Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-15

The schOolnAster here picked up the ace
Of hearts, drew out his pencil, aud figured
rapidly.
"Therei" he cried, aOurishing the card
~ put 1t ct an ounce day for eghteen
years, aud that is The result" The figures
astonished them oil. Ii was decided that
Ihe old miser had at least . mule-load Of
gold in his cabin.
"It is my opinion" said the 'Sqoire, who
was small Of stature, aud consequently IN
solent and impertinent, The had oaght to be
taken up, tried, aud hung for killing his
par, nsr IN AS"
"The time has run out" said the Cor
oner, who came up, adjusting tail hat TO
which he was evidently not sccustomed;
"tbe time for such cases, by the law made
aud provided, has run out, an it lie my
opinion il can't be did,
Not long after this II was discovered that
The Gopher was not at work. Then il came
out that he was very i'll. and that old Forty
nine was seen TO enter his cabin.
Early one frosty morning in the fall fol.
lowing, old Forty-nine Jimmy sat by the
door Of the only saloon al Hogem. He held
an old bulldog by q tow string, aud both
mAu and dog we're pictures Of distress rs
they shivered from the keen cold wind IhSi
came pitching down from the snow-peaks
As | approached, the mAu shivered till his
teeth chartered. aud. cutchng, looked help.
lessly over his shoulder st the uuoomprom-
ising barkeeper, who had Just arisen AND
opened the door to let DOT the bad odors o
bis den. The dog shivered. too, aud cam,
up aud sat down close eoouRh to receive th,
,ympatheuo hand of old Forly-rine on hi
broad bowed head This man was rsli,
aud . wreck Nearly twenty years o
IN ners lifeAnd labor 10 the mountains, 10
Ierrupted only by periodical sprees. govern
ed 10 their duration solely by the result 0
his last "cleRn up had made him one Of
type OF mSu known only to the Pacific
| True, he failed to negotiate with the savsg
cInnamon-headed yender Of poison; but b
~ss no oeggsr IL was simply failure t
| OBTAIN Wall Street Accomm Jdatton in
small way. | douoI If The brIstle-bAIreS
bArkeeper himself Questioned tho honest
Vi Forty niue. II was merely Question o
ability to pay, aud The decision OF the sutc
eras had been promptly aud firmly give
against the applicant. Perhaps, in .stric
justice to the REQ haired wretch that washe
MS tumbler and watched for vIc.Ims this
frosty morning, should stale thal Appea
Ances were decidedly against ForIY-Liu,
ltIs uolhlng at ell Against brave, frug,
gold uinsr, htiug his heart out Of aud owe
the SierrAs 10 group awaiting HIM ava
10 the East, 10 be found wearinG patches o
hn clothes, aud even patches on th
patches 10 fact, | have known many VIII
coupling n qaaInt humOr with eeonom
wore-DeRrly stitched on that portion of
certain garment most liable to wear al
tear when the owner had only boulders an
hard benches to su upOO--the last week
hour sack, bearing this INSCRIPTION in b1I
black letters, Warranted sbpt r6ue, so ID 4,
But Forty nine had no patch, toeretors !
! Hour sack, ergo no -four. The most &c
tain sign OF tue total wreck Of Califorh
miner - the absence Of top boots VIII
all other sigus tel, this one ia iufAlhDt
\ Ou can with tolersble certainty, ia III
placer nioes, tell how miners claim
paying by she coalition Of his to
} boots, Forty-nipe had no boot
only pair Of slippers inprovised fro
what had been and between the top
them aud the legs Of his psntaloons thel
was no compromise across the naked, col
blue ankles These signs, together with
outtOness blue shirt that showed bis hail
bosom, frigh,ful beard, aud hair bsnea'
bat that dropped Ike wil,ed palm LEI
were the circuustAnciAl evidence fro
which Judge Barkeep made his decision
have noticed that those who stop stan
and Look longest at the tempting display
TiSnds in the cook-shop windows, are thos
that have not penny 10 purchase viii
Perhaps there was something OF this nstur
in old For,y.nine that impellsd HIM to loo
again and again over his shouder-as h
clutched tighter TO the tow-s,ring-At II
} cinuRmon-t AIDED botile-washer behind II
bar at Hogem.
Az he stood before this man, be turnp
; his eyes from the bsr-keeper and LITE
them helplessly 10 mine
! Charlie is dead"
} "Chsrlie who Who is Charlie"
To bs continued.