The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, March 31, 1921, Image 3
(Continued from last week)
I* CHAPTER II.
Webster's dreams of bliss had, with
very slight variations, come true as
per schedule. In Salt Lake City he
abandoned the beefsteak on his damaged
eye for two business:.ke leeches,
which quickly reduced the nocturne
effect around his orb, enabling him,
the third day, to saunter fortb among
his fellowmen. By the end of the
week he was a being reincarnated, and
so he packed a huge new wardrobeTrunk
with his latest purchases and
Journeyed on to Denver. Coincident
wlHi hl? mrlt'ol tS. ?- ?
...... ...? uiviVf nc nguiu inntr
up the thread of our story.
One hour nfter Ms trunk arrived the
gentleman from Death Valley might
have beea observed standing before
a cheval glass looking long and
earnestly at the reflection of his middle-aged
person, the while he marked
the fit of his new raiment. John
Stuart Webster wa? all dressed up for
the first time In three long, labor-ridden
years, and was tremendously glad
of It lie lighted a cigar and stepped
forth Into Seventeenth street, along
which he strolled until he came to a
certain building Into the elevator of
which he entered and was whisked to
the twelfth floor, where he alighted
and found himself before a wide portal
which bore In gold letters the words:
Engineers' Club."
The Engineers' club was Abe closest
approach to a home that John Stuart
Webster had known for twenty years,
and save for the slight Job of knlsomlning
which Father Time hud done
on the edges of the close-cropped Webaterlan
mustache, the returned prodigal
might have stepped out of tile club
but yesterday. He would not have
taken the short end of a modest bet
that even a fresh log bad been plnced
on the fire or that the domino-players
over against the wall had won or lost
a drink or two and then resumed plpyIng?although
perchance there were a
few more gray hairs In the thickly
thatched head of old Neddy Jerome,
sitting in his favorite sent hy the
window and turning the cards In his
eternal game of solitaire. In blissful
lemorance that John Stuart Webster
Stood within the portals of home and
swnltcd the ratted calf.
Webster struck the upholstery of an
adjacent chair a terrific blow with his
stick--the etTeci of which was to cause
everybody In the room to start and
to conceal Mr. Webster momentarily
in a cloud of dust, the while In a bellowing
baritone he sang:
"His father waa a hard-rocs minor;
He comes from my home town "
"Jack Webster! The devil's own
kin 1" shouted Neddy Jerome. He
swept the cards Into a heap Hnd waddled
across the room to meet this
latest nssnllnnt of the pence and dignity
of the Engineers' cluh. "You old,
worthless, ornery, no-good son of a
lizard! I've never been so glud to see
a man thnt didn't owe me money. I've
been combing the whole civilized
world for you, for a month, at least
Where the devil have you been?"
John Stuart Webster beamed hap'
plly upon his friend. "Well, Neddy,
you old stocking-knitter," he replied
quizzically, "since that Is the case. I'm
not surprised at your failure to find
me. You've known me long enough
to hnve remembered to conllne your
search to the uncivilized reaches."
"Well, you're here, at any rate nnd
I'm hnppy. Now you settle down."
"Hardly, Neddy. "I'm young yet,
you know?only forty. Still a real live
man and not quite rendy to degenernte
Into a card-playing, eat-drlnk-nnd-heinerry,
dle-of-lnanitlon, sink-to-obllvion
and go-to-h fireplace spirit!" And
he prodded Jerome In the short "lbs
wlih a tentative thumb thnt caused
the old man to wince. Ho permitted
his friend to drag him downstairs to
the deserted lounge, where Jerome
paused In the middle of the room nnd
renewed his query:
"Where have you been, I ask?"
"Out In Death valley, California, tiying
to pry loose a fortune."
