The daily sentinel., 1910-06-07
WHAT HAPPENED To JONES.
Montrose Man Victim of Financial Meny-go-
round Becomes Dizzy and Anxious

w nat happened 10 JOuts+ anu
What would happen to him next?
were questions which assumed vital
Importance in the mind of j. E. Jones
of the Jones Realty Company of Mont
rose yesterday, when he found time
to consider n rather startling series
of events in WHICH he seemed to be
the central figure.
Mr. Jones started up town yester-
day morning in company with his
sister-in-law, with the intention of
taking her to the depot, as she was
leaving for a visit at other points.
AS they drove down the street in a
buggy they encountered two little
children riding pony, and, with Il
rope. pulling two more behind them
on a bicycle. Mr.. Jones attempted
to give them part of the road; but
the pony of the children started to
turn the wrong way, and. instead OF
passing safely, there was a head-on
collision. The pony appeared to be
blind and could not get out of the
way. The result was that the chill
dren were thrown to the ground and
the front wheel OF the buggy passed
over one of them. Mr. Jones had his
horse stopped before the rear wheels
touched either OF the children. and
they thus escaped any serious injury,
although one of them was bruised
somewhat and received a bloody nose,
They were given every attention by
Mr. Jones and were soon all right
again,
Having occasion to step into one OF
the local banks later Mr.. Jones saw
a patron OF the bank at the cashiers
window drop a $40 bill to the floor.
The patron and the bank teller then
got into an argument as to who had
made a mistake of SO, and the dis
pute was assuming serious propor-
tions when Mn Jones relieved the sit
uation by returning the $40 to the
owner. Neither of the other two
gentlemen knew where the bin was
until IT was handed them by Mr..
Jones. Score $40 for Mr., Jones
Upon arriving at the depot wom-
an stepped up to Mr.. Jones and hand
cate of deposit for him to give to his
wife. and went away leaving him in
possession of the paper. He unfold
ed it and was astonished to find II
was a draft upon the New York EX
1 change for the sum of 500. lie was
unable to account in any way for this
windfall; and, as the woman was
gone. he could learn nothing further
| from her. He accordingly went to the
/ bank and left the paper, together
with its mysterious appearance, to
\ be cleared up by the bank officials
I through their business channels.
| Score s110 for Mr.. Jones.
| short time thereafter one OF the
! gentle gusts of wind, which might
| have been noticed yesterday, dropped
a piece OF paper Ut Mr.. Jones feet;
/ and picking it up, he nearly lost his
balance as he recognized Denver 4
Rio Grande check for the sum of
S100.72. made payable to a local en-
ploye of that road. The employe had
signed his name endorsing 1t on the
back and it was as good as the hard
cash itself Mr.. Jones then made an
other trip TO the bank, where he pre-
scented it at the window and inquired
casually of the cashier what he could
get on it. The bank official looked it
over and told him he could have
! S100.70, the bank, retaining the two
| cents. The matter of finding the
check was then explained and the pa
per left with the banak for the right
full owner to show up and claim the
same, which, as he is known here,
will not be very long. Score $210.72
for Mr., Jones.
BY this time Mr. Jones had well
nigh collapsed. He did not feel safe
to stay in the bank and he was more
afraid to go out. The series OF pc
culiar and unusual events led ,up to
the opening question of what had
happened to Jones, and what was
going TO happen TO Jones
He bolstered zip his courage by re
viewing the fact that the town was
still dry, the comet was doing its
regular stunt, the palatial Rio Grande
depot was still here for the admira-
tion of our people and the thousands
coming TO Montrose. the narrow
gauge had not been broadened, tn,
town bore its usual outward aspect
through the clouds of dust incident
to regular absence of the street
sprinkler, and there was no material
way in which ne could account fol
the things handed him on such an
ordinary day in the I'm
compahgre valley.
I He recalled that upon his recent
fishing excursion he had tumbled in
TO the Gunnison after o very success
full season OF angling, and can only
attribute IL to that as the initial ac-
cident. He is confident, however
that his next land deal in the I'm
compahgre will be of mammoth pro-
portions.-Montrose Western Empire
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