he
would not ask for any return / still
declined. when he said that he would
draw out OF the game in my favor and
would give me all of his checks that he
had lying before him. He handed SAG
worth of checks TO me and said he would
watch me and guide me in playing this
$40 worth of the checks.
Being thus pressed, and on the assump-
ton that the game was to end when the
$40 worth of checks were gone, l took q
hand Immediately after the play started
J the two began to rush up the play. II
rose to $50 in the first hand. / said that
was not going 10 deposit any money; and
when ] said / was not going to put uI
any money my friend said he would put
| IN the money, but the mining expert re-
! fused TO allow this and said that he would
scoop the lot unless this was covered Mn
! friend examined my hand and said it was
! a great hand and that should put dowr
| the money because / was bound to win
I did as he Sug geSted. and iInYnPfliatel1