"Did von nrv IH"
John Stuart Webster arched his eyebrows
In mock reproach. "Ami you
can see my new suit, Neddy, my sixteen-dollar,
made-to-order shoes and
my horny hoofs encased In silken hose
?and ask that question? Freshly
shaved and 1 roiled and almost afraid
to sit down and Ret wrinkles In my
trousers! Smell that!" He blew a
cloud of cigar smoke Into Jerome's
smiling face. The latter sniffed. "It
siikmis expensive." lie replied.
"Yes, nnd you cnn bet It tastes expensive,
too," Webster answered,
handing bis cigar-case to his friend.
.leronie bit the end of his cigar and
spat derisively. "Mow much have you
innd??" he demanded bluntly.
"It's none of your business, but I'll
tell you because I love you, Neddy. I've
made one hundred thousand dollars."
"Chicken-feed," Jerome retorted.
"Johnny, I've been combing the mineral
holt of North nnd South America
for you for a month."
"Why this sudden belated Interest
Jn me?"
"I have a flue Job for yon, John?"
"King's X," Webster Interrupted,
and showed both hands with the Angers
crossed. "No plotting against my
pence and comfort, Neddy. Haven't I
told you I'm all dressed up for the
first time In three years, that I have
money In my pocket and more In
bank? Man, I'm going to tread the
primrose path for a year before 1 get
^ hack into the harnesa again."
Jerome waved a deprecatory hand,
mmmm
EBSTER I;
AN'S MAN j
'ter B. Kyne i
_
\uthor of "Cappy
licks," "The Valley |
>f the Giants," Etc.
Coy fililtly'WA E ly |
" I
you foot-loose?" he demanded.
"I'm not Pm bound In golden
chains?"
"Mnrrlod, eh? Great Scott, I might
have guessed It So you're on your
honeymoon, eh?"
"No such luck, you vlchy-drlnklng
Iconoclast If you had ever gotten far J
enough from this club during the past
fifteen years to get a breath of real
fresh air, you'd understand why 1 J
wunt to enjoy civilization for a week
or two before I go back to a mine an- i
perintendent's cabin on some bleak hill.
No, slr-ee. Old Jeremiah Q. Work and
I have had a falling out Dad burn
your picture, Neddy, I want some I
class I I've been listening to a dago j
shift-boss playing the accordeon for
three years?and ?he could only play .
three tunes. Now I want Sousa's
band. I've been hnthlng In tepid, dirty
water In a redwood sluice-box, and ;
now I desire a steam room and a needle
shower and an osteopath. I've been
bossing Greasers and Italians and was
, forced to learn their language to get
| results, and now I want to speak my j
UUIIICI luiiKUC lu llljr OIU menus. I'.V j
thunder I'm going to have a new deal j
all around."
"Very well. Jack. Don't excite your- ;
self. I'll give you exactly thirty days |
J to sicken of It all?and then I shall j
; come and claim my property."
| "Neddy, I'll not work for you. I'm j
I mad. I won't play."
"You're It. I Just tagged you."
"I require a rest?but unfold your ;
proposition, Neddy. I was born a '
poor, weak vessel consumed with a
; curiosity that was ever my undoing. '
I can only protest that this Is no 'vay
to treat a friend."
"Nonsense! My own hrothor wants
this Job, and I have refused to give It
to him, Ruslness Is business?and I've
saved It for you."
Jerome leaned forward and laid his
finger confidentially on Webster's
I knee; wberent the light-hearted wan
derer carefully lifted the finger.
, brushed an Imaginary speck of dirt
from It, and set It down again. "Re
I serious, you Ingrate." Jerome prn]
tested. "Listen! I've been working
for two years on a consolidation up
] near Tellurlde, and I've Just put It
j ncross. Jack, It's the biggest thing In
i the country. Colorado Consolidated
Mines Company. Limited. English
capitsl ."inck. Pay 'em H per cent.
and they'll call you blessed. There's |
twenty five thousand a year In it, with
a bouse and a good cook and an automobile
and a chauffeur, and jou can
come to town whenever you please,
provided you don't neglect the company's
interests?and I know you're
not that kind of an engineer."
