The Dolores star., 1920-10-01

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"hnt was that you said?" he man.
aged. ""
harmon reiterated IT
LOO much Silverbow. Only thew
bumped the water out of It sooner
'hah we will. That was five ve,rs
ago" ''"'S
g" nrs' Hilliard was untouched by
'ne shock; the force of II seemed TO
paSS over him entirely; then all at
o".e' us ne was caught by the drift of
IT, MS hands began to tremble violent.
~ ana his palms were clammy with
sweat. His stomach seemed IN dron
OUT OF him, and he was nauseated bv
III. tremendous purport of his employ
er's cynicism.
Mr. Harmon !" he painted, under
MS breath. "Mr. Harrnon"
The New Yorker looked at him in
genuine surprise.
What's the matter, Hilliard7 yo,
look sick! Or d-n II r.r
II mats another one Of your BLUFFS,
you're wasting your time You haven't
worked up such a holy disposition YOU
oehe'e In this mine. have you?" He
moved uneasily. 81 wish you'd wine
thnt pious expression OF your face-or
Is 1t glued on7"
billiards voice shook uncontro,,o
bly,.
This this r,ir.m h. ..
ner"d, You told me"
I'll stand by everything I've ever
told you, Hilliard. I'll prove it. It's
an area OF mineralIzed schist with dis
seninated copper values. And we've
got over hundred acres of It. And
part or the shaft, too" He laughed
noiselessly. "Of course. altogether
there's about five hundred square
miles OF that same sort Of land in the
same state, but what's the odds as
longs you're happy1 Tell me you
aren't wise' Rot! Why, you knew
all about 1t when we were on the
boatl"
Hilliards muscles were working in
hysterIcai Jumps. and his face was dis
torted
i-you y-yOu're saying
y-you're saying I've been selling
s-selling to my friends piece
OF d-n worthless property? Are
you?"
Shut up" The big man was domi-
nant, ugly. Understand me? You
Keep your mouth shut IL you know
what's good for you. Didn't you come
up here to get square with your
friends? Your friendsw His accent
was superlatively contemptuous. you
knew 1t wasn't a producing mine,
didn't you?"
You told me it was wonderful
prospect I knew IL was long shot,
but | thought there was some value
there lot OF 1t and
you said the shaft you always
said the shaft was"
Harmon reached for another ciga-
rette: there was undisguised perplex-
ity on his face.
Son. If you aren't a mighty good
actor. you're are you going to
claim you didn't know what this mine
Isl After all that whining and squeal-
ing OF yours about your getting even?
Then what In thunder did you want to
come bnck here for?"
ITO make some money-to get some
fun out OF it. wanted to make fools
OF people; l didn't want to swindle
anybody! I thought l was giving 'em
something for their money! +"
Harmon lighted his cigarette, none
too complncently.
"rhe funny part about It." he said
slowly. as that I don't honestly be-
lieve you're blufiing. But you
knew 1t was only prospect"
But I thought it was n good pros
pect Never mind" He made as
though to rise. you've said enough.
I'm through with you"
The big mans jaw thrust out bel
ligerently, and he caught Hilliard by
the arm.
"Now, stop right there! Sit down!
Sit down, Maybe you thought 1t was
good prospect and maybe you didn't,
but you're not through with me yet
not until I say so. Don't you make
any mistakes like that, my boy. Don't
YOU 20 Oh Ilult-SilVl s'N. ~
member our contract? Ever heard of
promoters liability? I'd certainly hate
to see you get into trouble. but If
you've made any wild statements
about material facts"
Hlllard was straining half across
the table.
you told me the ore was there!
And | thought the worst that could
happen would be to tie up this money
for few years-thats why pros
pects so hard to sell. I knew darned
well it wasn't any whirlwind right
now, but | did think they'd
they'd at least make something good
out of It eventually
even n 1t
"Ah." said Harmon, sneering, put
YOU had every opportunity to learn the
facts-ev-e-ry opportunity. It's not
nv fault II you went Off half-cocked. |
don't know what you've represented to
your gang up here. I'm not RESPONSE
Is- thnt