The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-02-25

I IN the mud. w nat cOuld II De
Catching up handful Of mud he
washed out several of the shining
Jumps. Eureka -
The honest Swiss and his enter.
prisiugmillwright at FIRST thought the
Sergeant Quartermaster was mad, but
he soon convinced them that it was
gold--that the whole soil toomed
with the co7eted ore.
"NIy good friend" exclaimed tho
Sutter, "you shall have one half"
"Stop,h said Marshall, "dou't say
a word about Il till l set Col. Suffers
grist mill done. If there's gold to
be got for the digging, men won't
build water wheels at eight reals a
day"
When they reached the tort that
night, CLARK" received a letter from
his commanding officer, enclosing
him, as a mark Of approval FOR good
conduct, ten town lots in "Yerba
Bueua.n These, Eyuard at once saw
would be valuable II a portion of Cal
ifornia turned out to be a succession
Of caves Of Aladdin, and with letter
of thanks he forwarded his real name,
that his title might be duly recorded
by alcalde. That night he Greamed
that he had erected fort upon these
lots, into which no was wheeling
Jumps of gold, while his wife kept
watch at the door. - His wife Alas,
when he awoko and found it
dream
"Is Sergeant Eynard here2 "ask-
ed keen, legal looking man, as he
alighted Que night at the fort.
"That is my name, sir" replied
Charles Eyuard.
"You own ten lots Of land in San
Francisco, l believe ?"
81, do--ten lots"
"Will you take ten thousand dol
lars for them p
Ten thousand dollars Half Of
that sum would have relieved him
ftom all his Teouniary difficulties in
New York, aud have kept him along
swimmingly. Now it was, MS it we're,
thrown at him. But the thought
then struck him., that il tho lots
were not of immense value, so high
an offer would not have been made
The would DO purchaser saw his hes.
itation, and eagerly exclaimed 4:
"Say fifteen thousand then
But Bynard would not sell until
he had seen them, aud as id addition
to his military duties he was making
an average sum Of two hundred dol
lars day, he determined to keep
along where he was, One by one,
he saw his old companions pass on to
the diggers, having deserted him in
their thirst for gold, and he had but
few comrades when the regiment was
mustered out of service by depart
mopt Ordcrj No. so, dated August
| 7, 1913.
Eynard was again free not only
free, but wealthy. On visiting San
Francisco, he found that his lots
were in the very heart of embryo
city, and disposed Of them at ten
fold what was first offered him for
them. His ambition was gratificd,
but his heart yoarned for home.
In 1919, Charles EyDard, Esq,
was one of the passengers in the Gal.
ifornia, homeward bound. On the
Atlantic side, he found an old Brook
lyn acquaintance acting as purs6r Of
the steamer, who greeted him as one
risen from the tomb.
"Why, Eynard is that you? We
have all thought you dead, man,
since your pretty wife came back to
her father, dressed in deep mourning.
Why, l saw her in widows weeds not
a month since, and we'll did they be-
come her"
A few days more, and tho impa.
tient Eynard saw with delight the
well.remembered scenery Of the
"Narrows".
"Any news ?" he inquired of the
purser, who was perusidg the "Her-
aid" Of the day previous.
"Not much-yes there is though.
(He reads.) "Stocksare down the
Treasurer has cleared out, and we
regret to learn that Jacob Raymond,
Esq, is likely to be o loser" "Yhat's
your fathor.in- law, Eynard."
About two o'clock that afternoon a
bearded and whiskered individual,
carrying heavy carpet bag, entered
the brokers' office Of Mr., Raymond.
The old gentleman was conversing
with a we'll known notary public,
who said
II must protest the notes, then,
Yet | dislike to do it,"
"And l." replied Raymond, "see a
lifotoil swept away. Six thousand
dollars would pay these notes but
these newspaper reports have so des-
troyed confidence that | don't be-
lieve man in Wall street would lend
me a tenth of that sum-"
~ will--tbe whole of it ~ coolly
replied the stranger.
"And who are you?" exclaimed
the notary.
"Charles Eyuard, Mr.. RaymOnd's 8
son-in law"
"No josting," sharply replied the
notary. IL know your circumstances
for have protested your paper"
"Begonc," said the angry broker
81 had" r-
"No. mo-" interrupted Eynard,
"you had no such hopes, any
more than you had Of having
me enter with this load Of pure gold
Take it for my wife's board Dill. |
have more in the steamer"
Ere the sun had set, as Fanio Ely.
nard was gazing vacantly from the
window of her fathers house, not
even needing the prattle Of her son,
who sat playing with some pewter