The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-18

Tlmid Sims. He, IN company with a
Echance partner, was WORKING on the
bank near by. IL.
Slime was always picking up the waits,
stragglers and castaways drifting about
| the country. His house and scanty lars
der were ever open to them. He took
them as partners. and trusted them as
freely as though they had come burdened
with trunks full OF endorsements and
Testimonials OF good character. Some
times they robbed him; sometimes they
| got druak anu made MS house pande-
| m0nium; sometimes tney effected the
same result without the aid OF whisky,
| by gradually developing sour, surly, te-
rocous dispositions.
| * Yvu'llsget your throat out one oil
these nights NY some of these enaps
you're Always picking up" Was tbe
| rough and condesoeuuing advice OF Jim
| FreemanLle To SIMS. SIMS looked as If
The iuea was entirely new to MN, but
the next straggler coming along was
| readily taken III.
| 1T was about II o'clock. Sims and his
4 cooperative stragyier had put through
lfeIr last run OF Nv ehtj five bucke 8, anu
were "wasuing down" 10 see now IL had
ylelued. The sieve and apron OF the
rocker were taken oil. There was "a
great deal of black sand in the bottom Of
The apparatus. TnIs Sims was running
off by means Of successive streams oil
water, poured from his long handed dlp-
per, aid d by peculiar raplu rocking oil
| the machine. Slowly, at the upper end,
| the back sand deposit assu ned the
shape oi a point, and near the apex, one
aitef another, came out q hGJie run oil
golden yellow flakes.
| "Takes good deal OF dirt to make
little gold doesn't n.y. salu the sCragglef.
| 'When L was on the North FORK oi Inc
Yuba, in '5l, got SIX ounces once OUT OF
Twenty-Five buckets. Them was the
times, though"
"Ihere's about two bits here, guess"
said sims. "Well, tuaVs better than
| nothing; ana we amt Deholden TO any
zone ior 1t either. Ii pays you just me
same whether you're jew or Gcntlle
| CatholIc or Protestant, republican or
| Democrat. l say, Tom, II those emma,
men start to cross the river III that ola
boat OF Wang Cnu's, they'll drown"
| The boat had started, aud Was gliding
up AN eddy i'll direct opposition TO the
course OF the stream; Tor the immense
mass OF water rushing down and strlk-
ing the rocks at the narrow entrance OF
The Big Canon caused u portion nearest
shore ON either side to be sent directly
back full three hundred yards. For this
distance there were two smooth currents
running up; between them, u foaming,
surging current, rushing down. BY TAX
ing advantage OF these upward eudies a
skllllul boaLman could land his craft on
either side nearly opposite the point
from which he mad started.I
| Wang Gnu aud his passengers sailed
smoothly along, until the upper eddy
being reached, the boats head was
turned into the mid current. Then it
seemed as il seized by monster. 1t
was whirled around like Top, shot for
a second on the top of great surge, and
shot down again out of sight and under.
There was a momentary glimpse of the
| five men, padding wildly and Dalf rising
from their seats; the next they were ali
gone. A hundred yards below, like a
whale shooting out of water to blow,
| came the boat, bottom up, from the
depths, and clinging 10 it was Wang
Gnu. 1t was dashed against the Black
Rock and pressed under by the current.
| Wang Gnu sprang on the ROCK. The rest
were never seen. sims ana the straggler
gazed Ike men In dream. There, be-
4 lore them,were Sill! the rushing roaring
stream, the sun shining, the BIRDS sing
ing; al gong on anu naVing gone
througn IL an as tnougn hothihg was
happening OF hau happeneo, anu, III nHe
secohus, Iour nuniah peiiss snatcheo
from On lliv w. 70 ueutn! .. =, ,
buC wang onu musG pe rescued
lneIe was .ne poer' nal suohierseu
creature On .ne roch, 'ae ice-colu cur
rent az LINES aasning elear over MN,
anu striVing, as ~ were, w year nihl
rom LIS nolu anu pevmeeh nm anu le .hs
snore tne niefclless sCreami Whlcn coulo
as easily sweep away 'housaho meh
as one. ..
lheie ne Temalheu Until near nignt
ura"uany thS population q leAas DAT
ana blAefs flat aocuhulaCee on the
Spot. Al measures 70 hoae hlih lihe
Dy Wnicn ne mishS oe naoieo on snore,
proVea aportlVe.
I'm SWIM Oh auo 1aAe line 10 nlm,>
al iast salo SIMS:
mo, uon't go, salu one Among tnt
eroWd; It's CERTAIN ueath!
II WHIT, salo elms.
mo, you Woht-hot ~ l can help IL,
SAID Jim treemahue' II opre wrong u
try II; ana II you oo, we're going TO stol
you. we've as goou a right 10 stop
. man from committing suicide as mur