Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-03-24

SR.nRSy III Nuu' hltNlllc. VII. lupleD
helm WAS selling stock in the Charita.
bic Gold Mining company ut = cents per
share price To advance to Ia cents at
the end Of thirty days Incidentally he
found time TO foster in harrington s
bosom the spirit al discomfort which
ten months fruitlcSS waiting for clients
bad cngendcred. If he were Il clever.
clean cut young man like harrington.
did harrington know what he'd do:
Move west lie wouldn't fritter away
his time In moSsbacked New Eng
land hamlet where people looked down
OIL fellow just because they'd known
him all his life and could remember
when he was Il little shaver aud went
with patches on his Trousers. No. sir.
He'd Just gather together his earthly
poSS,>SiunS and take the first train
for Gilt Gulch New. There was the
coming town; there lay the oppor.
tunij, for an able young MAN To- rise.
No reason in the world why he should
not he in the United States senate
within five years That would be com
ing some? Well. everybody and every.
thing came some i'm 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 alkali. And now look
at it-iust look at il, Six thousand
Inhabitants aud more coming 10y every
train. Simply couldn't get houses up
fast enough for en- Had To camp out
IN tents. And every blamed one Of
EN- 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
Darlington. He adjusted his affairs
IL Knuckleville. which was no very
difficult matter. took fearful leave of
numerous relatives and uf certain
pretty damsel who was not yet rel
alive, but had rashly promised TO be
come one whenever BarrngtOns in
come should suffice for the support of
two persons. and hied himself TO Gilt
Gulch promising 10 send souvenir post
cards from every municipality he pass
ed through on the way.
Now. underneath the iurid cNa@gcr-
alton with which Mr.. Theodore Tup-
Icnhcim uaC clothed his narrative uG
the rise Of Gilt Gulch there lay re-
spectacle substratum of trut'. ana the
combination of Barrington'S Ingenious
appearance with certain letters of in.
PRODUCTION to persons financially prom
inent in Gill Gulch, which Mr.. Tup
penheim procured for him. resulted in
his speedily establishing Il thriving
practice For the mvS. part it was
work in connection with the location
II mining claims. and. besides numcr-
Gus fee; in cash Darlington acquired
several claims of his own. which he
q. e, Of probably.
l.. br, +. at the end Of year Bar
r'..'n mad vaNcd 50 prosperous as TO
6 ".ln'-I - i"3rrying.
/. ...u,a ',','' WyrI.r Times an
ia co.. . ,a,t il understood
that young ~ burlington. Tor whpm
d. readers would rci.rmhrr. the Times
had predicted brilliant career when
lie hung ou, his Slinelr. in knucklc-
y''.. was nov one of line ...C'r- tHrn
in 'hr ives. and the othc: viii lEe
maidcus were openly jealous OF susie
Cutler. who, good fortune II was Il
hc To rlary" - muAon1irc.
But Susie herself had II" illusions.
she even refused to permit l'ari.r@'on
10 come east for the marriage. Her
childhood lessons of lhuH ard rrou-
unv had taken deep root la her MIND.
and she would not. she SAID. nave the
price of round trip railroad ticket
thrown away. If Darlington fcIl lhat
be mHst spend tn" money. let hlm huE
- cabinet organ or Il secondhand piah"
r,r the front parlur. Ihey would he
married in their own house at Gllt
,;ulch and after that take a little we'd
ding trip to Colorado Springs or maybe
Denver. Perhaps. being prudent
nHmsrl. Susie desired L. lG'Ne Il glance
vi Gilt Gurh before Sh" committed
hprscif irrrvurahly. Vt any rate, mat
tprS had been thus arranged. AMI the
datp set for the wedding being bul
t,,r DAYS away and Susie due to ar
rive that afternoon. Darlington was III
the state Of e staSy appropriate I" Such
circumstances. II was in this moment
of supreme happiness that misf"rl ahc
befell him.
The work harrington had been d"in.
REQUIRES to he performed with great
lc.Iracy: otherwise it is not "hl!
y.,ur'rss hut may bc the occasion 90
great loss Ia the client Now. II -
possible that harrington p"sSeSSed
genius. People VIII" have That. you
know. are apt Ia be- careless as |" De
tails. Perhaps il was merely mat
being deeply in love. he could not con
centrate his mind upon his work HOW
ever that may he. Hartford. the attor-
ney whose office was next To barring
toms, had discovered in the course oI
an investigation ~ the records that
Harrington had 1led documents con
tanning serious errors. lie spoke I"
Harrington about it in perfectly
friendly way. Darlington received his