Evening star., 1907-07-28

plain indications that the bodies in general are
almost exhausted"
There was much more to the report; but it
entirely lachrymose and remarkably able docu-
ment to have been produced by an expert who had
never been within fifty miles of the shaft opening
in his life. There was panied silence when the chair
man finished reading it The silence was broken
by the shrill. sPluttt,erng voice of Bullsmith;
-bbut what II we do? was the question he
prSPHspdsd Hsp Sls quick to answer The others were
beyond words. We must unload" said the chair
man ncisively. Unload before the first whisper
of this report gets out. Well have in Dodson,
The mining expert entered presently, looking
port is sacredy contidential:
My professional honor is at stake, sir" said
Dodson gravely, and was allowed to withdraw.
am sure it will not be necessary to pledge the men
in this room to absolute secrecy. And practical
man, influential with connections on the stock ex-
change shall be glad to assist anyone of you to get
rid of his stock to advantage
Visions of little frame cottage with cracked.
unpainted door before the bulging eyes of
Bullsmith. Il wish, Mr.. Miller, you d handle mine,
he stammered.
Yes returned the president largely, with
pleasure I'm sure, Mr.. Bullsmith You'd be salts
fed to get-to-day's market, shall say?"
Bullsrnith would be overjoyed. That would
leave him with million and half
Very well, sir and I'll do the same for any other
of you gentlemen. Remember, now, when it comes
to this report, not a man of us ever heard of it.
Two hours later the conspirators met at Miller's
once ana each pald MS snare OF the 1nQ LOT taxing
Bullsmiths stock. 1t would cost them
million and half, and the minute the
pany was launched its value would be five millions
of dollars
Little Bullsrnith got his price in good securities,
properly indorsed to him. and put them into the
safety deposit vault with the same shiver of delight
with which the stricken fish shakes loose the barbed
hook that holds it. He safe.
Meanwhile and promptly, his former colleagues
in the Mother Lode sent a real mining expert,
engineer of national reputation, to examine
their property before announcing the hotation of
really unnecessary after the reports of their
experts but if the story of the fake Dodson report
should by any chance get out, it would be wiser to
be ready to meet it.
The great spent two weeks at the mine, and
came back to give his conclusions to the directors.
They gathered perfunctorly to hear him.
When he had finished the first paragraph, Miller,
the president, interrupted with oath. So that
little idiot Bulsmth is the only that gets out
whoel he said
Whereat the goddess with the golden sandals
smiled most dazzlingly and futtered invisibly out
vastly than the Dodson concoction.
Before all the consprators got from under, Mother
Lode had dropped below par, and within year it
begging for takers along the curb, with ten
cents asked and no offers.
AS for little Bullsmith, the thought has
crossed his small mind that he anything to
mysterious lady with yellow metal sandals and
morals whatever. He has taken lately, however, to
the writing of rules for the guidance of youth who
ambitious to attain large financial success. And
the list of qualities required by such asprants, he
has added " knowing when to let 60
But the professional wooers of the goddess along
La Sale and Wall Streets, while they deeply de-
pore the taste of the lady, know Thomas Bullsnith
better than he knows himself To they call
him Lucky Tom"