St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-11


It that had marked Howard Jackson a:
o fighter through and through. The
q younger man might be quicker tt
= grasp situation than his brother hat
g been but Floyd could see that the bull
dog tenacity that would make hin
e hang on after he once had taken hold
v was lacking. There was, however, q
a certain frankness and stamp of hon
3 esty on the countenance of young
r jackson that made him likeable.
4 well, I've been out of the railroad
4 game for few months now" said
jackson with forced smile. 81 quit
good job because l wanted to get
rich all at once"
"And l can tell by the way Won
speak that the scheme didn't pan ont
Tell us about it. Don't mind CIeland.
, He's in with everything I know and
do" returned Floyd as he noticed the
young man glancing toward his part
ner.
well, that wasn't what l came to
see you about" said young Jackson,
hesltatlngly Il wanted to see you be-
cause you are the only old friend of
my brother l have seen since | came
west. l was in the hotel on business
this morning and CHANGED to see your
name ON the register. | wanted to
ask you about debt George Stewart,
VINO was one time a partner of my
brother, owed him when he died. 1t
was thousand dollars and I know
he owes it because | have a letter he
| wrote Howard while he was ill in
the hospital saying that he was sorry
not to be able to square the debt
| then but was broke himself. He
! promised to pay up just as soon as he
got on his feet. I've since learned |
that he has made lot of money and |
have written him twice and never |
got an answer. The last letter I |
wrote was returned by the hotel where
sent it, marked: Present address
unknown"
We'll, my boy, it's no wonder Won
haven't had an answer Stewart has
been in South America for nearly a
year. heard from him few weeks
ago. He's almost in the millionaire
class through railroad deal that
some rich friend put him into down
there. He'll make good, and just to
show you that have faith in him. I'm
willing to advance you any part of
the thousand dollars he owes vour
brothers estate and I'll give you his !
present address so you can write to |
him. He said he wouldn't be back in ]
this country for sixa months" {
We'll, that's the first good news I've t
mad in months. I wasn't going to tell '
you about my other hard luck, but I {
will, now that you have given me a Y
piece of good news. To tell YOU the i
truth, I'm up against it hard, It's I
tough thing to say but I haven't had
but hard luck since I got .
married, year ago this spring" t
"And you are married. are YOU? ?" t
I'm glad to hear that It's a good thing +
for you, but I'm sorry if you're hav.
ing a run Of tough luck But 1 want Il
you to tell me about what happened g
n the deal you were going to make i,
your fortune in fl
Wen, that won't take long to tell" fl
'eplied the young man. 81 was the h
Easy mark for Old Maj. Skinner. one G.
If the slickest mining promoters that f,
,ver got money for pieces of paper. W
everybody around this town had the IL
'old fever here year or so ago and Sc
Fhen | got married my wife and I 81
ooK trip up to the wild country W
ust for change. | had months r
acat1on coming to me and was crazy SC
see the town of Goldfield that I'd IFS
card so much about. We went I'M re
here and that was where we first met
laJ. Skinner. The major was a man y
affairs and pretended to take a ri
reat interest in us as a young mar R;
led couple. he
Il don't know how it ever happened, en-
ut the major talked me into his net dc
list as easy as catching trout in the of
ruckee. We had $4,000, most of M
hlch was my wife's money. The Fl
Iajor had tl5 Shawlneck mining GU
aim which he had capitalized at a
lll1on dollars, with million shares Sc
18th par value of 81 each. He pro- no
ssed to be little short of ready a
oney to either promote the stock or ha
ahead with the development on the hi:
'operty. My $4,000 looked good to fol
m and he hypnotized me so that his
opposition looked like quick vav Co
getting hold of fortune to me. | of
ne property really did seem to have tn,
me value. 1t lay between two bjp thi
oducers and looked as if it was ont loo
produce ore for the digging. I paid do
'er my money and took $4,000 shares ev,
stock in the Shawlneck and was tiff
ade secretary of the company. The I'd
aJor pocketed my money and we IN the
rtook to sell another block of 25.- ,
0 shares at so cents a share to In fac
stors. A few scattering lots of this gal
ock was sold and with part of tbis emf
onSy the major sunk shaft 100 feet VIII
ep without striking sign of paving hel
e. The strike came and then the wo
ancial panic. The Shawlneck was the
ven up as bad proposition and I val
is broke. Maj. Skinner still had nv ing
900, and when the panic came he not
'ked up another piece of property
the new camp of Rawhide that is r
liking him one of the richest men in in
2 state of Nevada. I had given IN pla
: job to make fortune in Goldfield VIII
d when was cleaned out and came "
ok here and tried to get back in gar
railroad office / was informed that are
" didn't care to have man who ma
4 been mixed up in wildcat min bee
: proposition. You see some of the ss