Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — Luck Was With Him. [ARTICLE]

Luck Was With Him.

In Gold Hill, Nev., in 1877, one of the mining bosses —Tole by name —had trouble with some of the laborers in his mine. One night three of them attacked him in a barroom. Two of them pinned him down, while a third stood over him with a revolver. The muzzle almost touched his stomach. Once, twice, thrice, a fourth and a fifth time the weapon snapped. Tole closed his eyes. Each moment he expected to be his last. The disgusted ruffian threw his disappointing weapon on the floor with an oath and, Joined by his aids, left the place. Tole wiped the cold sweat from his brow, mechanically picked up the discarded weapon, went to the door and fired off every charge, remarking that it was just his luck.