Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-12
aloud and then advertise for the return

aloud and then advertise for the return
Of those Boston terriers!"
Bragdon's lands trembled and his
voice was not sure as he translated the
scrawl, hopper Harrison standing be-
hind him for the gleeful purpose OF
prompting him when the writing was
| beyond the range of human intelli-
gence:
Holland House, Sept. 23, 19-.
Mr.. Montgomery Brewster:
My Dear Boy-So you thought l had
given you the slip, eh? Didn't think
I'd show up here and do my part?
Well, I don't blame you. / suppose
I've acted like an idiot, but so long
as it turns out o. K. there's no harm
done. The wolf won't gnaw very much
of hole in your door, reckon. This
letter introduces my secretary, Mr..
Oliver Harrison. He came to me last
June out in Butte with the prospectus
of claim he had staked out up In
the mountains What he wanted was
backing, and he had such a good show
to win out that / went into cahoots
with him. He's got mine UP there
that Is dead sure to yield millions.
Seems as though he has to give you
half Of the yield, though. Says you
grubstaked him. Good fellow, this
Harrison. Needed secretary, and
man Of affairs, so took him into my Of
flee. You can see that he did not take
me up into the mountains to murder
me, as the papers say this morning
All rot Nobody's business but my own
IL concluded to come east without
telling everybody in Butte about It,
am here, and so is the money. Got
in last night. Harrison came from
Chicago a day ahead Of me. I went
to office Of G. G. r. at 8 this morning.
Found them in a stew. Thought I'd
skipped out or been murdered; money
all gone; everything gone to smash
That's what they thought. Don't blame
EN- much. You see, 1t was this way:
concluded to follow out the terms Of
the will and deliver the goods in per-
son. I got together all of Jim Sedg-
wick's stuff and did lot Of other fool
things, suppose, and hiked off to New
York. You'll find about 100000
worth of stuff to your credit when you
indorse the certified checks down at
Grant & Ripley's, my boy. It's all
here and in the banks.
It's mighty decent sort Of wedding
gift, I reckon.
The lawyers told me all about you
Il6 I'LL dUOul ldSl lLdt
you were going to be married this
morning. BY this time you're compar-
atively happy with the bride, guess.
I looked over your report and took a
few peeps at the receipts. They're all
right. I'm satisfied The money Is
yours. Then I got to thinking that
at 9 o'clock, especially as you are just
recovering from the joy Of being mar
ried, so I settled with the lawyers, and
they'll settle with you. If you have
nothing in particular to do this after
noon about 2 o'clock I'd suggest that
you come to the hotel, and Wen dis
pose of a few formalities that the law
requires Of us. And you can give me
some lessons in spending money. I've
got little I'd like to miss some morn
ing. AS for your ability as a business
man, have this to say: Any man who
can spend a million a year and have
nothing to show for 1t don't need a
recommendation from anybody. He's
in a class by himself and it's busi-
ness that no one else can give him a
pointer about.
I'm sorry you've been worried about
all this. You have gone through a
good deal in year, and you have
been roasted by everybody. Now it's
your turn to laugh. 1t will surprise
them to read the "extras" today. I've
done my duty to you in more ways
than one. Pve got myself interviewed
by the newspapers, and today they'll
print the whole truth about Montgom-
cry Brewster and his millions. They've
got the Sedgwick will and my story,
and the old town will boil with excite
ment. I guess you'll be squared before
the world all right. You'd better stay
indoors for awhile, though, II you want
to have a quiet honeymoon.
I don't like New York; never did.
Am going back to Butte tonight. Out
there We have real skyscrapers, and
they are not built Of brick. They are
two or three miles high, and they have
gold in 'em. There is real grass In
the lowlands, and we have valleys that
make Central park look like half an
inch of nothing. Probably you and
Mrs. Brewster were going to take a
wedding trip, so why not go west with
me in my car? We start at 7.45 p. m,
and I won't bother you. Then you can
take it anywhere you like. Sincerely
yours,
Swearengen Jones.
P. 81 forgot to say that there is
no such man as Golden. I bought
your mines and ranches with my own
money. You may buy them back at
the same figures. I'd advise you to do
1t. They'll be worth twice as much In
a year. hope you'll forgive the whims
of an old man who has liked you from
the start
THE END.