The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02


chums at college, think I'd leave you
to grQvel along, living by the sweat of
your brow, instead Of making you a
millionaire"
The above conversation was relative
to the forming of the Meyers and
Allen Canning Syndicate Allen was
clerk in large wholesale house at
Buda, owned small cottage il the
city, had been married about a year,
and was doing well. He was ambl-
tious, and this fact, perhaps, was the
reason for his disposing of his home to
raise funds to promote JOe's scheme.
Joe was the son of wealthy parents,
lived ON an allowance and schemed.
He was to engineer the present ven-
ture.
After some difficulty large Eastern
plant was purchased, and operations
begun. For time they were very
successful; large orders were received
from all parts of the country; the part
ners were planning to enlarge their
factory, and then came the climax
The Pure Food Law. An analysis of
their goods was made. The result oc-
casioned the ruin of the partners.
After few months of litigation they
were bankruptcies scheme had
failed.
But Joe was natural-born schemer
He sympathized with Jim, his wife
Nellie, and their baby. But sympathy
is poor substitute for bread, and Joe
soon originated brilliant scheme to
recoup their fallen fortunes-nothing
less than the consolidating of all the
gold mines in the West. He settled
his allowance on Jim's wife and baby,
and induced Jim to accompany him to
Colorado to assist with the plans.
/ OF course it was necessary to have
some practical experience in mining,
so one cold, clear, winters morning
they arrived at Quento, the famous
gold camp, where they soon secured
work in The Gall Gold Nine" What
Joe's scheme would have turned out
to be, was never known, for now the
friends were to encounter new turn
of Fate
u They had been working but few
weeks when "systematic steal" was
reported. Naturally the tenderfeet
were suspected. Trap after trap was
laid to detect the guilty ones; finally
Wiley, the foreman, suggested that the
tenderfeet's room be searched. A
; couple of days later, an unprecedented
steal being reported, the managers of
; the mine decided to follow Wiley's
suggestion.
Deep down in the bowels of the CAL
Gold Nine" Jim and Joe were toiling
and talking. swell, Jim," said Joe
"we will quit Saturday; and Monday
I'll begin to bring about deal which
easy street"
"I'm making good wages here" re-
f piled Jim, "and I've mind to send fol
: Nellie and the baby, and settle here ir
: Quento. Your scheming has brought
me to this; while this is no place tt
wear white shirt, still the pay, as
! said, is good, and can provide a good
J living for my wife and child. You will
q have your allowance and can live easy
, and scheme; this is good enough fo
+ me."
: "There you 60 again." said Joe
: "Can't you depend on mep"
Thus they conversed, unaware that .
plan was being laid to ruin their brigh
hopes. In an obscure place near th'
top of the mine stood the foxy Wiley
I delivering orders to another miner
whom he addressed as follows:
"Now, Jackson, there's to be search
of those tenderfeet's room this after
: noon, and we'll have to get busy if W
throw the managers off the trail. Thi
!. is too good q chance to lose; we'v
!. !. made good stake since they cam
and we'll lay low until some othe
= tenderfoot comes along. Here's ba
Iof gold; after dinner just slip in thei
room and place 1t under their bed. n
be with the managers; we'll find th
bag, and of course that'll stop th
o stealing"
!" That afternoon, Ford, the superir
g tendent, accompanied by the manager
u Wiley, and two officers. searched Jim
a and,J oe's room. Fastened to the be
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