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Show ' V' T 1 "V.ron-- ! Mtan l know II. at. either, UuLI l!:!!y I'ii rpuut, I found it to tl e ris, r colly. ir wy. rr;imlji link tbit t!,N g.dd G'lid was an lenient whm ( went Y old Reuben if, I in. I S'lt.pt . o sold I. -. . . :.rt r I ' i fv.-'sr nsilile." "it I Whim- aie : Iji- )!: k w eiuV G a, 'If the t'anl'-ia- l r-H.i UTiiCx.ild. Iref. 1,8 Cr.VIge lli iug places for thing lise I). is, raid I 1 am sir:v that I bln going to eif. you !.o iiiiug-.H-rare t;.r n:i'y W ouds. ; one l:i the worJ who , li- - except Gol?i - ; "for l.iiow li or have known it. "Are ton?' v KllOOtlllX?" "l'i you mean to say that gr.li Is a "Ye--- , an 1 Ib with mid Pierpont, coni.i,iie metal? Whv don't you kill that i real nit:?'' lowly. 1 do. I a Giniigo has made it He (in off on tour tilp arid let me alone, lauulied CmLTey. piodueed a M ale of pure gold Iky beI shuddered at the "crab'' and bade fore yesterday. That nugget waiman-uiacturegood lit iin.il December. I1 gold. That night Iierponl. Harris and I sat Could Harris be Joking? Was (his a (batting In the smoking car of the colossal hoax? 1 looked at Pleqiont. Quebec express when the long train Ife muttered something about that setpiiiled out of the Gram! Central de- tling the silver question, and timed pot. Did Datld bad gone forttaid will) his head to Harris, but there wai that the dnys; jsior thing, they bated to in Harris face which forbade Jrttlug, tide In the liuggage car, Imt the Que-ls- e and Pierpont and I sat silently iitnder-Ing- . k Northern road ptovides no sportsmen's cars, and David and the "Don't ak me bow it'a made," said three Gordon setters were In for an Han is. quietly; "I don't know. Hut uncomfortable night. 1 do know that somewhere In tb f Kxcept. for IVrpont, Harris and of tho Cardinal Woods there .1. a was empty. Harris, trim, gang of people who do know how gold pie cur Mont, ruddy and bronzed, sal drum Is niiiilc, aud who make It. You iul"i-stan, purling a tiling on I lie window-ledgethe dunger this Is to every civigun-casshort rragiant pipe, ills lay lized nation. It's got to be stopped. Invide him on the floor. course. Drummond and I huv deif 1 and have white hair "When years cided that I am the man to step it. . languidof dlscret 1011." sulil Wherever and whoever these people ly, 'I II not flirt with pretty servlug-malds- ; are these they must he will you. Roy? one of them caught nr caught, every ''No, said I, looking at Harris. shot. , You mean the maid with the rap In "Or shot, repeated Pierpont7h1 the fiilliuun cur? suld ilcrpont. was owner of the Cross-Cu- t gold mine Yes," suld Pierpont. and his found Income too "Prof small; I Mailed, for I had aeen It also. a Grange will of course be prudent Harris twisted hla crisp gray musscience need not know things jhat tache and yawned. would upset the world! You children had better ho t (si"Little Willy, said Harris, laughing, to he off said. That bed. dling ladys your income Is safe. maid Is a member of the secret "1 Bupimsi', said I, some flaw In Oh, said rierjioiit, one of your the nugget gave Prof. La Grange the tip." colleagues? You might present us, you know, "Kxactly. He cut the flaw out before sending the nugget to be tested. I aald; the Journey Is monotonous. I dull Godfrey; SERIAL SJ STORY F t: IT h 11: i- 1 - l l 1 : -- ( 1 ITHE MAKER -- i OF MOONS C d y f ROBERT W. CHAMBERS w Illustrations by J. J- - Sheridan H'nirit:M. my-Ki-l- G. 1. INiUiam'n Muim ) j CHAPTER I. Yu foiou a ini the Xln I know nothing more than you Khali know, I Min miserably anxious 10 char the matter up. i'crlmps what J write may save the United States government money uml liven, perhaps it may arouse the scientific worlil to action; at any rate u will put an end to the terrlhie suspense of two people. Certainty la better than sinqienae. If the government dares to disreto send gard tun wurnlug and a thoroughly equle(I expedition at once, the people of the state may take awlft veil seance on the whole regions and leave a devastated waste where forest and flowering meadow lnnd border the !uko In Cuni-eriiln- lie-siiit- gold-maker- s aor-vlce- ." blui-kenc- to-da-y