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permitting educated business men to
work it the income could be greatly
increased. But no argument, no
amount Of cajoling, could move the
man who had sworn he would not
sell. -E:. ~. -.
Then it was represented to him that
by certain simple business reforms he
might himself make his mine pay
more largely. All the ore taken from
It was carried down the hill on mules.
Why not build little railroad for the
purpose, which could be operated at
much less expense? But what would
those do who now make their living
by driving the mules?'' asked Pedro.
The simple business scheme is re-
fused. Wastefulness continues. The
owners employees draw immense sal
aries, and how much they steal be-
sides does not appear, except in the
opulent manner in which they live.
Will the mine always stand this
waste, this drain? Will there not
come day when the vein will run
out? And then? Well, then the sill
yer king and those who are sucking
his wealth will collapse.
Among them all there is one who
foresees such result. Pedro's wife
had drudged as a peon until the mine
was opened. She remembered that
part Of her life and had no desire to
return to it. Why not from this river
Of wealth on which they were floating
turn aside something to support them
in case the fountain should dry up?
And so she did, Instead Of putting
away few copper coins at time as
her father-in-law had done with which
to buy his rock, she took $1,000 bills
md hid them. For years she stored
away these bills. No one knew that
they were being hidden, no one knew
their hiding place. The waste, the ex-
travagance, the money sucking by en-.
ployees, relations, dependents contin-
ued, but every now and again the for
mer peon woman hid away thousand
dollar bill. q
True enough, what Sonora Alvarado
foresaW at last came about. The
earth taken out Of the mine became
less rich. Instead Of producing 10000
day it produced but few hundred
dollars to the ton. All it was worth
must be paid to those who carried it
from the mine into the valley and for
getting the silver out of it. Pedro had
seen his fortune loom up almost in a
night; now he saw it sinking rapidly
away. Then to crown his loss water
appeared in his mine.
Water is the great danger, the great
trouble when it comes, in mining. Tun-
nels must be built, expensive pumps
must be put in, either one or both.
Pedro had but one business idea in
his head. That was to hold on to his
property. But now even that idea had
ceased to be practicable. His mine
was no longer valuable unless worked
on business principles, and Pedro was
not q business man. q. .sss5zs
Since there had been nothing put
sway. % there was nothing when the
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But Pedro, true to his oath, refused 10
part with his share. In vain the 9TH
ers begged him not to stand in their
way Of taking advantage Of the offer.
Pedro stood firm. But after awhile
friend loaned him the money to buy
out his cousins interest and make the
investigation as to what the property
contained
One day men began to work on the
top Of the hill with pick and shovel.
A month passed and nothing but ord,-
nary earth and rock was displaced.
The cousins came to see and jeered 1T
Pedro for fool. But Pedro had been
loaned sufficient money to pursue his
Investigations to the end and worked
on. Another month passed and yet an
other with the same result. Then one
day in twinkling all was changed.
A vein was struck indicating that the
Palmilla mine, as it was called, was
the richest silver mine that had ever
been opened
And now this story takes on q won.
derful change. Pedro Alvarado, son
of Mexican peon father and an In
dian mother, heir to beggarly estate
supposed to be worth but $50, sudden
" springs into an income of $4,000 a
day. The fairy waves her wand and
the adobe hut in which Pedro was
born is changed into a sumptuous pal
ace furnished from the manufactures
Of the old world. Money without linn
1t is given away, thrown away. What
ever the silver king fancies he buys
Those In his employ are loaded with
luxuries.
