The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-06-03

the very sidewalk we walk on will be
made Of gold. And the house-fronts
will be of rubies and diamonds. Its
all there" he says, Shaping the Good
Book.
He was so emphatic that we couldn't
argue with him any more, and reluct-
antly Henry agreed to accept the third
Of his capital, which came to seven
thousand dollars. He had drawn every
thing out of the bank and sold out his
holdings at a loss, and / tell you II
made me cape to see Henry coolly
pocketing seven thousand dollars in
bills. Cousin james and Cousin Jen-
ME had already had theirs.
"The poor old fellow will have an
income of Just six dollars a week
when we hand this back to him." said
Henry to me, as we walked homeward.
in the chimney, and after that there
was nothing to do but wait Three
weeks went by, and then we all got
invitations to be at Uncle Zeke's house
on Tuesday night at ten.
When We got there we found James
and Jenny waiting in a sort of grim
silence in the parlor, with Uncle Zeke
holding out to them about Revela-
tons.
I've made a mistake, children" he
says to us. 81 wasn't allowing for the
difference between American and ORR
entail time. The millennium will be-
gin exactly at three minutes before
midnight tonight"
And he showed us a chart of the
sky with which he had figured u his
theory.
There was a dollar and nine cents
on the table for the milkman, which
Uncle Zeke had set there because he
said that, though gold and silver
wouldn't be anything but dross, it was
a mans duty to pay his debts.
Suppose the millennium doesn't
Gomez suggested Cousin James, about
eleven o'clock. His words relieved me,
because / had been getting a queer
sort of creepy feeling. sitting there
and waiting for the end of the world.
I thought Uncle Zeke would get mad.
but to my surprise he looked quite
mournful.
Children" he says, Il don't mind
telling you now that I've had my
doubts all along. That was what made
me seem so sure. | wanted to show
my faith, but somehow I've mistrusted
whether it wouldn't be in nine hun
dred years more instead of tonight.
You see, there's a passage in Daniel
which seems open to two meanings.
But anyway" he says. It'll either be
tonight or in exactly nine hundred
years, If you add on another times
/ tell you, when 1t was five minutes
before midnight felt all shivery. And
the hand went round to the three.
TITS coming now!" say Uncle Zeke.
But 1t didn't come, and when mid
night struck Uncle Zeke banged down
his hand on the table.
Gabriel can't be late" he says, like
a disillusioned man. 1T won't be for
nine hundred years to come, and-and
I'm a pauper."
No you amt Uncle Zeke," yells
Henry, and shoves the seven thousand
dollars under his nose.
And, would you believe it?-what
did Cousin James and Cousin Jenny
do but pull out seven thousand apiece
and push 1t onto the table!
why, JENNY" / cried. Il thought
you and James were trying to work up
uncle into giving each of you every
thing, and / wanted to saw 1t from
YOU"
Same here!" says Cousin James.
staring at me.
But Jenny and l were kissing each
other so hard that l only saw out OF
the tail of my eye how Uncle Zeke
grabbed the bills and slowed them
away.
Yes, human nature isn't SO bad as
some folks claim.