Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-01-16

zossr. TIE Emma nine. from which
ne E55ox wzs drawing dividends.
Ezs only rzo niles away. The name
q he nine vas being buZzed about
and within an hour he learned that
The sane cd game had been
zorled again TIE Emma was a hole
II he ground. baf scarcely mere Its
zlozng circulars we're frauds Tia
divitends had ben paid from the
moHy sent il The tine had come
for he svindlers 10 skip. and they
had that very morning taken their
boo5e and departed
Tfere we're zinks and gTins and
talk. bur 10 one called them villains.
The same game had been played
SCOTS OF times II suckers had bitten
al hsok exposed time after time. who
shold feel any sympathy for them,
IN tbs case. as the fnancier ascer-
tzintd. the sxindlers had not depart
I'd east or west by railroad For some
unknown reason they had just con-
sciAce enough left to feel that a few
dayI retirement into the hills was due
the public That would give the duped
ones time 10 shed their tears and in
vest elsewhere
Until M Fred Watson had heard
all ibout the Emma" he had not de-
cidei just how TO begin his fnancier-
ing That gave him his cue He sur
pris.d the natives some next morning
BY nding away all alone He had
bought q horse, and he had bought
guns and provisions He didn't look as
IL he wanted to be eaten by grizzly
bear and he certainly was too green
10 Re taken for a prospector, and the
oldtimers finally decided that be must
be an artist In search Of scenery. Not
person would give him credit for
being a fnancier. and yet that was
what he was. He had set out 10 track
down the swindlers and their Doodle
IL was a job for the sheriff and his
posse. bat had not the Widow Reafev
said she would not marry anybody but
: fnancier? 1t was a plain case Of a
fool rushing In.
There we're three partners In the
swin1le- They had retired TO hunt
er's cabin ffty miles away L was
four days before the tenderfoot over
hauled them They had known where
they were going-he had had 70 go
slow and pick up the trail His
friends had said that he had no
stamina-no persistency-no stick-to
il. but he followed OF Ike : hood
hound To do what, They would be
three TO one and armed \ fev times
in his indolent life M Watson had
fired q pistol II q shooting zzIle-y and
had hit-nothing A few times only
he had ridden horse II The PARK. but
now as regularly as his bro1cho
saddle again
The arrival Al the hunters cabin
was made al mid-sfternoo1- Il vas :
warm. lazy day. and the Ihres uen
slept beneath a tree Mr- Watson had
never even read Z pirate s-orY. but =
natural instinct told him ho- pirates
ought to work
There we're arms II plenty II the
cabin On foot and stepping softly,
he deposited them al the bottom Of
handy ravine. When tie sieepers
awoke al his call il Ezs 70 behold
two guns pointed al them They we're
permitted TO SIT up and gzze al the
disiuTber Of their sluube-s They
were asked 10 unbuckle their money
belts and toss them 70 hin Il only
the fellows al the club could have seen
indoIent Fred then, Not one Of the
trio made that charge against him
The heather ragged. but be parted With
his cash at the same time
Ten days later the fnzncier vas
ushered into the presence OF the
widow who admired only that sort
He laid a package On Z stand and
said:
Cousin Jennie. you had fifteen
thousand dollars invested il the En-
ma mine In two weeks have made
/ it sixty-five thousand. and here II Is
had nothing whatever invested. but
in two weeks have made three times
as much Do you know Of any fnan-
cier who can beat that II you do
I'll go back and do so some more
The widow had said a fnancier. and
here was certainly one She placed
| her hand in his.