Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-09-08
THE VALUE or
confidence.
sy EVELYN WENTWORTH.

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~ EVELYN WENTWORTH.
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MY poor little girl" gasped old Tom
Conyers on his deathbed. Il dread to
leave you with nothing. II l could
have lived six months might have
left you rich"
'Oh. don't mind that. dad. III get
along"
Sallie Conyers buried her father and
packed up their belongings ready to
leave the old cabin. near the mine in
which all his hopes had been centered.
She found will drawn some lime be-
fore. but now there appeared to be no
occasion for a will Then she went
down to Colorado Springs. where she
had an aunt to whom she could look
for guidance.
When her father died Sallie was six
teen A year later a vein was discov-
cred In the mine In which she still had
an interest. A dividend was declared
that gave her $1,000. which By the
terms of the will she could not have
till she was twenty-one years old But
the vein soon died out. and the Con-
gers mine was abandoned
Two years later couple of specu-
lators bought the property for song.
wiped out the old stock and organized
q company called the Hope Mining
company.
Meanwhile Sallie Conyers was earn
ing her living in Colorado Springs.
When she was twenty she became en-
gagged to a clerk In a bank with sal
airy so infinitesima that matrirnony
between the two seemed but multi
plication Of their troubles. But the
day was approaching when Sallie
would come into her $1,000, and that
would enable them to set up In small
way at housekeeping.
The day she was paid the money be-
gan happily and ended In misery. VIII
lard Stearns. her lover. had been long
looking for the day when they should
be married. Now. when the money
was paid. Sallie told him that she pro-
posed to invest 1t in the stock of the
Hope Mining company. He looked at
her aghast
Il have kept in touch with the prop
erty," she said. ''and know something
about what they are doing. My IA
Their worked that mine for three years.
He used to talk to me about 1t because
he hadn't any one else to confide what
sabsorbed him. l know that when a
certain event happens, II it ever does
happen. a rich lode will be struck"
She got out her fathers old maps.
showing plot after plot crossing and
covering one another. and tried to ex-
plain what her father had SO often
explained to her. Butt either he could
not or would not understand He took
no interest In the angle at which the
Sanborn lode dipped nor in the depth
at which II crossed the Conyers. A
gold mine to him meant a capacious
nav capable Of swallowing the hard
earned money Of simple minded peo-
pie. He told Sallie that II he married
her he had the prospect Of living with
a woman who had inherited specu-
1ative mania. He preferred to 60
through life alone.
Sallie tearfully accepted the situa-
ton. The next day she visited the
mine and introduced herself to the
superintendent of the boring gang as
the daughter Of the former owner He
was very kind to her. answered all her
questions. but showed no expectation
Of striking paying dirt Indeed. be
told her that he expected soon to aban-
don the work. Sallie asked him how
deep was the hole. He told her 1t was
1.400 feet Promise me that You
won't stop TIL you have gone 200 feet
farther" she said. why sow BE
cause you'll strike rich vein at l 500
feet"
He gave the promise. and Sallie re-
turned to Colorado Springs. The next
day she went to broker and asked
the market price Of Hope Mining
shares. They told her that there Ind
not been quotation for months. but II
2 or 8 cents were offered 1t would
bring all she might wish to buy. She
authorized them to offer 2 cents
share for as much as $1,000 would pur-
chase. The offer was made and $780,
600 par value Of the stock secured.
Old Conyers had expected to make a
strike at from 1.45O to 1900 feet. Sal
lie waited a week In terrible sus-
pense She had absolute confidence in
her fathers expectations, but her
$1,000 was backing these expectations
The next day. looking at the quota
lions Of Hope stock. she was astound-
cd to see that It had been run up to so
bid and few sales. The vein had been
struck. the stock became worth 81 a
share. and Sallie was rich.
Willard Stearns kept away from Sal
lie from the day he told her he would
not marry one who had inherited