It seems to be the desire of all men
to live in a palace, for all men who &C.
qutre immense fortunes build such
structures to live in. Nevertheless
their abodes are typical of their orr
gin. Pedro built his palace, and when
he got it finished and furnished it was
wonderful to behold, especially in the
latter respect. The furniture all came
from abroad. The most costly bed
steads, chairs and cabinets were ship
ped from Paris; rugs came from the
orient, and Pedro, instead of walking
on the wooden foor-or, more likely,
the dirt foor-to which he had been.
accustomed, sank in the soft sub
stances manufactured by Persian
workmen ~
But the most curious freak Of this
suddenly enriched man was mania
for pianos. His palace was filled with
them. They, too, came from those tao
tories where the most skilled work
men were employed in their building,
and their mechanism was encased in
the most costly woods, often beauti-
fully inlaid. They were In his par
lors, in his living rooms, bedrooms
anywhere, everywhere where there
was room for them, and room In Pc
dro's palace was abundant.
Stngularly enough but one selfish
motive guides this suddenly enriched
1 man. The rest are all altruistic. He
is besieged by persons eager to buy
4 his mine, or If they cannot do that at
( least Z part Of i. BIZ selling and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-12-06
TWO
FORTUNES
Both Came Suddenly to the Same
Person and One Was Many
Millions
By DAVID WALTER CHURCH
By DAVID WALTER CHURCH
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

Why should we read fairy stories
with marvellous happenings when there
are such occurring in real life? The
imagination is not capable of creating
the possibilities that occasionally occur
among persons who are made of flesh
and blood and have souls. What imag-
1nation century ago in long strip
ling Ill1noisian could detect the lead
er of the greatest political crisis the
world has ever known? And in the
acquisition Of wealth, what more won
derful development in fancy than the
story of real Mexican peon who came
into an income of $4,000 600 year?
In town Of northern Mexico,
In an adobe house lived an old man,
Pedro Alvarado by name, a peon, who,
with his Indian wife, worked and
saved till he had accumulated 500.
With the money the couple bought a
piece Of land on the top of a rocky
hill near by the town in which they
lived.
Why they put their hard earned saw
dngs in this barren and not very &C.
cessible summit and continued to save
and to pay $40 year taxes on it when
they needed the very necessaries Of
life Is not known. 1t is possible that
the wife, having been an Indian, had
heard tradition handed down from
her forefathers that there was treas
ure buried theres
Be this as it may, there must have
been some reason for the old couple
putting all their money in a barren
rock, and this view is borne out by the
fact that old Alvarado, having willed
his purchase to his son and three neph-
ews, called upon the former to swear
that he would never part with his in
terest in it. When we remember that
this legacy bequeathed to young Pc.
dro was supposed to be worth but
325 we cannot but assume that his
father must have had an inkling that
its value was much greater.
After the old couple died the summit
Of the barren rock was not divided
among the heirs, but kept as one prop
erty Then came men who believed
that there might be silver under the
rock. They had plenty Of money and
were ready to risk it in an investiga
don. They offered the heirs a large
sum for the property, and Pedro's cous
IN were willing and anxious to aell
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equally peculia lar. Men. especially those
who lead EVENT. lives. are prone To-
.bet about every thing which Is 3 mat,
.tef of opinion Or hazard The @ques-s
ton came up between these officers
whether there was q corpse Il the cot:
in Of. whether. there was not One Of
the party bad noticed 8 cemetery on
the way; not far from the line Of
march and suggested that funeral.
had been interrupted BY the fight, the
mourners had ded and the coffin spilled
ont OF the hearse. There was doubt.
less an unburied corpse n II.
. Now, the outcome Of this suggestion
did not result, as might have been ex-
pected, In the burial Of q corpse. but
4 bet. The major made the suggestion.
and Captain Timberlake offered to bet
him SO even that the coffin was
empty. ss.3.s
The stakes having been put up, Cap
tain Timberlake called Pat Mulcahey. a
recruit picked up just before leaving
the States. and told him to 60 back
half mile and look out not far from
bridge over creek for a coffin he
was to discover whether{it contained q
corpse or whether it was empty.
