Show ABSURD FAKING Some reasonable limit ought to be beset beset beset set on the Nevada Neada mining fakers We Ye can stand for tor a fair amount of ro romance romance romance mance about the discoveries of the mines out there their wonderful strikes the sudden acquirement of fabulous wealth by men who went into the state with nothing But we must draw the line at some of the yarns One of them is the story of ot the fel tel fellow tellow fellow low who traded a broken down pony some time ago for 10 and nd md shares In the Mohawk Mining company com pan The mendaciously related that one day da a prospector was sitting In his lonely cabin wishing he lie had enough money mone to send his invalid wife to California His faithful cayuse its bones almost piercing its skin was tethered outside Along came a pros prospector prospector prospector on foot toot The prospector was very tired You see he had been pack packing packing packing ing shares of Mohawk and a 10 bill clear across the desert He wanted the cayuse The owner of the beast reluctantly parted with it for the stock and the bill and the visiting prospector went on his way rejoicing The other fellow took the stock certificates certificates certificates and thrust them into a can he had handy and then hiked out for oth other other other er parts Time slipped sUpped along and then one day he happened to hear that Mo Mohawk Mohawk Mohawk hawk was selling seiling at a fabulous price He promptly hunted up his can dug dugout dugout dugout out the stock and sold It for 1750 per share or 1 Now the chronicler tells teUs us the lucky man Is in California with his wife and will stay there until the gold fever feer again overtakes him Honestly how does a tale talc like that strike you ou it calculated to Im Impair Impair impair pair your our faith In some of ot the other stories that come out of ot Nevada For our own part we e are willing to admit the can We might strain a 11 point and admit the broken down cay cayuse cayuse cayuse use The cabin even might possibly be bea bea bea a reality but the prospector lugging shares of Mohawk across the des desert desert desert ert In his inside pocket Is well the use Really boys take a little friendly advice Keep your our yarns somewhere near the border line of reason rea reason reason son If you want ant us to pretend pr tend to be believe believe believe lieve them |