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like a lobster's  claw for a stew´pot of Patagonian cannibals when the boat of his  rescuers hove in sight。  So a hat´cleaner who had been a friend of a  king did not oppress me。

;A new band �拭─�asked Finch�察�with his dry�察�barren smile。

;Yes�察─�said I�察 �and half an inch wider。;  I had had a new band five  days before。

;I meets a man one night�察─�said Finch�察�beginning his story;a man  brown as snuff�察�with money in every pocket�察�eating schweinerknuckel in  Schlagel's。  That was two years ago�察�when I was a hose´cart driver for  No。  98。  His discourse runs to the subject of gold。  He says that  certain mountains in a country down South that he calls Gaudymala is  full of it。  He says the Indians wash it out of the streams in plural  quantities。

;'Oh�察�Geronimo��' says I。  'Indians� �There's no Indians in the South��'  I tell him�察�'except Elks�察�Maccabees�察�and the buyers for the fall dry´ goods trade。  The Indians are all on the reservations��' says I。

;'I'm telling you this with reservations��' says he。  'They ain't  Buffalo Bill Indians�察�they're squattier and more pedigreed。  They call  'em Inkers and Aspics�察�and they was old inhabitants when Mazuma was  King of Mexico。  They wash the gold out of the mountain streams��' says  the brown man�察�'and fill quills with it�察�and then they empty 'em into  red jars till they are full�察�and then they pack it in buckskin sacks  of one arroba eachan arroba is twenty´five poundsand store it in a  stone house�察�with an engraving of a idol with marcelled hair�察�playing  a flute�察�over the door。'

;'how do they work off this unearth increment��' I asks。

;'They don't��' says the man。  'It's a case of ;Ill fares the land with  the great deal of velocity where wealth accumulates and there ain't  any reciprocity。;'

;After this man and me got through our conversation�察�which left him  dry of information�察�I shook hands with him and told him I was sorry I  couldn't believe him。  And a month afterward I landed on the coast of  this Gaudymala with 1��300 that I had been saving up for five years。   I thought I knew what Indians liked�察�and I fixed myself accordingly。   I loaded down four pack´mules with red woollen blankets�察�wrought´iron  pails�察�jewelled side´combs for the ladies�察�glass necklaces�察�and  safety´razors。  I hired a black mozo�察�who was supposed to be a mule´ driver and an interpreter too。  It turned out that he could interpret  mules all right�察�but he drove the English language much too hard。  His  name sounded like a Yale key when you push it in wrong side up�察�but I  called him McClintock�察�which was close to the noise。

;Well�察�this gold village was forty miles up in the mountains�察�and it  took us nine days to find it。  But one afternoon McClintock led the  other mules and myself over a rawhide bridge stretched across a  precipice five thousand feet deep�察�it seemed to me。  The hoofs of the  beasts drummed on it just like before George M。  Cohan makes his first  entrance on the stage。

;This village was built of mud and stone�察�and had no streets。  Some  few yellow´and´brown persons popped their heads out´of´doors�察�looking  about like Welsh rabbits with Worcester sauce on em。  Out of the  biggest house�察�that had a kind of a porch around it�察�steps a big white  man�察�red as a beet in color�察�dressed in fine tanned deerskin clothes�察 �with a gold chain around his neck�察�smoking a cigar。  I've seen United  States Senators of his style of features and build�察�also head´waiters  and cops。

;He walks up and takes a look at us�察�while McClintock disembarks and  begins to interpret to the lead mule while he smokes a cigarette。

;'Hello�察�Buttinsky��' says the fine man to me。  'How did you get in the  game�拭 �I didn't see you buy any chips。  Who gave you the keys of the  city��'

;'I'm a poor traveller��' says I。  'Especially mule´back。  You'll  excuse me。  Do you run a hack line or only a bluff��'

;'Segregate yourself from your pseudo´equine quadruped��' says he�察�'and  come inside。'

;He raises a finger�察�and a villager runs up。

;'This man will take care of your outfit��' says he�察�'and I'll take  care of you。'

;He leads me into the biggest house�察�and sets out the chairs and a  kind of a drink the color of milk。  It was the finest room I ever saw。   The stone walls was hung all over with silk shawls�察�and there was red  and yellow rugs on the floor�察�and jars of red pottery and Angora goat  skins�察�and enough bamboo furniture to misfurnish half a dozen seaside  cottages。

;'In the first place��' says the man�察�'you want to know who I am。  I'm  sole lessee and proprietor of this tribe of Indians。  They call me the  Grand Yacuma�察�which is to say King or Main Finger of the bunch。  I've  got more power here than a charge d'affaires�察�a charge of dynamite�察 �and a charge account at Tiffany's combined。  In fact�察�I'm the Big  Stick�察�with as many extra knots on it as there is on the record run of  the Lusitania。  Oh�察�I read the papers now and then��' says he。  'Now�察 �let's hear your entitlements��' he goes on�察�'and the meeting will be  open。'

;'Well��' says I�察�'I am known as one W。  D。  Finch。  Occupation�察 �capitalist。  Address�察�54' East Thirty´second'

;'New York��' chips in the Noble Grand。  'I know��' says he�察�grinning。   'It ain't the first time you've seen it go down on the blotter。  I can  tell by the way you hand it out。  Well�察�explain ;capitalist。;'

;I tells this boss plain what I come for and how I come to came。

;'Gold´dust ��' says he�察�looking as puzzled as a baby that's got a  feather stuck on its molasses finger。  'That's funny。  This ain't a  gold´mining country。  And you invested all your capital on a  stranger's story�拭 �Well�察�well�  �These Indians of minethey are the  last of the tribe of Peehesare simple as children。  They know  nothing of the purchasing power of gold。  I'm afraid you've been  imposed on��' says he。