A full moon stood about an hour
high and made all nearly as light as
day. A desultory firing was still going
on, but had nearly died out. Pat
crossed the bridge and about hun
dred yards beyond saw the moonlight
reflected from number Of points on
the brass ornaments on the coffin. Pat
went on till he got near enough to see
what the object was, then stopped. A
coffin probably with dead body in Il
at night in a lonely spot did not appeal
| to him. He was wondering how be
could determine what he had been or
dered to discover without getting any
closer to the casket when the lid seem
ed to lift of itself. and the moon light
ed up white face.
''Howly mother!'' cried Pat, crossing
himself, and. turning, beat a hasty re
treat. Reaching the other side Of tht
creek. he paused for another look be
hind him. What he saw, froze tn
marrow in his bones. The corpse wa!
coming with its coffin on its shoul
der.
Pat tried to run, but for time hi
legs refused to carry him. 1t was onl!
when the specter reached the hithe
side Of the bridge and seemed to b.
coming right down on him that his ter
ror had different effect, and with
howl he set of like the wind for camp
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Captain Timberlake, TIE maj ors and
tie others were ting m q circls aftrs@
ing for the decision g tho bet hen.
Pat approached 80 be drew. near.
them the soldier reasserted Itself, and.
|. be slowed his steps TIL s. came down !.
70 . walk ching the gToup. he.
saluted
wen, Pat, said his commander.
who has won ??''
IF ye PLACE. sdr, what's the bet z
''The major bets the coffin has q
corpse in it. bet that It Is empty
The corpse was in It when j whit
there, and now It's out OF y. = SIS
What do you mean r
The corpse got out when was
lookin' at the coffin, and now he's COM
In with it on his shoulder =
There was burst Of laughter.
"Oi got me pay in me pocket" pull
ing out a roll Of bills. "Oi'll bet It all
that he is.
Several men standing about, ready to.
take advantage OF the greenhorn, COW
cred his money 10 to /. The bets had
barely been made when man with
coffin on his shoulder approached and
asked half in Spanish and half in Eng.
lish where he could get pass
There was another burst Of laugh
ter.
! The captain looked around for Pat.
He was nowhere to be seen.
"I've won and Pat has won" said
Timberlake. Now well hear this mans
story. But first let me tell you some
thing happen to know. The poor.
class Of Cubans hire collins for their
dead. The body is placed in the coffin
before the funeral and taken to the
cemetery in it. There it IS removed
and buried without any covering.
Since the lid is not screwed down they
use hinges. This man was not going
to funeral; he was carrying the cas-
ket away from a cemetery after the
corpse had been taken out OF II"
You are right said the Cuban. II
was carrying the coffin from the GENE
terry when the battle began. To escape
the bullets lifted the lid and got In
side. stayed there till the firing had
nearly died away, when l proceeded
on my journey. But now there are
soldiers everywhere, and would like
pass. to get home.
He was sent Qeaving his load till his
) return> to headquarters. where he Sc.
cured his pass.
q Pat was the chief winner, Ill be1
being decided in his favor
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end came. The man who had given
away and wasted millions now found
himself unable to give Or waste any
longer. 1t was the old story Of the
fairy who had raised palaces and 9th
er Injuries for the pauper, by mutter-
ing another incarnation caused them
to vanish.
Then Sonora Alvarado, who had
been tucking away thousand dollar
bills very conveniently, died. In dis
tributing her effects a maid who had
been a long while in her service was
asked II there was anything that had
belonged to her mistress she would
like to have. She said there was an
old quilt the sonora had always used
which it would crafty her to possess.
The beloved woman had slept under
it for many years and would never let
it 60 out of her own keeping. Surely
this would be a treasured souvenir.
But Pedro demonstrated against the
faithful servitor having nothing but
an old quilt much worn and not over
clean. He urged the maid to name
something of greater value. She, how
ever, chung to the quilt and would not
be comforted without this article SO
intimately associated with her mis-
tress.
