The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-10-03

- to leave the prescribed number Of
feet'ts sseh party. they wore digging,
dslving, throwing up earth, carrying
away bags Of it, suppossd. to contain
the gold, to the creek, and there deliv.
sring it to other crowds who, at long
line Of cradles, were 10 = great bu.tle,
throwing in the earth, rocking it, "a
and fro under deluges Of watss"f from
tin dipr'rs.ss There was an i,sss,.ns
noise Of rattling cradles, and shouting
4voisss. Strange figures I'LL yellow with
clay, and disguised in. bushy''tsa
and wells, TO keep of the flies, seemed
too desperately busy To- have time to
breathe. It was al one agltated some
Of 'elboving, swearing, ha.eking;.s hew.
tiug, and shovsling. Not : tee vas
1sft'.t4adins te'v,tef .hs vh.ls gt..t space,
fand the lin famed down on uinshslter:
fsd'he.pt sad hole. Of gravel, with burn.
isk, sweltsurisg force: '' ~ - = - .
George wandered along in ,ateniph.
nsat md ae,pslr.A - Il Where xas e. 10y
one Who lid 'nst .he qualities otf SIM
f'sshsk's Ksntueki.uI, = h.ikkoraIae,, ,half.
Alligator, to i5st'iiiaf .htoanest' Iii est' fhat ride
tssd 'eeo6i!is,d' 'sftV71' a'S' "a 7'sS'
fv AZ length III 'P'hs,h.d, 10 utter dsss
peratioa,,' oi I little syaeialn,t spa.s. + B.
+ "AVsst 'theis; s'htl 'htla.ts, shouted =
great, tall sailor, "th,t belongs ID .
Dutehmso, don't you : ,ee 10 Ills pI'.gs p
George s.v> The pig. .,nd moved On. Il
was long Before hss1 ctoald SEQ , single
yard Of unoeoupied gs'ao'unnd, IS but '.'
length he discovered ! small tri.ngula,
spot bstvssa three ether claims. He
took one pick. -'
! ,::Hauds off there, old fellow ! That
is jmiae," said the huge head Of a huge
brick-red man, just lifted above the
ground out Of . hole. E.:
"Yours p said George, mildly, "vhy
you have ono ,lread y:'' ~ J.
*Yss," replied The largs.. head, "bnt
that's i;ay little p.rio,:;;. ~ ;obbjsot :
Ifsoj TX Retf: a:'aslghbor: ~ io''sdab o'Ssdab b3
it,! s I'd .ys .,,& s4siAy;, zt,s'i,;- !.
zaNs" saia 0eorgs, and walked %;
saying to himself; "1sthiss scene sfbr
| agsntlemaa z $50 7oso>s e-:I | =
Many q long hastd3saA nanya saAs
Keba6 he e1periepes4~h ~hsbte' .hsse enid
secure claim; and Mn he .besea 70
dig he wa s.pesd,l1z reminded. of tho
romantic accouuts he.h.d: read, ofjust
turning the gold ont Of the softs earth
a fswffeet deep, as..you!would turn ost
potatoes. The gravel that he bad y
delve into was - bard set .as :, n brick
vail. Totally unused, teiuanu.l labor,
though yielding::to no .one.sin strength
he soon found that it WAS not very like
vielding::@ pen IT.. desk, The sun
seemed 1t once to burn vf; #; = ths~ >Hery
skin Of his face, neek y 3 +, =, .nd = h.pds,. and
to melt him down ~ : oontributisn, t
tho stream. His hands were soon eov'
Tered with blisters, and painful sens<
came over hi, mind that If he found
'teold he would have most dearly earned
it when got. wesried, ..dejeoted, and
,ore, 'as if: tho san had rsaly d.yed
fhfm alivs, hs returned 10 the tent 4
evening, and -. down silent; nd q
Itbs verge of:sdesp.ir::' Never, HioS b,
was born, had he had such 5aspiciot
! that he xssa fool. saa:s;sse 451~~~
IT,: ;:ButsAd.u, 1T ,tont 10 sheer hin up
btoh aim al would 20 we'll in . while
sand insisted the next day on going q
look On, if not TO belP. Very sodnsh!
! jumped into ths Asl,aetaak 81 his 'turi
! Nth ~ sapisL sadsbhe1sLraasd fiou
that'dag; xeaksd zstpssly eodrs stoa.ly
n :,.bea.s = s,.eektstkays,ahaa.oso
down to nearly the depth Of the esar
rounding holes, xhoee owners bad Al
? ready aa.h,a, .sd x...p gone MY 10
i fflssA 1t,Saa2ad. .t:+Iy = .f
rs "we s.e . certainly, ,.hoa. dova,"' ,aii
George, striking hi. pot int tho grav
. sl .sshissfsst !; ~hea 4 down iadssd i
= txe.t, and hs tumbi.d lilo = !. hole lit,
iA celia. ,bsssath'l The active n.igh,
= bsrs yshada undssninsd their;. claims
a.d ;h.dsv.lked off with tho booty
Soon thers Was . crowd Of digger
J. round the hole, pretty veil aware o
What would taks place, and loud y,
the laughter at "the gentleman's Gel
,lar'", and load exolstnstions Of "vb.t
selll": =, n o3 a. i3o1 s~.>' u i"
}, ~ We shall follow our heroes step b!
:. step, through the srduous field. Thsi
sxperaaoe was varied, often oonieal
i, but BY no means amusing 70 them
II iesst Of III profitable. The four pound