The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-27

!. let's go up to the store and get
drink
a.. That you jest WON'T sez Zeph
grinnin'. I'm kinder gwine to thro,
all this here dust away-Pm gwine +
SOW it, boys, for crop to come up
We all grumbled, for we were al
mighty hungry; but we all had q kinl
of trust in Zeph. and gave way.
So Lookee hyar lads he sez; it.
Jest twelve O'Clock now, SO let's g
round and git a mouthful where W
can.' .-.'7. .'-'a
".Let's 60 up to Billy Bolly's store
aud ask him to give us square meal
and stick it ND, seq. He'll trust US.
"'Think he wouldP sez Zeph.
". .Sartain,' sez, if you show hin
that gold, and tell him there's some
thin good on
"And SO it was; Bill, on seeing tha
gold and hearing as we'd got somethin
good on, gave us a right square meal
and a taste round o. Bourbon, endin
with the cheerful remark: shall TAXI
it out o. some o. you if this here aim
squared up - 5.......-,t..-
"Tnat didn't make nice dessert
for Bill was a wonderful clever fellow
and would think nuthin' O. pluggin' 8
man; so we kinder sneaked outer thai
store, feelin' uncomfortable. ar
'''It's all right sez Zeph, laughing.
Come on, boys, and get yewr tools
\ 1--WE took our tools then and went
off up the gulch to where strong com.
pany of Chinese was at work, and they
watched US curiously as we began pros
pectin' about, washin' a bit o. dirt here
and a bit there, and always goin' of
discontented and sour like, till we came
to one place close up to the rocks,
where it ran sheer up 400 or 500 feet;
and after working with our picks a bit.
| we begun to wash the soil in pan,
gatherin' roun6 it afterwards an know
| in all the time that one or other of the
teapots had an eye on US.
"Then we washed q bit more earth
-gravelly, quartzy stuff it was-and
collected again; and then we grew ex-
cited, and began to dig faster, and to
wash more, and examine what we had
done each time arter pickin' over the
pan, throwin' out the rubbish; and
when this fell, yew could see q few
specks o. gold dust glitterin' in the sun,
while what we got went into leather
bag as Tom Paggins held.
a. We marks out this here claim as
our'n!' sez Zeph out loud; and, takin'
Q shovel, he chops out bit of a rough
trench, just to show the extent we
meant to hev; and as he did so first one
pigtail and then another comes up to
watch us, and I saw them look at the
specks O. gold in amongst the refuses
we had thrown over the side beyond
our claim. .... ..-. ... -....-.- ... : ....
"s No goodee, washee washee, Nell
can mani sez one round-faced, smilin'
cuss. No golee, no goleer
sH"'O O, no; none at al, Mister Teapot
sez Zeph. Jest yew keep a bit further
'He touched his six-shooter, and the
Cinnamon scurried back little ways,
while one of us fetched some water,
and we began to wash another shovel
full of earth. -. t- -r
1t pans out finer sez Tom Paggins
out loud, as we all gathered round
once more, and the top refuse, with
specks o, gold in, was thrown away
again. = -.t.
t"We kept on at that for two hours,
and with Zeph to manage, we washed
out that little lot o. gold we had bor-
rowed about four times, but it was a
good deal less at the last than when we
started, for some on it was sprinkled
in each o. the holes we made, and half q
teaspoonful o. dust was lyin' to waste
in the refuse.
"All this time the Chinees were
comm up from their bit of a camp,
about a hundred yards away. Zeph
was awfully jealous, an KEEP drivin'
'em away-not as we were skeart of
'em for they're quiet sheepish lot, but
to keep up the play. ..,
"Then half on us went down below,
and got our tents and odds and ends,
and set up as if we meant to stay;
while the others went on washin' and
pickin' steadily, gettin' four Chimes to
fetch water and to do a few rough Jobs
in movin' quartz blocks outer the way.
"Somehow or other, there were a
few specks o. gold under each o. those
blocks that the Chinese carried off; and
when that was done, Zeph gave the
smilin' chaps bit o. gold each, and
sent one of 'em with some dust to buy
tobacco.
"'It's workin'r sez Zeph to me.
"'Think sop seq.
"'Wait q bit, old hoss, and yew'n
seer
"That night, after we'd been bit
nasty and threatenin' to the teapots,
who kept leavin' their work, we could
hear . deal o. chatterin' goin' on; and
bime-by a kinder deppytation of six on
'em comes up. headed by smilin' cuss
who looked like big fat boy.
"'Neow, then,' sez Zeph, stell you
what; eff yew don't make yew'reselves
skeerce, ther'Il be holes threw some on
yewr .-s a.s b.. .-- -..I
"sPoor Chinamanr sez the big fat
fellow; and he puts his head on one
side and smiles his head half off. Then
tother five says, in a sorter o. whinin'
sing-song chorus, poor Chinamanr
and all half-smiled their heads off.
1".Don't want any to-day sez Zeph.
Hook itI' ~ .-9 r-. sas'. s... -.
We all sat smokin' and lookin' on.
and every man with his hand on re-
volver and bowie, as eff we was sus-
Poor Chinaman' whines the big
'un again. r-- az. -...,,.- s,,... ..-...... -
90. Don't want any, 1 tell yew againr
roars zeph savagely; and the 'deppy-
tation only holds their heads on one
side and smiles. o'i- 'i'.. a ,--....
--"' Air yew gwine to cutr sez Zeph,
seizin' number one by the tail, when he
goes down on his knees, and others the
same, rubbin' their chests, and wag-
glin' their heads from side to side.
Why don't you speak outr sez
Zeph.
Melican man let poor Chinaman
washee washeep sez the fat fellow,
p'intin' to the heap o. rubbish.
You want to wash that dirt over
again?' sez Zeph.
The whole party began to nod their
heads fast. --. "a. -.
40, nor sez Zeph; I'VE don't want
yew here-oh, lads?'
"No, nor we all groweled.
"Send 'em Off sez Tom Paggins.
"But they wouldn't 60, only smiled,
and at last Zeph seemed to be struck
with a notion; and the long and short
of it was that, if we'd allow 'em to
wash our refuse over again, the Chinese