The daily Alaskan., 1910-03-28


 helm was selling stock in the Charita- ble 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 diScoutcnt which ten months fruiucSs waiting for clients had eugenderCd. If he were a clever clean cut young man like Harrington, did Harrington know what he'd do? Move west. He wouldn't frittcr away hls time in a mUSsJacked New Eng land hamlet where people looked down on fellow just because they'd known him all bis 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, Nev. There was the coming town; there lay the oppor- tunlty for an able young man to rise No reason in tue world why he should not be in the United States senate within five 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 sagcbrush and aIkau And now look at it-just look at lt! Six thousand inhabitants and more coming by every train. Simply couldn't get houses up fast enough for 'cm. Had 10 camp out in tents. And every blamed one of 'em making money. Why, sir, you couldn't find a 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 Knuckleyllle, which was no very difficult matter, took fearful leave of numerous relatives and of certain pretty damScl, who was not yet a rel ative. but had rashly promised to be- come one whenever Barrington's in- come should suffice for the support of two persons, and hicd himself to Gilt Gulch, promising Co send souvenir post cards from every municipality he pass ed through on the way
 Now, underneath the mrid eXagger- atlon with which Mir. Theodore Tup- peuhelm had clothed his narrative of the rise of Gilt Gulch there lay a re- spectable substraum of truth, and the combination of Earringtons ingenious appearance with certain letters of in- troduCtion to persons financially prom inent in Gilt Gulch which Mir. Iup- 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- ous fees in cash. Harrington acquired several claims of his own. which he disposed of proftably.
 In brief. at the end of a year Bar rlngton had waNed so prosperous as to feel himself warranted in marrying. The KuucklcviIle Weekly Times an uounced editorially that 1t understood that young Nr. Burlington, for whom, its readers would remember, the Times had predicted brilliant career when be hung out his shiuglc in Knuckle- vile, was now one of the leading men in the west, and the other village maidcns were openly jealous of Susie Cutler. whose good fortune it was to be to marry a millionaire.
 But Susie herself had no illusions. She even refused to permit Harrington 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 Burlington felt that he must spend the money, Iey him buy a cabinet organ or a secondhand piano for the front parlor They would be married in their own house at Gilt Gulch and after that take a 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 ters 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. It was in this moment of supreme happiness that misfortune befelI 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 ceutrate his mind upon his work. How ever that may be- Hartford, the attor- ney whose office was next to Barring tons, had discovered in the course of an investigation of the records that Harrington had filed documents con- taining serious errors. He spoke to Harrington about 1t in a perfectly .,.ngy,I Hg-