The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-26
By JOHN IRVING DAY

|'''' W E'"I INV ~ l'll you INC
truth lm up against 1t hard It's
a tough thing TO sa} but | haven't had
anything hUt hard luck since ! got
wa"u'i "a year ago this spring
And Sou nr" married, are Eou''
J." -,a. 20 hear that It's a good thing
for Nou bu' Iw sorry II You're hay.
my run OF tough luck Bat ! want
YOU To tel. me- about what happened
10 tine a"a. you N'r" going to Mah"
"01r fortune 'l.
Wei. la1l WOOL ia.;" Ions to tell
replied 'N. '"1Ng nam ! WAC '."
easy mark for tH Maj Skinner On.
~. ,n" elrk mtulHE promoters that
ever got money ini pieces Of paper.
Everybody around this town bad the
g".' ''''" Ter" year or s. ago and
when ! rpt married my wife auI !
'"'h "TRIP ~" l7 I'D. VIII count
just For change ] had months
vacation coming to in" and was cray
70 s"' '!r town NJ G".dll"ld that I'D
n"a'd 80 much about "" went mp
mere and 'ha' was "h"r" We irst mot
Mag skinner tn" major was man
H ai'1". AMI pretended to tax" a
'r't interest IN ua ah Young mar
',"u couple
] d"i hnn" bow u over happ"u"d.
hu' the major Talked me into his met
Just as easy rs catching trout In the
Irurkc' We hat 10000, most Of
which was my wii"s money The
major had N" Shawnock mining
claim which lee had capitalized at a
million dollars. with a million shares
with a par value Of 81 each. He pro.
tossed to be- a liul" short of ready
money to either promote the stock or
30 ahead with 'h" development on the
property My $4,000 looked good to
MN ana h" h'pnoiil"d me so that his
proposition looked Ills" a quick way
OF getting hold OF a fortune to me
The s,rik" cane and then 'ho
ilhAh'IaI panic. IN" Shawlneck was
given up as bad proposition and |
was brok" MAJ skinner still had my
S".'"' and when the panic came he
picked mp another piece Of property
IL tn" nov camp Of Rawhijc that is
making him one OF the richest men in
th' stat" oi Nevada. ! had given up
my Jon 10 make fortune in Goldiicld
ana "heh ! was cleaned out and came
back here and tried to get back in
Wv '',,' o"u once was informed mat
""' '''." '''' " nave man VINO
i,, ,, .',..... - ~ ." " "''''"' illh'
,,'H ~, ,., oI','o'' y" go SUM Oh the
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49,, ''' &c, V'''''''.'u'',"'' an"
'' ',''.'' 'r.'' ~, p',nR sore
WI o"'' anu '""' aoou'
' "Nj' "hi""'' mas !
Wv" 81" '"qu'''" 10y" "heh
-. '','' us '.o'S'
" '"'''' Nv P"' '""' 9'o1N o"'s or
80 ,"" " '''''''' III "'' Nc" P'opo' /
a>,, .,. ....,. NJ
w. "'''" VIM MN aUout thc
l','',''" ""H ~ h'''' "' Simply re-
Nv vas '"' ~ Il" l'"i"
''''"'I ""'' '"'N' o"H'aeSS
: 90 "'''''.'s an" '''"' was uado'
>, '''''''"''' me mat inc n"""'Neck
~ ""' wa '"''' !" Nv "erN'"
',' ''''' '''E"' <" III" Try 10 get
''''', ""' u" "u' moro "I the develop
',.. ~, ''', """ r"' up '''' none! lot
'''-'"~ "''i''
WEI, }on'" been properly Stung
umIN. continued Floyd, but maybe
SO can get even Ciciahd and ] had
IS' p''A taxing about n little trip
"''uEh inc nevada camps. Your
''"'S mas decided me. I'm going up
q E'I acquainted with your friend,
'"I' SKINNER lie = a man wei worth
moving especially as he has got lots
u I''oi'S' BRING me IN the 5000
mares ul STOCK you mold In the Shawl
''ch' 1t VIII give me an excuse for
80, r,,., -, til a., IN, 80 "'''N'
.ycr rortion ~ tho shan,,noo,. Ia na'
r,y thot Mot c,,tn,on 49, ~
lnoro ,his r,r, 90 ,ha -, ,,'., w Wv
~ tho wav viii lot ron haya 200 900
N account -, tho, Az, - go, 80
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