The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-08-13


once been the front of the building,
spewed out Tim McCorkle, with a
bloody nose and a piece of plank in
each hand. Close behind him came
Alec Dougalbobber with ragged right
ear, Ralph Dougalbobber, with his
eastern style derby damned down over
his eyes, and Frank Dougalbobber,
who was wildly wondering whether he
had his four missing teeth inside or
out. With these came the six hired
wallpapers, each one now a wallopee.
and the whole office "force" struck for
the railroad track and headed due
southeast, followed by about all that
was left of the rock ballasting of that
poverty stricken railroad. Pursued
ness swallowed them up. and Dougal
vile, quickly appraised of the incident
and all Of it lying quite close enough
to the railroad track to gather and see
poetic Justice SO fully wrought, laugh
ed itself hoarse. 1t was long since it
had been so jolly.
Somebody stopped laughing by and
by and began to think, then nudged
neighbor and made him think, and the
laugh died down. Was it possible that
there was anything the matter with
the Kilnbely mine? Had anybody polk
ed a finger into the works and made it
cease to tick? Couldn't it ever be
wound up and started going again?
WaIlingford asked and answered the
fIr {hn ftf
Blackie as they walked up to the port
able office.
''They're set of the coarsest graft
ers ever saw" Wallingford concluded
as he produced portable bottle in the
shelter of his place of business. Its
their very coarseness. l guess. that
let's EN- Get across. I'm onto their
game. though. I'm ashamed of myself,
Blackie. but the very rawness of their
play got me at first. the same MS it got
you. They don't care whether there's
pay ore in sight on not. They're play.
ing on the big odds that % per cent OF
all mites are tlivvers anyhow They
incorporate. take up all the stock
themselves and start digging ut the
same time they start selling shares.
They get out as big I, mountain of ore
us possible. SO that they can point to
an immense output. never stopping to
find out whether there's enough iron
in the ore to pay for the reduction.
When the stocks all sold they move
on and dig another hole jn the ground
and send their saucy brother Ralph
out east to lift the pocket change OF
| green goods and gold brick men and
| wise ginks who used to be in the same
| business In the meantime, it a man
comes into their camp who was ever
in another one Of theirs. they slug his
head off to keep him from making
foolish remarks If ever get within
| gunshot of any mine they've started
and | find it out before they do I'm
going to lose fifteen pounds of embon
point in the first fifteen miles,
Clancy and etfective.' approved
Blackie, ''but what would they do il
they struck real .mine?"
That's where the brains filtel
through" replied Wallingford soberly
| 1ut.t LNO NUIl Il lullIS
company and an operating company
The operating company is to furnish
all the expense of mining. The first
per cent of profits, if there are any
goes to the mine cOmpany-thatS the
one you bought stock in, you gink!-
the second Z per cent goes to the op
Grating company; profits above thai
are divided equally between the two
companies, but you can gamble upo1
it there never would be above IA pei
cent, if they cleaned up a million ;
minute, because the balance would Dt
eaten up in fancy salaries They solo
me some of the stock in the operatin:
company. l control 400 shares out o
1,0OO l found out something the,
didn't know. l had quiet assays made
by three different chemists, and thu
field is rich. It's worth millions,
think. l thought | was in good will
my own stock until l saw a clause il
the contract between the two com
panies that set me guessing. The Kim
belly Operating company can sublet it
contract at any price it chooses t.
whomsuever it chooses Tomorrow j
stockholders meeting. ANY time be
tween now and that meeting the
might have received a Wire from tn
smelling company telling them hoy
good Il thing they had. In that cas-
their first action in that meeting, wit
their 5O1 shares. would have been t
sublet the contract to themselves a
81 900 Il year; so l arranged for then
to be out of town.
: st was the best arranged exit eve
; saw" admitted Blaclzie. 1.-The Hippo
drome could do it no better. But wha
can you do in that meeting? If the
have one half the stock they'll hav
. over half the profits even if they neve
i come back. They can send messe1
0 ger boy for the money"
i They'll get $501 every Fourth
July" stated Wallingford savagel.