Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-04-04
THE TRINITY JOURNAL.
ORIGINAL.
PI0N EER PAPERS.
The Reunion of a Scattered Household Continued
BY woe.

RY IvoE
The verdant would by this time begin to feel
the eated effects of Bally best. and was bound
of course, to reciproc0te his by second drink
This drink made the young gold hunting pioneer
very generous and communicative. Two big
doses of Bally's deep red was well calculated
to make the youth highly seasoned for use. AS
the unsuspecting creature woald draw out his
buckskn purse to . weigh out' for the drinks Il
sudden thought would occur to Bally's mind
that of asking his partner if he had weighed ont
llcnrys gold dust, marked it, and put it in the
safe This question would be answered promptly
10y Bally's partner with " To be sure | have you
know never forget matters of business of such
Importance as that" You may make your cal
culatons," continued he, that when miners
bring their money to me to deposit attend to
the matter of placing it away safely before any
thing else. Yes sir, | would not get in the
habit Of doing business loosely for all the gold in
California, | expect to live in this State the bal
uncc of my life, and am determined to make a
reputation for business and capacity if don t
make q cent Well we'll, said Bally. | only
asked you merely because it was on my mind and
because You have had so much to weigh out to-day
for the miners and mark and put in the safe
Iou sec,' responded Bally's partner, that
such things must be hy all means attended to ;
because miners can't he carrying their money
round with them besides being II matter Of such
Inconvenience, life is often endangered when it is
Al
amount about him. and you know men are getting
over the foolish practice of hurying their money,
because in case of an accident the money is lost
to every one" This manouevre had the desired
effect upon the innocent, for he Immediately drew
out his two long sacks of dust and requested the
lofty lean to weigh the amount in both purses
and place the same in the safe. This was prompt
! ly ATTENDED 10 by the lean and lofty" while
/ Bally and the miner were husily engaged in con
ycrsaton. Bolly had led the inexperienced youth
into rccapitnlaton of his own experience and
was giving the most attentive hearing to the
young man. which lattcrcd his vanity very much
About this time Eally proposed to take a scat at
a little side table. In taking scat at this table
/ the young miners back was turned toward the
bar This, matter Of course, was the posi-
tion which Bally meant to put the stranger in in
order to give his partner chance to weigh out
The gold dust. The drinks were called, and they
were brought right quickly too because the
" lofty lean wouldn't have had the company to
be standing around about that time for any con
sidcraton. In due time the gold dust was all
irlc oil nut :, I'i,It 4 r., i
lars and fifty nine cents was called by lofty
lean" in loud and audible tone. "JUst as
thought, - responded the intoxicated youth, who
held in one haua a sCckdoligcr of Bally deep
rcd,' while he was emphasizing to Bally with the
other hand outsretched like Il pitch fork. every
finger open and strained apart Bill thought
there was about two thousand dollars but
thought there couldn't be more than half that IL
mount " The most deceiving thing in the world,
assure you,' quickly answered Bally. There
must have been at least from eighteen hundred to
two thousand dollars in the purse. The money
was weighed and litte slip of paper fastened to
the neck OF the purse, having marked upon it in
bold figures the amount and the name of the de-
positor. Now there are two objects worth no
tice at any rate before leaving the characters and
transactions of this big blue tent. The safe was
rather curiosity in itself. 1t was Il very large
sized dry goods box, plastcred over with mud,
and covered with sheet iron. Some person
brought to the bar four square cast metal stove,
which Eally and his partner got possession Of
somehow or other, and made it answer the inside
OF the safe. The whole thing was covered with
very thick coat of black paint and had the ap.
pearancc of being secure place from fire for the
deposit of money. Bally used to say when show
ing it TO a grceny &" its as safe as the chamber of
Paradise /; in fact you might throw it in furnace
for six months aad you couldn't raise a coffee
brown on white paper, much less to melt or loose
money" There was any quantity Of bags in the
safe, many of which were genuine and filed with
the precious metal. But there was at least thirty
bags filled with sand, labeled with the fictitious
names of persons and the amounts. This was al
most an irresistible inducemcnt for miners to de-
posit when they saw so many taking that precau-
cous course.
The next object Of note in this matter Is the
=" lofty lean" Dally's partner lie rcsemblcd
the bow fish, lie was all head and iin lie curved
from his heel to the back Of bis neck. lie was
about six feet four inches tall, ank and cadiyer-
ous, and effected to be very positive and knowing
In his character. lie squinted with one eye very
badly, and always done his winking aud telegraph
ing with the same eye. II ho was ever caught
apparently throwing sgus to Bally, nature oil
course would get credit for imposing upon him
that which artifce had made perfect. This
squirting eye was an admirable machine, and was
great aid 10 him in carrying out bis winning d.
plomacy.
After some l.,tlc time he succeeded in getting