Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-02-11
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E-Sa Theodore Tuppenheim arrived
Gik4J in knuckleville. Mr.. Tuppen-
helm was selling stock in the Charita-
bic Gold Mining company at cents per
share, price to advance to 10 cents at
the end Of thirty days. Incidentally he
found time to foster in Barrington's
bosom the spirit of discomfort which
ten months fruitless waiting for clients
had engendered. If he were a clever,
clean cut young man like harrington.
did harrington know what he'd do?
Move west He wouldn't fritter away
his time in a mossbacked New Eng
land hamlet where people looked down
on fellow just because they'd known
him all his life and could remember
when he was a little shaver and went
with patches on his trousers. No, sir.
He'd just gather together his earthly
possessions and take the first train
for Gilt Gulch. New. There was the
coming town; there lay the oppor-
tunity for an able young man to rise
No reason in the world why he should
not be in the United States senate
within Eve years. That would be com
ing some? Well, everybody and every
thing came some in that country
Why, sir, where the thriving city Of
Gilt Gulch now stood there had been
less than two years since naught but
sagebrush and alkali. And now look
at it-just look at 1t! Six thousand
Inhabitants and more coming by every
train! Simply couldn't get houses up
fast enough for EN-. Had to camp out
in tents. And every blamed one Of
'em making money. Why, sir. you
couldn't find bootblack in Gilt Gulch
who was worth less than fifty thou
sand.
This vision of wealth and political
prominence was quite too much for
harrington. He adjusted his affairs
in Knucklevillc, which was no very
difficult matter, took fearful leave Of
numerous relatives and Of a certain
pretty damsel, who was not yet rel
alive, but had rashly promised to be-
come one whenever Barringtons in
come should suffice for the support of
two persons, and hied himself to Gilt
Gulch, promising to send souvenir post
cards from every municipality he pass
ed through on the way.
Now, underneath the lurid exagger-
alton with which Mr.. Theodore Tup-
penheim had clothed his narrative of
the rise of Gilt Gulch there lay re-
spectacle substratum of truth. and the
combination of BarringtOns ingenious
appearance with certain letters of in
PRODUCTION to persons financially prom
inent in Gilt Gulch, which Mr. Tup-
penheim procured for him, resulted in
his speedily establishing a thriving
practice. For the most part it was
work in connection with the location
Of mining claims, and, besides numer-
GUS fees in cash, Darlington acquired
several claims of his own, which he
disposed of profitably.
In brief, at the end of year Bar
rington had waXed so prosperous as to
feel himself warranted in marrying.
The Knuckleville Weekly Times an
nounced editorially that it understood
that young Mr.. harrington. for whom,
its readers would remember, the Times
had predicted a brilliant career when
he hung out his single in Knuckle-
vile, was now one of the leading men
in the west, and the other village
maidens We're openly jealous Of Su 70
Cutler, whose good fortune 1t was TO
be to marry a millionaire.
But Susie herself had no illusions.
She even refused to permit Darlington
to come east for the marriage. Her
childhood lessons of thrift and econ
omy had taken deep root in her mind,
and she would not, she said, have the
price of round trip railroad ticket
thrown away. If harrington felt that
he must spend the money, let him buy
a cabinet organ or q secondhand piano
for the front parlor. They would be
married in their own house at Gilt
Gulch and after that take little we'd
ding trip to Colorado Springs or maybe
Denver. Perhaps, being a prudent
damsel, Susie desired to have glance
at Gilt Gulch before she committed
herself irrevocably. At any rate, mat
tiers had been thus arranged. and, the
date set for the wedding being but
two days away and Susie due TO ar
rive that afternoon. harrington was In
the state Of ecstasy appropriate to such
circumstances. 1t was in this moment
of supreme happiness that misfortune
befell him.
The work harrington had been doing
requires TO be performed with great
accuracy; otherwise it is not only
valueless, but may be the occasion of
great loss to the client. Now. 1t is
possible that harrington possessed
genius. People who have that, you
know, are apt to be careless as to de-
tails. Perhaps it was merely that,
being deeply in love, he could not con-
eentrate his mind upon his work. How
ever that may be, Hartford, the attor-
ney whose Office was next to Barring
toms, had discovered in the course OF
an investigation Of the records that
harrington had filed documents con-
tanning serious errors. He spoke to
Darlington about it In perfectly
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