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

l. and that / might go and try to ge
4 some one to buy more of the develop
4 ment stock and put up the money fol
a digging deeper"
: We'll, you've been properly stung
: Tommy" continued Floyd, "but maybe
we can get even. Cleland and l had
just been talking about a little trir
through the Nevada camps. Your
story has decided me. I'm going w
to get acquainted with your friend
Maj. Skinner. He's man well worth
knowing, especially as he has got lots
of money. Bring me in the $4,000
shares of stock you hold in the Shawl
neck. 1t will give me an excuse for
getting acquainted with Maj Skinner.
I'll see that you get your stock back.
but I've an idea that | will own what
ever portion of the Shawlneck prom
erty that Maj. Skinner now has, before
leave this part of the country. And
by the way, I will let you have $500
on account of that debt of George
Stewards and you can write him to
that effect and ask him to send along
the thousand he owes He'll do it all
right. Tell your wife that there is a
good chance of her getting back that
$4,000 she said good-by to in the near
future and maybe We'll open up the
Shawlneck again."
! Tommy Jackson hurried awav to
| carry the good news of his meeting
with Floyd to his young wife and when
ne had taken his departure actually
smiled in contemplation of the game
he saw ahead for Floyd and himself
to play. Col. Powley was informed of
the change in plans of his companions
that night and announced that he would
return alone to Chicago.
The town of Rawhide was Haunting |
itself upon the mining map of Nevada |
and being doomed in the outside world
as one of the richest discoveries of a
decade. Though but a yearling in age,
1t boosted an alleged first-class hotel,
bank, several Offices of mining COM
pan1es with high sounding titles and
the usual number of saloons with the
customary attachments OF gambling
houses.
Doc Floyd and Jack CleIand arrived
IN the camp with enough money in
their pockets and travelling belts to
buy up few mining claims, but after
one look at the bank they concluded
to safeguard their own capital. There
were few changes of raiment in Jack
Cleland's travelling trunk, but there
were other things more useful to him
in the way of gambling paraphernalia, ,
Floyd demanded three rooms in the
hotel and by paying an exorbitant {
price was able to get one large enough {
% tit up as a gambling room in addi- :
ion to the living rooms required for
he two partners. ,
The morning after the arrival of g
hese two modern Jasons in the new :
sold fields Maj. Skinner was sitting g
n his up-to-date Office next door to /
he State bank building. He had lust Y
ln1shed digesting the statement of +
us financial condition which his one
Jerk had prepared for him and was {
ull of proud satisfaction. Things h
we're indeed coming his way. Every II
hing his indian fingers. touched had :,
eemed to turn to gold within the past
tx months. Wherefore the major y
'ore a pleased expression when Doc n
lloyd. new arrival from the east in h
earch OF mining investments, was n
shered into his presence by his Sec O.
etary and man of all work. .
The neatly engraved card which q,
lloyd presented gave no inkling of r
is business to the man of affairs in q,
aWhide, but the presence of it's r.
carer was at once commanding and m
1gaglng The magor at once put him Tr
own as one we'll able to take care q
his end of any deal into which he II
light enter. He was fiattered when az
lloyd told him that he had sought him II
1t in quest of advice. w
i am indeed, pleased to be at your
'rvice, SIR" the mining man an y,
at the same time producing 81
box of the best cigars that could be to
Id in San Francisco and inviting nr
S caller to smoke. What can do
r your"
Il understand that you own the II
interest in a little piece ~
property down in Goldfield, called
e Shawlneck," said Floyd. 81 don't nj
ink much of the propert.., which I n
oked over few days ago, even if If CO
res seem to be we'll located. How ca
er, I've seen some of the stock GER
1cates and they are a work of art. MI
buy a wagon load of them or so if wI
e price was right" FL
The major noted the smile on the "a,
&c of his caller and wondered what h.,
me he was up against He was keen wi
ough to know that here was a man -.
10 would not buy gold brick, yet on
re he was speaking of purchasing Tn
ruthless stock. He decided that 80
ere was no use in claiming any ~
lue for the Shawlneck mine. Be NH
in good humor, however, he an Oh
unced: =.
Well, if you want to buy me out r,o
~ naYe Anocn trouble the
~ you a game of seven up for the .
ole layout"
'Ha, ha," laughed Floyd. $50 you're off
me for little sporting proposition. bol
you? l always did like to see a nor
N who would take a chance. I've =
an taking them all my Iife.' aw
Well, I've about quit taking he
ances," returned the Pecksnif1an no,
j. Skinner. You see don't fra
We to take many chances any mar
re. I've got a mine here that !.
going tn viald mn a LII -