Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-12

those monte games?"
Johnny bushed and laughed little.
81 see what you're at, but you're
away off there. l just played for small
stakes"
And lost lot Of them. / sort Of
look out your game. But that's all
right. How much did the robbers
leave you?"
"Twelve dollars besides what have
In my clothes, $21 in all" said Johnny.
"Well, that's pretty good. You beat
Frank and me to death. There's our
total assets" said Talbot and laid
ten dollar gold piece and dime on his
knee,
wen call that dime n curiosity"
said be, "for l notice quarter is the
smallest coin they use out here. Now
You see that we've got to talk business.
Frank and haven't got enough to live
on for one more day"
There's enough among u.s. began
Yank.
You mean. you already have your
share of the partnership finances" cor
rected Talbot quickly. IF we're going
to bc partners, and that's desired and
understood, suppose'-we all nodded
emphatic agreemcnt-''we must all put
in the same amount. move that said
amount be $500 apiece Yank, you can
loaf tomorrow. You've got your share
all made up. You can put in the day
finding out all about getting to the
mines and how much it costs and
what we will need"
Gan right; I'll do It." said Yank.
"As for the rest OF u.s." orled Talbot,
we've got to rustic up $500 each be-
fore tomorrow evening"
"How?" | asked blankly.
"How should l know? Out there
he waved his hand abroad at the flick
erlng lights-"there is the Golden City,
challenging every man as he enters
her gates. She offers opportunity aud
fortune. All n man has to do is go
and take them! Accept tho challenger
"The only way 1 could take them
would be TO lift them Off some other
fellow at the point of gun" said
Johnny gloomily.
We talked the situation over thor
oughly and then turned in, having lost
our chance to see the sights Beneath
us and in the tent next door went on
tremendous row of talking, laugh
ing and singing that for little while
prevented me from falling asleep. But
the last month had done wonders for
me in chat way, and shortly dropped
off
Hours LITER / awakened. shivering
with cold to find the moonlight pour
ing into the room and the hunks all
occupied My blanket had disappear
ed, which accounted for my dreams of
icebergs. At first | felt inclined to
raise u row, then thought better of it
and by careful manipulation abstract
ed two good blankets from the most
unprotected of my neighbors and soon
slept soundy
We went downstairs and out into
the sweetest of mornings. The sun
was bright, the sky clear and blue. The
wind had not yet risen; balmy warmth
shOwered down through every particle +
of the air. l had felt some May days
like this back on our old farm. Some
how they We're associated in my mind
with Sunday morning and the drawl-
ing, lazy clucking of hens. Only here
there were no hens, and IL 1t was Sun
day morning-whlch It might have
been-nobody knew 1t.
We ate a frugal breakfast and sep
arated on the agreed business of the
day. Yan5 started for the water front
to make inquiries as>to ways of get
ting to the mi1Ss, Talbot set off at a
businesslike pace for the hotel as
though he knew fully what he was
about Johnny wandered rather aim
lessly to the east, and | as aimlessly
to the west.
1t took me Just one hour to discover
that | could get all of any kind of
work that any dozen men could do and
at wages so high that at first | had to
ask over and over again to make sure
| had heard Alright. Only none Of them
would bring me in $220 by evening.
The further | looked into that propo-
sition the more absurd, of course. 1
saw 1t to be. | could earn from $50 to
$50 by plain day labor at some Jobs,
or / could get fabulous salaries by
the month or year, but that was DIFF
ferent. After determining this to my
satisfaction l came to the sensible con-
clusion that l would make what l
could
The first thing that caught my eye
after had come to this decision was
L wagon drawn by four mules COM
mg down the street at slow walk.
The sight did not impress mo partic-
ularly, bat every storekeepereame out
from his shop and every passerby
stopped to look with respect as the
outfit wallowed along. 1t was driven
by Il very large, grave. blond man with
n twinkle In his eye.
THAT'S John A. McGlynn," said
man next my elbow,
Who's heg' | asked.
The man looked at me in astonish-
mcat.
: (To BE Continued.l