The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05

and Green Monster came to his
millions He is the richest man
r,v \,yada mining camps.
"nn IN, evening of June 16. 1906.
| w.. N,.,.H. was the owner of one of
nn',iS.d,s suggest little saloons. 1t
~, sad to he just. that saloon
s.a,inr in Gu.liield Involves no moral
,n,nitidr. lu fact Harry was the idol
:, the cafgr. young. tall, slight, with
w owes soft as his voice, and the
ss.n,,in of go, baseball nine. the duties
nbi,h position he performed tthis
a., v,,,.t nf Godheld maidens)
=, "diy.nN," II will right him en-
.".ary =, aly that on the evening of
r,,c 16 l.ot he detested his profess
sion most thi1ushly.
"a nrp,. a big. red faced, swag-
.or,rg fellow for whom Harry had no
go had come into Harry's little den
"a with a .lrcless flip had thrown
600 gold p...r upon No. % of Harry's
roulette tanr. At 10 o'clock the same
,od faced sWaggcring fellow, still I'M
h.Ioyed Il Harry. had pivoted upon his
tooi and l,,' Ihrry's table with sl,765.2b.
a,actlv what Harry had made in the
.Igb, month, that he had been in Gold
ala and exactly what he was worth
In ready money.
A. This certain dregs Of Puritanism
~ at IN. bottom II Harry's soul by
Ms Maynowcr ancestors had risen to his
Inns in disgust IT the whole business;
a. having his place. with its glittering
rrrors. its polished counter, its cheer
Nj clickety click Of chips. to the care of
NJ. helper. De- had gone to his adobe
AIM and throwing himself upon his
70, had stra.ghtway put body and con-
science To sleep
He dreamed. and of course his
dreams were of gold. 1t is always of
what YOU haven't that you dream. He
dreamed that he heard up the slope a
stamp mill pounding out gold. "Poom,
poom poomp," 1t went; "poom. poom,
noomp poom. poom. poomp"-and
through a wide door in the side of the
mill stream If nuggets avalanched
down the hill upon the cabin, went
through the roof as through tissue
naper and heaped upon his knees.
"Poom. poom, poomp, poom, poom,
poomp" went the stamps, with heavy
regularity that bespoke an intent never
TO stop-and through the hole in the
roof the gold streamed.
When the glittering pyramid had
reached his chin Harry awoke. 1t was
not that he had had enough; he was, in
fact, willing to be entirely submerged.
He awoke because his dream showed
4 disregard for truth, to which that
troublesome strain of the Puritanical
still in him refused to b. party. He
remembered that in Goldfeld there were
no stamp mills that here gold was
taken out in chunks, like cheese.
But as he now sat up, wide awake,
upon his creaking couch the sound re-
fused to cease; il continued. II any
thing. louder and nearer than before:
Poem. poom. poomp, poom. poom.
pOomp' II went-but there was no
shower of gold. Rejecting that he
nigh, Just as we'll have let things be
Harry was on the point of tumbling
back upon his pillow when his eyes fell
upon the door. II was vibrating in
violent spasms that threw it almost out
Of its hinges.
Gee" said Harry. "lt's some geezer
knocking"
He went across the floor. sprung back
: The bolt and drawing the door carefully
toward him poked his nose out through
the crack. A man was standing there
little man, so little. so shrivelled, with
suc humble crook to his neck that
Harry was astonished. He could not
see for the life Of him whence came
the furious energy that had almost
Caved In his door.
tWell, what Is it," he asked, only a
tttIe more gruffly than If the man had
'een as big as he expected him to be
You are wanted outside" said tn,
little man, with a respect more pro-
tessonal than spontaneous.
We'll, all right" said Harry, making
movement for the outside. But the
lille man put up both his hands before
HIN and held Harry back.
ITS lady that wants you, sir" HI
said
We'll, then. let me out" said Harry
fryng to look as If It were quite tn,
usual thing for him to be awakene,
near midnight by an impatient lady
ana buffing another effort for the open
' Wv lAAAlt llldIl, WITH bDtn ndUu
pressed gently upon Harry's stomach
sun leaned forward like fullbacl
bucklng the line.
sh-sh-sh,' he Kissed, and then, {
htte reproachfully, you are not prop
! cry clad, sir" he said.
Harry looked down along himself
caught glimps" If the vertical stripe
VI MS pajamas, and retreated within
he cabin. To show his perfect cas-
ne began a precipitous and ineffectiv
sratching Of matches.
Come In he shouted Hospitality a
he scratched.
nut his invitation had been antici
\ pa'eu lie felt presence at his elbow
match cracked and the lamp begal
70 glow. The little man replaced tn
vn'mney, threw the charred butt O
we match carefully into the cuspido
ana suitIng the action to the word,
neres your shirt, sir" he said.
marry took the garment and as h
dressed he examined the little mar
I've mad big baby head with a Sigh
,ua" OF down upon it and a face a
'HNied with dark pockets under tn
.Ses mat told OF furtive orgies. TIL
ace seemed too heavy for the thl
.eeh So that it leaned continual
ward mo right shoulder in an eS
PRESTON Of uumerited suffering and dis
neel repfoach He seemed to be say
w 10 HE: Well, that's about all on
,an expect Of an i'll bred person lik
'Vu ana | refuse to resent It,"
10 whom two years stay
York had been fruitful OF ma