The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-14

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For moment. Hiliiard thought that
he hadn't heard Alright
"what was that you said7" be man.
aged. ~ .-zeE
Harmon reiterated II. E
TOO much Sllverbow. Only they
pumped the water out Of 1t sooner
than we will. That was i've years
ago." ..... ...
At first. HillIard was untouched by
the shock: the force of II seemed to
pass over him entirely; then all at
once. as he was caught by the drift Of
It, his hands began to tremble violent
ly; and his palms were clammy with
sweat. His stomach seemed to drop
out Of him. and he was nauseated by
the tremendous purport Of his employ
er's cyniclsm.
"Mr. Harmon" he painted. under
his breath. "Mr. Harmon"
The New Yorker looked at him in
genuine surprise.
whats the matter. HIlliardf You
look sick! Or d-n Il, man.
n that's another one Of your bluffs.
you're wasting your time. You haven't
worked up such q holy disposition you
believe In this mine. have your He
moved uneasily. II wish you'd wipe
that pious expression OF your facs-or
Is II glued onf' rs
billiards voice shook uncontrolla-
bly,.
This this mlne!" he STAN.
mered. "You told me-"
TIL stand by everything I've ever
told you, Hilliard. I'll prove II. It's
an area of mineralized schlst with. dis
semlnated copper values. And we've
got over a hundred acres Of II. And
part of the shaft. tool" He laughed
noIselessly. "Of course. altogether
there's sbout fve hundred square
miles Of that same sort of land In the
same state. but what's the odds ss
longs you're happyi Tell me you
aren't wise7 Rot! Why. you knew
all about 1t when We were on the
boat!"
HIlliard's muscles were working In
hysterical jumps. and his face was dis
torted.
"Y-you =. y-you're saying
y.you're saying I've been selling
s-selllng to my friends q piece
Of d-n worthless property Are
you?"
"Shut up!" The big man was domi-
nant, ugly. understand met You
keep your mouth shut II you know
what's good for you! Didn't you come
up here to get square with your
friendsr Your friends!" His accent
was superlatively contemptuous. "You
knew 1t wasn't producing mine.
didn't your
You told me It was a wonderful
prospect! knew II was q long shot.
but thought there was some value
there lot Of It -. and
you said the shaft you always
said the shaft was"
Harmon reached for another ciga-
rette; there was undisguised perpiex-
lty on his face. 2.
'Son. II 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 yonrs about your getting event
Then what In thunder did you want to
come back here for?'
ITO make some money-to get some
fun out Of II. l wanted to make fools
Of people; didn't want to swlndle
anybody! / thought I was giving 'em
something for their money! l."
Harmon lighted his cigarette, none
too complacently.
"The funny part about It." he said
slowly, rs that I don't honestly be
lieve you're bluffing. But you
knew 1t was only a prospect"
But I thought 1t was a 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.
llgerently. and he caught Hilllard by
the arm.
"Now, stop right there! Sit down
Sit down! Maybe you thought It was
good prospect and maybe you didn't,
but you're not through with me yet
not until / say so. Don't you make
any mistakes like that. my boy. Don't
you go of half.shot-not yet! Re-
member our contrnct7 Ever heard Of
promoters liability? I'd certainly hate
to see you get into trouble. but II
you've made any wild statements
about material facts" a
Hllliard was straining half across
the table.
"You told me the ore was there
And I thought the worst that could
happen would be to tie up this money
for a few years-that's why a pros
pect's so hard to sell knew darned
well 1t wasn't any whirlwind right
now. but I did think they'd
they'd at least make something good
out Of It =. z. eventually b.
even II II :"
"Ah!" said Harmon, sneering. but
you had every opportunity to learn the
facts-ey-e-ry opportunity. It's not