The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-07-29

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bet you're all bluff l Thought 50.
You're not rich?'
"Rich?" Fitzhugh laughed "All I've I.
got in the world is this check and d .
thousand or So ON deposit
Hunt Eaped at him dumbly Al. 1.
though his worst suspicion had been |
verified. he was none the less nstound- |
ed. He could not reconcile himself to
the staggering fact.
"Tll stop payment on that check
M"
no you won't, Hunt. You could
never prove that you're right and |
wrong-never. There was only an
oral agreement, you know. Besides,
gave you my check for twenty thou
sand when we planned the deal. |
have the youcher in my pocket now.
Care to see f.? No? All right. Eut,
YOU see, of course, there's no chance
for you. We were partners, as my
voucher shows-and you know the
law. Td thought of all Of these little
things long ago, Hunt"
Hunt doubled his fists and glarcd
at Fitzhugh. Yet, even IN that angry
moment. he could not but admire the
shrewdness of the man.
Fitzhugh leaned across the table. his
face grown suddenly very earnest "if
you want to get rich-lmmcnsely rich
you'll hold on to me. | shunt for
get what you've done for me In "a hur.
ry, and some day I'm going to be able
to repay YOU hundred times over
About a year ago on a capital Of one
dollar, given to me, | mpde turning
point in my life. Today | am worth,
roughly, one hundred thousand dollars.
Some years from today wi be worth
millions. It Is coming as sure as fate
What are you going to 90, Hunt? Are
YOU going to stand by rue, or are you
going to break with me? Give me your
answer nOw-thls minute"
Hunt did not meet the speakers
eyes, but looked away, his gnze wan
dering about the -. 'tering grill. Then,
as the needle is t.uNn by the magnet,
he turned back and looked into the
powerful young face opposite And
who shall say?-perhaps, by some
flash Of preScience, he saw Fitzhugh
not as he was then. but as he WuuId be
in after years, a jugger of millions.
| Perhaps he saw that here w6s man
| who was n born leader Of men. Per
| haps he saw in that mOmentary flash
| another of those men who have made
Chicago the Wonder City-the City
/ Of Purple Dreams-another OF those
who, rising from the depths Of Obscur'
! ity, have amassed fortunes, achieved
power, beside which the most extrava
CANT fiction appears puerile. Ht
thrust his hand across the table.
I'm with you, Dan" he said.
1t was in the following December
during the height Of the Christmas
holidays, that Fitzhugh was intro
duced to Symington Otis. This day
was a notable one for renewing cHsua
aCqunintanceS.
The past year, although 1t mac
added not little to his capital haC
failed to carry Fitzhugh as high n!
he had intended It should. He hat
suffered many reverses, for his reck
less habit of plunging often carried
him backward as we'll as forward Blu
these setbacks, II keenly iisappoInt
ing, were not discouraging, nor wer,
they unproftable He learned b.
each of them, using them as stepping
stones. lie never made the Same This
take twice.
Attired fau'tlessIy, a cigar betweel
his teeth, u lalaCCa stick under hi
arm, he was standing in the rotund
of the Board of Trade that Decembe
morning, reading kilograms just hand
ed to him, when Otis entered, accom-
panied by three or four men. anon
whom was Hunt. Otis had glance
several times at the striking, black
bearded man standing short dIstanc
away absorbed in opening aud scan
ming he yellow kilograms, before h
asked:
"Nyho is that fellow2 anyone 20
knowT
He indicated Fitzhugh, and the ott
ers glanced in his direction.
The greatest financial genius" sal
Hunt 1--WE ever known"
Otis !33sed again at Fitzhugh. VIII
+ had finished his teIegrams and wa
, moving Off Majestic looking devil
r he observed. might make a tirst-clas
villain for a melodrnma. I've notice
: him several times of late. | believe
sRppose you call him over, Hunt1
, think I'd like to meet him."