The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-02-19

home might al least arouse some un'
comfortable questioning of certain
great man. That's about all. though
Proof Is quite another thing"
The captain pondercd. lie was fully
aware that the unpopularity Of the
committee" would nullIfy whatever
good Its limiting might do
"Humphr' he grunted again. ITS
one thing to smell a rat and another
10 nall its tail TO the floor But I'm
mighty Obliged to you. all the same
And I'll think u over hard Say. ]
can see one thlng-you don't take a
very big shine TO IIeman yourselfT
"Not too big. no. DO your"
swell. ! don't wake up nights and
cry for him"
Evsrdean laughed.
That's characteristic" he said
"You have your own way OF putting
things captain. and it's hard to be i'm.
proved on. Atkins has never done
anything TO me. just-l just don't
like him. that's all. Father never liked
him either In the old days. and yet.
and It's odd. too. he was the means Of
the old gentlemans making the most
Of his money"
"Hel Who? Not HemanT
"Yes. Ipman Atkins. Hut so far as
that goes father started him toward
wealth. | suppose. Al least he was
poor enough before the mine was sold q"
what are you talkin' about? He.
man got his start tradin' over In the
south seas. sellin' the Kanakas glass
beads and calico for pearls and copra-
two cupfuls OF pearls for every bead
Anyhow, that's the way the yarn
goes
Il can't help that. He was Just
common sailor who had run away from
his ship and was gold mining In Call
fornia. And when he and his partner
struck IL rich father borrowed money,
headed company and bought them
out That mine was the Excelsior, and
it's Just Us productive today as II ever
was. ! rather think Atkins must be
very sorry he sold ! suppose. 10y
right. should be very grateful to your
distinguished representative"
We'll. do declare. Sho. sho. Amt
that funny, now? He's never said
word about II nj home don't be-
lieve there's soul In Bayport knows
that. We all thought twas south sea
tradin' that boosted Ileman. And your
own dad! declare. this Is a small
world"
Its odd father never told you about
IT, It's one Of the old gentleman's pet
stories. He came west In 1850 and
was running a little shipping store In
Frisco. He met Atkins and the other
young sailor. his partner. before they
left their ship. They were In the
store. buying various things. aud
father got 10 know them pretty well
Then they ran away to the diggings-
you simply couldn't keep n crew in
those times-and he didn't see them
again for n good while. Then they
came In one day and showed him
specimens from claim they had back
In the mountains They were mighty
good specimens. and what they said
about the claim convinced father that
they had n valuable property. SO he
went to see a few well to do friends
of his. and the outcome was that
party was made up to go and inspect
The young fellows were willing to sell
out. for II was quartz working. and
they hadn't the money to carry II on
The inspection showed that the
claim was likely to bee even better
than they thought. so. after some bar
sold out for $4,000. and II was the
best trade father ever made. He's So
proud OF his judgment and foresight
In making II that | wonder he never
told you the story"
"Ue never did When was thisi"
"In 81 WHAT
II didn't speak. The date seemed
kind of familiar TO me. that's all.
Seems as II heard II recent. but ]
can't remember when. Seventy-fve
thousand. hey? Well. that want SO
bad. was IL? With that for a nest egg.
no wonder lIcman's managed to hatch
a pretty respectable brood Of dollars"
Lob. the whole seventy-hve wasn't
his. Of course Half belonged TO his
partner But the poor devil didn't live
TO enjoy IT, After the articles were
signed and before the money was paid
over he was taken sick with a fever
and died"
Hey? He did? With a feverr'
"Yes. but he left pretty good leg
acy 10 his heirs. didn't he? For com
mon sailor or second mattel believe
that's what he was-S3I 800 is doing
well. II must have come as big
surprise 10 them. The whole sum was
paid to Atkins. who what's the
matter with your
Captain Cy was leaning back In his
chair. He was as white as the table
cloth.
"Are you ill?" asked the congress
man anxiously Take some water
Shall CALI
The captain waved his hand.
"No, no" he stammered. mo, I'm
all right. Do you-for the Lords sake
tell me this. What was the name OF
this partner that diedT"
Mr.. Everdean looked curiously al his
friend before he answered.