Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-09-27

departed be went back to work. sagely
musinR:
"IfInjun nance fiink I'm one fool he
find outee."
They were certain to come again.. He
had no arms except q light short gun and
q hstchet. but he had come to stay. The
idea Of his dusting out OF that just because
a few hundred Indians might object to bis
presence was to absurd TO contemplate.
lie stretched q score Of bark strings across
the mouth Of the cave and then connected
them with . single string running back to
his work. This last string ran along the
roof aud over a stone splinter, and held up
q stone which must fall TO the door II any
across the mouth OF the cave. When he
had finished his work and satisfied himself
that IL could be depended upon, the heath
en- drew down his len eye, slsnted his hat
over his left ear, and quoted Confuclos.
The redskins weren't at all pleased At the
way they had been cheated, and next morn
Ing a who'e carload Of them returned to
the cave, having torches to explore II.
When they saw the bark strings across Its
mouth they suspected trap, aud fooled
around Tor two or three lours. Meanwhile
Lung Sing was plying hammer aRd pick,
bringing down ninety per cent OF gold with
every ten per cent OF stone. He had struck
1t rich. "Spst = came the stone which he had
fixed up for a signal bell.and the loug-eyed
heather scored Tor a start and got away 10
fne style. The Indians halted In the
mouth OF the cave to peer around aud light
their torches, and during this delay Lung
Sing wasn't stopping TO play marbles. tie
emerged from the same cavity n before,
little damp under the collar. hut In prime
lsrk. II tp1 t..fF a
wink cutely at his right, and figuring up
the pro1ts OF his mornings work. when he
heard the Indians. They had divided into
three bands and followed the three passag-
ss. lie got. Instead OF making for Bost-
on Town or Meas les City he slid down the
mountain side and entered the cave by
the trout door. The indians had brought
along almost wagon load OF dry grass
and weeds, expecting TO have To smoke
him out. There Was strong DRAFT thro
the cave and when the heather discovered
the grass, and saw that none OF the savages
had remained behind. he nearly wrenched
himself to pieces TO carry out suddenly
conceived plan. In the course of seven
or eight minutes he had carried the grass
20 the point where the cave split, and he
choked each passage as tar as the mater
! al would 20. Then he took out his
| matchbox and listened and waited. He
reasoned that the indians would return by
the same routes, and he was right. he
heard them ia the th rec passages almost
at the same time. and the foremost was
| not more than forty feet away when the
match was lighted. The grass was like
| tinJer, and the draft drew the roaring
fAnes into the passages in an instant
| Three grand yeIls from the three bands
reached Lung Slug at once, and put his
| finger on his nose rnd softly said: Lung
| Sing somebody 5 fool may be.
/ The redskins got terrible roasting Ii
has been twice stated by members OF the
salne band that not-a savage escaped iu-
4 jury, an,l 1t is certain that more Than I
/ dozen cooked and chared bodies were
/ found IN the passages weeks aiterHard BY
white n@u. Those who got out were ter
/ rIoiy burucd, aud several died at theil
! village. As the redsAiu had found no on'
III the cave the Are appealed TO their super
| stltIOu. They believe the place 10 be oc
cupied bY Lhe spirit Of some ouuawed war
nor he had kiudled The flames on then
tor dariax to iutTude. None OF them hat
ever been uear the cave again up To si,
| weeks ago.
Lung sing rearrangcd his signal, anC
| returned to his work. In the gray o
en out OF Boston Town, al early rise
caught sight of him again. HE was trot
ting along at the head OF four pack mules
and a dozen ChInanen, all loaded down
but he hadn't time 10 stop and explain
whether they carried goods to set up al
Original dollar store" In the Hills or hat
the material which yellow boys are made
OF. The miners had their OWE Ideas abou
that, aud after close search they discoy
cred the cave and its great riches.
YES, the cave panned out Immensely,
remarked one OF the discoveries the othe
day. but We never half enjoyed the bi.
strike. Ihe idea that ss quint-eyed heath
eu should have entered it trst aud natlet
the place Chin Lung always stuck In ou
! throatsN
But Lun. Sing was far away, and n
hi. thoughts jumped backward he JIngle'
his dollsrs aud chucaled:
"AeIee MEXICAN man want to say GiI
10 ulc now allie same, eh'''