Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-21

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wouldn't be In on It IL it were, bell
/ ne us 70 be corporation, VIII
not 10 exceed six men will own all
oek that's issued. And 50 far
the claims are concerned, I've
Whitley Lewis located In Fort Georl
( and I've been burning the wires
Speeding q bundle OF real money Z
sing him grub-staked. He has got 70
Dlell besides himself all ready to |
the trail as soon as give the woi
"You won't have to go?'' she put
quickly.
/ NO he murmurcd. ut isn't nece
sary. at this particular stage Of
game. But wouldn't mind poppi
whip over a good string Of dol
Just the same
"B-r-r-r!" she shtvered involunta
ily. -four hundred miles across tn
deep snow, through that steady, fes
soaring cold. / don't envy them I
Journey
She came over and stood by h
rllyfully runlpling his brown hair wi
her fingers.
"Pm glad you've found somethii
TO loose that pent-up energy OF YOU
on, Billy-boy," she said. you'll NAL
a success Of 1t, know. don't q
Why you shouldn't make success (
any kind Of business. But l didr
think you'd G.. .r tackle business. "
i have such peculiar views about bus
aess and business practice"
& Il despise the ordinary busine
ethic," he returned sharply. But
can exploit the resources Of nahir
And TINT Is my plan. II we ma
money 1t won't be filched by S COZ
plex process from the other fellow
/ pockets; 1t woa't be wealth created
shearing lambs in the market
sweatshop labor, or adulterated fo
or exorbitant rental of filthy deali
/ with. I'm not overly anxious to !
into it with them. But 1t promis
action OF some sort--and i have
do something till spring
In the spring! That brief phras
I set Hazel to sober thinking. WI,
April or May Bill would spread
| wings for the North. There would
no more staying him than the Gil
OF the wild goose to the reedy nestis
! grounds could be stayed Well, q SUI
Rler in the North would not be so b;
! she reflected. But she hated to Thu
OF the isolation. 1t grieved her
contemplate exchanging her beautifr
~ furnished apartment for log cab.
in the woods.
Still CHE had hopes. II he plunge
into business associations with Jill
| mic Brooks and Paul Lorlmer and oil
/ ers of that group, there was no telliI
shat might happen. Els interesl
might become permanently identific
! nth Granville.
Bill informed her from time to tin
| as to the progress of his venture. I'll
company was duly Incorporated, wit
/! an authorized capital Of one hundre.
| thousand dollars. FIVE thousand dollars
/ worth OF stock being taken out by eacl
| on a cash baSis--the remaining sew
enty-five thousand lying In the com
pany treasury, to be held or sold FOL
| development purposes as the five saw
/ lit when work began to show wha
| he claims were capable Of producing
| In early March came a Telegram
rom Whitley Lewis saying that h,
| lad staked the claims, both placer ant
ode; that he was bound out by thu
| Telegraph Trail to file at Hazelton
| Ill showed her the message--wire(
rom Station Six.
II wish / could have been in on it,
hat was some trip" he said-ant
! there was trace Of discomfort in hi,
| tone. II don't fancy somebody els,
| lawing my chestnuts out Of the coal
FLOR ME. 1t was sure mans Job t,
/ cross the Klappan In the dead of win
I ter"
The filing completed, there was am
pie work in the way of getting on
\ and whipsawing timber to keep TIL
ave men busy till spring --the five wh,
were on the ground. Lewis sent wor.
that thirty feet of snow lay in tn,
gold-bearing branch. And that wa.
the last they heard from him. III,
was a performer, Fill said, not cor
respondent.
So in Granville the affairs OF thu
Free Gold Mining company remained
| 1T sfandstill un,l the spring flood,
should peel Off the winter blanket o
the North.
| Ultimately, spring overspread tn
eastern provinces. And when tn
SHOWS Of winter successfully gave wa
to muddy streets and then to cleal
pavements in the city Of Granville,
new gilt sign was lettered across tn
windows of the brokerage Office i
\ which Paul Lorimer was housed.
FREE GOLD MINING COMPANY
p. II. Lcrimer. p. J. L. Brooks. Sec.-Treas
William Wagstaf Manager.
SO 1t ran. Bin was commissions
in the army of business at last.
CHAPTER XIV.