The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1910-01-07
ON A CAPITAL
OF TWO CENTS,
BY LOUISE .. CUMMINGS.

hand-literally IN nanu, tOf ne WIS
looking nt the copper coins lugubrious-
~. remembering at the same time that
there was not even u crust of bread in
the house for his wife and two little
children. lie had taken a chair on the
porch of the Sandwich hotel because
chairs there were free aud he didn't
belong anywhere. Sam was u miner
and had worked IN many mines. ilo
had been caught In u labor storm with
the result of loss Of employment, His
savings were all gone, there was no
prospect of work where he was. and
he had no means of taking himself
and his family anywhere else.
Two men were sitting nt the other
end Of the porch talking together OK
citcdly. though In low tone. Cnlkins
heard the word strike" and. suppos.
Ing II referred TO labor matters In
which lie was interested. he pricked up
his ears and soon discovered that they
referred TO strike OF paying ore IN
some mine tho namo OF which they
ulu not ulcnlIon' One vi lne uch 'oon
package from his pocket-thc wrap
pcr was piece of nowspuper-nnd,
unrolllng Il. showed his companion
specimens OF ore. Culkins caught tho
words six hundred TO the ton" THIS
told him that the specimens mention.
ed ussnyed to produce this amount out
Of ton of ore. After passing the sam
pies back and forth for awhile, they
were rolled again In the bit OF news
paper. and the man who had produced
them put them again in Ills pocket.
Soon after both men nroso nnd went
away.
Cnlklns would hnve gone away. too.
n he had had any place TO 20. nut
he hadn't. Being restless, he got up
nnd walked over 10 the other end OF
the porch. In n chair ~ which one
OF the men had been sitting bc noticed
n little dark lump about the size of n
hickory nut. Taking u M. ho looked
nt II scrutlnlzlngly.
III tho Constant vein hadn't run
out" he remarked 10 himself, I'D
swear the chunk came out OF it."
II wns browulsh quartz and fun
~ gold. Cnlklns had worked IN the
Constant mine. which had proved In
constant. While there he had taken
out just such ore ~ this. Hut hc had
seen the vein grow narrower and nnr.
rover tlll II wns nothing moro tbnn
crack. Tho mine, aftcr n search for
n reopcning OF tho vein, hnd been nban'
doncd, and calkins had gone TO work |
elsewhere. Personally he believed
that II the vein were followed deep |
enough II might be found 10 reopen. |
But the stockholders were discouraged
aud would not stand assessment. sud
denly u occurred io~calkins thnr tho
vein hnd been followed nnd paying ore
again struck Then came tho quick |
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