White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-26
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.wbat have you found thereT' de-
manded the stern Blackie. advancing
swiftly into the room and taking 1t
,,om him. "a secret drawer. by
George
YES acknowledged Mr.. Day.
ing him suuarely In the eye with his
one orb and b%etraying no embarrass-
mont VIVA soeve That's the sign OF
This being a genuine Diskerton desk"
.How very Interestingly" commented
Rlackie. Maybe there are some more
snch things" and he proceeded to haul
out the dra wers and stack them on
the desk
.It amt no use" urged Mr.. Day has
uly and obviously Ill pleased with the
proceeding. Il never heard tell OF
their putting more than one secret
drawer In a piece OF furniture"
They might" insisted Blackie. high
~ Interested. and he kept vigorously
at his work. providing into the interior
of the empty desk and humping its
panels and Investigating II thoroughly.
.Wby. here's another one. up under
meath the top! The regular one SLID
right under it." and he drew forth II
flat. narrow dra oiled with tar
nished half dollars
He set IL on the corner OF Inc oesk.
and the two men looked t~honght1uily
nj IL and the at each other.
II reckon Mr.. Wallingford would
raise his price II he knew this. specu-
lated Mr.. Day with a short little laugh.
yes. reckon he would" acknowl
edged Blackie. echoing he laugh. III
he knew It"
Mr.. Days available eye gazed on
Blackle with kind regard. Il suppose
you're kind Of attached to your boss.
he guessed.
I'm attached TO anybody who hands
me money! declared Blackie.
what he don't know won't hurt
him." unused Mr.. Day. his now Diluted
eye rolling greedily In the direction of
the bookcase.
BIa ckie went INTO the kitchen aud re-
turned with a stout four bag. into
which he dumped the half dollars.
Tets slam these drawers back aud
look somewhere else" he suggested
"How much did you get out of that
other drawerr"
Mr.. Day glared at him n moment
and from bis pocket produced ten sill
yer dollars and n small handful OF pen
MES. 1T amt much he declared,
emitting TO mention the our fve-dallar
gold pieces which he had slipped into
bis waistcoat pocket. but every little
bit helps"
They had a mad. merry search for
secret ORA wers. and the bag grew stead.
lily heavier, The deposits seemed To be
richer. too. as they proceeded. and Mr..
Days greed was whetted to a emo
point with each successive find.
Book learning pays" he t%riumpl,ed
as they wrenched It's long hidden Sc
cret from n chifYonier and rescued some
faded greenbacks OF an early vintage.
Il don't know much about old furni-
ture myself. but nce I found $50 In
an old bedpost. and I've been reading
ND on secret dra wers ever since. Now.
take that bedstead- I'll bet at least one
OF them posts In hollow. II not all four"
He tried the caps of each one. and
the third one unscrewed. He reached
his long fingers into the cavity. and at
first his upturned eye took on a look
Of abused disappointment: then 1t
hr1ghtened and Its lid screwed nearly
shut as be drew forth a small. glitter
ing object and held II In the palm OF
his hand.
"a diamondr' gasped Blackie. why.
that ones worth eight hundred or .
thousand dollars! This rock I'm wear
ing cost me six hundred"
Mr.. Day replaced the cap and screw
ed II tight Blackie held out his hand