Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-25

II knew the Holman gang was afte
II ward sent to the penitentiary fl
\ those same high-grade operations
| Billy Geary's acquittal didn't end m
| interest in the case-not by jugful
fought the case against the friend
OF the Holman crew among the min
owners themselves; and it cost me m
good job, my prestige as a mining en-
gineer, and thirty thousand dollars o
] money that I'd shaved to get together
OF course you never knew this, Neddy
] and for that matter, neither doe
Geary. I wish he did. We were goot
friends once. l certainly was mighty
fond Of that boy"
He drew the letter from the en-
velope and slowly opened it.
"And you never heard what became
Of GearyT
mot word. l was too busy won
dering what was to become of me. /
couldn't get a job anywhere in Colo
RADIO, and 1 moved to Nevada. Made
a million in Goldfeld, dropped it in
the panic of 1907 and had to start
again"
what have you been doing lately?"
"Borax. Staked a group Of claims
| down in Death valley. Bully ground,
Neddy. and l was busted when | To-
Gated them. Had to borrow money to
pay the filing fees and incorporation,
and did my own assessment work.
Look ]" Webster held up his hands,
still somewhat grimy and calloused
THE BOrax trust knew l was busted.
but they never could quite get over
the fear that I'd dig up some backing
and give them a run-so they bought
me out"
Somebody told me Geary had gone
to RhOdesia," Jerome continued mus
ingly, "or maybe it was Capetown.
know he was seen somewhere in South
Africa"
HE left the Greek Immediately
after the conclusion of his trial. Poor
boy That dirty business DESTROYED
the lad and made a tramp Of him.
guess. tell you, Neddy, no two men
ever lived who came nearer to loving
each other than Billy Geary and his
old Jack-pardner. We bucked the
marts Of men and went to sleep TO-
gether hungry many a time during
our fiye-year partnership. Why, Bill
was like my own boy. Jerome, curse
the day took that boy out from I'M
foreground and put him in the assay
Office to learn the business. How
II
had cached the stuff in his shack?"
We'll, it's too bad" Jerome an
swered DULY. He was quite viking
that the subject of conversation should
be changed. "Tm glad to get the right
dope on the boy, anyhow. Have an
ether drink"
Not until 1 read this letter. Now.
who the dickens knew l was headed
for Denver and the Engineers club?
| didn't tell soul, and 1 only ar
rived this morning"
He turned to the last page to ascer-
tain the identity of his correspondent,
and his facial expression ran the
samut from surprise to joy that was
good to see. 1
John Stuart Webster read the letter
deliberately, after which he sat in ST.
ent contemplation of the design of the
'arpet for fully minute before reach
ng for the bell. A servant responded r
O
Bring me the timetables of all l
Dads leading to New Orleans" he I
'rdered, also a cable blank"
Webster had reread the letter be- 1
ore the servant returned with the II
L
August, you go out to the desk. a
Ike good fellow, and ask the score "
airy to arrange for compartment for Il
ne to New Orleans on the Gulf States 6
United. leaving at 10 o'clock tomor- Il
ow night" He handed the servant n
is card. NOW wait a minute until n
write something" He seized the n
able blank, helped himself, unin- a
tied, to Neddy Jerome's fountain pen al
nd wrote:
FL. Geary. Gale de Concordia
No. 10, Buenaventura, Sobrante u
O. A. az
Salute. you young jackassl Just n
'ceived your letter. Cabling thou III
md for emergency roll first thing TO- u
orrow. VIII order machinery. Leav-
& for New Orleans tomorrow night. 80
arrive Buenaventura first steamer. III
our letter caught me with a hundred al
ousand. We cut it two ways and III
Ike our chances. Keep a light in the ~
ndow for your old SO
"JACK-PARDNER." an
that's a windy cablegram," Neddy ro
rome remarked as the servant bore GO
away why all this garrulity? A IN
oiegram anywhere generally costs at ar,
list dollar a word" 40
That's my delight of a shiny NJ,
sht, in the season of the YEAR. ~.
oted John Stuart Webster; "and os
" the devil economic when the bow 90,
eds cheering up?" w,
What boy?"
Billy Geary."