The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-11-04

" SChen VI IL hll-and then i shall
come and claim my property"
"Neddy. I'll not work for you. I'm
mad. won't play"
You're It. just tagged you"
Il require a rest-but unfold your
proposition, Neddy. was born a
poor, weak vessel consumed with A
curiosity that was ever my undoinR.
can only protest that this Is no way
to treat a friend"
Nonsense My own brother wants
this Job, and have refused to give II
to him. Business is buslness-and I've
saved It for you"
Jerome leaned forward and laid his
finger confidentlally on Webster's
knee; whereat the light-hearted wan
derer carefully lifted the finger,
brushed an imaginary speck OF dirt
from II, and set II down again. BE
serious, you Migrate" jerome pro-
tested. Listen I've been working
for two years on a consolidation up
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 o per cent.
and they'll call you blessed. There's
twenty-five thousand a year in IL, with
n house and a good cook and an au-
tomobile and chauffeur and you can
como to town whenever you please.
provided you don't neglect the com
pnny's interests-and l know you're
not that kind of an engineer"
DO l have to put some money into
II. Neddyg"
mot necessarily. although / should
advise II. l can let you In on the
ground floor for that hundred thou
sand OF yours, guarantee you hand
some profit and in all probability 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 II you say It's right, I'll spread
what / have left of the hundred thou
sand when report for duty"
TITS been tremendous job get
ting this consolidation over, Jack.
When"
"In PHYS namel Spare me. I've
heard all | want 10 hear about your
COMPOUNDED consolidation. News !
News Give me news / have TO
beg for a drink Nose, you black
sinner, how dare you appear before
me without bringing a drlnk3"
Nose, the aged colored porter OF
the Engineers club, flashed row of
worries and respectfully returned the
democratic greeting.
Letter for you, sub. The secre-
tary told me to give It to you. Mlstah
Webster"
"rhank you, Nose. Speak up, Ned
dy, and tell me something. Ever hear
anything OF Billy GearyT
He was tearing the edge OF the en-.
velope the while he gszed 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-
glneers In the world. Jack" he an
swered. "now that you've cut loose
from that young crook Geary. I don't
know what's become OF him, and
neither does anybody else. For that
matter nobody cares"
~ do--and you can Aake the brief
end of that bet for ySdr last white
chip. Don't let me hear you or any
body else say anything against Billy
Geary. That boy goes for my money.
every turn In the box. Don't make
any mistakes about that oldtlmer."
Webster's face suddenly was serl-
GUS; the banterlng intonOtion In his
voice was gone, and new, slightly
strident note had crept Into II. But
Jerome waved bis hand soOthlngly.
IAN right. old Johnny Pepper-box,
have II your own way. Nevertheless,
I'm a little mys' led. 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 ac-
QuittaL"
"Give a dog bad name, and II will
stick to him." Webster retOrted. "Of
course testified against him. As en-
gineer for the Mine Owners assOcla-
ton, had 90. The high-grade ore
was found In his assay office. and the
clrcumstantial evidence was complete,
and admit Billy was acquitted
merely because and others could not
swear positively that the ore came
from any certain mine. II was the
same old story, Neddy. You can be
morally certain that hlgL-grade ore
has been stolen from your mire. but
unless you catch the ore thief In the
act, how can you prove ~ / suppose
You read the newspaper reports and
believed them, just as everybody else
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