The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-08-22
But Bill was blandly undis-

| you DON'T 0ee0 10 LOOK % nOEIl.
ned," BE- drawled. "Im going straight
to bed. little person. scold not, nor
fret. William will be himself again
ere yet the morrow's sun shall clear
the horizon. Let us avoid recrimina-
ton. Good night"
A week or so later he became sud-
denly and Unexpectedly active. He
left the house IL soon as his break
fast was eaten. and he did not come
| home to luncheon circumstance
which irritated Hazel, since 1t was one
| of those rare days when she herself
lunched at home. Late In the after
noon he telephoned briefly that he
would dine downtown. And when he
| did return, at nine or thereabouts In
the evening, he clamped q cigar be-
tween his teeth. and fell to work COW
ering . sheet Of paper with intermin-
able rows of figures.
"What is all the clerical work
aboutf" she inquired. Reckoning
your assets and liabIlitiesr'
Bill smiled and pushed aside the
paper.
I'm going to promote mining com
pany." he told her, quite casually. ut
has been put up to me as business
proposition-and I've got to the stage
where I have to do something. or I'll
sure have the Willies."
She overlooked the latter statement;
1t conveyed no special Significance at
the time. But his FIRST statement
opened up possibilities such as Of late
she had sincerely hoped would come
to pass, and she was all interest.
Promote q mining company she
repeated. 'That sounds extremely
businesslike. How-when-whereT
"Now-here In Granville" he re-
piled. you see," he continued. warm
Ing up bit to the subject, when I
was prospecting that creek where We
made the clean up last summer. I
ran across . well-denned quarts lead.
I packed out a few samples In my
pockets, and I happened to show them
as well AZ one or two Of the mug
gets to some Of these fellows at the
club q while back. Lorimer took .
piece Of the quartz and had It assayed.
1t looms up AZ something pretty big.
So he and Brooks and q couple Of
other fellows want me to 90 ahead
md organize and locate Q group Of
claims in there. Twenty or thirty
thousand dollars capital might make
'em all rich. OF course. the placer
end Of 1t will be the big thing while
the lode 10 being developed. Getting
the start II easy. These fellows I've
talked to are dead anxious to get II"
"But"-her knowledge Of business
methods suggested . dlfnculty-"yOu
can't sell stock in business that has
no real foundatIon--yet. Don't you
have to locate those claims arst"
"Wise old head; you have the idea.
NIL right" He smiled. But this 10
not stock jobblng proposition.
wouldn't be In on II II It were. believe
me. It's to be a corporation, where
not to exceed six men will own all the
stock that's issued. And 70 far AZ
the claims are concerned. I've got
Whitley Lewis located In Fort George.
and I've been burning the wires and
spending bundle OF real money get
ting him grub.stnked. He has got four
men besides himself all ready to hit
the trall as soon as give the word"
"You won't have to got" she put In
quickly.
"No." he murmured. ut Isn't neces.
aary. at this particular stage Of the
game. But l wouldn't mind popping
q whip over q good string Of dogs
Just the same"
"B.rr.r!" she shivered involuntnr.
lily. -Four hundred miles across that
deep snow, through that steady. hesh.
soaring esd. don't envy them the
journey"
She came over and stood by him
p,ayfully rumpling his brown hatr with
her fingers.
"I'm glnd you've found something
TO loose that pent.up energy Of yours
ON. Billy.boy." she snid. "iOu'll max,
a success Of II. l know. l don't We,
why you shouldn't make success u
any kind II business. But I didn'
think you'd ever tackle business. YO,
have such peculiar views about bust
ncss und business practice"
II dcsplse the ordinary business
ethic." he returned sharply. But
can exploit the resources Of nature
And that Is my plan. II We maxi
money II won't be nlched by . com
plex process from the other fellow
pockets: Il won't be wealth created b!
shcaring lambs 10 the market. b!
swentshop labor. OF adulterated food
or cxorbi,unt rental Of nlthy dealing
with. I'm not overly anxious to g.
Into Il with them. But Il pFouise'
action of some s0rt-and have Z,
do something tiil spring"
} In the spring! That bsisf phras'
set Hazel 10 sober thinkins. Wll
April or May Bill would spread b.
wings for the North. There would b.
no more staying him than the fligh
Of the Wild goose to the reedy nestinl
gruands couid be stayed. Well, . sum
mer In ~ Nssth would not be ~ bad
she reelected. But she hated 20 thinl
Of the isolation. II grieved her 4