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Show Stock That Turned Out Well. 'United States Senator George L. Turner of Washington lost his fortuno and poverty stared him in tho face. Turner was a lawyer, and ono day a party ot miners, well known to him, who had struck a lodo up In British America, near Victoria, camo Into his oflico and asked him to mako out somo papere for them. "Wo can't pay you cash for your services, Mr. Turner," said ono of tho imrty, after their business had been transacted, "but we will give you somo stock and call It square." At first Turnor refused to tako the stock, as his clients were all friends ot his and ho preferred to do tho work for nothing, but on being pressed ho took tho certificates aud tucked them away in his sate. Two years later Senator Turner was n millionaire through theso . mining shares, and tho mine that brought him tho money and mado tho fortuno of his friends Is tho famous Le Hoi, ono of the richest In tho West. |
