The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-06-21
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his partners, might have been OBJ
tanned from the girl under false pre-
lenses, but he was very far from fool
and, among the things he saw In San
dy's eyes, 1t was clearly written that
futely fearless ard absolutely honest.
lie had not seen many such.
"Ill be glad to talk with you later"
he said "Just now I'm ravenous. Any
place TO eat? And does the camp gd
up early or Just go to bed late?"
The remark raised a laugh In the
crowd, now milling good-naturedly
about the machine.
Sandy recommended Simpsons and
pointed 1t out. Keith. the man with
him, his secretary, and the chauffeur,
got out and walked stiff-legged to their
coffee.
Sandy introduced Sam ms his part
ner. Westlnke as mining engineer
and assayer Keith gave westlake a
shrewd appraising glance, and nod.
"I'm too sleepy myself to talk bust
ness said Sandy. my two pardners
are In the same boat So. If you-all
want to look oven the camp ag'in. Mr..
Keith, an talk business with any one
you find awake an willln' I'll prob'bly
see you befo' nightfall. You know
where the claims are"
Keith stood for moment In the door
of Simpsons, looking after Sandy.
"a fairly slick article, the man with
the two guns, Blake" he said to his
secretary. But he's straight"
"And mighty hard to bend" added
Blake with yawn.
"There were only few old-tlmers In
the crowd, Blake said Keith. "a heap
of people hear of a gold rush and
think it's always Tom Tiddler's
ground, like washing out the rich sands
Of Nome. They'll be glad to sell and
take shares for cash."
fought to change the name Of the
camp" suggested Blake. Dynamite
Is known as an exploded prospect"
Thought of that" said Keith. "How
about Casey Town, after the original
discoverer, who always believed In the
place, but lacked the money for devel-
opment and wouldn't take in n part
the prospectuses. You might send off
some stuff about that Blake, work in
this Sandy Bourke and Plimsolls affair.
Good, lively publicity stuff, we can use
again later on. Romance of Casey's
daughter. Wonder where she is2'
Ea Ianco6 tnfo cilanoo sum IlouripO
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 Pllmsoll and the ar
rival of Keith.
ITS too bad you didn't run Plimsoll
out of the county, 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 a pow-wow before we
turn in" said Sandy. "Westake, what
do you know about Keith? Anything?"
ave heard of him. l imagine he
started out as 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 1t. He'll put the camp on
q working basis. If the COLDS here
that will be 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. would say sell these for cash,
holding out on price until Keith re-
fuses to offer more. He'll come back
for 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 names
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
to the Three Star with the papers
drawn and signed and the shares of
stock issued that gave 20 per cent Of
the Molly property to her and % to
the three partners. Keith returned
to New York with his 40 per cent to
weave his plans for the full develop
ment of the claims he had acquired.
He had the capital and was willing
to put it into developing the Molly
mine If necessary, but 1t was a bust
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 whlrl 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
could be introduced to the right peo-
pie, that was Mrs. Keith's end of 1t.
Then would come the prospectuses
with these extracts of the best para
graphs, tied up with views of Casey
Town, with engineers reports, with
semi-scientific stuff about sylvanite,