the Cardinal Woods. You already know part of the story; the New York papers have been full of alleged details. Tills much Is true; the "Shlnor." Harris or rather yellow handl'd, fur hla puckers and hoots and dirty lists were stuffed with tumps of gold. I say gold advisedly. You may call It what you please. You also know how at the Harris was but unless I beginning of my own exierienrt-- you will be none the wiser after all. On the .Id of August of this present year ! was standing In Tlffany'a chatting with (leorgn Godfrey of thu designing department. On the gluss counter between ua lay a rolled serpent, an exquisite specimen of rhlseled gold. "No. replied Gialfrey to my question. It Isn't my work; I wish It waa. Why. man. It'a a masterpiece! Whose? I asked. Now. I should le very glad to know We bought it also, said Godfrey. from an old Jay who aaya he lives In the country somewhere about, the Cardinal Woods. Thai's near Starlit ii s J. e sea-urchi- i Ires.? A Nil MINING F!t L;ri.' row iut-- t two mining stock rite 17 : all Stock & Mining throwliii; open Its dours for business on May 17. Good ore l.as been encountered In t the south drift on the level of he Kinsley Consolidated company's mine at Kinsley. Nev. Active development of the Iioche and Arizona Copper and Gold Mining ('inipauy's (Utractivje prtjp isition at House, Arlz., Is to be started at once. Five defendants charged with using the mails to defraud, in connection ar:ih the "Two Queens" mines In Arizona. were found guilty by a Jury in the federal court at Kansas City, Mo. "Hy August 1 the Nevada Consolidated will tie producing copper at the rate of 60,000.000 pounds per annum xt a net cost of 7 cents per pound, ays a leading official of the comjiuny. At the annual meeting of shareholders of Daly Judge Mining coutpuny exi lis-zr- s. eM-h::i'- jr0-foo- d In Jersey city. May C. A. CARLQUI8T, Manager. 123 E. 2nd South, Salt. 1 City, a-- lk almost ill the stock was represented. The :dd board of directors was unanimously elected to serve for the ensuing year. The first .bar of bullion from tbe Huston Sunshine company's mill &t Mercur was brought to the United States assay office In Salt last week. It Is vaiued at $6,000. It reps resents alHiut of a month's run. The mineralized section known to exist in the Contact. Nevada, dkstrlc;, is about eighteen by twenty-Qv- e mllc.t in extent. The old camp originally gained its name from the formation found, it being a contact between granite and quartzite. The net earnings of the Tonopah Mining company of Nevada for April were $150,000. This Is net surplua available for dividends. March net was f 16,000, making $296,000, or about 30 per cent, earned in two months of the current quarter. It Is understood that a traction engine and train export bus just returned from tUe Piocite district of Nevada, where ho made an exhaustive examination tf tie roads leading from the Prince Consolidated mine to the railroad racks at the town. Senator Nixon of Nevada made his first speech in the senate. May 18. The remarks were submitted in defense of a duty of 1ft cents on antimony. He said It was necessary to revive a languishing antimony mine in Nevada, and the senate agreed with him. Figures recently published Indicate that of thfe total American output of 4 6.fl00,000 pounds of copper Bince January 1, a little leaa than remains In stock in the hands of consumers or of dealers, while producers have Increased their own stocks about 60,000.000 pounds during the same time. The United Metals Selling company, which is the largest individual seller of copper In the tworid, stands in imminent danger of losing very shortly the marketing of upward of 1 00,000, OOu pounds of the metal annually. It Is aid the Utah Copper Bnd the Bigelow mines will quit the Metals Selling company. The new town of East Contact, Nevada, Is but two months old, but it Is a typical mining camp and reminds one of the early days. There are now between forty and fifty tents aud houses with additions being made every day. The population is u cosmopolitan one, nearly every race and lke two-third- June 1st and 2nd. For the Round Trip to Los Angeles, Good returning to October 31, 1909. First Spring Excursion To the land of sunshine, bathing, boating, deep ea fishing, motoring through the orange groves. For full particulars ask your nearest Salt Lake Route agent or write to 1 69 South Main Salt Lake City, Utah (3b- , Kenneth G Kerr, District Passenger Agent - one-fourt- h ..i.notl.'