Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1911-06-30
Cy Whittaker's
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S0O. 0nO. dOW uuJuEui tnus oouho"'
You must be a mind reader"
"No, but have to make speeches In
my own community occasionally. Well,
the people asked their great man to
get the money needed for this improve
ment from the rulers Of the land afore-
mentioned. And he was at hrst oil
euthusiasm aud upon the-the parch-
mept scroll where such matters are In
scribed were written the name OF the
beautiful and enterprising community
ana the sum or money II asked for,
and the deal was as good as made
Excuse the modern phraseology. My
fairy lingo got mixed there"
Never mlad ] can get the drift
iust az we'll maybe better"
And the deal was as good as made.
lswt before the vote was taken another
chap came to the great man aud said
Look here. want to get an appro-
priatIon of. say. $4,000 to deepen and
improve river down In my state'-a
southern state we'll say-Tve been TO
the chairman Of the pork bill commit
tee. and he says It's impossible. The
pt,l simply can't be loaded any further.
Qua 1 md that you have an item In
fhcre TOR deepening and improving a
S,artpor tack in your own district
WHY don't you cut that item out
shove II over until next year? You
can easily And satisfactory explana'
f,ou for your constituents. And you
want 10 remember this: The improve.
snsnt of this river means that the-tne
well, a certain sugar growing COM
pany can get their stuff to market at z
figure which will send It's stock mp and
up. And you are said to own consid'
erable amount OF that stock. So why
not drop the harbor item and substi'
tute my river slice? Then Well.
guess that's the end Of the tale"
Tie paused and relit his cigar. Cap
tain Cy thoughtfully marked with his
fork on the tablccloth.
"Hum!' he gruntcd. That's q very
interestin yarn. Yes, yes; don't knows
ever heard . more interestin' one. !
presume likely there amt mite OF
proof that It's truer
mot an atom. told you 1t was a
fairy tale. And mustn't be quoted
In the matter. Honestly. the most Of
II Is g,iesswork at that. But perhaps a
committee Of one dropping a hint at
home might at least arouse some nR-
comfortable questioning OF . certain
great man. That's about all. though.
Proof Ii quite another thing"
The captain pondered. He was fully
aware that the appropriately OF the
Committee" would nullify whatever
good its limiting might do.
"Humphr' he grunted again. Its
one thing to smell rat and another
to nail It's tail to the floor. But I'm
mighty obliged to you. all the same.
And I'll think II over hard. Say.
cai, see one thing-yon don't take .
very bIg stipe 10 uemal yQnrsclfw
"Not TOO biz, no. DO yau?"
"we!l. & don't wake up nights and
cry for him."
I.vcrdmn laughed,
"Thatx characteristics" he said.
"You have your own way Of putting
things. captain. and IT'S hard to be i'm
proved en. Atkins has never done
anything 10 ne. just--l Just don't
like him. that's all. Father never liked
him either In the old days. and yet,
and It's odd, too, he was the means OF
the old gentlcman's making the most
of his money"
"1e? Who? Not HemanY'
"Yes, Heman Atkins. hut 80 far as
that goes father started him toward
wealth, I suppose. AT least be was
poor enough before the mine was sold
aWAai are yaa talkiH' about? He
man got his start tFadin' over IN the
aauth sens, ssllin' the kaRakas glass
beads and calico for pearls and copra-
two cupfuls Of pearls for every bead
Anyhow. that's the way the yarn
goes"
II can't help that. He was just q
common sailor who had run away from
bis ship and was gold mining In Call
fornia. And when he aud his partner
struck It rich fathcr borrowed money
headed company and bought then
out. That mine was the Excelsior, ant
it's just as productive today as It eve
was. rather think Atkins must b.
very sorry he sold. suppose. b!
right, ! should bp very grateful to you
distinguished representative"
well. I do declare! Sho. sho! Ain
that funny. now? He's never said
word about 1t at home. don't be
lieve there's soul In Bayport know
that. We all thought twas south SCI
tradin' that boosted Heman. And you
own dad! I declare. this is SINAI
woridg"
Its odd father never told you abou
It. It's one Of the old gentieman's pc
stories. He came west in 1850 an
was running q little shipping store ]
Frisco. He met Atkins and the othe
young sailor, his partner, before the
left their ship. They were In tn
store, buying various things. m
father got to know them pretty wei
Then they ran away to the diggiugs.
you simply couldn't keep q crew
those times-and he didn't SEQ thel
again for a good while. Then the
came In one day and showed hi
specimens from claim they had bac
in tho mountains. They were might
good specimens. and what they sa
about the claim convinced father th,
they had a valuable property. So
went to see few well to do frient
Of bis. and the outcome was that
party was made up to so and inspet
The young fellows were willing to 81
out. for II was quartz working. az