! "Do I hnve to put some money Into
It. Neddy?"
"Not necessarily, although I should
advise It I can let you In on the .
ground lloor for that hundred thou- i
snnd of yours, guarantee you a hand- |
some profit and In all probability a big
cleanup."
"I feel myself slipping, Neddy. Nevertheless,
the tall goes with the yde.
I'm not In the hfthlt of asking my
friends to guarantee iny Investments,
and If you say It's right, I'll spread
what 1 have left of the hundred thousand
when I report for duty."
"It's been a tremendous Job getting
this consolidation over, Jack.
When?"
"In pity's nnmel Spare me. I've
heard all I want to hear about your
corofounded consolidation. News!
News! (Jive nie news! I have to
beg for a drink? Mose, you bla<^
sinner, how dare you appear before
! ine without bringing a drink?"
Mose. the aged colored porter of ( i
the Engineers' club. Hashed a row of
I Ivories and respectfully returns! the
j democratic greeting.
1 "I.etter for you, sub. The score- .
tnry told me to give it to you, Mistah
Webster."
"Thank you, Mose. Speak up, Nedj
dy, and tell me something. Ever bear
anything of Hilly deary?"
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>c nar> Killing ill*' t-illiC ?M UltT ?"< * .
vel<>pe the while he gazed at Jerome. :
i who was rubbing his fat hnn<ls toget
her after the fashion of elderly men
who are well pleased with themselves.
"You have a chance to become one
of the greatest and rlcheot mining eni
gineers In the world. Jack." he an- |
swered. "now that you've cut loose i
from that young crook tJear.v. I don't
! know what's heconu* of him, and
neither does anybody else. For that
matter, nohody cares."
"I do?and you can take the hrlef
! end of that bet for your Inst white
chip. Don't let me hear you or nnyi
body else say anything against Billy j
j Deary. That hoy goes for my money,
i every turn In the box. Don't make
! any mistakes about that, oldtimer." i i
| Webster's face suddenly was sorl- '
ous; the bantering intonation In his
voice was gone, and a new, slightly
\ strident note had crept Into It. But
! Jerome waved his hand soothingly.
I "All rlvhl ol,l Tftlmn. iw,
- -n-i wvmm/ ? CI'|/ri -UVA,
have It your own way. Nevertheless,
; I'm n little mystified. The Inst 1
1 knew of you two, you had testified
against him in the high -gvnder trials
; nt Cripple Creek, and he had pulled
1 out under n cloud, even after his ac!
qulttnl."
i "Olve a dog a had name, and It will
stick .to him," Webster retorted. "Of
course I testified against him. As engineer
for the Mine Owners* assocla'
tlon, I had to. The high-grade ore
was found In Ms sassy office, and the
circumstantial evidence was complete,
I and I admit Billy was acquitted
merely because I and others could not
WW positively that the ace came
morally certain that high-grade ore
has been stolen from your mine, but
unless you catch the ore thief In the 1
act, how can you prove It? I suppose '
you read the newspaper reports and
believed them. Just as everybody else '
does."
"Well, forget It, Jack. It's all over '
long ago, and forgotten."
"It wasn't all over so long ago as J
you seem to think. 1 suppose you
knpw tho PTnimon 1
.... ......... Kn?K noil Jtlierward
sent to the penitentiary fot ?
those same high-grade operations?
Billy Geary's acquittal didn't end my
Interest In the case?not by a Jugful!
I fought the case against the friends 1
of the Holman crew among the mine '
owners themselves; and It cost me my
good Job, my prestige as a mining en- '
glneer, and thirty thousand dollars of i 1
money that I'd slaved to get together, j
Of course you never knew this, Neddy, !
and for that matter, neither does j
Geary. I wish he did. We were good *
friends once. I certainly was mighty '
fond of that boy."
