The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-09-02

him to stop and speak to her Then:
For PHYS sake. What have you been
doing to yourself to make you look so
hollow eyed and anxious? Possibly
you will shake hands q little less alb
stractedly with Mr.. Van Lew Her
bert, this is Howard Lidgerwood. my
cousin several times removed He is
the tyrant of the Red Butte Western.
and | can assure you that he is much
more terrible than be looks. aren't
you, Howard?'
Glad to meet you, Mr.. Lidgerwood
I'm sure" said the tail young man
gripping the given hand until Lidger
wood WINGED. Miss Eleanor has been
telling me about your out
here In the Red desert"
Papa says there is hotel at Angels
called the Celestial" said Miss Brew
ster. do you live at the Celestial
HowardT'
mo: never properly lived there, |
existed there for a few weeks until
Mrs. Dawson took pity on me-
Hear himr' scoffed Miss Eleanor.
still hooking. Tell me- Howard. is
Mrs. Dawson a charming young wild
OWL"
Mrs. Dawson is a very charming
middle aged widow. with grown son
and a daughter" said Lidgerwood, a
little stiffly. 1t seemed entirely unnec-
essary that she should ridicule him
before the athlete
And the daughter-is she charming
too?"
Miss Dawson is quite beneath your
definition Of charming. I imagine" was
Lidgerwoods rather crisp rejoinder
And for the third time he made as If
be would go on to join the president
in the office stateroom
you are staying to luncheon with us.
aren't you" asked Miss Brewster. ''or
do you just drop In and out again. like
the other kind of angelsY''
Your father commands me. and be
says | am to stay And now, If you
will excuse me-
This time he succeeded in getting
away and up to the luncheon hour
talked copper and copper prospects to
Mr. Brewster in the secIusion Of the
presidents office compartment The
call for the midday meal had been Civ
en- when MIR Brewster switched sud-
denly from copper to silver.
by the way. there were few sill
yer strikes over in the Timanyonis
about the time of the Red Butte gold
excitement" he remarked. Some OF
them have grown to be shippers,
haven't they"
"Only two Of any Importance" re-
piled the Notwithstanding Ruby,
in Ruby gulch. and Flemister's Wire
Silver, at Little Butte. You couldn't
call either of them a bonanza. but they
are both shipping fair ore in good
quantities."
"Flemister." said the president refiec
tively-"he's a character. Know him
personally, Howard?"
"A little" the superintendent admit.
ted.
"A little is a-plenty It wouldn't pay
you to know him very WELL" laughed
the big man good naturally. HE has
somewhat paralyZing way Of get
ting next to you financially. l knew
him in the old Leadville days-a borr
gentleman in manner and also a borr
and robbed were to stand in a row
they'd fill Denver street Is he alone
In the miner
Il don't know that he has any part
ners Somebody told me when ! frs
came over here that Gridley. our mas
ter mechanic. was In with him, hu
Gridley says that Is a mistake-tha
ne thinks to- much OF his reputation
to be Flemister's partner"
Hank Gridley," unused the presi.
dent-"HaRk Gridley and his reputa
ton" 1t would certainly be a pity II
that were to get corroded in any way
There is man who properly belongs
to the stone age, what you might cal
an elemental scoundrel.
Ever hear of the story of his mar
r1age? No? Remind me of it som:
time and I'll tell you. But we were
speaking of Flemister, You say th'
Wire Silver has turned out pTettJ
well?"
VERY we'll, indeed, | believe Flem
lister seems to have money to burn
HE always has-his own or some
body else's. 1t makes little difference
to him The way he got the Wiz
Silver would have made Black Beard
the pirate, turn green with envy
| Know anything about the history y
the mfne?'
Lidcerwood shook his head
well. do; Just happen to Yo'
know how it lies-on the western Stop
of Little Butte ridge?"
Yes"
THAT is where it lies now But tn
| original openings were made on III
| eastern slope Of the butte The
| didn't pan ont very well. and Elem
| lister began TO look for a victim 7
whom he could sell, About that tim
| a man whose name | can never reca
| took up a claim on the western slop
| of the ridge directly opposite Elem
| lister. This man struck il pretty ricf
| and Flemister began TO bully him .
| the plea that the new discovery VA
only a continuation Of his own vel
| straight through the hill You CT
guess what happened"
| Fairly we'll" said Lidcervo0t