The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-03
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your father asked him what that was,
he said the idea that he could make
any money in the West He told your
father that he was going back to Eng
land and give up his western schemes,
and that he had claim to sell, and
he told Blair where 1t lay. Who has
seen it?' your father asked Any OF
my men?' And the Englishman told
your father that nobody had wanted
to buy it and that was why he had
come to him. He said he thought his
only chance to sell was to hold up
some blind man on his dying bed and
that he had heard that Blair was too
sick to stir out Of his room and to
prospect. Your father liked the fell
lows cheek and when ne found out
that he had the maps with him, your
father bought the whole blooming
sweep at the mans price, which was
mere song.
"Your father never went near his
purchase for a year or more, and
when lie had turned the mine he was
managing over to the original COM
pany, with me as manager IN his
place, at salary Of twenty thousand
dollars year, he said to me one day,
'Ruggles, you'll be sorry to know that
the fun is all over, Eye struck oil. But
the oil was copper. The whole bloom
ing business that he'd bought Of that
Englishman was rich with ore. Well,
that's the story of Blairtown," Rug
giles said. You were born there and
your mother died there"
Dan said "Galorey told me what
dad did later for the man that sold
him the mine, and it was just like
everything else he did, for dad was all
right, just as good as they come"
Ruggles agreed. He left his rem
iniscences abruptly. Your dad and
me had the fun in our time; now you
are going to get the other kind; you're
going to make the dust fly that he
dug up"
And the rich young man said mus
ingly: "I'll bet it isn't half as good at
my end"
And Ruggles agreed: mot by jug
full" And followed: Whats on to-
night? "Mandalay?"
Dams fury ut Prince Poniotowsky
carle back. ~ guess you thought |
was a little loose in the lid, dida't
you, Josh, going SO often to the same
playa"
"You wouldn't have been the first
rich man that had the same disease"
Ruggles answered.
There is nothing the matter with
'Mandalay, but I'm not gone on any
actress living, Josh; you are In the
wrong pew"
Dan altered his indolent pose and
sat forward. But am thinking OF
getting married." he said.
a hope it's to the right girl, Dan"
And with young assurance Blair an
Swered: 1T will be II | marry her.
know what want all right.
81 hope she knows what she wants,
DAN"
Glow do you mean?"
"You or your money. You have the
darnedest handicap, my boy"
Blair flushed. "I'll get to hate the
whole thing" he said ferociously. ut
meets me Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures deeds
its too much!!" he said suddenly,
with resentment. Its too much for
me. Why, sometimes feel a hun
bred years old, and like a hunk OF
gold"
Ruggles, in answer to this, said:
why, that reminds me Of what
man remarked about your father once
1t was the same English chap your fa-
Their bought the claim of. Speaking
of Blair, he said to me: You know
there's all kinds Of metal bars, and
when you cut into them some is bull
lion and some's coated with alum
inum, and there's others that when
you cut down, cut clean yellow all
along the line If, as you say, you
feel like hunk OF metal, 1t amt bad
II it Is that kind"
TITS got to stop coming in between
me and the woman marry, all right,
though" Dan did not pursue his sub