The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-01-29

you make my
bunk down, only Id kinder like ter
be on the fust floor case O fire, yer
know"
Having been assured, he remarked
to the clerk that he thought he would
stroll around bit
He had scarcely reached the cross
ing before he " acCosted Nv a man
who had been seated in the hotel lob
by and who had been an interested
listener to his conversation with the
clerk
! "FNcusa nc" he said, but have
jus, lca"9ca of yoar arrival in the
city, and lowing oi your interest in
mining 81 irs, through hearsay, ]
have tailon the lib rty Of speaking to
YOU regard e your propositions.
The b@it " ample for our desert
friend, and he rthNith began to dc.
claim on the na,i,s Of his prospects.
We'll yer see, my friend. me an
the boys his eorae claims out by Can
yon Spring, III IS our powder an
grub is a-G.ttI,' putty low, an as all
o thcm tAou * IS va as the best
posted ore III til bn, eli. IN they All
knew was too 3ma9t to be taken in
by any Ct them sure.thmg cellers, why,
they lea concluded to get togcth,
what capitHl there was in the camp
and Civ it ter me- an | was tole TO
vamose up here and git some more
to help out durln' the winter, OF mebbe
sell a claim or two. So here | be, an
if kin find the capitulist, well, say,
he's my huckleberry"
What's say? What hev we got.
Ha! Ha! Excuse me for latin, stran-
ger; feel SO tickled Yer see, never
thought as how it would be so easy,
and here am, gone and got some one
interested the very fust rattle outer
the box Well, there's the Golconder,
which is a true fisher vein tibet hev
traced fer II mile, an is Y feet an
four inches wide, tibet will essay $50
ter the ton, and the fines formashun
yer ever set yer eyes on; an there's
the Golden Dream, an its sutherly ex-
tenshun, the Pipe Dream, which is
ccrker, and the riches preposishun of
the lot down on her tenfoot, an she
pans big from wall to wall.
"Oh, yes, we hev plenty o. wood
slathers of tan water, too. Yer be
looking fer mines and whatll | take?
Oh, bout 100000 fer the bunch. but
if yer on'y want one er two, I'll come
down.
oh, moneys no object, and the big. !,
ger the better? Well, jest know these
claims are jest what yer want. an | |
know Mr.. Rosschild an them English |
sindicuts yer hcv behind yer back1l |
be ticitlcd "lcan to death when they !
know how lucky we've bin in gittin
such a yalorbla property Yes, / give
yer a bond Oh it right erway, an say,
you ieat tel graft them there feIlers
and hey tfa.. send The money over to-
moror,"
After ae lad signed a number Of
myata ri0a aeuen That had boou
pro a.el g. ilb his now.founi !
friend and a1 RI III nunar,
JUS aHa ls % he man
aged % "ay b The hotel.
ana as La up ~ taa counter, he
eXc'aH ITO Tie ciarf:
"PW her thar para tole yer
vas q oracle. =rIo . w'na
or RI u.vau Nothin' slow
bout re, Gil? n business fren' o.
Coin ter buy all my claims
lex week. Eorrer money No, sur I
let him hey ten dollars to send a
,abul over tollin' chem felIers what
| fine mine hev He's all rightly.
Hes a-goin' ter pay me back when
he bank opens tor-mcrrer, Shay, ole
nan, | guess I'll be maxim tracks fer
he cage and git up 10 my bunk. Say,
est tell the iagi1eer what level I'm
er git off at will yer, ar say, sen
canteen up in case my coppers git U
lot" I
And with a parting wave OF the T
land to the clerk, he managed to ?
each the elevator and was whisked /
o the Levels above. o
The embryo millionaire is still in n
own. [ met him the other day. He a
las moved rom the hotel and has I
ound cheaper quarters. He thinks the n
ir is bad in biz hotels, and prefers a
o unSoll his blankets on the river |
,ottom. which he says is more COM D
ortable. The sindicut" has not SO n
ar materialzed, but Notwithstanding n
lis eye is not so bright nor his step +
o elastic, ne still has faith in the a
.isions of wealth that are to be his, y
which are coniured in his mind by 81
undry promoters.