Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-24

over in; but no life! Me
for the mountains where the stealing
is good yet, and a man with genius
can be millionaire!
was in one big deal, once-the
Golden Fountain Mine. Pete Peter
son and I worked in the Golden Foun-
tain and boarded with Brady, q pit
boss. Ever hear of psychic power?
A medium told me once that have
1t, and that's why folks tell me their
secrets. The second day Brady told
me the mine was being wrecked.
How do you known" said l.
They're mimi bird's-eye porphyry,"
said Brady, "purtendin' they've lost
the lode"
Maybe they have" said /.
mot Them" replied Brady, who new.
er had had any culture. Il can show
you the vein broad's a road an rich
as pudd'n!"
didn't care a whoop, as long as
they paid regular; but Brady worried
about the widows and orphans that
had stock. i said had no widows
and orphans contracting insonomia for
me, and he admitted he hadn't But
he said q man couldn't tell what he
might acquire. Soon after, load Of
Btulls broke loose, knocked Pete Pc
terson numb, and in the crash Brady
accumulated q widow. II was thought
quite odd. after what he'd said.
The union gave him funeral, and
then we were all rounded up by law
yer that insisted on being pall-bear-
er and riding with the mourners, he
and Brady had been such dear friends.
The widow never heard Of him; but
unless he was dear to Brady, why did
he cry over the bier, and pass out his
cayds, and say he'd make the mine
sweat for this? 1t didn't seem rea-
sonable, and the widow signed papers
while he held in his grief.
Then we found he had awful bad
luck losing friends. A lot Of them had
been killed or hurt, and he was suing
companies to beat Tours. We were
going over our evidence, and another
bunch was there with doctor exam.
ming to see how badly they were
ruined.
Beautiful injuryl" said the lawyer
humping huAxy Hun on the leg
mo patellar refexl Spine ruinedI
Beautiful Well make EN- sweat fol
thisl"
He surely was a specialist In cor
porate peTspiration. asked what the
patellar reflex was, and the doc ha(
Pete sit and cross his legs, and ex
planned
Mr.. Peterson" said he. has nor
NAL spine. When | concuss the limi
here, the foot will kick forward invol
UNFAIRLY. But in case Of spinal injury
1t will not Now observed"
He whacked Pete's shin with a rub
Der hammer. but Pete never kicked
His foot hung loose like, not dolnl
o blamed thing that the doc said |
would If his spine was in repair. Tn
1oc was plumb dumbfounded.
Most remarkable case Of volitlona
control" he began.
"Volitional your grandmother!
yells the lawyer. "Mr. Peterson i
ruined also! He was stricken prom
in the same negligent accident tina
killed dear Mr. Brady! He
doomed! A few months Of progress
sive induration OF the spinal cord, an,
breaking up Of the multipolar cells
Rnd-death, friend. DEATH"
The widow begun to whimper. an
the lawyer grabbed Pete's hand an
bursted into tears. Pete, being
Swede, never opened his face.
But" said the lawyer cheering III
well make them sweat for this. Sha
we not vindicate the right of the worl
Ing-man to protection. Mr.. Peterson
"Yu bait" said Pete. "Ay ban
guide Republican,"
"And vindicate his right" went o
the lawyer, ito safe tools and cond
tions of employment"
"Ay tank we windicate," said Pet
"Nob1y said!" said the lawyer an
hoped to It making agreements fc
contingent fees and other fiimfiam
1t was wonderful how sort of patr
otic and unselfish and religious an
cagey he always was.
We quit the Golden Fountain. an
got some assessment work for Si
Wilson. Pete wouldn't go. He wa
sort of hanging around the widoN
but his brains were SO sluggish thu
don't believe he knew why. | pickle
up a man named Lungy to help. sile
daughter Lucy kept house for Sile
camp, and in two days she was calliI
Lungy "Mr. Addison" and reproaehiI
me for stringing a stranger that ha
seen better days and had a bum lur
and was used to dressing for Dime
| told her most always allowed j
wear something at that meal mysei
and she snapped my head off. F
was a nice fellow for a lungeri
When had to go and testify in Il
Brady and Peterson cases against IL
Golden Fountain. old SHE was wilIin
eTd ike to help stick the thieves
be, Kissed
''How did you know they we
thieYes2. asked !.
'T located the claim" said he, ar
they stole it on a measley little b
ance for machinery confound them
We'll, they're stealing II again
said j; and explained the lost yei
business
They've pounded the stock ava
down. said the Hunger. Il beiieye II
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