Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01

"'POOr Chlnaman saws the tat chap
again.
ooh, yes; we know all 'beout that?'
sez Zeph. Now; what is it,
'Meicanman sellee claim two hunder
dollars seZ the tat-healed chap, and all
the others nodded their heads.
"'Will we sell you this claim for two
hundred dollars! scz Zeph.
They MI nodded TIL yew'd ha
thout their heads'd come off.
Cut SEE Zeph. catching hold O. the
fat 'un by his tail and kickln' him.
"Yew mayn't believe, gents, but them
same chaps came back twice before it
was Clark and made fresh offers, advance
swore at EN-, anu said We wouldn't sell,
and if they warn't up TO water, they
shouldn't be allowed to wash the
dirt.
"Fust thing next morning them six fell
lers were up again, JUS as we had got a
good painful Of stuff in course o work'n'.
and saw their eyes t'Ini:le Is they
caught sight o the Hn;'l.
"rhcn they offered five hundred dol
81, VI
come agin; but they did come, and offer
ed six hundred dollars, and us the morn
inc went on, seven hundred dollars, then
eight hundred dollars. nine hundred dol.
lars-a thousand dollars.
Take it, We said, as they came the
last time.
They Il give two thousand, I tell
yew. Pm sure they will" seq Zeph.
"But one thousands enough to chisel
the beggars out of, seq |.
"'Yes, seq Tom Paggins; 'and 1t II
t axe till this tine tomorrow sure to git
up to the two thousand
GET y arn't so tarnal hungry, I'd
hold out seq Zeph, hesitatin'. and then,
| turnin' to the SIX Chimes as was await
in fur our answer: Look hyar, you
cheatin' cusscs,' he seq: taking up SHOW
ell full of earth in which the dust were
a-sparkling in The sun. This claim s
| worth TWO thousand dollars
"'Onice worth tousand dollars seq
fatty. shakin' his head.
"sShall we let 'ern have it, boys?" seq
Zeph, tutnin' to Us.
"'Yes, let EN- have It, seq. We can
find plenty more
"'Come on, then, SEE Zeph and he and
two more went back with the deppyta-
ton 10 the tent of their headman and Il
thousand dollars worth O dust and mug
gets vas weighed out into bag; Zeph
put his mark on a kind o dockyment in
Chlnee; and, half an hour after, we went
back to camp, leavin' the Cinnamon to
their purchase.
Its blamed shame to cheat the
poor, innocent babies like that, | SEE.
"'Not it, SCI Zcph. Its only like
playin' poker with 'em, and winnin.'
Lett go and liquor.
"'We didn't expect any Tow. Tor them
Chimes had to keep very quiet for fear
ben' sent off; and Zeph sed tie put up
with their loss, clear out, and go to some
other gnlch.
But they didn't: fol next day Tom,
who went ZIP to see what they was a
dom, scd they'd moved their camp up
round the hole. and were working away
like q swarm o bees.
THAT night, as we were sittin' smok-
in at Bills store, some chaps strolls IN,
and one OF en- seq, in a bit Of Il temper:
"'Call tins here a free country
eyes, stranger. dew seq Zebh, rat
tling some nuggets in his pocket; who
seq it amt!
81 do SEE the newcomer. Here We
are a-workin' like slaves for few dol
lars worth o. dust, and pack o. heather
cusses comes and settles down and grabs
all the best on it.
"'Dcw they:' seq Zcph, winklng at
US.
"'Yes.' he seq, they dew. There's
that pack o Chimes moved up higher in
the guch, and they've hit on big .pock-
ct. They got a two pound nugget out
this very afternoon
"'Whatr roared Zeph, with his eyes
staring out OF his head like Holsters,
ga two-pound nugget and the stutfs
pannin' out jest awful. l say it's
shame, and the Gov'ment orto stop it,
".Soldr groaned Zeph.
'Ncxt day it was the talk o. the place.
The Ch1nees were pannin' out gold at a
tremendous rate from their claim, and
there was talk of drivin' the hcathcns
away. but the party of order was too
strong, and they know'd if the rowdIes
was allowed to get the upper hand here,
they'd be just as likely to seize anybody
elses' claim; so it was decided to temper
Ize with the heather, and try to buy the
claim.
''They was two hundred strong up
there; and when we went up to see the
place-which we did in kind of des-
perate feeliu' - that fat chap smiled and
clapped his hands, and gave Zeph little
rouad nugget as big as pea.
"a meetln' was held, and we conciud-
ed to make company and buy back
the claim. Twenty thousand .Nas the
most as was to be offered.
"'Twenty thousand dollars!' groaned
Zeph. Oh, boys what fools we was But
| did want to hold out fur two thousand!'
"It's no use to growl.' sez Tom. How
much ha' we got now?'
"'Beout nine hundred dollars, l guess
sez Zeph.
"'Well, then, seq Tom, 'let's go in for
shares as far as our money goes
The money was nearly ell sub
sc1ibed; but we got one fer eight hun
dred dollars, and could ha' sold our share