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

our tent about eleven clock, when five
out of the SIX had got little gold dust.
l was the unlucky one, bein' a bad beg
gar and had got none.
"'Now then! seq Tom Paggins, as
soon rs the dust was all put together
about a big spoonful of slittering stuff;
- 'let 5 go up to the store and get II drink
".That you jest won't SEE Zeph, grin
MIN I'm kinder gwinc 10 throw all this
here dust away-i'm gwinc to SOW
it bows, for crop to come up
We all grumble6, for we were mighty
hungry; but we all had kind o trust in
Leph. and gave way.
Lc"kee hyar, ads, he seq; Its Jest
Twelve clock; SO lets 20 round and get
a mouthful where we can.
LETS go up to Billy Bollys store.
and ask him TO give us square meal ,and
stick it up | seq. He'll trust us
Think he would9' sez Zeph.
'Surtain I seq if you show him that
gold, and tell him there somethln' good
on
"'And so il was; BIZ. on seem" that
gold anu hearing rs we'd got somethin'
good on, gave Us 4 tight square meal, and
a taste round q Bourbon, endin' with
the cheerful remark: I shal! take it out
o some OF yew; if tins here amt squared
up.
| That didn't make & nice dessert, for
Bill was wonderful clever fellow and
would think 'nuthln' o plugging Il man;
so we kinder. sneaked outer that store,
! feeling uncomfortable.
It's ali right SEE Zeph. laughing
Come on, boys, and get yewr tools
| 'Wc took our tools then and went
off up the guich to where Il 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 Il lit there, and always goin' of dis
! contented and sour like, TIL we came to
one place close up to the rocks, where it
ran sheer up four hundred or live hun
dred feet; and after working with our
picks bit, we began to wash the soil in
q pan, gatherin' round it atlerward, and
KNOWN all the time that one or other Of
the teapots had an eye on Us.
Then we washed bit more earth
gravclIy. quartzy stuff it was-and col
lectcd again; and then we grew excited,
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 wher this
fell, YOU could see few specls O gold
dust glltterin' in the sun, while what few
we got went into q leather baS as Tom
Paggins held.
We marks opt this here claim as
our'n!' SEE Zeph, out loud, and taking
shovel, he chops out 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
I" No goode washee, Mclean mani
seq one round-faced, smilin' cuss No
golee, no goiee'
"Oh, no; none at all, Mr.. Teapot, seq
Zeph. 'Iest yew keep L bit further of,
Gle touched his six-sheotcr. and the
Chinaman scurried back q little ways,
while one Of US fetched some water, and
we began to wash another shovelful OF
earth.
at pans out fine! SEE Tom Paggins,
out loud, as we gathered round once
more, and the top refuse, with sDecks
o gold Ii, was thrown away again.
eve kept on at that for two hours,
and with Zeph to manage. We washed
out that little lot O gold we had Dor
rowed about four times; but it was Il
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
teaspoontul O. dust was YIN to waste in
the refuse.
Gall this time the Chinees we're COM
In up from their bit OF q camp, about
hundred yards away. Zeph was awful
jealous, and KEEP drivin' EN- away-not
as we were skeart OF 'em, for they're a
quiet, sheepish lot, but to keep up the
play.
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, 9ettin' four Chimes to fetch
water, and to do a few rough jobs in NOV
IN quart blocks outer the way.
sSomehow 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 smiiin'
chaps Il bit o gold each. and sent one
on EN- with some dust to buy some to-
bacco.
cts workin'" seq Zcph to me.
Think so?' seq.
"'Wait bit, old boss, and yew'll
seen
g 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
kinder deportation of siXon 'em comes
up, headed by smilin' cuss who looked
like a big fat boy.
"'Neow, then, SEE zeph, tell you what:
eff yew don't make yourselves skeerce
there'll be holes threw some on yew.'
''PoDr Chinaman.' sez the big fat fell
low; and he puts his head on one side
and smiled his head half off. Then
t'othe1 five says, in sorter O. nhinin'
sing-song chorus, Poor Chinamanr and
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