Evening journal., 1908-12-22
Saving a Fortune.


When ! WAS at Cinnamon that enter /
prising town was 100 miles from any
railroad and a hard place to get away
from. II was a desirable place to
leave, since the population was COM
posed Of gamblers, cutthroats, dis
pensers Of alcoholic drinks, miners /
and storekeepers, mentioned IN order
OF Importance. The only respectable
family in the place was that Of George
Jones, who kept a general store, and
as he was the only man who never
sold anything on trust all the money
gradually found its way into his cof
fers II was Ike washing gold The
dirt was constantly shaken up among
the citizens, the metal sinking TO the
bottom of Jones pan.
Every one knew that Jones was
gathering a snug sum and that he
wished to take Il and his children to
respectable place. Every one was
waiting for him to make the attempt
relying on the road agents when he
did so 10 relieve him Of the funds
while on the route and start them
again IN circulation. Furthermore, the
road agents were waiting to carry ost
this praiseworthy object
One day red nag apeared at Jones
store. and It was announced that he
would sell the remnant Of his stock at
auction. He sold on sixty days credit,
letting II be known that when the
notes fell due and were collected he
proposed to leave Cinnamon with his
family and his fortune. There was
not a thousand dollars worth Of goods
left, and those Jones sold to anybody
who wanted anything on his credit
plan. Everybody wanted goods so
easily obtainable and Jones in few
hours exchanged the stun for notes.
While Jones was thus giving credit
for money credit was due Mrs Jones
for being very shrewd woman. A
week before the falling due Of the
notes she issued Invitations for n
"suarry - to which every one In town.
including gamblers and road agents,
was invited, to celebrate the departure
OF the Jones family on the day after
the said notes fell due. Her husband.
generous man, made It known that II
any Of the debtors found IL inconven-
lent 70 pay up at maturity the matter
would be left open for reasonable
time. These two propositions en-
hanced the popularity Of the Jones
family, and the cutthroats got their
horses and their guns ready to return
the family fortune to circulation.
had clerked for Jones and was
ready to do anything in the world for
him, but he didn't trust me till the
last minute. though he told me to be
ready on short notice TO go somewhere
with him I was not included in Mrs
Jones' invitations for her "suarry,
which surprised me. ! had room op-
posite the Jones house. and the night
the party came off watched the
throng 20 In and knew by the gradual
ly Increasing sounds coming from with
IN that the guests were getting cheer
ful By II o'clock most Of them were
drunk. the worst element being laid
y out,Qn the noer where, they had sunk
IN their cvdberance of spirits.
could SEQ thr6ugh thd windows ZONES
opening champagne his wife serving
eatables and the children carrying tho
luxurlcs 20 the guests. Then ! saw
Jones himself. drunk as n lord. pledg
Ing his guests, while his wife took ny
the cor5screw, which he was no Longer
able TO WELD.
had been told to remain IN my
room ready for orders. and at midnight
saw Jones emerge from his house and
come across the street, and. walking
straight as an infantry sergeant, h,
headed for me. When he came undel
my window he called TO me softly.
went down. and, taking me through
the back door and the yard. he stopped
before q two horse team standing. oI
the street beyond. Jones told me t
get IN and take the relns. I did so
and rs we drove or he strapped ;
brace Of pistols around his waist an(
laid two more at my feet at the bot
tom OF the wagon. On the outskirts
OF the town we stopped for a minute
at house while Jones lifted into thu
buggy n box containing $4,000 I'm geld
We had the best team OF horses IL
that region and they did good service
or course we didn't know whether We
had been betrayed 10y some one wh'
had got wind Of the trick. thougl
Jones had taken no one into his conf
dence. Anyway every now and thei
we pulled Ia and listened for footballs
Considering what he had at stake
Jones was pretty cool
on the start ! drove pretty fast. hu
Jones concluded that we had bette
save the horses as much as possible
and ! soon slowed down. We mad
thirty miles without stopping excep
for water and another ten before Civ
ing the horses n feed. Then We break
K tasted ourselves and gave the team
two hours rest And so we went o
by easier and easier stages TIM W
reached the railroad Jones boNrde
a train. and 7 drove leisurely back {
Cinnamon.
I found the town perfectly quiet. bu
"a despondent Jones had got away wit
@ all the money there was in It. and th
prospect was not attractive. Nobod
q asked me about where l had been. 10
tt every body knew. Mrs. Jones was th
only one interested. She said tha
none Of the agents awoke before /
o'clock the day after the "suarry," an
, n was not evident TO them before moo