The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-02-04

nin'.' Sim kinder gwine to throw all this
here dust away-I'm gwine to sow
it boys, for a crop to come up
We all grumbled, for we were mighty
hungry; but we all had q kind O. trust in
Zeph, and gave way.
"'Lcokee hyar, lads he SEE; its JEST
twelve o'clock; so let's go round and getS
mouthful where we can
"'Let's go up to Billy Bolly's store,
and ask him to give us a square meal, and
stick it up SEE. He'll trust u.s.
"'Think he would9'' SEE Zeph.
"|Sartain' I SEE if you show him that
gold, and tell him there's somethin' good
on
"'And so it was; Bill, on seeing that
gold ana hearing as we'd got somethin'
good on, gave us tight square meal, and
! taste round o. Bourbon, endin' with
| the cheerful remark: Il shall take it out
| o. some of yew; if this here amt squared
up
" THAT didn't make a nice dessert, for
| Bill was wonderful clever fellow and
would think nuthln' o. plugging a man !;
so we kinder sneaked outer that store,
feeling uncomfortable.
I" 'It's all right sez Zeph, laughing.
Come on, boys, and get yewr tools
"'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, washln' bit O. dirt here
and tit there, and always goin' off dis
contented and sour like, till we came to
one place close up to the rocks, where it
ran sheer up four hundred or five hun
dred feet; and after working with our
, picks bit, we began to wash the soil in
pan, gatherin' round it afterward, and
KNOWN all the time that one or other OF
the teapots had an eye on US.
''Then we washed bit more earth
gravelly, quartzy stuff it was-and col
lected again; and then we grew excited
and began to dig faster, and to vast
more, and examine what we had done
each time arter pickin' over the pan
: throwin' out the rubbish; and wher thi
4 fell, you could see a few specks o. cole
dust glitterin' in the sun, while what few
we got went into leather bag as Ton
Paggins held.
awe marks out this here claim a
I our'n y sez Zeph, out loud, and taking
J, shovel, he chops out bit of rough
, trench, just to show the extent we mean
! to hev; and as he did so first one pigtai
and then another comes out to watch US
= and saw them look at the specks o
. gold in amongst the refuses we hat
thrown over the side beyond our claim
!, 7"'No goode washee, Mclean man
y sez one round-faced, smilin' cuss. m
golee, no golee! w..
"Oh, no; none at all, Mr.. Teapot sc;
l., Zeph. Jest yew keep bit further of
'He touched his six-shooter, and tn
Chinaman scurried back little ways
while one of us fetched some water, AM
we began to wash another shovelful o
y earth.
; ut pans out flnep SEE Tom Paggius
. out loud, as we gathered round one
more, and the top refuse, with speck
o. gold in, was thrown away again.
ave kept on at that for two hours
and with Zeph to manage, we washe.
y out that little lot o. gold we had Dor
=, - rowed about four times; but it was
good deal less at the last than when W
= started. for some of it was sprinkled il
:, each o. the holes we made, and half
- teaspoontul o. dust was lynn to waste il
the refuse.
,, "All this time the Chimes were com
- in up from their bit of a camp, about
hundred yards away. Zeph was awfr
10 Jealous, and KEEP drivin' EN- away-nt
-, ~ as we were skeart of 'em, for they're
II quiet, sheepish lot, but to keep up tn
play.
'iThen half on US went down below
- and got our tent and odds and ends, an
set up as if we meant to stay; while ii
,q,I Others went on washin' and pickil
y steadily, gettin' four Chimes to fetc
water, and to do few rough jobs in mo
- IN quart, blocks outer the way.
'Somehow or other there were te
specks o. gold under each o'those blocl
that the Chimes carried off; and VIII.
that was done Zeph gave the smili
W chaps bit O. gold each, and sent OF
on 'em with some dust to buy some
bacco. M
ed "It's workin'p SEE Zeph to me.
"'Think so?' SEE.
m "'Wait bit, old boss, and yew
yes seep
"'That night after we'd been
en- nasty and threatenin' to the 'teapots, W
kept leavin' their work, we could hear
nd deal o. chatterin' gein' on; and bime
i've a kinder deportation OF six on 'cm con
ez, up, headed by a smilin' cuss who look
in like big fat boy.
sin "sNeow, then, SEE Zeph, tell you VIII
nd. eff yew don't make yourselves skee
I'M there'll be holes threw some on yew!
''Poor Chinaman!' SEE the big fat
ON low; and he puts his head on one s
and smiled his head half off. tt
seq t'other five says, in a sorter o. win
sing song chorus, Poor Chinaman! 8
we half smiled their heads off.
tea "sDoE't want any to-day, seq &c
and Hook tip
,sh- 1--WE all sat smokin' and lookin' on
every man with his hand on revol
but and bowie, as Of we was SUI
cious.
e it. "sPoor Chinaman!' whines the big
again.
leep .sDon't want any, I tell yew aga
cans roars Zeph, savagely; and the depp,
ock- ton only holds their heads on one {
ans and smiles.