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


r discovery of your old pal, I'll tell you
II what I'll do. I'll o. X. your voucher
? for the expense of bringing young
y Geary back to the U. s. A., and wher
! we get him here, it will be up to you
S to find snug berth for him with Col.
e orado Consolidated"
y 'Neddy," said John Stuart Webster,
"by my halidom, love thee. You're
Z a thoughtful, kindly old stick-in-the-
. mud"
mo ifs nor butts. I'm your boss"
Jerome interrupted, and waddled
away to telephone the head waiter at
his favorite restaurant to reserve
table for two.
Mr.. Webster sighed. He disliked
exceedingly to disappoint old Neddy,
but He shrank from seeming to
think overwell Of himself by decIin-
ing a twenty -thousand-do llar-a-
year job with the biggest mining COM
pany in Colorado, but
Rotten luck" he soliloquized. at
runs that way for while, and then
it changes, and gets worser"
When Jerome returned to his seat,
the serious look in Websters hitherto
laughing eyes challenged his immedi-
ate attention.
'Neddy," said John Stuart Webster |
gently, do you remember my cross
ing my fingers and saying Kings X
when you came at me with that propo-
sition Of yoursf 1t just breaks my
heart to have to decline it, but the
fact of the matter is 1 think you'd
better give that job to your brother,
after all. At any rate, I'm not going
to take it,"
why" the amazed Jerome de-
manded. Johnny, you're crazy in the
head. OF course you'll take it."
For answer Webster handed his
friend the letter he had just received.
Read that, old horse, and see if you
can't work up a circulation" he sug-
gested.
Jerome adjusted his spectacles and
read
"Calle de Concordia 10. Buenaventura,
"Sobrante, c. A.
Dear John: 1 would address you
as dear friend john, did l but DOS
sess sufficient courage. In my heart
of hearts you are still that, but after
three years of silence, due to my stu
pidity and hardness of heart, it is, per-
haps, better to make haste slowly.
ITO begin, 1 should like to be for
given, on the broad general grounds
that L am most almighty sorry for
what 1 went and doneI Am 1 forgiv-
EN-? l seem to see your friendly old
face and hear you answer Aye and
with this load of my chest at last 1
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 3
charges and that you testified in v
1rm belief that | was the guilty man, 81
is all of the circumstantial evidence
seemed to indicate. thought this for II
hree long, meagre years, old friend, W
lnu I'm sorry. After that, I suppose Cn
here isn't any need for me to say II
more, except that you are an old fool h'
or not saying you were going to 81
pend your money and your time and
equation trying to put my halo back tn
n straight I doubt If 1 was worth WI
{, and you knew that; but let it pass. to
Or we have other fish to fry. 20
The nubbin of the matter is this. up
here is only one good gold mine left 20
l this weary world-and | have If do
IS the sweetest wildcat 1 ever struck.
nd we stand the finest show in the ar
ORD OF starving to death If we by
ickle 1t without sufficient capital TO I'm
D through. 1t will take at least thirty ma
lousand dollars, and we ought to he
ave double that to play safe. do en-
ot know whether you have, or can COZ
use sixty cents, buAst any rate | ~.
n going to put the buck up to you yo1
I'd you can take a look. VIII
This is pretty fair country, Jack OLD
III you survive long enough to get
'ed to 1t. At first you think it's Par hei
Use; then you grow to hate it and str
low 1t for hell with the lid off; and Gle
tally all your early love for it re- 6
rms and you become what | am now los
- NNf'~N' u $ihp IneTc is ONLY one oito
cial stratum lower than mine. and god
ats the tropical beachcomber ma
not that-yet; and will not be If Me-
landlady will continue TO listen to l "
olanolshments. She is sweet hun
ILL., with a divine disposition. and 7 love
l duly grateful. 1 w
Il would tell you all about the geoo to S
ply, topography, fora and fauna Of and
orante, but you can ascertain that Stu
detaE by consulting snv stsnd. and
encyclopedia. Governmentally fhe an
lntry is similar to its sister re- fore
oiics. It's a cold day indeed when j
patriots, two vivas and a coupls less
old Long Tom Springfield rifles y
mot upset the Sobrante apple cart. eng
haven't had revolution for near you
Sly months, but we have hopes. not
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