Ho drew the letter from the en- j 1
velope and slowly opened It.
"And you never heard what became 1
of Geary?"
"Not a word. I was too busy won-'
deling what was to become of me. I
couldn't get a Job anywhere In Colo
rndo. and I moved to Nevada. Made
n million In Goldfleld, dropped it In
the panic of 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 I was busted when I located
them. Had to borrow money to
pay the filing fees and Incorporation.
ieid did my own assessment work.
i iiok I" Webster held up tits hun ts
III somewhat griitiy ami calloused. *
"The Borax trust knew 1 was busted. '
bit they never could quite get over '
tl.e fear that I'd dig up some harking *
end give them a run?so they bought <
me out." <
"Somebody told me Geary had gone r
t i niutdesla." Jerome continued musingly,
"or maybe It was Capetown. I t
know he was seen somewhere In South d
Africa." , (
"lie left the Creek Immediately r
niter the conclusion of his trial. Poor (
I oy! That dirty business destroyed *
the Ind and made a tramp of him. I r
f uesa. I tell you. Neddy, no two men o
ever lived who came nearer to loving i
each other than Billy Geary and Ids f
eld Jnck-pnrdner. Wo bucked the
marts of men and went to sleep to 1 t
g? !l. .i-ngry many a time during i
oc. live-year partnership. Why. Bill I
was like my own hoy. Joiome, I curse a
the duj 1 took timt hoy out front tin* \
derground and put Itiin in the assay t
ofliee to learti lite tilisiiie.se. How g
could I know tliut the llolnmn gang t
bad cncheil the einfT In his shark?" l
"Well, it's too had." Jerome an- r
swered dully, lie was quite willing r
that the subject of conversation should n
he changed. "I'm glad to get the right a
dope on the hoy, anyhow. Have another
drink?"
"Not until I read this letter. Now, i
who the dickens knew 1 was headed a
for Denver and the Engineers' club? k
I didn't tell a soul, and I only ar- f
rived this morning." t
u? ...i i- ?t... i?.
??*; iminrw iu nit- msi page iu awer tain
tlie Identity of his correspondent, s
and his facial expression ran the t
gamut from surprise to a Joy that was n
good to see. si
John Stuart NVehstor rend It dellb- n
erntely, after which lie sat in silent s
contemplation of the design of the n
carpet for fully a minute before reaching
for the bell. A servant responded r
Immediately. ?
"Bring me the time-tables of all I:
roads leading to New Orleans." he a
ordered, "?also a cable blank." e
Webster bad reread the letter be* r
fore the servant returned with the t
time-tables. <i
"August, you go out to the desk. c
like a good fellow, and ask the secre- ^
tary to arrange for a compartment for
me to New Orleans on the Gulf States
limited, leaving at 10 o'clock tomor- a
row night." He handed the servant a
his card. "Now wait a minute until s
I write something." lie seized the f
cable blank, helped himself, unlnvlted,
to Neddy Jerome's fountain pen, r
and wrote: *
"William ?1. Geary, Calle de Concordia J,
No. 10, Buenaventura, Sobrante,
C. A.
"Salute, you young jackass! Just ^
received your letter. Cabling thousand
for emergency roll first thing to- p
morrow. Will order machinery. Leaving
for New Orleans tomorrow night, ^
to arrive Buenaventura tlrst steamer.
Your leffer rnmrlit mo with a hnmlrnS
thousand. We cut it two ways and
take our chances. Keep n light in the
window for your old
"JACK PAItDNKR."
"That's a windy cablegram," Neddy
Jerome remarked as the servant bore ^
It away. "Why all this garrulityT A
cablegram anywhere generally costs at
least a dollar a word."
" 'Tluit's my delight of a shiny
night, in the season of the year,*"
quoted John Stuart Webster; "and
why the devil economize when the boy '
needs cheering up?"
