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Updated: May 26, 2025
Verily, he had his reward. Incidentally, the three Californians whom he had named as his executors prospered. They may not all be included among the forty-one thieves of this story, but it may not seem unreasonable to suppose that Henry Francis made it worth while for Hintzen and Haggerty to keep quiet. The point is that all three executors prospered and then died penniless.
Hintzen made so much money over at Forest City that he left for Arizona, where he invested in copper, and lost everything he had. Haggerty, who remained in his store at Moore's Flat, where he had made money rapidly, speculated and lost all, including the savings of a few poor people who had trusted him.
I'd feel like a fish out of water in that big city. I'll be comfortable at the Sherwood's. I'll have to depend upon you to send me some money occasionally." "Hintzen writes me that he has your will locked up in his safe. I suppose you have given him a list of your property?" "He has written me asking for a list; but I'm not going to give him any."
So he drew on Hintzen, who packed in an abundance of good things from Forest City. Every night the old man sat by the stove. He liked to stroke Sammy's sleek coat and listen to the cat's affectionate purring. He liked to tell how his dog Bruce had saved his life.
For it seems Palmer had once started off for Forest City by night, was stricken with a paralytic shock, and, falling unconscious in the woods, was finally rescued by neighbors who had heard the dog's insistent barking. When the snow was deep in the cañon, and the supply of provisions was getting low, the old man ordered more from Hintzen.
If the old man had not trusted Francis so implicitly he might have noticed an expression of relief light up that gentleman's dark eyes. "So I handle your funds, and Hintzen holds your will," smiled Francis. "Do you think that is fair to either of us?" "Oh, as for the will, I've kept a copy, which you may as well look at." And he fetched the document.
Its beginning is modest: "if there is any property left." What amount was the old man about to distribute? He was too cautious to mention it; and when his friend John Hintzen of Forest City, in whose safe the will was deposited, wrote asking for a list of the property, the old man parried the question. Another curious feature of this document is that the old man chose two executors.
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