Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-05

approaching stockholders meeting. He
got q grocer, 4 butchef, Z baker and
other enterprising merchants to buy
bungalows and open shops: a lawyer
and four doctOrs-allopath, homeopath,
osteopath and horse-cast, their lots
with him, aud carpenters. sbricklayers
and stonemasons fairly swarmed to the
place.
Even in the early days. before the in
rush began. Wallingford occupied him.
self very fully by spending as much
time as possible in and about the mine.
although nearly always under the
watchful eye Of one Of the Dougalbob-
bers. He noted one very peculiar thing
no chemist was employed, and no.
body interested seemed at all curious
regarding the quality Of the ore. When
he wanted to take some Of it away to
show prospective citizens. however,
they evinced sudden jealous regard
for 1t and positively refused to let him
have any. He obtained some. though,
through the efforts OF, Toad Jessop,
who brought it away lump at time.
1t looked like any other iron ore, so far
as Wallingford could see, but he was
very curious about it.
When the influx began Wallingford
became the patriarch Of the town, its
founder and father, it's chief benefac-
tor and adviser. and In the first two
weeks Dougalville would have elected
him unanimously to be president Of
the United States. At the end Of two
weeks, however. Big Bill Slammed
came to town, with one wife. six chill
dren, three dogs and 81, and sought OPP
portunities for Investment. Big Bill
busying himself on the investment
proposition, Mrs. Slammet, woman
as faded and decrepit as Big Bill was
fiamboyant and hearty, came to Wal
1ngford and obtained house on sheer
Inconsistencies. Big Bill, having
found the only easily obtainable form
of Investment in the town to be whis-
Ky, invested his 81 in that commodity
for the use and benefit of himself and
various sundry kindred spirits. Short
~ upon the heels Of this he discovered
Wallingford and Immediately made
speech.
He was from Cinderburg, Big Bill
was, and he knew this man Walling-
ford Of old. He was common graft
er, this ]. Rufus person. one who rob-
bed widows and orphans and honest
laboring men like him out of their
hard earned money In Cinderburg
Wallingford had organized a concern
known as the Bang Sun Engine COM
pany, which company was fraud and
a swindle from beginning to end. Big
Bill fairly frothed at the mouth In
telling of the iniquihes of Wallingford,
and as he had good, corner just be-
tween the Miners Club saloon and the
Merchants cafe, he had rapidly
growing and highly gleeful audience.
Wallingford and Toad Jessop. taking
an evening constitutional in the pleas
ant silence that comes to friends Of
long standing who have no question
Of each other, came upon the orator in
due time and were just about to join
the group when Wallingford heard his
own name and drew Toad quickly into
the shadow Of high pile of beer cases
at the side of the Merchants cafe,
where he listened moment.
The Dougalbobbers hurried into view
just then and stopped at the edge of
the crowd to listen Toad ran out and
brought them back to the shadow of
the beer cases.
You have bunch Of hired wallop-
ers, haven't you?" asked Wallingford.
"Well. we don't call 'em that" re-
turned Frank hesitantly. They're our
watchmen."
Where are they?"
wherever the most excitement IT,"
returned Frank, with a grin. Il reck-
on that's right here. I saw two or
three Of 'em as we circled the herd"
II want to borrow them"
II should say you would" responded
Alec. And. stepping over to the edge
Of the crowd, he lifted up his shrill
nasal voice with:
Soak i'm, boys! Soak I'm! Soak
i'm! Soak 'im!"
The response was Instantaneous. A
raw potato hit Big Bill, Slammet in the
teeth. He turned, full Of rage, to dis
cover the vandal, 1.-THE could, when.
from the other&edge of the group of
his beloved hearers. q clod, OF raw dirt
caught him III the ear. Big Bill con-
sidered that situa ton for only one sec
ond before he decided to step down
from his nail key and seek some more
secluded spot.S As he edged through
the crowd :sOmebody poked him in the