"What hoy?" ^
"Rllly Geary." f(
"Where Is he?" I
"Central America.** V
Neddy Jerome was happy. Tie was r
In an expansive mood, for he had. ?
with the assistance of a kindly fate, ?
rounded up the one engineer in all the j
world whom he needed to take charge v
of the Colorado Consolidated. So he
said: f<
"Well, Jacfc, Just to celebrate the y
discovery of your old pal, I'll tell you 11
what I'll do. I'll O. K. your voucher
for the expense of bringing young c
Geary hack to the U. S. A., and when
we get hlin here. It will he up to you
to find a snug berth for him with Colorado
Consolidated." e
"Neddy," Raid John Stunrt Webster,
"by my hRlldom, I love tbee. You're &
a thoughtful, kindly old stlck-ln-the- n
mud?" K
"No lf? nor but's. I'm your boas," ?
Jerome Interrupted, and waddled
away to telephone the head waiter at
hla favorite restaurant to reserve a
table for two.
Mr. Webater sighed. Fie disliked
exceedingly to dtmppolnt old Neddy,
nui? no MiranK rrorn seeming to t
think overwell of himself by (lectin- I
Ing twenty-five-fhonsand-rtollsr-a-'d
year job with the biggest mining com- p
"Rotten luck," he soliloquized. "It
runs that way for a while, nnd then
It changes, and gets worse!"
When Jerome returned to his seat,
fhe serious look In YVebsh r's hitherto
aughing eyes challenged Ids 1 minedIite
attention.
"Neddy," said John Stuart Wehster
jently, "do you remember my orossng
my fingers and saying 'King's X'
vhen you came at me with-that nreposition
of VOIirs? It hiot hr??ol.-K '?
lenrt to have to decline It. hut the
'act of the matter la. I think you'd
>etter give that Job to your brother
ifter all. At any rate. I'm not going
:o take It."
"Why?" the amazed .lerotne denanded.
"Johnny, you're crazy In the
lead. Of course you'll take It."
For answer Webster handed his
friend the letter he had Just received.
"Read thnt, old horse, and see If you
an't work up a circulation." he suggested.
Jerome adjusted his spectacles and
-end:
'Oalle de Concordia 10, Huenaventura, i
"Sobrnnte. C. A.
"Dear John: 1 would address you i i
is 'dear friend John,' did I but pus- i
less sufllclent courage. In my heart ,
if hearts you are still thnt, hut ufter i
three years of.ellence, due to my stupidity
and hardness of heart. It is. perhaps,
better to make haste slowly.
"To begin. I should like to be forgiven,
on the broad general grounds
that I am most almighty sorry for
what I went and done! Am I forglv?n?
1 seem to see your friendly old
race nnd hear you answer 'Aye.' and
with this load off my ch >si at last 1
believe I feel better already.
"Jack, you poor, deluded old piece
[>f white meat, do you ihlnk for a moment
that I held against yot: your
testl!l???*'*' Tor the iiiiprntiii? in f
- V'.
Cre* * ? I thought yon believed the
rharge; n;.d that yon testified In a
Srin belief ;bal ! was ibe guilty man,
is nl' of i* -? cir?-Mn:'*lPnM?l evul-nrr j
:eei.ted i.i !l?*n;-< I T*????: !ii Ibis lor .
hrce long. ::icm.v ;enis. olo friend,
mil I'm so: ry. A.ter t!I. I suppose
here Isn't my need tor me to say
nore. except that you are uii obi fool
"or not sn.ing you were going to
spend your mom y and your lime and
oputatlon try in j; to put my halo back
in straight! 1 doubt If I was worth
f, and you knew liint; but let It pass,
or we have other fish to fry.
