Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-11-24

said:
swell. Jack. just 10 celebrate the
discovery OF your old pal. I'll tell you
what I'll do. I'll o. X. your voucher
for the expense OF bringing young
Geary back to the U. s. A.. and when
we get him here. II will be up to you
to find a snug berth for him with Col
orado Consolidated"
"Neddy," said John Stuart Webster.
'by my halldom. love thee. You're
thoughtful, kindly old stick-in-the-
mud"
"No IFS nor butts. I'm your boss"
Jerome interrupted. and waddled
away 10 telephone the head waiter at
his favorite restaurant to reserve
table for two.
Mr.. Webster sighed. He disliked
exceedingly 70 dlsappoint old Neddy.
but lie shrank from seeming 10
think overwell OF himself by declin-
ing neutrality-suspicious.
year job with the biggest mining COM
pany In Colorado. but
Rotten luck" he soliloquized. EFT
runs that way for a while. and then
II changes, and gets worse!"
When Jerome returned to his seat.
the serious look In webster's hitherto
laughing eyes challenged his immedl-
ate attention.
"Neddy," said John Stuart Webster
gently, "do you remember my cross
ing my fingers and saying Kings "
when you came at me with that propO-
sition OF yOurs1 II just breaks my
heart 10 have to decline Il. but the
fact OF the matter Is. I think you'd
better give that Job TO your brother,
after all. AT any rate, I'm not going
10 take t."
"whyg" the amazed Jerome de-
manded. Johnny. you're crazy in the
head. OF course you'll take t."
For answer Webster handed his
friend the letter he had just received.
"Read that, old horse. and see II you
can't work up a circulation" he sug-
gested.
Jerome adjusted his spectacles and
read:
"Calle de Concordia 10. Buenaventura,
"SObrante. G. A.
"Dear John: I would address you
as dear friend John did l but pos
seSs sufficient courage. In my heart
of hearts you are still that, but after
three years OF silence. due 10 my stu
pidity and hardness Of heart, Il Is, per
h,v.- Insfnr % r,oI-a bneFa gfnFvfv
ITO begin. I should like to be for
given. on the broad general grounds
that /. am most almighty sorry for
what I went and done! Am | tOrgiv-
en-? I seem 10 see your friendly old
face and hear you answer Aye and
with this load of my chest at last /
believe feel better already.
Jack, you poor, deluded old piece
OF white meat. do you think for a mo-
ment that l held against you your
testimony for the operators in Cripple
Creek? / thought you believed the
charges and that you testified In
firm belief that / was the guilty man.
as all of the circumstantial evidence
seemed 10 indicate. / thought this for
three long. meagre years. old friend,
and I'm sorry. After that, | suppose
there isn't any need for me To say
more. except that you are an old fool
for not saying you were going TO
spend your money and your time and
reputation trying 10 put my halo back
on straight I doubt II l was worth
II, and you knew that: but let II pass
for we have other fish TO fry.
"The nubbin of the matter is this:
There Is only one good gold mine left
I'm this weary wOrld-and / have IL.
It's the sweetest wildcat ever struck,
and we stand the finest show In the
world OF starving 10 death IL we
tackle Il without sufficient capital 10
60 through. II will take at least thirty
thousand dollars, and we ought TO
have double that to play safe. do
not know whether you have, or can
raise, sixty cents, but at any rate l
am going to put the buck up 70 you
and you can take a look.
This is a pretty fair country. Jack
If you survive long enough TO get
used TO II. At first you think it's Par
adise; then you grow 10 hate IL and
know II for hell with the I'D OF; and
finally all your early love TO- IL re-
turns and you become what I am now
"a tropical tramp There Is only one
social stratum lower than mine, and
that's the tropical beachcomber.
am not that-yet; and will not be II
my landlady WIN continue 10 listen 10
my Establishments. She Is a sweet
soul. with a divine disposition, and l
am duly grateful.
IT would tell you all about the geoS-
raphy. topography. fora and fauna OF
Sobrante, but you can ascertain that
in detail by consulting any stand
ard encyclopedia. Governmentally the
country Is similar TO its sister re-
publics. It's a cold day indeed when
two patriots. two vlvas and a couple
OF old Long Tom Springfield rifles
cannot upset the Sobrante apple cart.
We haven't had a revolution for near