Yellowstone monitor., 1912-12-12

breathe In New York lts n pleasure
to shake hands with you"
The king passed on into the crowd.
the focus Of q hundred admiring eyes.
Bivens could scarcely believe his ears
when be listened with open mouth
while bis majesty spoke to Stuart.
Great Scott, JimF' he gasped AT last
That's the longest speech ever heard
him make. knew you had scored the
biggest hit any lawyer has made In
this town In a generation. but | never
dreamed you'd capture the kings i'm
agInation. I'm beginning TO think my
offer wasn't SO generous after all Look
here. you've got to promise me one
thing right now. When you do 80 In
TO make your pile It shall be with me
and no other man"
Nan passed and threw him q gra.
cious smile.
''Tt will be with you IL go. Cal,
promise. AT least the king Is enc ex-
ception to your indictment Of all great
fortunes"
That's the funniest thing OF all"
Bivens whispered He's not an ex-
ception. Understand. I'm loyal to the
king. Hes wonder | like him ]
Ike bis big head. bis big shaggy eye
brows, his big hands and big feet
Ike to hear him growi and snap his
answer-'Yes,' 'No'-that means life or
death TO men who kneel at his feet
He's dead game sport. But he, too.
has his little bots In bis early copy
books at school II you care to turn the
pages"
MOP Stuart interrupted incredu.
lousy.
Yes, sir; he turned the slickest trick
on Uncle Sam OF all the bunch. He
was youngster, and 1t was his nrst
deal. When the civil war broke out the
government had no guns for the volun
teers- He learned that there were
5000 old Hall carbines stored away
among the junk in one OF the national
arsenals in New York. He bought
these guns ION credit, for a song.
about $3 apiece, and shipped them to
General Fremont. who was In st. Louis
bowling for arms Fremont agreed to
pay $22.50 each for the new rifles and
closed the deal at once by drawing on
the government for enough TO enable
the young buccaneer to pay his three
dollar contract price to Uncle Sam In
New York and lay aside snug sum
for rainy day besides.
When Fremont found that the guns |
were worthless he advised the gov |
ernment to stop payment on the bal
ance. II was stopped on the ground Of |
fraud. And then the youngster show |
ed the STUFF he was made Of Did he /
crawl and apologize? Not much He
sued the United Staaes government for
the full amount and pushed that suit |
TO the supreme court. In the face OF |
the sneers or his enemies ne won and |
took the full amount with interest
Hes the king today because be was
born king His father was q million
atre before him He's the greatest
inancial genius OF the century"
Bivens paused and q dreamy look
,ame into the black eyes
Jim" he continued with slow em
ohasis. I'D rather get my fingers on
MS throat in death struggle than
cad the combined armies OF the world
20 victory" /"
Stuart was silent
The soft tones of hidden oriental
gongs began to chime the call for din
Ter The chimes melted Into 3 beau.
ifuI piece OF orchestral music which
eemed to steal from the sky. so skIlI
ully had the musicians been conceal
ID. Nan suddenly appeared by stuarts
ide, and he was given the honor OF
eading his hostess into the banquet
hall before even the King. while the
'reat ones Of earth slowly followed