Now, Pedro was aware that his wife
had not sympathized with him in his
extravaganza; indeed, she had repeat
eddy warned him that he would come
to grief by it. knowing this he won.
dered If the good woman had not put
something away for a rainy day The
eagerness of the maid to possess the
quilt caused him to suspect that some
thing might be hidden In it. Instead
Of giving it he began to rip 1t. Out
came a thousand dollar bill. Ripping
on he found another, and 80, as Pedro
had grown fabulously rich overnight in
finding silver under a rock, he now
gained a fortune in an old quilt. He
took out 800 thousand dollar bills
quite enough to soothe him for the
running out OF his mine and to enable
him to live handsomely for the rest Of
his days. &.=.s ii Il ). sSf Il IN
Pedro Alvarado yielding to the inev.
table turned over his mine to others
Some Americans are the new owners
and are working it on modern princi
pies. Meanwhile the owner lives on
the income Of the 800 one-thousand
dollar bills that were successfully saw,
ed up by his more farseeing wife in
the old quilt through a long term Of
years. ss..z.
There IS an unexplained feature Ii
this story that. appealing as it does tc
the curiosity, IS the most important
{, part Of it. Why did the senior Alva
RADIO put all the little money he had
in the rock that covered the naine
and why did he pledge his son under
oath not to sell it? The only possible
solution seems to be that some Span
iards years ago prospected in the re
gion and from the trend Of veins 81
silver found suspected that the tor
Of the hill in question contained tie
zane metal. This may have beer
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Known ri the Innidla ns ana been
ed down rom one generati lon g an
other. That the hill cont tanned the I'm
mense treasure that Pedro Junior dis
covered no one could have known. This
must Of necessity be one Of the re-
variable freaks 81 fate. sS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-12-06

Miss Olga Berg spent her Thanks
giving vacation at her parental home
near Ringo Lake.
Miss Mary Jensen, high school
student, visited her home near Ray
mond over Sunday.
Miss Sena Roberg Of Red Wing,
has accepted a position at the Bos- |
ton Candy Kitchen.
Miss Myrtle Lindstrom who is at
tending school here spent Sunday at
her home near Pennock.
Edmund A. Curran of St. Paul
was guest Of friends in this city |
a few days the past week.
Water color and. hand painted ar
ticles for sale at the home Of Flor
ence Porter, 720 Fifth street.
Mrs. Gust Peterson very nicely
entertained a few young ladies to a
6 O'clock dinner last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Manard Of
Atwater were the guests at the Rus
sci Spicer home over Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Elkjer and ba-
by Of Kerkhoven visited relatives
and friends in this city over Sunday.
Miss Frances Stauffer of Burbank
was a guest at the H. P. Hanson
home Thanksgiving and over Sunday.
h Mrs. a. p. Bergeson and children
|spent. Thanksgiving day and over
Sunday with friends at New London.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. W. Odell very
nicely entertained fifteen Of their
friends to dinner Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. j. P. Elkjer and little daugh-
ter, Agnes, went to St. Paul yester-
day where the latter will take treat
ments.
Mrs. Hans Hanson and little
daughter, Miss Esther of Pennock,
spent Sunday at the H. P. Hanson
home.
Paul Bartelson and Miss Annie
Nelson were married by Judge Gill
bert at the Court House last Friday,
Dec. l.
Mrs. c. G.. Nelson returned yes
terday to her home at Pennock after
a few days visit at the home Of G.
A. Erickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Tallman and
two daughters attended the Wood.
cock-Crosby wedding at Minneapolis
last Saturday.
Miss Paddock Of Oak Park visited
over Sunday with her sister, Miss
Abbie Paddock, one Of our public
school teachers.
Arsene Deneault and Miss Mary
Martin were married by Rev. H..
Gates at the Episcopal Manse last
Thursday, Nov. 30.
A,, ,,
~ "4sn nu ameeu
GU @ ~ "a.er ooloi artic,es ior
n ~ aeo g!n.s' can on florence
iDi'e'' - rn'n street
Emery Parnell returned to Mime
sahon, d,,+;as e., ,.en H. -
Tha,,l = c;,,;,,n, 10 oa+;an -
o'''to'' - s
Miss Mile Rasmussen returned to
teaches. after. snend;no her Thanls-s
giving vacation at her home here
s.
