Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30

terS who lived the shack the beach, had acted
fagmen, and Burmah had perspired and pulled and
worked with them, had the Colonel, surveying the
first street that marvellous possession.
And as far natural beauty concerned, Hubbard
justified in his enthusiasm. The top of the cliff
proved to be plateau almost level miles broad at
its base where 1t sprang from the mountains. and
rowing at the end into the precpitouS cliff against whose
base the languid waves Of the sound laved and
INJURED Rugged mountains, beautiful bay, and trees
too crooked overturned for timber covering the
plateau, what they saw.
Burnah Jones had left Hubbard to board with the
fishermen Hank and Flay and ordered him to finish his
pats in haste He had frowned when the first transfer
of property made, that being when the Colonel had
magnanmously presented the squattes with the ground
which their hut stood. He had brought the Colonel
back to Seattle and persuaded him present him. Bur
nah Jones' with every alternate lot be sold at the
first sale, and also to that the first sale should be
made through auction. 1t was BurInah who adroly
gave out interviews asserting that Squaw Point to
be the terminus Of the a. G. O. Railway and he shrewdlv
surnised that the editors would wire to South
Dakota to the place where the road had stopped and
would learn nothing that the surveyors had again
begun work, which in itself lent some color to his
guarded stories.
1t was Burmah ZONES who quoted to the Colonel
"Ihe modern highway to IS paved with adver-
tisenents. The road to failure lined with the wrecks
OF those who learned the value of printers ink,
and thereby gained permission to advertise the sale of
lots at Squaw Point. 1t Burmah Jones who worked
hair ruffed his keen eyes thoughtful, while seductive
famboyant advertising copy grew beneath his hands
He surprised the Colonel by announcing that
steamer would free of charge to carry excusionists
and prospective buyers to the land Of promise. He
prlsed him still more and thereby got rid of him for the
time being, by inducing him to return to Squaw Point
to the progress made by Hubbard and in the
succeeding days kept the columns of papers boiling
with stories from his fervid imagination fake kilograms
and suggestions, while their advertising pages were
that he
opportunity offered for with cash to make
fortunes. He had plunged boldly the Colonel
for whom he had conceived such strange liking his
five thousand dollars. Hubbard and the other victims
might protect themselves and he Burnah Jones' would
seek other scenes quite hurr1edly
So thus it that a certain fne balmy morning
the great day arrived
THE Colonel walked proudly up and down the beach
: of SQuaW Point, and saw two rough timbermen
assisted by Hank and Flay the latter looking as dap
idaed ever, hurredly spking the last Of the poles
for primitive pier 1t necessity that the Colonel
intent philosophizing the in which gen
tlemen make money, had overlooked; but Burnah
Jones had thought of it. Also after brief day in
Seattle Burrnah Jones had shipped the Colonel Hub
bard, the two timbermen some cots, tent and few
other accessories to Squaw Point
"Hubbards all right for just about day where the
booze bush grows he had said to himself "and the
Colones gon to talk too much if he's where they can
get at him. Besides, the old Teller might begin to kick
if he what I'm goin to do to this town"
And doubtless he spoke the truth; for within two
days Seattle bllboarded with glaring lies concern
ing Squaw Point, the newspapers had full advertise
ments, mysterious interviews being published the
Chamber of Commerce beginning to act and
through the aid of old and trusted accomplce in
New York, William Burmah had a number of tele
grams to the Seattle papers signed by various sup
posed to be directors of banks and other financial in
sttutons Usually these asked for information relative
to Squaw Point, and sometimes they explained that
rlmored on the Street that this be the