The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-03-24

youred Junna fre--
"Gpld ~ tho rivers sauds. Gold iu linrs.
Gold IN rocks, With THE room fall Of gold
you con sway the GoninaTea tho world"
And illau CoyoIla and tho sypuger con
tended lnr lAe linaseAAinn Of Juan, while tho
skeleton face grinued lnerrily above, mud lhe
map Of Dorado glowed IN the sunshine
nom lhe table who conquered Lot ~
rec
"Are wc almost there 2" asked Juan, a.,
toward tho close ofu beautiful day, lhoy On
tered lhe confines Of gloomy raViue, whose
perpen diculnr rocks were topped with pines,
~ am hungry and ipolspTr,Hnd 10y lho WHfsl
. seems ~ lho that ~ these twenty dayn
we've Ipurneyed ~ many thousand miles
You have NOT spoken since We lelt The Jesu-
Il Mission Of san Jose This morning Tell
ms nro we nrnr II yel--llis III Dorado Z"
Aud ~ he spoke, the stronger drew hi
Govt over liH singulnrly marked couulennnce
aud nnirmured-"N near :" while lhey
passed into lhs depths of the ruyino, where u
twilight gloom slept like a raven among the
rocks aud trees,
"iiy tie mass this II glorious Gold IN
tie -rHHts gold ~ bare, gold IA rGtks The
: poor t0yO1l WIZ silly thing. Now for In
~ aud tie empire Of tie world, but frat Of
~ a rooul full ofgod, ThaLwaa your prone
/ isc, NY good blend"
They crossed brook which sang aud
spnrklrd through tie twilight, The stranger
heul down mud scoopod o handful Of Huud
from tho liule runlet-snnd which spntklcd
wish cgunilefs points of lght.
"Guld is IN tho sands" ho whispered and
thcy went deeper iulO tho gloom, following
tlo course the brook, uulil they came TO a
cavern through Whose mouth II battered gui-
ly, TIC stranger ir,l Juni through the cav
crn mouth aud presently they stood heuenlll
~ immense roof Of rocln, illuminod hy "a
/ liPli which seemed 90 llow from the bowels
tilin enrih
/ "Gnld in hnrs" lhurnured the slnnger, and
Juan, with lis heart pulpiiutiug with the very
agony Of rupture, snw tho gol. hnrs. huge,
cumbrouS aud glilcriiig piled ~ nloug lhu
cavern floor, like logs of wood before a iurm-
of's door.
/ Two hundred billions ofrnllions ofdoub.
looms" cried juan. "Cnyolln WIS fool
decidedly"
o. Tho stronger led him onward fom the
cavern into dark pUs-tgo which sunk into
/ the bowels Of the curIh, aud which mus, ~
/ fact, nn inclined plane of nile or more IN
length,
I "Gold in rocksm snid tho stranger, nf They
Z passed from durkuuSs into tight. Junn ut
tered M inrohoreni shrek Of Joy. lie stood
on the threshold of cavern ~ which gold
/ was hCnprd IN uinsscs like blocks of granite
IN quarry, 4 light emitted from these
rocks filed the place with golden light
/ The very mir brcuthcd of gold.
/ Juan, IN the very extravaganza of his Joy,
. Hiicmptod.io move oEc oi thu Enuiirst rurli-;
J hui his efforts were IN vain. Al the force W
his sinen =, braced for lilo work but iliG yciy
madness of rapture, could not sir the pass
one ~oliinry inch
Cold gold! gold (" hr-.+i.l, "Cer,ainly
Coybtln was q fool Millions, bilious, tail
lions mud irllions. millions aud millions and
millions Byp.thc.hc. my good fellow, lm
r rs hungry US u 'poro after tiIrcn days fast
Can we have nice fowl or NO, done Ia u
turn; Aud flask Of wine or 30 would lkQt
he difficult TO take"
"Enr nssHitl tic slrngcr, who was seated
upon rock oC gold, WITH his legs arranged
cross-wiso like Turk "cut drunk" NndOs
TIE cow full hack TiOn his tHcc, lie reached
forth his LANDS toward Juan. One hnnd wus
flied with ruirirr SHud--the other grHsprd IA
golden stone, worlli, pcrchHncc, some hum
drcds ofthollsaUds ofdulnrs.
/. "Nou mock me-" lhullered Junn, slnlddcr.
ing hu knew not Why.
"Enii drunk" said tho stranger; and the
gold cavern rung with his hollow lnughtcr
II viii leave This place." cried Junu, turn.
ing pnie and red again ms he spoke. "Frieud
am not yet in your power. You have I'M
my soul nwRy--you hive no parchnen,
stamped with ny nuIno written Ia blood
"'Ehe niniI WHO sAcTihncs hope, home, nntl
all the ahors ofllfe for gold needs no pnrch-
mcuI scroll 10 bind bun TO the GOltl-Devil -
aud again hs sluiloI, turning his cyc'bnlls TO
the light, with u took of horrid mockery.--
"Thcrc is no going back ia the gold.hunt,'ny
dear Then, to tho silent horror ni Juan
Gouzes, the mouth of lie cavern WIS closed
10y n huge rock orgoll, weighing some iwcu.
" IONS and he was None riTurc ,r,tit t4e Cold
Devil, who snid' '.Eot! l9h,kr' nmid his
-b"rs's ofmerrs laughter.
.,.,., o.,-,,-. ..a -7-T-- " l'@'., Il
PART SECOND AND LAsr.--CALIFoRNIA Now.
The scqllal to this story is found in letter
seut from California, 10y overland express,
and dated November II 1918. II is address,,
ed Io a gentleman Ia this city:
"DEAR BoB--CotnG out here, right Off
come, say, and bring Charley aud Bill with
you. Dou't show this letter Tor tho world
for I'm almost crazy with JOY, ms | write IT,
and, ut the same lime, | trcmble with fear
lest the u. ;. Government should get holdnf
our secret aud deprive ms of lOOOOO0OOO0OO-
OOOOOO0000000 millions OF Gold Eagles. u
write this IN sympathetic ink. which you IRE
enabled to read IT,, by placing it before the
IRE. How iremble lest Polk should get
mold OF our awful secret. To be brief, let me
tell You all about it. Some DAYS back Ton
tls "l') Jake aud | lett the four thousand
Ie"o"S VINO are washing gold from the sands !
nud struck OF on Our own hook We untttr- /
ally concluded thaI-titrrc must he thuuratr,
for all this gold--n quarry, in fact. where !,
Iti, III ,,,,,.,l - l.
We hare discovered Me Gold Carr7n! Nat
soul knows of IL bat as two, aud we ynrnd I