The Washington herald., 1920-11-07


/, the avoirdupois power Of goid-aot
the troy weight OF IT. but the six
!teen-ounces-to,the force Of
litr
Never says /. I never take in
any bad money
Shane drops down on the noor
and throws his arm over the sacks
of goiddust.
feel the touch Of 1t day and night.
It's my pleasure in life. ] come in
this room, and I'm q king and rich
year. The piles getting bigger every
| month. I've got the whole tribe
washing out the sands in the creeks.
Pm the happiest man in the world.
| w. D. Just want to be near this
gold, and know it's mine and it's in
creasing every day. Now. you know
says he. why my Indians wouldn't
buy your goods. They can't. They
bring all the dust to me. I'm their
king. I've taught 'em not to desire
or admire. You might as well shut
UP shop
| "I'll tell you what you are says
III. You're plain. contemplate
miser. You preach supply and you
forget demand. Now, supply / goes
on, is never anything but supply. On
the contrary says !. demand Is q
much broader syllogism and asser-
tion. Demand includes the rights or
our women and children. and charity
and friendship, and even a little
begging on the street corners.
They've both got to harmontse
equally. And I've got a few things
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III, that may jostle your preconceived
ideas of politics and economy
The next morning had Nc
Clintock bring UP another mule-load
of goods to the plaza and open 1t
Iup. The people gathered around the
same as before.
IT got out the finest line Of neck
,laces, bracelets, haircombs. and ear
rings that / carried, and had the
women put 'em on And then i
played trumps.
"Out Of my last pack / opened up
a half gross of hand mirrors, with
solid tinfoil backs, and passed 'em
around among the ladies. That was
the first Introduction of looking
glasses among the Peche Indians.
shane walks by with his big
laugh.
1 Business looking up any" he
asks.
Its looking at itself right now
says /.
by and by a kind Of murmur
goes through the crowd. The
women had looked into the magic
crystal and seen that they were
beautiful, and were conhding the
secret to the men. The men seemed
to be urging the lack OF money and
the hard times just before the cleo
1tion, but their excuses didn't co.
/ Then was my time.
"I called McClintock away from
an animated conversation with his
mules and told him to do some in
terpreting.
TELL EN- says !, that gold dust
will buy for them these BETTING
ornaments for kings and queens Of
the earth. Tell 'em the yellow sand
they wash out of the waters for the
High Sanctified Yacomay and Chop
Suey of the tribe will buy the pre-
cious jewels and charms that will
make them beautiful and preserve
and pickle them from evil spirits.
Tell 'em the Pittsburgh banks are
1
posits by mail. while this get-rich-
frequently custodian OF the public
funds amt even paying attention.
Keep telling 'em. Mac says ], to
let the gold dust family do their
work. Talk TO 'em like a born anti
Bryanite,' says ]. Remind 'em that
Tom Watson's gone back to Geor-
gia.' says /.
'McClintock waves his hand af-
fectionately at one of his mules,
and then hurls a few stickfuls Of
minion type at the mob of shoppers.
"A gutta percha Indian man.
with a lady hanging on his arm.
with three strings OF my hsh scale
jewelry and imitation marble beads
around her neck, stands up on a
block of stone and makes talk
that sounds like a man shaking
dice in a box to I'LL aces and skies.
He says says McClintock, that
the people not know that gold dust
will buy their things. The women
very mad. The Grand YacRma tell
them it no good but for keep to
make bad spirits keep away
You can't keep bad spirits
1 away from money, says 1.
They say goes on Mcclintock.
ithe Yacuma fool them. They raise
plenty row.
"'Going, Going" says I. Gold
dust or cash takes the entire stock.
The dust weighed before you, and
taken at sixteen dollars the ounce
the highest price on the Guady-
mala coast
Then the crowd disperses all Of
sudden, and don't known what's
up. Mac and me packs away the
, handmirrors and jewelry they had
! handed back to US, and We had the
mules back to the corral they had
set apart for our garage.
/ while we was there we hear
great noises of shouting, and down
across the plaza runs Patrick Shane
hotfoot. with his clothes ripped
| half off, and scratches on his face
like a cat had fought him hard for
every one Of its nine lives.
| They're looting the treasury.
w. D. he sings out. They're going
to kill me and you,too. Unlimber a
couple of mules at once. Well have
to make a getaway in a couple Of
minutes
They've found out says I, the
truth about the law Of supply and
demand
Its the women. mostly, says the
| King. And they used to admire me
so!
/ They hadn't seen looking glasses
then saysI
They've got knives and hatchets,
SAYS shane: hurry
| Take that roam mule says I.
you and your law of supply! I'll