The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-02-13

HIS
II Was In Two Lines,
s Both Valuable
By JOHN TURNLEE

5 BY JOHN TURNLEE :
Tom Ainsworth was for many years
q ~prOspectOr In western gold fields. He
missed several chances to make u for
tune on account Ut not being able to
analyze the dirt he took out Of his
holes. He was not even ordinarily
educated. On II occasion he took q
specimen Of ore to Il chemist for an
assay and was told that there IA no
gold In 1t. A few days later u man
came along and offered Ainsworth
500 for his claim. Toms wife was III
ut the time. and his boy. Charley. was
without a decent suit Of clothes. The
offer was accepted and Il deed to the
property lalssed. 1t turned out that
the chemist had found Onle gold In
the specimen he had assayed and had
bought the property through another.
The mine turned out Il bonanza.
This IL n specimen Of the way Tom
AinswOrth got swindled. Neverthe-
less most Of the time he kept his son
at school. and when the boy came tO
he seventeen years old bis father DE-
tprmined to send him to college. Char
lie had not shown much proficiency In
bis studies. but had manifested a fan
cy for science. He was fond Of hunt
ing and climbing and all out Ut door
sports. besides constantly wondering
why some rncks lay fat and others
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b. nav In this the material for max
ing a mining engineer. and with a sOn
to advise him on his digging opera
tiOns he might yet strike and hold on
tn Il bonanza.
So Charlie went away to college
His father feared that his taste for
out Of door sports would Overtop his
desire to learn and during his sons
college course kept himself Informed
AZ to what Charlie was doing. The
first news Ut an honor conferred on his
boy was disappointing. Instead Of
being given for an essay on some
chemical subject. 1t was an appoint
ment az pitrher Of the university base
hall team.
Charley spent most Of his time for
two years in college attending to ath
letics and neglecting bis studies. Then.
being two years older than when be-
entered. be grew ashamed Of himself
He was n practical chap at bottom and
began to look at the subject practi
cally. &
His main object was to act him
self right with his father. What was
the surest way? He decided to leave
verSity and enter n school Of mines
To mining engineering he devoted him
self IA exclusively ns he had to athlet-
les and after taking his degree return.
I'd to his home. ready for an applica-
ton Of what he had learned.
II forgive you. Charley" said his IA
Their. for the time wasted In pitchin
balls. considerin' what you done In
larnin' about mines"
"YOu cant tell. father" replied Char
ley. whats going to be most useful to
u fellow in this world. During those
two years l was prlcticing those
curves | was laying the foundation for
good health. though I'll admit that 1t
was the scientific reaSOn for the
curves that Interested me more than
the physical exercise"
Reckon that wns It. Charley. You
was always wOnderin' why things was
no."
Charley Ainsworth began to practice
his profession about the time that gold
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nothing would do hut that the famil.
must pick up. bag and baggage. and
seek its fortune in the latest opened
territory. Mrs. AinswOrth. who had
been with her husband through sew
eral experiences III nearby discovered
gold fields and knew that the people
in them were like a large pack Ut dogs
lighting for a very few bones. was
lOath to 70. but the men Of the family
Overruled her.
Charley. whose muscles seemed to
crave exertiOn. resolved to suspend
professional work for others and give
himself solely to reraying bis father
for the education he had given him
So the two went tn work with pick ana
shovel. and Tom AinswOrth found that
what he had always believed about
the Importance Of bis OWN axsayin.
was true. Charley could form Oldp
ions from the character of the rocks
and the soil. the way they lay togethe,
and their tilt. which were very vaiua
BILE. Resides. ne could assay any spec
linens they suspected OF being valua.
BILE and get the result mt nee without
going to an assayer. who might deceive
them. So the old man was happy
even II they did not discover a mine.
Whether from C'harley's knowledge
Of minerals or from sheer luck. q very
valuable piece Of property vas struck
by the two Charley one day 40
sayed some ore from a new opening.
and 1t turned out very Handsomely.
Moreover. the vein from which It W.
taken opened instead IT closed an thsy
dug down. They kept their secret:
but. M III luck wonid have Il. the par.
ties digging on the next claim struck
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