New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-03-17

Eve hundred 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 IN
eye on US.
"Then we washed . bit more earth
glavelly, quartzy stuff it was and COL
/ lected again; and then we grew excit-
ed, and began to dig faster, and to
wash more, and examine what we had
done each time arter pickin' over the
pan, THROWN out the rubbish; and when
this fell, yew could see few specks o.
gold dust glitterin' in the sun. while
what few we got went into . leather
bag as Tom Paggins held.
We marks out this here claim q
our'n!' seq Zeph, out loud; and takin' .
shovel, he chops out a bit of rough
trench, just to show the extent We
meant to hev; and as he did SO first one
pigtail and then another comes out to
watch US, and saw them look at the
specks of gold in amongst the refuses
we had thrown over the side beyond our
claim
No goode, washee washee, Mclean
mani SEE one round-faced, smilin' cuss.
No golee, no golee!'
"Oh, no; none at all, Mister Teapot
SEE Zeph. jest yew keep bit further
off. Or
"He touched his six-shooter, and the
Chinaman scurried back little ways,
while one of us fetched some water, and
we began to wash another shovelful Of
earth.
1T pans out finer seq Tom Paggins,
out loud, as We gathered round once
more, and the top refuse, with specks
o. gold in, was thrown away again.
1--WE kept on at that for two hours,
and with Zeph to manage, we washed
out that little lot o gold we had bor-
r0wed about four times; but it was
good deal less at the last than when we
started, for some of it was sprinkled
in each o. the holes we made, and
half a teaspoonful o dust was lynn to
waste in the refuse
''All this time the Chimes were com.
in up from their bit of q camp, about
hundred yards away. Zeph was aw
full jealous, and KEEP drivin' 'em away
not as we were skeart of 'em, for they're
a quiet, sheepish lot. but to keep up the
play: s~-.
''Then half on us went down below,
and got our tent 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 q few rough jobs in
mOvin' quartz blocks outer the way.
| "Someh0w or other there were few
specks o gold under each o. those
blocks that the Chimes carried off; and
when that was done Zeph gave the
smilin' chaps bit o. gold each, and
sent one on 'em with some dust to buv
tobacco. s.....
"' It's a workin'!' seq Zeph to me.
"'Think SOP I SEE.
"'Wait bit, old boss, and yew'n
see!' -
"That night, after we'd been q bit
nasty and threatenin' to the teapots,
who kept leavin' their work, we could
hear deal O. chatterin' goin' on; and
bime-by kinder deportation of six on
'em comes up, headed by smilin' cuss
who looked like big fat boy
"'Neow, them seq Zeph, tell you
what; ct yew don't make yewreselves
skeerce there'n be holes threw some on
yew!' -.
"Poor Chinaman! SEE the big fat
fellow; and he put his head on one side
and smiled his head half off,. Then
t'other tive says, in sorter o. whinin',
sing song chorus, Poor .Chinaman!
and all half smiled their heads off.
80 Don't want any to-day SEE Zeph.
Hook it!'
"We all sat smokin' and lookin' on,
and every man with his hand on re-
vOlver and bowie. as eff we was suspi.
cieus. -.
"'Pool Chinamanr whines the biz
'un again.
"Don't want any, 1 tell yew again.
roars Zeph, savagely; and the deppytar
ton only holds their heads on ono side
and smiles. ~ ~. -.
"'Air you gwine to cut?' seq Zeph,
sezin' number one by the tail, when he
! goes down on his knees, and the others
the same, rubin their chests, and wag-
glin' their heads from side to side.
Why don't yew speak outr scz
Zeph. -
90 Melicanman let poor Chinaman
washee washee? SEE the fat fellow.
p'intin' to the heap of rubbish.
- You want to wash that dirt over
againp SEE Z-ph.
1.-The whole party began to nod their
heads fast. ..,I...I
".Oh, no! seq Zeph; we don't want
you here-eh, lads?' 49, .l-
No, mo-! we all growled.
"'Send 'em OFF, SEE Paggins.
But they wouldn't 60, only smiled,
and at last Zeph seemed to be struck
with notion; and the long aud short
OF it was that, If we'd allow 'e1n to wash
our refuse over agen the Chinese d make
bit of stream to lead water up to our
claim.
Well, that's no good, Zeph,' SCI,
as soon as they were gone.
"'Wait bit, lad, and yew'N see,'
says Zeph, with q wink; and we sat
there, in the pleasant evening, smoking,
while there was evidently q mighty
commotion in the Chinese camp, and
before long the deportation came back
Poor Chinaman! seq the fat chap
again.
= oh, yes; We know all 'bcout thatr
SEE Zeph. Nov; what is it?'
Me]icanman sellee claim two hun.
der dollars? seq the fat-headed chap,
and all the others nodded their heads.
win we sell you this claim for two
hundred dollarsP seq Zeph.
They al nodded till yew'd ha'
thought their heads d come of.
".Cut! seq Zeph, catching hold of
the fat 'un by his tail and kickin' him.
Yew mayn't believe, gents, but
them same chaps came back twice be.
fore it was dark and made fresh offers,
advanciD' hundred dollars each time
and we swore at 'em, and said we
wouldn't sell, and if they warn't up to
time IN the mornin' to see about the
water, they shouldn't be allowed to
wash the dirt. ii.
8 Fust thing next morning them six
fellers were up again, just as we had
got good painful Of stuff in course O.
workin', and saw their eyes twinkle
! aS they caught sight o. the gold.