"The nubbin of the matter Is this:
There is only one good fold mine left
11 Ibis weary world and I have it.
t's the sweetest wildcat I ever struck,
ind we stand the finest show In the
vorbl of starving to death If we
ncklc It without sufficient capita! to
ro through. It will take at least thirty
hotisaud dollars, and we ought to
lave double that to piny safe. I do
101 know whether you have, or can
nise. sixty cents, hut at any rate I
uii going to put the buck up to you
nul you can take n look.
"This Is a pretty fair country. .Tnck
?If you survive long enough to get
NPil tn it At flrcf t'An tWIttl* Ho?
disc; then you grow to hate It and
:nn\v it for hell with the 'Id otT; and
Inally all your early love for It reurns
and yon heroine what I am now
-a tropical tramp! There Is only one
toelal stratum lower than mine, and
hat's the tropical heachcomher. T
im not that?yet; und will apt tie If
ny landlady will continue to listen to
ay blandishments. She Is a sweet
oul, with a divine disposition, add I
im duly grateful.
"T would tell you all about the peognphy.
topography, flora and fauna of
iohrnntifc hut you can ascertain that
n detail by consulting any stand
rd encyclopedia. OovernmentaMy the
ountry Is similar to Its sister republics.
It's a cold day Indeed when
wo patriots, two viva's and a couple
>f old Long Tom Springfield rifles
nnnot upset the Sobrante apple cart.
Ve haven't had a,revolution for neary
six months, but we have hopes.
"I am addressing you at Hie Knglipers'
club, In the hope that my letter
nay reach you there, or perhaps the
ecretary will know your address and
orward It to you. Tf you are footnose
and still entertain a lingering
egard for your old pal. get busy on
his mining concession P. D. Q. Time
s the essence of the contract, be ause
I am holding on to the thin
dge of nothing, and If we have a
hange of governnmnt I may lose even
hat. 1 need you. John Stuart Webter,
worse than I need salvation. T
nclose vou n list of winitunonp > ?.
lulrod.
"Tf yon receive this letter nnd can '
lo anything for mo. please cable. If
MOTHER GAYE IT :
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f
Virginia Lady Suffered With Aches
and Pains Until Mother Began
Giving Her Cardni. 1
i
Dublin, Vn.?Miss Mary Alice ,
highett residing on Route 2, near '
ere, recently told a visitor of her
iiteresting experience with Cardui.
liss Hughett said: "I had been suf- '
sring for some time with painful ... f
was pale, didn't feel like going, i
Vould just drag around, and couldn't i
est to do any good. I would suffer ,
nee a month with my back, sides
nd head. My limbs would ache and '
didn't know what to do, but I knew 1
must do something, for I didn't get (
roll by letting it run on. J
my moiuur is a oenever in v^arau\, [
or she saw what it did for others as ?
rell as herself, so she began giving ,
L to me. ,
"It wasn't long before I saw a ,
hange. It was just what I needed,
t regulated me. I began to eat and
leep, and the pain stopped.
"C&rdul is without doubt the best
amale tonic made, and I am glad I
an recommend it to others."
If suffering with symptoms such as
(iss Hughett mentions, or other ailnents
peculiar to women, why not bein
Cardul at once? Its merit is well
etabllshed by successful use for more ,
han 40 years.
Try Cardul!
Your druggist sella It NO-188
DR. J. T. RUTLEDGE
Danlal Cn?*<*
At Pageland Tuesday and Welnesay.
Remainder of time at Chester- <
eld, office In Bank of Chesterfield
ail Almtt. . . i
you cannot, please cal>le anyway. Do
let me hear from you. Jack, If only to
tell me flic old entente cordlnle still
exists. I know now that T was considerable
of a heedless pup a few years
ago and overlooked my hand quite regularly.
hut now that I have a pood
thing I do not know of anybody with
whom I care to share It except your
own genial self, l'lease let me bear
from you. ^
"AtTectlonately,
"HILLY."
Jerome finished reading this remarkable
communication; then with Infinite
amusement he regarded John j
Stuart Webster over the tons of his I
glasses as one who examines a new
and interesting species of hug.
