Puck — November 19, 1879 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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600 PUCK. His time during the last three days was mainly passed in the company of Alice Jakes, and on the whole he found it pass pleasantly enough. Since their mutual confession the; had Become very intimate friends, and as inti- macies are allowed on board ship that would cause unpleasant comment on land they took advantage of the fact, much, it may be added, to Huckleberry Jake’s disgust, to further cement their friendship. That worthy would fain have put an end to their intimacy, and had used all his influence with his uncle to procure the lat- ter’s intervention. But old Jakes merely smiled in his own dry way, and as he stuffed a fresh plug of tobacco into his cheek, remarked, “That he guess he'd allow things to slide.” The fact is he, like his daughter, had taken a fancy to Gascoyne, and the two had several long conversations together. At first the younger man did not like his Yankee friend’s inquisitorial propensities, but after a time he came to see that his “pumping” was perfectly good-natured and even kindly, and that he himself was perfectly willing to be “pumped” in return. Nor were these interviews without their benefit to Archie. The old man wasa shrewd observer of men and things, and in his own dry way gave Archie a large amount of valuable information regarding American mat- ters which he found of advantage afterwards. Especially was this the case with regard to mines and mining. “Do you know anything of the Nevada Sil- ver Mines?” enquired Archie of him one day. “The Ne-vada Silver Mines, guess I do, Which one do ye-ou allude to!" “T’'m not quite sure. I think it is the Isa- bella, or some such feminine name.” “Wa-al ne-ow, sir, might I further en-quire if you hev any particutar interest in that insti- tution ?” Archie hesitated for a moment before re- plying: “Well, yes; to be frank with you, I have. Fact is, my father has invested a‘targe amount of money in that, or some other mine in Ne- vada, and in fact is out there now looking after his interests,” “ Ph-ew,” whistled old Jakes softly. ‘So it is the silver that is taking ye-ou out tew? Go- ing to help the Baronet ike ” “ Not quite,” replied Archie, slightly embar- rassed; ‘‘ not exactly that, though it Aas some- thing to do with it. I mean to look about me and settle down in business.” The old man looked at him curiously for a moment—as if surprised and interested. “Waal, ne-ow, that is real curious. I al- ways thought ye-ou English aristocrats never did anything in that line. Passed your lives horse-racing, shooting and flying kites.” “ You are quite mistaken, sir. The son of one of our oldest and most influential Dukes is a tea-merchant; another a broker.” “ Wa-al, that licks creation; but I’m glad, young man, you spoke to me about these silver mines. I hev done considerable in that line myself, and I do know considerable about them, Let me see now,” and he took a large pocket-book from the inside pocket of his vest ‘and turned over some papers. “How did you say might that mine be christened? Isabella?” “Yes,” “Wa-al, siree, I hope you're mistaken in the name. I can’t, right at this moment, say any- thing definite like about it. But against it I have put one of my black crosses, and that looks bad. However, it may be all right.” ‘IT hope to God it is,” muttered Archie, un- der his breath, thinking how badly the Baronet would be cut up should anything go wrong in that quarter. . “Tell you what I'll do,” resumed the old hev. Yes, siree, I like you, and it ain’t often old Jakes gets soft like. Now there’s my ad- dress in New York—the Fifth Avenue Hotel, sir. We shall be there in the course of four days now, and as soon as I put foot on pier 35, North River, or whatever it is, I'll drive straight to my old broker and get this thing fixed» You just call at my hotel within three hours after landing, should we happen to land in time for business hours, and I'll hev the information for rou.” “T thank you sincerely,” said Archie, “ and 1 am sorry to trouble you so.” ‘* Wa-al, it won’t be much of a trouble, and Alice, I sort of guess, would be inviting you anyhow. By the way, where are you going to stay ?” “At the Brevoort House, where my father was to put up.” Jakes entered the address in his note-book, and three days later, when only 177 miles from New York, they hailed pilot boat 249, and within a few hours had landed in New York. True to his word, Jakes, leaving his daughter to the tender mercies of his nephew, drove straight to his broker, while Archie went to the Brevoort House. Three hours later he called at the Fifth Avenue and asked for his friend. His card being sent up, word was returned to step up. Archie did so and found Jakes alone. “Well,” said the young man, “ discovered anything?” ‘The other looked at him keenly for an in- stant, and then said slowly: “Ts the baronet in New York still?” ‘No; he left last week for Nevada.” “Then wire to him to sell out any stock he may have in the Isabella. It may be too late, but there’s no use throwing away a chance.” A brief conversation followed between the two men, the result of which was that that same afternoon Archie was on his way to Nevada, having, of course, telegraphed in advance. His kind friend Jakes saw him off at the railway station, as did also, you may be sure, Alice. “Be sure and write me,” whispered the latter, as he shook her hand warmly at parting, “T may have news for you.” “Of course I will,” was the reply, and the train moved off. (To be continued.) 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