, 1879-03-11

nss ~. ond fired with deadly precision. uo theu
s..,',1r '. changed legs and replied:
-, audience waited. After a considerable
..... ,tr. Richardson discharged another round
t,,mnupitiou ;, and repeated:
nIhey, blr, Simmons"
nj, var uIrh about three Jar ano,n ho con-
a,rtd awhcn mo md my pardncr struck
Vii, and worked along In tho Pokyhontus.
H., g,ro't much show then for prospecting.
W. w. had been thar aforo and dug over tho
I,n.d old hill and give 1t tip. They WINS holes
round 50 thick that you darsent step OIL the
,.ll fur fcar Of goln' down." ...-
'uE7er know old Bass:ck oycr thnra'' inter
r7ted Simmons.
aEuou hint Should think / did. Warn't
ue,nl my parlner gEut-staktu' him for nigh
o,os raj before ho struck 1t rich7 Why, tic
III ,laner couldn't git job nowhar, and we
h,,.l, kinder took pity on bin, his old woman
hipg .irkly.ltks aud taking IN washing at odd
,Jues, and him md her hcving large family.
Old Bsss!ck war queer llumpity .back chap and
70 or,s In niue, but he war always tramp!ng
,boa, ihe camp aud rccktn' into nil tho holes
,tst he'd been abandoned BY the boys. Once
hlHhilo he'd
COME ROUND AND WANT STAKE,
md 4e'l geu'ly chip fr aud giyo him enough to
ri 1 bar'l Of Hour Or hunk Of 0acon."
avs hcerd Of Old Dassick lots" remarked
Enmons nnnsinEly, ."but never knowcd Jest
aW.al, It war queer, suro enough. You
II, u be war sliding around that ar Round
Uountain one day ho come to 4 l,o1o In the
tround, which 1t he'd been dug Into nnd then
kinder left, as being no account. So Old Bns-
tkk he looked Tito this hole. md he says to
ftuself, Mehbo ttey'a mineral, mcbbe not
rkSs md keeps on pIckin'; Sure enough,
iiGeby 10 comes to some sand between tho
losldeIr which It looks like ore, and then he
roet of and gtts It assaycd."
"Sgar sho bsgl" eagerly inquired ono Of tho
"Wial. she war In the ofeht,os aomowl,ar, /
kllere, but the boys all larfed when they heerd
out. They conltlD't nohow think as Old Bus
kk he'd orcr struck auEthtng. Aud, DO you
icos, i Har Wccl; or moro Rfore the old cuss
,oad git auYbody. to wor1s fur him.. He come
te9e ;nl says. 'p!ek. ~ give you three aud .
hJoni mine, Basslckl' ifo turned onto me ns
proud n could ho, aud llo says: Up var about
haf nile, Mister Richardson u
20, some Of lla boys, 5est fur 1okc, said as
std 20 up nnl! takc look at It. Sure enough,
Then Ne got thar VIC found the old man
lied NEHLr STRUCK IT,
tl No ii! hired to him OIL tho spot fur thrco
tttr, though the wages otherwise war no moro
lsan twu alll two flfty.H
."Gcod luck enough fur you. interrupted one
q The party.
The miner reached down into his bootleg and
ntfacted huge slice OF tobacco, calmly BIT Of
inouthtul, replaced tho remnant, niitl replied:
Odd Basslek war no fool. lie worked along
tui itmonth, mud when payday CONC hv guv lis
Iat two dollnrs day NIL round. They wnsn't
torsc ot klvliln., seeing as how the duvncl old
nue hed got developed 50 as ho could git q!
pNs!sk warn't no fool.''
Ihs explanation causcl q general laugh, In
fhsa, however. the Inst speaker did not join.
"Me went down nigh onto sixty fcct,h lie
tonaued EraSuly, and then NIL Of q sudden the
n'lefnl Eise out. giro out cotMplotely. Tako
I'LL around, that ar mine Of Old Dasslck's war
nad st over makc u out. All thclH scientific
lellcrs Is examined It SAID as how II WIS
tatnotnanonn, md they couldn't mako nothing
Ml " u nnhow. You sec it wartl't no strata.
