The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-10

shed. three barrels OF kerosene and
half ton Of ore. Then early next
morning l wandered into the hotel Of
fee and did q despairful scream. I'd
seen to 1t that the editor OF the local
paper was there, and 1 knew bunch
ofthe big guns Of the place always
congregated in the office for an after
breakfast gossip. Well I groaned
pretty loud and Nestle about the way
I'd been stuck on the ore.
What's the matter with 1T? asked
one of my two pals. Won't the stuff
burn?'
Burn" ! yells. 1T won't do a thing
but burn. It burns so hot, it'll ruin
any crate it's put it. Why, heat like
that is worse than none at all. Itll
burn out tho best CRATE or furnace in
q week. Nobody'll be fool enough to
puy SUCH stuff. The company's smash
ed!'
They all started at me as If I we're
looney. Then I made out I was mad
clear through
Don't believe me. eh?' says I. Then
look at this
throws pocketful OF the ore into
the crate, and 1t blazes up like mad
Inc whole office was torrId hot in five
minutes. But the crowd was n blamed
sight hotter They went plumb wild
over tho new. wonderful fuel I'd dis
covered, and tried to explain to me that
It had the heating power of ten times
us weight of COAL But all the Tina
Just shook my head. and kept on
winning that no one'd buy 1t because
would burn out furnaces too quick
We'll, the upshot of 1t was that tha
news travelled like streak of light.
ming. BY the time got over to tho
smart. the gangs were all on. and their
padrones raked up clause in the CON
tract that permitted 'em to take their
pay IN stock. at par, IL they chose 10
instead OF cash. Just piece OF tech
meal red tape they used to stick in
ra,r,n contracts oa1r, Those padrones
mobbed me when I implored 'em to
ACCEPT money Instead. So compro-
missed by issuing 'em orders for stool,
at ten above. But before I'd do even
that, told EN- over and over that
they We're making fools OF themselves
ana an the stock and ore were worthless
They laughed at me, and thought
was trying to grab MI the stock for
myself So made 'em sign a paper
saying that they took 1t at their own
request and risk. and against my viii
and advice; and gave 'em their stock
orders and came back to town wifi,
my pay satchel still full
"By the time struck the hote, tho
place was TANNED Folks had focl,ed
from all over to see the wonderful fuel
and watch 1t burn, Rich farmers, can
italists from Granite and lot more
The stock had been at 2s IA. inside
or two DAVIS 1t was at 12O. and sti,l
nooming Then sold, But as presi-
dent of the 'companv I refused 70 lot
single share be distributed without
the buvor signing n blank that he took
~ NJ his own risk. and that had
told him tho ore was worthless. And
! kent on shouting that 1t was WORTH
less, and that the nubllc was robhinr
itself by huv'ng such stuff, What wns
mo result? 'rhe more 7 told tho truth
tho ha"dcr the suckers hit Widows
and 'rinistors md such like easv marks
most of I'll, honr ant out of tho
comnanv ~ dlsrnst md onnounood ia
have M aon1inGs with spcl, on tnlnuit.t
o''s, sw'Dd''n~ scheme. To,ks thnurhtl
ia ~o,o c'nnn sil,v mud 4hnv hon~ht
ar1 ',o"~Nt ord horr.,,t md thar" q
"And then" as Conover lighted Il
fresh ciTnr Ed
ooh, then they wo,,e up and scream-t
ed louder than ever.' no
what was done about 1t? Was
there M redress?"
"Redress' nothing! What redress
could there be for pack Of get -rich-
quick guys who had insisted on buy
ing my stock after I'd told than Just