The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-01-20

me TO close. and SO took 4 8O-day
option in order to verify the title. x
well. time passed, and one bright
day rode up to that shanty with =
deed and q certified check for $1,000
600 In my pocket; whereupon I dis
covered tie woman had had 4 charge
Of heart and bucked over the traces.
No, street She would not sign tibet
there deed--and inasmuch as the claim
was community property, her sigma.
ture was vitality necessary. She asked
me 30 many questions, however, as to
the size Of the stamp min we would
install and how many miners would
be employed on the Job, that finally
saw the light and tried shot In the
dark. my dear Mrs. Skaggs," said.
III you'll sign this deed and save US
all lot Of litigation over this option
you and your husband have given me,
I'll do something handsome. / will
on my word Of honor-I'Il give you the
exclusive boarding house privilege at
this mine.". 2se
"And what did she say. CaliphT'
"She said: Give me the pen. MFR.
Webster. and please excuse my hand
writing; I'm that nervous In business
matters"
Dolores silvery laughter rippled
through the room. But don't see
the point" she protested.
I'VE will come to It presently. /
was merely explaining one PERSONS
point Of view. You would not, of
course, expect me to have the same
point of view as Mrs. Skaggs Of Arr
zona."
Certainly not"
"All right Listen to thisi In 1907,
at the height Of the boom times in
Goldfeld, New. was worth $1,000, 600.
On the first day of October ! could
have cashed In my mining stocks for
s., 600. OO0-and had a lot Of cash In
bank. too. But I'd always worked SO
hard and been poor SO long that my
wealth didn't mean anything tor me-
/ wanted the exclusive privilege Of
more slavery, and so staked copper
prospect, which later i discovered to
consist of uncounted acres of country
rock and about $25 worth of copper
stain. In order to save 500 l. did my
own assessment work, drove a pick
into my foot, developed blood poison,
went to the hospital, and was nice and
helpless when the panic came along
the middle of the month. The bank
went bust. and my ready cash went
with it: couldn't give my mining
stocks away. Everybody knew ] was
pauper-everybody but the doctor.
He persisted in regarding me as mil
lionaire and sent me a bill Tor 5000"
''How perfectly outrageous! Why,
Caliph, would have let him sue me"
II would have, too--but didn't.
induced him to settle for 100000
shares of stock in my copper prospect.
The par value was 81 a share. and ]
was going to sell block at 10 cents,
but in. view of his high professional
standing let him have II for nickel
a share. ! imagine he still has It.
bought back later all the other stock
I sold. because the property was
worthless, and In order. to be a. sport
/ offered him $500 for his block. but
he thought was trying to swindle
him and asked $1,000"
"Oh, Cahph !" -.
Wonderful game. isn't it-this
game of life. So sweet when a fel-
lows taking chances! Now. that am
fairly prosperous again, the only thing
in life that really matters Is the I'M
certainty as to whether, when finally
I do leave Sobrante, shall ride to
the steamship landing in hack or a
hearse"
"But you could go in a hack this
morning and avoid that uncertainty y
"The millionaire drudge told you
Of could have gone to live In pretty
villa on the Riviera, but she chose q
miners boarding house"
'Then why she persisted. Ibid you
leave the United States with the firm
Intention OF remaining In Sobrante In.
definitely, change your mind before
you were here eight hours, and cable
this Neddy Jerome person you would
return IN 60 or 80 days-and the fol.
lowing morning decide to remain, AT.
er an"
my dear young lady. II changed
my clothes as often d I change my
mind. the what-you-may- call-'em chapi
that manufacture / certain grand d
clothes couldn't keep me dressed"
'Bnt whyi'' ~
'.rhat" he answered igravely. els Z
secret" "' f.-s.
"wemen delight to pry Into mems
secrets"
" know It. Had Z friend once
married. Every night after dinner hs
used to sit and stare into the flre and
his wife used to ask him what he wal
| thinking about He would look up u
| her owlishly and tell her Il was some
thing he couldn't explain to her. be
cause she'd never understand lt-ana
| that was an he would tell her. al
though right frequently. dare say
he felt like Yelling her some thing
she could understand She broodet
over his secret until she couldn't stan{
II any more, and one day she packet
her buds and flew home to mother
NJ, lnt hor otnv fhorn fhrnA v,n0nfks