- Some call it Starlit lake It's all the same. Well, my rustic Reuben says that he represents the sculptor of this snake for all practical sad business purimsca. He got his price, too. We huM he'll bring ua something more. We have suld this already to the Metropolitan museum. 1 was leaning Idly on the glasa case, watching the keen eyes of the artist In precious metals as he stooped over A masterpiece! the gold serpent. he muttered to himself, fondling the glittering coll; look at the texture! whew! Hut I was not looking at the Something was moving-craw- ling serpent. out of Godfrey's cont pocket the ltockct nearest me something oft and yellow with erub-Ilklegs all covered with roarse yellow hair. What in heaven's name," said I, have you got in your pocket? It's crawling out It's trying to creep up your emit, Godfrey! He turned quickly and dragged the creature out with his left hand. I shrank hnck as he held the repulsive object dangling before me. and he laughed iind plan'd it on the counter. Did you ever sec anything like thnt? he demunded. No. said 1, truthfully, and 1 hope I never shall again. What Is It? I don't know. Ask thu in at the Natural History museum they ean't i tell you. The Smithsonian is all at j sea. too. It Is. I believe the connect-- ' Ing link between a a spider and the devil, it looks venomous, hut I can't llud either fangs or mouth. Is It Mind? These things muy be eyes, Imt they look as If they were (minted. A Japanese sculptor might have pro- - j (bleed such an Impossible beast, hut! It Is hard to believe that God illd. It looks tinllitlshcil, loo. I have a mad Idea tliut this creature Is unly one of! the parts of some larger and more! grotesque organism it looks so lone-lv, so hopelessly dependent, so eursed-ly untinbhed. I'm going to use It ns a model. f 1 dout out Japanese tiie Japs iny name Isn't Godfrey. The creature was moving slowly across the glass ease towards me. 1 drew bank. Godfrey." I said. I would execute a nibii who executed any surh work us you proKise. What do you want to perpetuate such a reptile for? 1 can ' stand the Japanese grotesque, but I can't stand that spider "It's a ernb." Crab or spider or blind-worugli! What do you want to do It for? It's a nightmare It's unclean! I hated the thing. It was the first living creature that I had ever hated. Kor some time I had notlred a damp, acrid odor in the air. and Godfrey said It came from the reptile. Then kill ft and bury It." I said; "and. by the, way, where did it come 1 MINKS "Except for Pierpont, Barrls and Myself, the Car Waa Empty. Harris had drawn a telegram from He worked on tho flaw and separated hla pocket, and as be sat turning It gold Into its three elements." over and over between his fingers he "He is a great man said Pierpont, smiled. After a moment or two he "ht he will he the greatest man In handl'd it to llerpont, who read It the world If he can keep his discovery with slightly raised eyebrows. to himself. Its rot I suppose its cipher, he "Who?" su'd Harris. said; " I see Its slgued by Gen. Drum"Prof. La Grange." mond "Prof. La Grange was shot through 'Drummond, chief of the govern- the heart two hours ago," replied llae ment secret service, sahl Harris. ris. slowly. 