The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-11-21
HOW BILL WAS MISTAKEN.

Two crazy men live up there Go on
saDch Whcre'r gong" said my prospect
hg pard-thc first words to me- the remain
der TO the pack mulc-as we journeyed
sHlrting along the base of a range of rough
iock-pedks, which peaks, like ourselves
were, and still are, in that vast area Of sagc
brush called Nevada
"Whe,cgu
why up thereto the right halN, at The
g.. OF thul sort of a road we list crossed.
sah the mule wanted to turn off. Won
"net. md, farming in his saddle, he point.
SHoT ~, u 3ec that high, dark looking peak,
90, ~, uId, white spot of snow on the
'lLu u u n, 'nea'the top; It's the biggest peak
hGitn 49, I'd Cnder behind the rest. Do
yo aI see ,gi Il i 49,, ND I, shading my eyes
in Lrav,. buck. In glove There is
.orne,llnr like n squo G OF whie-pine trees
-ust ne,oS. the s. TOW spot.
ayes. that's 1t. The Nn.teplners are a
sale bsir.w, and little 10 lhe right Of the
snow
| nodd,Ii ~ head.
4Sanch! 20 on Git! Jh't D3ow them
oiues lives the two crazGst meE IN THIS
state"
why crazy yHsat have they done"
Done! why taey amt done nOthing-Jui
sork away up there. winter and summer, on,
liulc bill of razor blade silver-lead, thnt
ssnt with hill of beans. Been a-working
here list that way for three or four years
sinking and sinking, and drifting on-Aolh-l
my"
How do they live?'
'OA the little streak is rich enough, what
lhcre is of ii. They iist dig and dig ana
blast and gad-bustin' fellows to work, you
1 a.. f,,n al
you'd list hev to lau iii to see EN-. They've
-, u sort of Spanish raster, and an old blue
rovi,r.cOlored biz mule, with n club loot,
and rope harness; and with such iiNlns they
.r1ai out bullion enough to keep body ana
soui together The raster is right along size
the s,!ast of the minc-iust side the dump
stu uu.- of the fellows works on the dump
and hi,ts out while the other fellow and an
Iuiin works below. The chap on the dump
hl.t- out, sorts ore, and SHES piece OF waste
-, Il the mule now and then to wake him
Nnat old mule--his club foot is mighty
2 I-ioed, and they work him with that
she inside of the track, so he jist don't
lut sorter leans round and round all
That old mule has been kept going one
N circular work so long that when he's
ON 20 feed they never miss his tracks,
, ,,e he always grazcs in circles"
iaO are these crazy mem
so brothers, uey say, hanle VI h''N
n..
Ltre are they from-what race: Dutch
French or Englsh:'
,rcn | know. Never heard anybody
D ,.y pretended 10 know much about EN-
" oldern rothcr. he never talks-liS
ahead. with Yes. sir no, sir Can
~ Perhaps So, sir and SIGH like
short, but kind of perlite and quie'
dher one-thc young one-is Away
2: and his eyes are as blue as the SIX
T. ~ time-litllc eyes, away into hi
IA nearly kivcred up with long, sand
vs. like hairy ratterrier dog's-an
ankle like spccks of ice among dr.
a sunshiny winter morning. An
lIng fellow lac never says nothing I
Il IN lre'n the old one; but he'll loo
like two bra1d-new gimlets Will
liking, and he'll stand all nerveylik
MES twiiching ali around his moull
- for something TO TO laugh at"
II see anything out of the way
tell about these msn."
Ian. Well you haven't seen 'el
IA. | told the young one that ol
ut the broken window, and
ir,t he'd bus; laughing
member any story about bro
What was itE
4 remember about the man vi
dong the road, passing log ca
.sa siK-pane winder sash with
.oke out, and the old woman a
a looking cut of five frames
1 tae man said TO the old woma
MANI Have you had funel
ily latclyg no, sir. Why
IS the old woman; and then