Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-02

bunk down, only I'd kinder like ter
be on the fust floor, case O. fire, yer
know"
Having been assured, he remarked
to the clerk that he thought he would
stroll around a bit.
He had scarcely reached the cross
ng before he vas 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, |
nave 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.
"Well, e see, my friend, me an
he boys hev some claims out by Can
ION Springs, an as our powder an
grub is a-gittin' putty low, an as all
} them thought as I was the best
posted one in the bunch, an they all
Knew I was too smart to be taken in
~ any of them sure-thing f~ellers, why,
hey jest concluded to set together
What capitul there was in the camp
md Civ it ter ne, an 1 was tole to
yamose up here and git some more
o help out durin' the winter, or mebbe
sell a claim or two. So here l be, an
f | kin find the capitulist, well, say,
he's my huckleberry."
whats say? What hev we got
Ia! Hal Excuse me for laf:n', stran.
ger; l feel so tickled. Yer see, l lever
thought as how it would be SO easy
and here | am, gone and got some ono
Interested the very fust rattle outei
he box. Well, there's the Golconder,
which is a true fisher vein thet / hev
raced fer IA mile, an is 70 feet an
our inches wide, thet will essay IS;
Ter the ton, and the fines formashub
yer ever set yer eyes on; an there's
he Golden Dream, an its sutherly ex
senshun, the Pipe Dream, which is g
eorker, and the riches preposishun O
he 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 b
cooking fer mines and what'Il | take:
Oh@ bout 100000 fer the. bunch. bui
f yer on'y want one Ell. two, I'll come
Town.
"Oh, moneys no object, and the big
rar fl1 n hp4fnro Wall 7 inCt Lpnw fhac%
claims are jest what yer want. an ]
know Mr.. Rosschild an them Englis'
sindicuts yer hev behind yer back1l
De tickled clean to death when they
know how lucky we've bin in gittin
such'a valerble property. Yes, l give
yer a bond on it right erway, an say
you jest telygraft them there fellers
md hev'them send the money over to
morrer!"
After he had signed a number Of
mysterious documents that had beer
PRESENTED to him by his new-founG
ariend, and had partaken of numer
| Jus and divers lemonades 81 he man
3ged to find his way back to the hotel
md as he edged up to the counter, he
exclaimed to the clerk:
Put her thar, pard. l tole yer
a a 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
I let him hev ten dollars to send {
cabul over tellin' them fellers wha'
a fine mine l hev. He's all rightly
He's a-goin' ter pay me back whel
the bank opens ter-morrer. Shay, oil
man, 1 guess I'll be maxim tracks fe,
the cage and git up to my bunk. Say
Jest tell the ingineer what level In
ter git off at, will yer, an say, sen
a canteen up in case my coppers gi
hot"
And with a , parting wav of tn
hand to the clerk, he managed tt
each the elevator and vas whisket
o the levels" above.
The embryo millionaire is still il
own. 1 met him the other day. H,
has moved from the hotel and ha
found cheaper quarters. He thinks tn
air is bad in big hotels, and prefer
10 unroll his blankets on the rive
bottom, which he says is more CON
Portable. The 'sindicut' has not S
ar materialized, but notwithstanding
his eye is not so bright nor his ste
20 elastic, he still has faith in tn
visions of wealth thai are to he his
which are coniured in his mind b
undry promoters,