The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-28
A FARSEEINC
WOMAN
bY ESTHER NANDEVEFR

= o"' h"lhlhs up to a few do
II ,"iS an acre Then some opo aia.
"o'e IN ti'@ ground To put in n ras,
e,""i'S ou' cellar fer a hopse =
. Spine'hihg like that. ana finds II -.
2 u"t taken out Indications of Tho -
i ,1ouS metal lie doesn't say anytl,in,
! 20 any body, but goes off and cot. !,
"NSated. The report being fayoraIla
e ne tets 1t he known that be has cola =,
nis property, Those who strike indion
''oiS pfe-emrt claims and oroani1,,
IN A'''iies with few dollars capital
most OF which is spent for printin@.
W. 'iueaies OF stock. Every foot az tia
ground III the vicinity is stakei out ~.
MINES, which cross and reeross ono =,
ohef at every conceivable angle Thora
a'e thousands of the certificates. near
y all worthless
"heil the Clear Creek region or Coin.
ia'io was IN such stage as This \ ma,
"hom ! shall call Peter Anderson
! young lawyer from the south settle,i
~ Denver and hung out his shlngIe
ne had very frugal, patient wife
VINO was real hclrmate 10 him 81,
never permitted anything 10 no VAS
eu' no matter how little value il ~.
sesSed and hen her husband r,i,,aa
her ~ saving worthless things sba
would 81! clccfily 1T may come II
mandy Just in The nick ot time"
Inc principal law practiccd IN On
erado al fhat time was wta tha ri
VolYer, consequence Peter Anderson
found little prar'.ce in his profession
but money was easily borrowed ANA
the AnderSons managed 10 keep bod,
ana soul together hA small loans Tho
husband found ii duh sitting in his
once waiting FOR clients. 50 he spent
most of his time in ueighhorinc bin.
nara room playing pool lie told his
"lie 'hai this was good way to make
acdnaintances and thus &c; business i
she said she thought he was right
me members of such communities
are inNeterate gamblers. Refresh
mehts and the price of the game were
to be paid for by the loser In add.
t'on to this the players. an of whom
were possessed Of worthless mining
stocks. would put them up to be all
sorhed ny the winner \ number Of
these certificates came into Peter An
uersohs possession. but none of them
ever found their way back To The nor
sons from whom he Won them Ever
lisht after he had gone to sleep his
we would get NJ, search his pockets
axe out what mining shares she fntnd
mere ana tock them up in an old trunk
ne hept IA the gaIret She meyer
poked at the names Of the compapies ;
leN represented or bothered her heaa
; TO their value Indeed. they were
'ofitlleSS or they would not have come !,
easily INTO her husbands possession
very night his pockets were searched
ad emptied but IN the morning No :
ould not miss his loss II his WIN "
nd taken few coins he might have y
otieed 1t. but mining stocks were
ute different matter When be =.
ent round To The billiard room I'm the ),
fenlng lie would think that he bad :,
on some shares the night before. but Is
nding none in his pocket. fancy he ;.
no been mistaken lie was VERY :.
lou poo player and had no difficulty
borrowing few shares 10 begin on
suallF he would win. pay off the iear "
al 20 on playing on his own capital :,
lie left the place with stocks in his !,
'eket the next morning they Wouia
deposited, as usual. in Mrs AHd.. :,
ms trunk u
But the pool players didn't bring An :,
'rson any law business and the WOLF :
as continually snarling about his -
'or. However, the wolves in such -,
are usually coyotes. com
IfatiNeiy harmless for any man Will !,
We on lend ANY other man if he has =
lythins he doesn't need ut the mo -
ent Nevertheless Andcrson's cond -
IN was not attractive. and evceu, g.
hen he was playing pool he was very :.
spirited
One day there was big strike up 9.
Clear creek mining company had
ened vein that paid many hun r.
eds Of dollars To the ton. Peter An =,
rson when be went home that night :.
Ia his wife about the strike, remark "
:, oh how / wish | had some Of -
e stock ef the company
4 think YOU have. dear" said Mrs 49,
idersun and she went up to her
Ink and brought down an armful OF ..
ming share certificates The fwn
rted them tossing them when exam. 80
~ on the floor in their eager hunt -.
r the one they coveted Presently =,
ay came fe tcn share certitirate -.
iich alone would keep them for nj
lille Then a ufty share turned up n;
en- another ten. then a hundred. five !,
ndrel indeed al denominations. II nj
IS good while before they got -,
rough the accumulated pile Wien i,s
y did they figured up shares in the I
Ky company sufficient to give them 20,
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