80 plule namse,t very nicely
Sn.er.anfep lev q ner lrlenas =
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WAhTs-Too Late TO Classify.

WANTED Girl for general house
work. Apply at 186 Litchfeld Ave.
E. 965
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. FOUND Cuff link set with anne
thyst. Owner may have same by
calling and paying for this ad. 966
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pretty home wedding was solemn
ized Wednesday evening at > o'clock
az the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Kennedy. or Warwood. when their
daughter. Miss Gertrude Gene. was
married TO Mr.. Cyrus J. Mckee. The
Rev. l.. W. ). Stryker. OF st. Mat
thew's church. ofliciated The home
was beautifully decorated in pink and
white Miss Eulah Jones PLAYED the
wedding march The bride was hand
sOmely gowned In white Paris muslin.
trimmed IN Point lace. and carried a
shower bouquet OF lilies OF the valley.
Miss Mae Wood was bridesmaid. and
wore white Paris muslin. and carried
shower bouquet OF lilies Of the val
ley A reception was held at the home
following the ceremony The dining
room was beautifully decorated and
an elegantly appointed course dinner
was served by Caterer ZiegenfeIder.
Mr. and Mrs. Mckee. amid n shower
Or rice. LEFT a. 1890 for a trip TO Wash
ingion. Philadelphia and other points
Those attending were Mr. and Mrs
Howard Van Dever. Mr. and Mrs. q.
x. strobe. Mr.. and Mrs u v. Strobe.
Of Pittsburg Mr. and Mrs Frank Gar
yer. Of Lafayette. Ind. Mr. and Mrs
George Strobe. Of Elm Grove. Mr.. and
Mrs. q ". Kennedy. 81 WcIeburp.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wctzcl. Of Bridge
port SIR and Mrs James Kennedy. OF
Morgantown Mr. and Mrs. James
Matthews. Of Wcllsburg Mrs Louisa
Cox. Mrs. Louisa Fry. Mr.. and Mrs
W. =. Jones. Mr.. and Mrs r. p Dotv.
Mr and Mrs. John Style. Dr. and Mrs
Abercrombie. Mr and Mrs Richard
Mcclure. Mr. and Mrs Harry shear
ing. Mrs Moliie Bennett. Mr. and Mrs
Meyer. Mr. and Mrs George Petticord
W. Elliott. OF Washington. Leo Row.
ors. of Washington Howard " Nc.
Faddon. Mr. and Mrs Frank Carlin.
Emma Tocard. % Pitsburg. Mrs Kate
Strobe Harry Haynes. Marric Phil
lips. VIII Sloan. plttshurg. Anime
Smith. plttshurg. JAMIE Jefferson. Euz.
abcth Reynolds. Mrs Frost. Clark
Hamilton. Mrs Drichorrt. Mr. and
Mrs John Sfrohis. % piffeburg
Misses Alma Bauer. Bertha Martin.
Helen Monahan. Gertrude AIaloncv.
Noll Yost Mae Wood Gcncvicvc Ham.
mond. ~ Toledo Fife Williams. Gail
Holiday Marie Holiday. Grace Mckee.
Jennie Mckee. Jane Jefferson. Edith
Jefferson. Edith Cox Fern style. Maud
Bennett. Mabel Whitaker. % Toledo.
Alice Mckee. Mary Mckee. l.. ".
Burns. q. A. Peterson. W. G. Mckee.
ID y Mckee. Albert Cox. Mr. and
Mrs James Mckee. A. X Mckee. s
X Mckee. John Mckee. r. H Mckee.
Alfred Marks. j. 70 Bauer. Mrs Mary
Holiday. ~ ". Hose. = J.. Teachoat.
g. o Wood Earl Mckee. e. g. Rod
gers. ~ Wilcox. James BroWnson. 3D.