i sns eahd carbonates, nor nothing Of tint Rort,
10. s lse as Il 4 ~ar chImbly growing right up
eato tllc yartl, AMI as II it had been filled VI,
sun boWlders mud tfon the stream of mineral
eou!ed in. You could scrapu ole Of t!lem nr
Ss!kldeta With knife and git DOLLARS worth Of
setn silver oR IL. The screenings alono
..ss,A N.u ,HSsA3 ~ou iHu ouQ oulccBs luo ulEHucbL
n,.EoG "Io9 bad sho give out at sixty fces,' re-
"Wa|t m!nnit! That atn't all. You see.
a lea ~ down about forty feet when Old
Sas'eK cot 1t into his bead to hare the ORC
AssArEp FOR GOLD.
haata fool kiud OF u idee, fur nuhot,y Ind ever
s.s sssa o. Eold In tint ar region. hut he war an
seaeasy old chap, and always assayll1g every few
lSFk We Ent Hrtvrf Az T nrIf En Fgn II y
w @ak tuition to hey the orc assayel fur gold,
saa @ ~ YOU lclleyu 1t, Ut Tho burned Ure aldnt
ua ue TO SH0 ton OF wlre gold"
-, .eemeinbcr now Of hcarn' tell as how they
sola thar" said Simmons.
anu, oh, Warnat Old UAsstcls mad, though,
ssasn hs dskivured It'll lie Jest jumped up ind
ishs III, saEa pulled Ills har out 10 think Us how
1iaas.a asa n!sscd all that ar gold previous. And
nv. sat 10 make tracks for the smeltcr lively,
t.a ho l!ed lot Of mineral slOred-tlva 0r sia
S,.ala i. buy ii all baclsl On, nal You see
H.. emclter treated only fur silver, unl he
Y. =. ..eafted all tl,at ore up 70 another place as
he could cart IT,"
Ia. nat ny ~ sbr give out at sixty fcot," remarked
k,,tt tsat; !, And thct nigh broke tho old mans
vi ~. +, nc come around SO humble as could be
T.. sale, Boys, they tnnst be auoshcr cham
%%,,,aso'aaewhar. ,s,ahar. biz onto her, for aoa's saku.
l"slt tlley war D full SIX weeks tl.ct we spent
dr.s,1g up tho trace. We tlriftetl out In ever,
you n,ga' ~ cfcrY niall for himself like. til
GIu bsas!ck's credit run low III them days
tni HHaaK wouldn't trust An cents worth
~ W. ~. War completely busted. Ono day n,
IN pafuncr run onto her agtn nil OF d sud
III au!i thirty foot nwuy fron tho tlrat shnft
oE,.a Eaaq!uE down perpendicular lest like tn
uCis ~ ~ var q tnlvacl0 VIC struck It. As soot
iS.f% oasslek htasn Of it--ho war atop Of tlll
III snH ~ the tlmt-ha alung Ills hut up In til,
DiNcEn 4 tf0
l"d di9Ghd ~ hc winsllass. Dimcby l,o sobercd up
arr.s .s ncxt day lio war ns proud n1tl loity.lik
tIn. e. ~ar In tlie carly dtgglngs Of th
NsvS, N9 gratitude at all, tho old sinncr
Wtn, ~ 1s'a ''lhank you to me and my pard
hM4VIt AMI bought the finest huusu III tow,
nuI.ons y Toned furniture. and u worth now hl
ts.nn,e neW could be git the boys to work for him
III " tscechtrollgl,
tA,n ~, tAey'a only two other mines beside
It ,hu, war Ut nay account In thu camp, uN,
xsr ro.,. ule Lcadytlle Watn't Aeerd Of, and !
thouni, Or no grub, The boys ali hated him
1nen,aa. : iifetnember tue old l,an brought In
aan'. n. 70 work In the shaft, and thts fore
lot 4 mtaiao tano war RItchic,-he's now studying
nd ssLfy ss.. ~ Ca!iturnr,-.sna ils war GRO:
10 lls ~ us Kind Ut fcl!uv to suit old Bssstch
ke III. ~ ~ pns up U job Oh hin one day. 10
hlntslf H., aL iiutShtn war doing the Timber wor
npax.,,.taa tas'as tic shaft. uNd tl.crn Wur stull
alght tIu a,l 70 Aupport tho tlnlhers. So On
ttIjei i; nent shift shot (btasteu) nut the roc
hkt ~ ~ i!slihGta, leaving icm unpsoteete
inx dnx,a ds aao!o to Jail tn sudden. In the morn
'kIdlv ~ eotnea Altchla In the ahaft aud Sfer
; +; W eas Ok lhs atulls, when tho Who'll