"So Billy loves that clear Sohrante,
eh?" he said with abysmal sarcasm.
"Jack Webster, listen to a sane man
and he guided accordingly. I was In
this same little Buenaventura once.
I was there for three days, and I
wouldn't have been there three minutes
If I could have caught a steamer
out sooner. Of all the miserable,
squalid, worthless, ornery, stinking
holes on the face of God's green footstool,
Sohrante Is the worst?if one
may judge it by its capital city. Are
you going to chase off to this God-forsaken
fever-hole at the behest of a lad
scarcely out of his swaddling clothes?
Jack Webster, surely you aren't going
to throw yourself away?give up the
sure thing I offer you?to join Billy
Geary In Sohrante and finance a wild
cat prospect without a certificate ol
title attached. Be reasonable. What
did you wire that confounded hoy?"
"That 1 was coming."
"Cable him you've changed yout
mind. We'll send hint some money to
"Cable Him You've Changed Your
Mina."
v.ome home, and you can give him a
goo.* V'.i infer you. I'll O. K. the
vouchor and "lairge It to your personal
expense account."
That's nice of yrr. old sport. and I
hank you kindly. I'll talk to Hilly
vhen I arrive In Huenaventura. and if
he prospect doesn't look good to me,
I'll argue him out of It and we'll come
lotue. Let me go. I might come hack.
Jut I must go. I wnnt to see Hilly."
"You Just said a minute ago you'd
timed the forty-year post," Jerome
varned him. "And yoti'ife now going
o lose a year or two more In which
rou might better he engaged laying
lp a foundation of Independence for
our old nge. For Heaven's sake. man.
lon't he a fool."
"Oh, hut I will he a fool," John Stuirt
Webster answered; nnd possibly,
iy this time, the render has begun to
mderstand the potency of his middle
mine?the Scotch are notoriously plglendcd.
and Mr. Webster had Just
Miough oatmeal in his blood to have
owe by that center tire name honesty.
"And you, you poor old horse,
>nn n??l.l " *
I W.I v.w.,111 nut pussioiy Understand
,vhy. if von lived to l>e n million years
dd."
He got tip from his chair to the full
might of Ills six-feet-one, and
it ret died 100 pounds of hone tiuO mus le.
"And so 1 shall go to Sohrante and
ose all of this all-important money,
;hnll I?" he Jeered. "Then by all the
toils of the Open Country, 1 hope I
nay. Dad burn you. Neddy, I'm not n
tlethuselah. I want some fun in life.
want to fight and he hroke and go
iitngry and then make money for the
ove of making it and spending It. and
[ want to live a long time yet. I want
o see the mirage across the sagebrush
ind hear it whisper: 'Hither, John
Stuart Webster! Hither, you fool,
ind I'll hornswoggle you again, as In
in elder day I hornswoggled you be'ore.'"
Jerome shook his white thatch Impe
essly.
"1 thought you were a great mining
Migineer, John," he said sadly, "hut
cou're not. You're a noet Von <? ?
lot scorn to care for money."
"Well." Webster retorted humorousy,
"It Isn't exactly what yon migh*
ertn a rulinpr passion. I like to make
t, but there's more fun spending it.
I've made .<100.000, and now I want
o po blow It?and I'm poinp to. Ho
lot try to nrptte with me. I'm a lunaIc
and I will have my way. If I
lldn't po tearinp off to Sobrante and
loin forces with Hill Oeary, there to
ilay the pame. red or black. I'd feel
is If I had done something low and
nenn and small. The boy's appealed
o me, and I have made my answer.
Tf I come hack alive but broke, you
(To be continued on last page)
J. ARTHUR KNIGHT
Attorney-at-Law
OflTirn in rniirrVinitoi*
Chesterfield, S. C.
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Rate of interest C per cent. Loans made on improved farm lands,
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vv.ni,, i/u itiiivi ami ^\J
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