1 Inquired, (TO HH CONTINl'Kl),) Something Interest'-ng?lighting a cigarette. "Something so interesting, replied WORKER MUST LOVE VOCATION. Harris, thnt I'm going to look into It First Requisite for the Attainment of myself'' Success in Any Line. "And break up our shwitlng No. Iki you want to hear about It? A prime qualification for success in Do you. Hilly ricrpnnt?" that immaculate any art, trade or profession Is the "Yes, replied levs of it, though love alone will by no young man. Harris rubbed the amber mouth- means Ming success In it. The love piece of his pipe on his handkerchief, must be reciprocal; that is, the vocaclean'd the stein with a bit of wire, tion must declre Its follower, for reapuffed once or twice, and leaned back sons which must remain as much a In his chair. mystery to him as to any ot bis witTier sui t." he said, "do you re- nesses. She was says member that evening at the United Heine. In treating of a more passional States dull when Gen. Miles, Gen. case, and he loved her; but ho was Drummond and I were examining that not and she loved him gold nugget that Cupt. Mahad had? not. The fond youth, university-breYou exumlued It also, 1 believe." or may have ever so great "I did." said ricrpnnt. a desire for Journalism, but JournalWas It gold? asked Harris, drum- ism will have no desire for him, unless he has the peculiar charm for It ming on the window. "It was, replied llcrpout. which commands uffecriou in all cases. "I saw It. too," said I; "of course It He can rnly prove the fact by was gold. and by l.mging to try with a trying longing Trof. 1st Grange saw It also. said that excludes the hoie of every other Harris; "he said It was gold. rewaid beside the lavor of ihe art he After a silence Pierpont asked what wishes to esiMiuse. Riches, fame, tests had been made. power may be in the event, but they The usual tests." replied Harris. are not to be In the quest. The wish The United States mint Is satlsfled to succeed In it for its own sake must that it U gold, so is every Jeweler who lw his first motive, and the sense of has seen li. Hut it Is not gold und success In It must be left to add themyet It Is gold." selves. without his striving fur th8in. IMerimnt and I exchanged glances. So far as he strives for them they will "Now," suM I, "for Harris' usual alloy and dilute hi Journalistic sue-resde was theatre: what the nugcoup . 1). Howells, in Harpers get? Magazine. waa it pure gold; but, "Practically said Harris, enjoying the sltnaticn InI look upon the simple and childish tensely, "really it was not gold. Pier- virtues of veracity and honesty Is whnt pont. the root of all that Is sublime gold?" la char "Cold s an element, a metal " acter. Carlvle. trio" lore-worth- Jove-worth.- self-mad- - u nationality having a representation. The following Utah citizens hare been appointed to the position of practical miner in the general land office service: H. W. McBury, C. D. Avery and Dan R. Thompson of Salt Lake. The position entails the examination of lands supposed to be coal In character, and pays a salary of $1,820 per year, and, $3 per diem for subsistence. The last, of the series of the famous cases arising out of a battle for possession of the Minnie liealy mine, In which at one time both the Amalgamated Copper company and F. A. Helnze were Involved, come to an end May 18, when Judge Bean, sitting In the United States district court, grantt in the case of W. A. ed a O'Brien against Miles Finlen for commission for rale of the mine. A $50,060 deKn(lt on a deal Involving the payment by a group of retired capitalists in Wilmington, Del., of $250,006 to Messrs. Hover. Gunnel and Uniacke. of lovelock, Nev., for twenty-seveclaims at Royer, Churchill county, Nevada, assures I bo launching of a copper mining, milling and transportation project on a srale never before at tern tiled in Nevada. Six great bars of shining metal, aggregating some 60 pounds, and having a valuation of about $18,000, were proudly sent out as the partial product of half a month's run of the mill last t tbe Mnnigoinery-Shoshonweek, according to llie Rhyolite Hernon-sui- n e ald. The rioche Metals Mining company has encountered ore in Its northwest drift on the 160 Toot level. That drift is In what Is known as the Prince faulted fissure, and for that reason the strike Just made is probably the most Important event In the company's OF JOBBERS EVERYTHING UN HARDWARE JOBBERS OF tnfnm Iron, Hrtaii, WroosMara Sbmt Iron Pip. Sima VIIUBSS Skmt work, Copper. I re- Orn:r Bnlldara'Uanl ad O KanWU, porm, UMipm 4 1 Fur-w- ilG TnoU, Plnmbera1 Sne-pllPaint. GIsm Oil, Tibwm. brwha. J Sup. Impa, OnrdasB. Wisid, ptlm. Chma'ralB. B. F. 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