The record., 1914-02-12


,-ra G-.u, only ia Eind-r like ter
be- o1 the last loor, case o fire, yer
lGoV."
l.l.iAg lara assured he remarked
90 s-s clerk Jhat he thought he would
.-1. around a b.t.
ao lad scarcely reached the cross
luE l-'cce lc was acyo4,ed by q uan
Il no had been seated in the hotel lob
hv and WHO had been an Interested
listener TO his conversation with the
Cl.la.
'Eygusc me-" be said, but / have
just learned of your arrival in the
city and iaowiHg of your intcr,s, in
mining a-sirs, through hearaay, |
haye taken the liberty of speaking TO
yoJ 70 Tiing youv propositions.
The bait VAS ample for our desert
friend, and 10 forthwith began 10 de-
cl.im On the merits a. his prospects
Well, Yer see, my friend, me an
the boys hcv some claims out by Can
son Springs. an as cur powder an
Grub is a-eittiD' putty low. an as all
q them th0rsht as I was the best
posted one in the bunch. an they all
i.lcw | was too smart to be taken in
By any Of them sure-thing fellers, why,
they Jest concluded to get together
what oapitul there was in the camp
and civ it ter me. an was tole to
vamose up here and git some more
10 heip out durin' the winter. or mebbe
ssll 4 claim or two So here be. an
il kin find thc capitulist, well, say.
he's my huokleberry"
What's say? What hov we got.
Ha! IIa. Excuse ne Tor laffln'. stran-
ger; ! feel so tiekled. Yer see. | never
thought as how il would be so easy,
and here / am, gone and got some one
interested the very fust rattle outer
the box. Wen, there's the Colconder.
which is a true fisher vein thet | hev
traced fer II mile. an is - feet an
four inches wide, thet will essay sS3
tr the ton, and the fines formashun
ycr ever set yer eyes on: an there's
the Golden Dream, an its sutherly ey-
tenHhun. the Pipe Dream, which is q
corker. aud the riches preposishun Of
the lot, down on her ten-foot, an she
pans big from wall to wall.
oh. yes, we hey plenty o. wood
slatheT5 OF it-an' water. too. Yer be
locking fer mines and what1l take?
Oh, bout 100000 fer the bunch. but
IL yer on'y want one or two; III come
down.
"Oh, moneys TO object, and the big
ger the better? Wei, jest know these
claims are jest what yer want. an
know Er Ro5 child an them English
s;ndicuts yer hev behind yer backll
be ticzlod clean to death when they
know how lucky we've bin in gittin
such a valorblc property. Yes, ! give
yer 4 bond on il right erway, an say,
you Jest tolySraft them there fellers
and hcv them send the money over to-
morrer,'
After he had signed a number of
mysterious documents that had been
presented 10 him by his new-found
friend, ard had partaken OF numer-
! GUS and divers lemonades CD he man
aged 10 iiud his way back to the hotel
and as lac edged up to the counter, he
exclaimed 10 the clerk:
Pat her thar. pard. | tolc yer l
was q crackerjack. Jest sole n minc
fer q millyun dollars Nothin' slow
bout me, eb? Net business fren' o.
Rcsschile Coin ter buy all my claims
rex week. rorrer money? no, sur.
I let him hev ten dollars to send a
c0bul over tellin' them fellers what
2 fine mine | hev. He's all rightly.
He's a.Foin' ter pay me back when
The hank oTens termorrer, Shay, ole
mant I guess III be maxim tracks fer
the cage and git up to my bunk. Say,
Jest tell the ingineer what level I'm
ter sit off at. VIII yer. an say, SEN
n canteen up in case my coppers git
hot
And with q parting wave Of the
hand TO the clerk. he managed to
reach tho elevator and was whisked
10 the levels" above.
The Cwbryo millionaire is still IN
Gown. l met him the other day. HO
has moved from The hotel and has
found cheaper quarters. lie thinks the
air is bad in big hotels. and prefers
20 Uurol his blankets on the river
bottom. which he says is more COM
fcrtable. The "sindicut' has not so
far me.erial5eI. but notwithstanding
his eye Is not 20 bright nor his step
so elastic, ne stiu has faith in the
visions of wealth that are TO be his.
which are conjured in his mind by
sundry promoters,