4. Mckee. r. d. Mckee and g. W.
Norahrod
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4 beautifully appointed informal
wedding took place az the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ell e. Carter. near Stoubcn-
ville. o. on Wednesday evening. June
18Th. ~ $50 o'clock. when their
daughter. Miss Mary. became the
bride Of Mr.. Chauncey u. Jacobs. 81
FOilansbee. ". Va. The wedding took
place on the lawn under an arch Of
mountain laurel and pink roses. Rov.
i Walter IiEgett. ~ the First United
Presbyterian church OF SteubenvilIc.
q. Ohciated The girlish bride was
becomlngly eownod in white satin
mossaline. with pearl trimmings. and
carried n shower bouquet Of white
roses and valley lilies Her only orn.
amcnt wae r. beautiful pearl penrant.
tho Eift ~ the groom Her attendant
was her sister. Miss Elizabeth Carter.
who was hocomlngly gOwned I'm pink
bOrdcrcd wolfe. and carried pink roses
Mr. Thompson q. ilindman. ~ Pitts.
burg. WAS tho best man After ron.
Eratulafions. delicious wedding din
ner vas served. tables being placed
IN the dining room. library and on tho
porch. The color scheme NJ pink and
white was carried ont throughout the
entire decorations After an extended
Eastern trip. Mr. and Mrs Jacobs viii
BE- o. home ~ their friends IN Wells
burg. W Va. Guests from distance
were. Mr. and Mrs Frank Hall. Mrs
John iiail and daughter Miss Katho-
ryn. Alliance. o.. Mr. and Mrs George
Murphy. Mrs James Ralston. Wells
Vile. o. SIR ThompaOnF. Hlndman.
Iiifshurg Mrs. Elizabeth BROWNING.
N1ss Ethel Cummings. WeIisburr. w.
Va. and Mr W. G. Nichols. stcubon.
vile. q.
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Wednesday morning AZ $50 O'Clock
ar ST. Joseph's cathedral occurred the
wedding of Miss Mary Gilbuoy and
Mr. Edward s. Barntardt. both young
people % this city. Nuptial high mass
was celebrated by Rev Edward r.
Weber. who is also an uncle 10 tho
groom. The bride wore "a handsome
gown 81 sheer white null and carried
brides roses. and the bridesmaid.
Miss Agnes Barnhardt sister Of the
groom. wore tan gown. Mr Frank
ilralv acted as best man After the
ceremony wedding breakfast was
served 40 tho home ~ rho groom r.
parents ON the South Side Wednes-
day evening Mr and Mrs Earuhardt
loff Tor Charleston. where they vii
mako their future home
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June %, by 81. Paurs orchestra club.
which is composed OF nine young la
dies and thirteen young gentlemen.
and is directed and~led by Harry T..
Supp. A silver offering will be taken
at the door. but no admission will be
charged. Refreshments will be served
under the auspices OF the Cleaners
Society OF the church. The following
program will be rendered:
PART ONE
March-The Great Divide. .... Maurice
Clarinet Solo-Garden OF Dreams
..-...-.. Lincoln
Mr.. George Kauiteubaugh.
Overture-Apple blossoms $50. Roberts
Vocal Solo-l'm Looking for Nice
NOungc Fellow with orchestral .Gelker
Marjorie Blodgett
Serenade-rhe Flushing Rose. Johnson
violin puet-Frische Blumen. Conner
FIRST Ntolin-Waifer Rodgers
Second Niolin--John Scyhold
MarCh-Old Faithfui .......... Emerson
PART TWO.
March Down Iva Yuratan .-......... Henry
Vocal Solo pu Mich Liebst Benfleid
Miss Lavinna Arkle
lntermezzo little kinkles ..... . Bendi x
silver Offering
pverture-Birth OF Love. .T.affertv
Address Church Orchegtra-
.--..--. ........ Rev. a. e.. RaschN
-Hdi'Ii W inter -..... ....-..... GumNlc