The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1923-05-25
Illustratiorsa By
Is.wits Myers

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opment and wouldn't take in a part
ner? Picturesque and good stuff for
the prospectuses. You might send off
some stuff about that, Blake, work In
this Sandy Bourke and PlimsOll affair.
Good, lively publicity stuff, we can use
again later on. Romance of Casey's
I daughter Wonder where she iS?'
He lapsed into silence. swallowing
his coffee in gulps.
Sandy and his companions found
mormon asleep on the Bailey claims.
Miranda brewed coffee. and they told
her the news of Plimsoll and the ar
rival of Keith.
I 'sIt's too bad you didn't run Pllmsoll
out of the COZ nty, or the state" re-
marked the spinster. IF that man
Keith wants to buy my claims I'm
willin to SELL Milkin' is more in my
line than mimi, I've decided"
LETS hold pow-wow before we
turn in," said Sandy. "Westlake, what
do you know about Keith? Anything!
/ s'Pye heard of him. / imagine he
started out as a promoter rather than
a developer He has made some
lucky strikes There is no doubt but
that he can float this proposition on a
large scale, induce others to put
money into it. He'll put the camp on
working basis. If the Colds here
! that will be a sound one. There is
no doubt in my mind that Patrick
Casey picked the best side of the
gulch. The indications are in sight
there. l would say sell these for cash,
holding out on price until Keith re-
fuses to offer more. He'll come back
for a final bid But let him organize
| with your claims. Those claims are
the big bet of this camp, and he
knows it,
"Fifty-one per cent. an the name $
MOLLY Casey, them said Sandy.
whats more, you're to be consult
ing engineer or whatever they call
the fat job, Westlake. I'm daWg
tired. Sam, let's shack over to our
claims"
Sandy, Sam and Mormon returned
l4x,-4l1., Sta,.-l1.ith tlle-.As.A4Al.s
drawn and signed and the shares of
stock issued that gave % per cent of
the Molly property to her and % to
the three partners. Keith returned
to New York with his 40 per cent 10
weave his plans for the full develop
ment of the claims he had acquired
He had the capital and was willing
to put 1t into developing the Molly
mine if necessary, but it was a bust
ness principle of his never to use his
own money when he could get hold of
someone else's. He had turned his
eyes toward oil Of late seeming quick
turns, and this took money. His
wife took more; his son. just out Of
college. took all he could get.
Mrs. Keith, he decided, should look
Molly up at her school, take her into
the Keith home on vacations. intro
duce her into the social whirl. The
| right newspaper men would see her,
meet her, get the story from Blake of
her romantic childhood, with photo
graphs of the Western Heiress in the
Park on Horseback. Moreover she
| NOuiu OC I'LL OOuSCu W Lltc TISHt PEG
pie, that was Mrs Keith's end of it.
Then would come the prospectuse>
| with these extracts of the best para
| graphs tied up with views of Casey
| Town. with engineers reports, with
senli-scientific stuff about sylvanite,
masterpiece Of romance and fiction.
] peppered with fact. The whole to be
/ titled White Gold.
! Blake submitted his clever cam
! paign, worthy of better things. and
| Keith approved of 1t. That the part
ners of the Three Star as fifty-one per
! cent owners, of Molly Casey herself
with them, should be consulted or In
formed, never entered his head.
| Blake's campaign was carried out
most successfully Mrs. Keith de-
! scended Overwhelmingly upon Molly
| at her school, chauffeur and footnan
| on the driving seat of her luxurious
sedan: gasped little when she saw
that Molly was beauty, could be
made an unusual one with the right
! dressing. the right setting.
Her brain. which was keen enough
| IN business matters, told her that she
| could improve her husbands program
of using Molly as an attraction to
bring investors to the Keith residence
1t might be good thing-Mrs. Keith
was quick at dealing with the future
il her son, Donald, fell in love with
Molly, the heiress. She wrote to the
Three Star ranch. to Sandy Bourke,
guardian of Molly Casey, withoui
Molly's knowledge. Sandy read the
letter aloud to his partners.
Dear Mr.. Bourke:
Il feel that should write this lette,
TO you although have never met you
rather than my husband, since the
question Is one that woman car
handle better than a man-that onl
woman can understand and appreci