Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-11-19

to sicken OF It all--and then shall
come and claim my property"
"Neddy, III not work for you. I'm
mad. won't play"
you're 1t. Just tagged you"
II require rest-but unfold your
proposition, Neddy. was born a
poor, weak vessel consumed. with a
curiosity that was ever my undoIng.
can only protest that this Is no way
to treat a friend" III
''NonsenseI My own brother wants
this job. and have refused to give 1t
to him. Business Is busIness-and I've
saved Ii for you
Jerome leaned forward and laid his
finger confidentially on Webster's
knee; whereat the light-hearted wan
derer carefully lifted the finger,
brushed an imaginary speck of dirt
from II, and set 1t down again. ''Be
serious. you migrate" Jerome pro-
tested. ''Listenl I'VE been working
for two years on consolidation ND
near Telluride, and I've Just put II
across. Jack, It's the biggest thing in
the country. Colorado Consolidated
Mines Company, Limited. English
capital. Jack. Pay 'em 6 per cent.
and they'll call you blessed. There's
twenty-five thousand a year in 1t, with
house and a good cook and an au-
tomobile and chauffeur, and you can
come to town whenever you please,
provided you don't neglect the COM
pany's interests-and I know you're
not that kind of an engineer"
DO ! have TO put some money into
II, NeddyP'
mot necessarily. although should
advise It. can let you in on the
ground floor for that hundred thou
sand Of yours, guarantee you a hand
some profit and ia all probability d big
cleanup"
II feel myself slipping. Neddy. New
ertheless. the tail goes with the hide.
I'm not in the habit of asking my
friends to guarantee my investments.
and Il you say it's right. I'll spread
what have left Of the hundred thou
sand when / report for duty"
IT'S been a tremendous Job get
ting this consolidation over, Jack.
when
'In PHYS namel Spare me. I'VE
heard all I want to hear about your
COMPOUNDED consolidation. News!
News Give me newsI have to
beg for a drink Nose, you black
sinner, how dare you appear before
me without bringing drlnk9"
Nose. the aged c0iored porter Of
the Engineers club. flashed a row of
worries and respectfully returned the
democratic greeting. s
= Letter for you. sub. The score
tary told me to give 1t to you, Mistah
Webster"
THANK you. Nose. Speak up. Ned
dy, and tell me something. Ever hear
anything of Billy Geary7''
He was tearing the edge Of the en-
veIope the while ne gazed at Jerome,
who was rubbing his fat hands to-
gether after the fashion Of elderly men
who are well pleased with themselves.
-You have chance to become one
Of the greatest and richest mining en-
gineers u, the world, Jack" he an
swered, snow that you've cut loose
from that young crook Geary. don't
know what's become Of him. and
neither does anybody else. For that
matter. nobody cares"
II do-and you can take the brief
end OF that bet for your last white
chip. Don't let me hear you or any
body else say anything against Billy
Geary. That boy gees for my money,
every turn In the box Don't make
any mistakes about that, Oldtimer."
Webster's face suddenly was serI-
GUS; the banterlng intonatjon In his
voice was. gone, and new. slightly
strident note had crept into 1t. But
Jerome waved his hand soothIngly.
"An right. old Johnny Pepper-box,
have It your own way. Nevertheless.
I'm Q little nystIiied- The last
knew OF you two. you had testified
against him in the hIgh-grade trials
at Cripple Greek. and he had pulled
out under a cloud. even after his &C
Quittal."
Give dog bad name. and 1t win
stick 10 him." Webster retorted. @0f
course ! testified against him. Is en-
gineer for the Mine Owners assocla-
ton, ! had to. The high-grade ore
was found In his assay Office. and the
clrcumsfantial evidence was complete,
and ] admit Billy was acquitted
merely because / and Others could not
swear positively that the ore came
! from any certain mine. 1t was the
same old story. Neddy. You can be
morally certain that hIgh-grade ore
has been stolen from your ullrs. but
unless you catch the ore thief IN the
act. how can you prove 81 I suppose
You read the newspaper reports and
believed them. Just as everybody else