Marble Hill press., 1920-12-16
CHAPTER sI-centirvsa.

eours. WIS rl,k yggF pr,~Iggs lfs 60
acquire mose' MHa,y !sat cyyryta.ag
IN life
-No. BOT the game -"
-wta, Eamsi MIr.rsr
II" game - l.'r
"Rut this l. ths game % ira'h."
(which makes NE en- o., savc'rr
~ cuH beat ihs gaHr Perhaps I cuH
better illustrate ny point 20; view s.'h
q .;0Ty. some year. $50 ] wus srni
% Ar.Eona - examine a mIH.rs p-up.
cry and ~9or upga - z advised
- purchsss. my Ts.Hsrs's v-to pr
paFri 90 boy ai Try va'rI'.oa Wei
vh.n arrived I f0raI a misrrgs's
starfy close 20 sbsf' ara 3smg. GuG
a. 10 ssaHy ! found r. vra'f,rhHa'.
% rrupl. TIE vnrag was probably
forty hg' looked cry The uau tal
never h,Tf Hsifrs hg' = ha-'.r1sl
ulu-r-S4 day bad hc..g 'hs i.mI' o,
his easu.rss 10 any cu- Day ru'il NJ
stu-a h'rf aU some H0at traced u ".
sul located ,hg claims I vas there 20
examine and ~ 20 buy.
Ills VIE had heyn a miners daush,
ter. knowing uafh.as hut irut.c-y snt
poverty and cuu,.uuirg that eXis'rncv
after marriage For ~ years she bad
been da-uins her husbands socks
washing bis clothes. aud cooking hls
meals. Eyea after they uncovered the
ledge. u wasn't worth any more than
the country rock 20 them unless ihey
could sell u. because the man had
neither 'he money nor the ability 20
develop Il himself. lie even lacked
the ability 20 sell II. because u ~
eulres real ability 20 unload any kind
of mine FOR Sl.oauJ. aud real
nerve on the par, % the man who
buys. I examined the mine. decided
~ was cheap st Si.n"u.noO. and - ~
ported 90 my principals. They wired
ne 20 close. and ~ ! took a @ldny
option 10 orle. 10 verify the title.
swell. time passed. aud one br.sht
day ! rode ~ g. that slanfy with a
deed and certified cheek trr Sl""..
Obo in ms pocket. al,-rIpou d..
covered the woman had had change
Of heart and hgekrI over tAe traces.
No. Stree. She would not si-l ihei
there l.p5--aui Inasmgch a. the claim
was community property. her s-aa-
ture ua, ylfa.Iy aea.~-ary. She asked
me 81 many questions however ne 10
the size o.: the stamp mill We would
install and how many miners would
be employed on the job. that tnaliy
saw the light and tried a shot In the
dark. My dear Mr.. Ska.Ss,' sad.
"lf youN sicu this deed and save rs
ali lot ~ Litigation over this option
you and your husband have given me,
III DO something handsome. will
ON my wo7i OF hanor-Ill give you the
exclusive boarding house privilege at
this mine"
And what did she say. CalIphT
"She said: Give me the zen. Mr..
Webster. and please excuse my hand
writing I'm that nervous in business
matters"
Dolores sllyery laughter rippied
through the room. "But don't see
the point" she protested.
I'VE will come to It presently. |
was merely explaining one persons
point Of view. You would not, OF
course, expect me TO have the same
point Of view as Mrs. SkaEgs OF Ari-
zona."
"Certalnly not"
"All right Listen 70 this! In 1907
a. the height Of the boom times 10
Goldfield. New. was worth Sl,cpOpo
On the first day Of october ! could
have casbed in my mining stocks for
81. 900 0co-and had lot of cash In
bank, too. But rd always worked so
hard and been poor 50 long that my
wealth didn't mean anything 10 me.
J wanted the exclusive privilege OF
more slavery. and so staked q copper
prospect. which later I discovered 10
consist Of uncounted acres Of country
rock and about SOS worth Of copper
stain. In order 10 save 800 ] did my
own assessment work. drove q pick
into my foot, developed blood poison.
went 20 the hospital. and was nice and
helpless when the panic came along
the middle Of the month The bank
went bust. and my ready cash went
with its couldn't give my mining
stocks away. Everybody knew was
pauper-everybody but the doctor.
He persisted in regarding me as MIL
iionaire and sent me bin for 5000
How perfectly outrageous Why,
Caliph. ! would have let him sue me"
81 would have, too-but I didn't !
induced him TO settle for 10000
shares OF stock in my copper prospect
The par value was 81 share and
was going TO sell block at 10 cents.
but in view Of his high professional
standing I let him have II for nickel
q share. I imagine be still has II.
bought back later all the other stock
sold. because the property was
worthless and in order to be a sport
I offered him $500 for his block. but
be thought was trying to swindle
kim and asked $1,000"
{ "Oh, CsiiphI-
"wonderfui NaRc. isnt it--this
kame Of life. So sweet when o fei-
lows taking chancesl Now that am
fairly prosperous again. the only thing