New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
The Spotted Dog Mine
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substitute for the frank admission he was GER
tain Red would make
I've been kinder shy on capital" Red de-
clared.
Lost his money when that bank IN Toronto
busted last winter" Peloo explained.
This was lust trile sudden for Reds equa-
nimity. He laughed.
You take your losses good naturedly. like
that" FonSby remarked.
II was ius' thinkin' of the feller l hired to
locate that vein" Red explained fancylng he
had detected a drawl of suspicion IN the other
remark He was one of them fellers that got
a kind of Crotched switch fer lOcatln' wells an
things. He tramped purity nigh all over thaI
forty acres an all of a suddent he stopped St1II
as though he'd been paralyzed in his 11ntS, his
face all twisted up and the switch that he was
grippin' with both hands commenced to DIP
Onlv I'm kinder mixed. 1t was an electric
r,atent kind of crotch he had-thatS the 1dee
Then he saws to me. It's down therel' Then
me an a man trenched fer two days, an nm lily
we come on a groundhOg nest.
Fonsbv sat back in his chair and laughed
What did the man say?" he asked finally.
Il never heerd. | guess he's runn1n yet.
Red got hot under the collar an kinder
went fer that feller," Peloo elucidated.
EONSBY suddenly Strengthened up in his
chair and said, Look here! | don't mind
saving that We got deuced interested IN Your
mine. Mr. Meekins, and in yourself too, to be
candid"
Red had to suppress another yelp of pain.
Beneath the table PelOOS toe was cautlonlnS
him to be wary.
You said something about lack of capital
Fonsbv continued. Now, I've come here TO
invest few pounds if l find something-wel
something, you know.
Reds got it-he's got Somethin' big and
Pe1oo wagged his bushy head sagaciouSly-
IN tell you what you do, Red offered
You come down an bunk with me IN the
shack, an when I've found the big vein III give
you first chance to buy the mine.
by Lowell that might cost pretty penny!
You'd want a million. Supposing l buy IN
now. and take chance.
"'Tain't for sale Peloo declared, wagging
his head deSpondently-
Il uster say that afOre | see this dog OF
yours" Red declared; but if YOU want to
come down an prospect, anil bring this pup
to the shack, l amt sayin we mghtn't make q
deal"
Whats half interest worth?"
PelOo held his breath, fearing Meekins would
be too modest in his demands.
You best come down with me tomorrow
an look the mine over" Red answered, " an If
it looks good I'll trade half interest for this
pup an ten thousand dollars to boot"
Laughing over Reds unique proposal, the
Englishman agreed at least to inspect the mine.
When the two men had parted from FonSby,
on the way out they met Tom. What do l
get out of it," the latter asked.
"Out of WHAT" Peloo queried.
Out of the sale You don't mean to say
you let English get away from you? When l
you go in there together knowed what was
dom, an thought I'd boost things by springin'
that yarn about feller wantin to buy. Didn't
it help none?"
You jus leave that to Red" Peloo advised
" Guess he'll make it right with YOU, Tom"
That's good enough for me-" Tom an
swercd. Goodnight fellers. Make your
check payable at par, Red
THE result of Fonsbys visit to the Spotted
Dog mine was a deal through which he be-
came half owner. Strangely enough, the IL
lusiveness of the big vein appealed to him as a
matter of exciting interest Unknown to the
partners. and quite beyond the value they
placed upon his intelligence, FonSbv had inter
viewed the recording officer. With bovish en-
thusasm discarding the triple-rolled trousers
for pair of heavy overallS, ne rolled up his
sleeves and went to work, perhaps with more
energy than aptitude.
Such little idioSynCraSeS as irving to clean
lamp chimney with a stick of dynamite. its
end twisted III a handkerchief, caused Red to