;'Maybe so��' says I�察�'but it sounded pretty straight to me。'

;'W。  D。��' says the King�察�all of a sudden�察�'I'll give you a square  deal。  It ain't often I get to talk to a white man�察�and I'll give you  a show for your money。  It may be these constituents of mine have a  few grains of gold´dust hid away in their clothes。  To´morrow you may  get out these goods you've brought up and see if you can make any  sales。  Now�察�I'm going to introduce myself unofficially。  My name is  ShanePatrick Shane。  I own this tribe of Peche Indians by right of  conquestsingle handed and unafraid。  I drifted up here four years  ago�察�and won 'em by my size and complexion and nerve。  I learned their  language in six weeks´it's easy�此�you simply emit a string of  consonants as long as your breath holds out and then point at what  you're asking for。

;'I conquered 'em�察�spectacularly��' goes on King Shane�察�'and then I  went at 'em with economical politics�察�law�察�sleight´of´hand�察�and a kind  of New England ethics and parsimony。  Every Sunday�察�or as near as I  can guess at it�察�I preach to 'em in the council´house ��I'm the  council�� on the law of supply and demand。  I praise supply and knock  demand。  I use the same text every time。  You wouldn't think�察�W。  D。��'  says Shane�察�'that I had poetry in me�察�would you��'

;'Well��' says I�察�'I wouldn't know whether to call it poetry or not。'

;'Tennyson��' says Shane�察 �'furnishes the poetic gospel I preach。  I  always considered him the boss poet。  Here's the way the text goes��


;For�察�not to admire�察�if a man could learn it�察�were more Than to walk all day like a Sultan of old in a garden of spice。;


;'You see�察�I teach 'em to cut out demandthat supply is the main  thing。  I teach 'em not to desire anything beyond their simplest  needs。  A little mutton�察�a little cocoa�察�and a little fruit brought up  from the coastthat's all they want to make 'cm happy。  I've got 'em  well trained。  They make their own clothes and hats out of a vegetable  fibre and straw�察�and they're a contented lot。  It's a great thing��'  winds up Shane�察�'to have made a people happy by the incultivation of  such simple institutions。'

;Well�察�the next day�察�with the King's permission�察�I has the McClintock  open up a couple of sacks of my goods in the little plaza of the  village。  The Indians swarmed around by the hundred and looked the  bargain´counter over。  I shook red blankets at 'em�察�flashed finger´ rings and ear´bobs�察�tried pearl necklaces and sidecombs on the women�察 �and a line of red hosiery on the men。  'Twas no use。  They looked on  like hungry graven images�察�but I never made a sale。  I asked  McClintock what was the trouble。  Mac yawned three or four times�察 �rolled a cigarette�察�made one or two confidential side remarks to a  mule�察�and then condescended to inform me that the people had no money。

;Just then up strolls King Patrick�察�big and red 'and royal as usual�察 �with the gold chain over his chest and his cigar in front of him。

;'How's business�察�W。  D。��' he asks。

;'Fine��' says I。  'It's a bargain´day rush。  I've got one more line of  goods to offer before I shut up shop。  I'll try 'em with safety´ razors。  I've' got two gross that I bought at 'a fire sale。'

;Shane laughs till some kind of mameluke or private secretary he  carries with him has to hold him up。

;'0 my sainted Aunt Jerusha��' says he�察�'ain't you one of the Babes in  the Goods�察�W。  D。�拭 �Don't you know that no Indians ever shave�拭�They  pull out their whiskers instead。'

;'Well��' says I�察�'that's just what these razors would do for 'emthey  wouldn't have any kick coming if they used 'em once。'

;Shane went away�察�and I could hear him laughing a block�察�if there had  been any block。

;'Tell 'em��' says I to McClintock�察�'it ain't money I wanttell 'em  I'll take gold´dust。  Tell 'em I'll allow 'em sixteen dollars an ounce  for it in trade。  That's what I'm out forthe dust。'

;Mac interprets�察�and you'd have thought a squadron of cops had charged  the crowd to disperse it。  Every uncle's nephew and aunt's niece of  'em faded away inside of two minutes。

;At the royal palace that night me and the King talked it over。

;'They've got the dust hid out somewhere��' says I�察�'or they wouldn't  have been so sensitive about it。'

;'They haven't��' says Shane。  'What's this gag you've got about gold�拭  �You been reading Edward Allen Poe�拭 �They ain't got any gold。'

;'They put it in quills��' says I�察�'and then they empty it in jars�察�and  then into sacks of twenty´five pounds each。  I got it straight。'

;'W。  D。��' says Shane�察�laughing and chewing his cigar�察�'I don't often  see a white man�察�and I feel like putting you on。  I don't think you'll  get away from here alive�察�anyhow�察�so I'm going to tell you。  Come over  here。'

''He draws aside a silk fibre curtain in a corner of the room and  shows me a pile of buckskin sacks。

;'Forty of 'em��' says Shane。  'One arroba in each one。  In round  numbers�察�220��000 worth of gold´dust you see there。  It's all mine。   It belongs to the Grand Yacuma。  They bring it all to me。  Two hundred  and twenty thousand dollarsthink of that�察�you glass´bead peddler��'  says Shane' and all mine。'

;'Little good it does you��' says I�察�contemptuously and hatefully。   'And so you are the government depository of this gang of money´less  money´makers�拭 �Don't you pay enough interest on it to enable one of  your depositors to buy an Augusta ��Maine�� Pullman carbon diamond worth  200 for 4。85 ��'

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