Show JOHNNY the discovery of oil on the little property of irs mcclintock and the experiment of alio widow winch involved tho destruction of her life and the M reek of glicr homestead were tho stones by which a youth who hiir liean reared upon charity joso to wea ih and to in era of irinco and somo limo previously mrs lc Clintock who was a widow hid taken tho boy out of a charitable institution to her fann and she ado adopt pd ainu as her son after hur death it was discovered by will sho had glicr little holding to glicr adopted son alio in his obscurity is a banners fan ners hand was known as dolinny Jo linny liis few associates but who came to loll 1011 in wealth and to lire a lifo of dai attained notoriety as the oil or coal oil dolinny Jo linny when his foster mother died and lie to her little property johnny was only nineteen years of ae he cut up tho farm into small plats which be let to oil speculators from eliom he extracted s that fora of two or years brought him n da where lie biad pi licchi inor cl he found presumed friends about like a swarm of bees anil sonic of tho more subtle of biem wearing into his good isicc i allured him into habits of and dissipation awick of life where bis wealth bari licau in the of food work thil liard brought comfort to othora and happiness to but he wa supple in the hands of liis bowly found friend ami liis inclinations aci twisted into tho crooked ways of the prodigal son ho went on spending ins princely gincomo in riotous laiyin fondling the idoa that the stream blowin to him day by day would continue without limitation or check oine of the stories of thu wild career of the oil and alic butterley but terlly hun upon his skirts in the days of prosperity may be interesting lie married a yo in the same rank jf life lie hail himself occupied AS help to mrs Mu Clintock but he left her pretty much to herself while ho aej his companions went in search of arnes of dissipation he not alic idea aliat he should like to sec that worlds wonder niagara falls and w ho could have no indulgence without his friends participating therein he decided lo 10 take a troop of them along with him to see ho mighty cataract to travel in a hired conveyance waa infra ilia even in an oil prince ami lie mait buy horses and a superb vehicle to accomplish com hii journey and when this had been completed inida a present of the whole turn to one of his compin lons who all looked upon liim for cooil and entering to vitiated la alps on one occasion being on a in philadelphia with his associates lie went to a hack stand to hiro a hack but alio dri vcra seeing abc spirituous condition declined one an irishman io volunteered to drive hie party wherever it wished to proceed to the party was taken tu a hotel some distance away and on arriving there the oil prince called the driver into the hotel treated him with some and liis mainc and that 0 his employer llo aulin tho driver to take him to the atan o of business of his employer lie in llie presence of alic owner of and eai Tiac how lunch devou want for llie whole lot ill prince pointing poin to the horse and c at the door hiie owner ni 1 cd th price and after paying alio sam question tho oil prince turned to the driver and said its fairs fi irs mo ajack to tho hotel alie oil prince was soon in the boiu of liis aaen lle driver went on his way rejoicing ncr his newly acquired turnout turn out wandering one day into alie famed store of Til Taney in york ho desired to lo 10 shown a durund dun und ain kleing shown orm he clcil to sec one with a largo r brilliant was brou glit him but am wanted a larger bedl iho whole of the diamond nuga dually farsalo in alic were b ought to him in but still the oil prince craved to finer aud larger finally for tho and jewel and it and et tho oil panco asked it ho bad not a ring finer ali no said tho servitor who wai becoming lively that if the host that can be dicu in now fork at ahli moment tho value put upon it iras or annj no ul alio llio oil hin self tint it was the best rin in the establishment than ho slipped it onto his ringer anil haulcie out of his and oil the counter not a chock anil coin in pym tho cycil alio etrano youth in annj hot sm that ho to bo iu of such ain of wealth bo acil from agomo biuk britho of somo money chest A w n sent in pursuit of tho youth n alon tho hlin ncr the rin in alic annl he wa linked to ally th lueso ncr li tant alio hiis bisno oilier thin lie oil birinci Ir inci who hai already a niile for hi calr iv one alny luring lih pure ho a hasty homo a biow of it llo ln wi aal her ina of liia of bior and extra rag tal to over to his wife buying hinr i to regalo upon artal dofis he iian alio society 0 lii aud alio hii wo hillh alis of inco and aioo however wa bojin l to he i and his eldorado to unproductive after or throe years successful operations on thu mcclintock f inu welt oni alho oil ilcin girled in of more tio of oil alio llio oil irinca Iri his supply of wealth nt oft abil hi farm for alio llio llon of crop somo of alio companions in liia so itilia as to lisiten to lure graces alio moil robat hul no inaura to to to dana itt itt crl mec upon alio ail lr arinie inie with lin icil ii il of n ilij cal on alio to his on the property lie had bought lo 10 in alm days af hia down to liral lie employ mant in drivie dri vii n tann which lie owned and lie secured ain appoint as station acet on tho oil creek route lie was in alic of s after he hal sown his wild ot that in liis wealthy bays 1 I liia lots of fain but I 1 did not really bijoy after all A few 3 cars ago a banking com amy publicly hat it held a deposit of in the naino of john and that it had not been of tho oil waa drawn to alio announcement and he was of which lie had forgotten that in an of his espreo sp reo ho liall deposited that sum in aliu bank with chis sum and with alio llio gift ho made to his wife alic oil prince after all is lifted above penury and in a humble cottage lie is aftan reminded of the evils which in improper ue of wealth alic story of alie oil prince is also alio llio story of many others who acro raised to tho of wealth under pretty amich circumstances and who IKUI wealth to wreck choir constitutions in their for plea ure left in their path a corruption of and a stin to society that wealth i rould r not eradicate while many persons lave rich dic of alio llio subterranean oil likes score leavo leen bin crupt ia pocket and in eager rico tor the al mihly dollar all alio oil regions iu the counties of Vc nano clarion and Mcl cm in of 0 ico farms hare been put under tribute to for and speculations in alic mineral oil to aind owners ami to holders of original land leims of anil alie in petro lenni lias ii orad a vendible ven lible but amon becu latora in oil wells uima has been as varied in Is as is her bulit rejoicing the lidai I 1 of ono liy buhel of i and alio heart of by financial 1 I deep biros into ihu tea of poverty and squalor Seu lator alio their capital in sinking wells to tap the oil lake not find that lime hig and eliat investments have been thrown away others who succeed in striking oil where it is lunnin in i C IQ i stream find in trying to 1 lable market for the product they are hedged about by alic most gigantic monopoly alie world ever saw except it bi alio llio last india company government found to be to its interests to gobble ip journal |