The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-03-13

you make ny
bunk down. only I'D kinder like ter
be on the fust floor. case o IRE. yer
know"
Having been assured. he remarked
10 the clerk that he thought he would
stroll around a bit
He had scarcely reached the cross
ing before he was accosted by a man
who had been seated in the hotel lob
by and who had been an interested
listener TO his conversation with the
clerk
Excuse me" he said. but I have
just learned Of your arrival in the
city. and knowing Of your interest in
mining affairs. through hearsay. |
have taken the liberty OF speaking TO
You regarding your propositions
The bait was ample for our desert
friend, and he forthwith began to de
claim on the merits OF his prospects
We'll. yer see. my friend. me an
the boys hev some claims out by Can
yon Springs. an as our powder an
grub is a-gittin' putty low. an as all
o them thought as I was the best
posted one in the bunch. an. they all
knew | was too smart 10 be taken In
by any Of them sure-thing fellers. why.
they jest concluded to get together
what capitul there was in the camp
and Civ II ter me. an ] was tole 10
vamose up here and git some more
70 help out durin the winter. or mebbe
sell a claim OF two. SO here be, an
II | kin find the capitulist, we'll. say.
he's my huckleberry"
What's say? What hey we got
Ha. Hal Excuse me for lafin'. stran-
ger: feel so tickIed 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 thet / hev
traced fer IA mile. an is II feet an
four inches wide. thet will essay ss3
ter the ton. and the fines formashun
yer ever set yer eyes on; an there's
the Golden Dream. an its sutherly ex-
tcnshun, the Pipe Dream. which Is a
corker, and the riches preposishun of
the lot. down on her ten-foot 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 what'll 7 take9
On, bout 100000 fer the bunch but
II 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
sindieuts yer hev behind yer baek1l
be ticlded clean to death when they
know how lucky we've BIN in gittin
such a yalerble property. Yes. I give
yer a bond on It right erway, an say,
you Jest telygraft them there fellers
and hev them send the money over to
morrerl"
After he had signed a number OF
mysterious documents that had been |
presented to him by his new-found |
friend. and had partaken Of numer
Gus and divers lemonades % he man
aged to find his way back to the hotel /
and as he edged up to the counter. he |
exclaimed to the clerk;
Put her thar. pard. I tole yer ]
was crackerjack. Jest sole a mine /
fer a millyun dollars. Nothin' slow
bout me, Ell? Met business fren o.
Rosschile. Coin ter buy all my claims
mex week. Borrer money! No. sur
: let him hev ten dollars to send a
cabul over tellin' them fellers what
fine mine ! hev. He's all rightly.
rTa-~ y ~of,,s So nav mo hoolr r.~har
the bank opens ter-morrer Shay. ole
man. l guess I'll be maxim tracks fer
the cage and git up TO my bunk. Say.
jest tell the ingineer what level I'm
ter git of at. will yer. an say. sen
a canteen up in case my coppers git
hot"
And with a parting wave OF the
hand to the clerk. he managed to
reach the elevator and was whisked
to the levels" above.
The embryo millionaire is still in
town. ] met him the other day. He
has moved from the hotel and has
found cheaper quarters. He thinks the
air is bad in big hotels. and prefers
to unroIl his blankets on the river
bottom. which he say ss more COM
Portable. The -sindicut" has not so
far materialized, but notwithstanding
his eye is not so bright nor his step
so elastic. he stiil has faith in the
visions of wealth that are to be his,
which are conjured in his mind by
sundry promoters
Poor Management.