Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-04
teptions 2bont tho corn juice--well,
then slr. Bob, MY folks arsfaislng log
li0Gses and shed fxings loMM An the

lioases and she'd iixings. DOM Az th'
opening Ut the foot, Of the creek, ava,
there where You can see break in th,
trees. We mean to locate. rAndrwilk
ing up to Bob, she put her hand on Iii
shoulder, and Mr.. Bob, ifsyes taisss yel
pile scr can bring jest 4 littte 'ricco b
gold ,lowu for Nell TO- reinGn,bct al,
brought better life for yo.'
3 He took his rocker and iut II in run
ming .ordcr,dewhpt the! ridge by ! littl.
pool Of water, fed by i small stream
where he could bring his dirt and wash
ont for haitian hour, aud tAsii PACK down
more while the pool was filing with
water again. '.s,t .t I, E ..,a'. :,
Next he. went and rolled away tht
rock where Nell had been sitting and
singing By tlie dry pebbles Of the riva-
let, aud, taking his pick, began digging
out ditch in tlr grass, iaDptItyJ lSot
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deep md two. FEET Wild, down aate'sn,
and took the dirt 10 his rocker. He
worked until sunset, only finding about
six bits Of coarse gold, but in his last
bucket, when washed ont, he found a
good solid piece of gold weighing three
ounces. g8E sgAEngas
In the morning he arose by daylight,
and after his breakfast Of fried pork and
coffee, ending with tho usual smoke Of
his pipe, he went TO work again, deter
mined to work the gold out for Nell's
sake, if he did not make a fortune.
Hc worked hard and steady through
the day, only stopping ut noon for some
coffee and a smoke beneath the pine tree
camp. Tho sun was very. hot, but he
didn't mind il. At night, when he wash
ed ont tho result of the days hard toil,a,s
only had u dollars worth Of coarse gpd,
but lle folind o little piecc Of blue ribboi
Nell had lost from hor hair This CO,i-
solc,l him amply, rs no kissed it and said
10 himself, "Bob, better luck TO NOR
row." His claim was what miners call
every spotted,p for The guild I uiss scat
tered in spots here aud there. The next
day and tho next, his labors brought hila
the same res,lt--aboutz enough tu~4layl
OK re,,ses, Or as tise mhisrs cali il, sgfub
money" r'Ar S@''sA- 'sAs ~~"@S"'
The fourth day, just before be washed
ont, i'll his last rocker Of dirt, al sunset,
he foundtwo pieces of yold, onss worth
1850, the other full $500. r'Sl}ob VIA hap
Ply that night, and tied the blue ribbon
with u leather string round his neck, 80
that itcp,ild rest on his heart. The next
two days thought no big piece, but the
seventh he took pieces of gold from the
clay like cement weighing about 500,
1t was dark colored gold, pretty solid,
and twisted into strause shapes with
holes in it, butnot apptafipg much worn
or, in mining parIance, "washed." Il
When tho miners passed him daily on
their way totbs divide, they stopped to
ask what his luck was, and when they
saw very little course gold in his psp,
they laughed at hiuE ButIBob kept his
Jumps Of gold III his pocket, OF buried
them beside tbe rock in his camp. III
this way he worked on, taking soiuc-
tunes large pieces, of gold out, half as
large as Neips little fist, and then for
lays very little. 4
He now examined aud weighed his
gold, and found that he had about 5000,
nestly in heavy pieces. This WAS a
pretty good fortune for soyen weeks
liggiug, and Bob folt an uncomfortable
onging to go and tell Nell aboht It.. |
Tho next morning by daylight he cleared
np, packed up his things and started
Town tho ridge to the nearrst trading
jcnts. But in his blankets, carefully
strapped out of sight, WIS . heavy Dag |
If gold in place Of . whisky bottle. \
1t was early in the day yet, and Bob
ut out olfnd tho ranch of Nelly's peo
,le, leaving his pack, except tho blanket
the geld which was slqngl
,ver his shoplAsrs>ah his pick Handle.
In a little over q miles walking ho
ouud u pretty valley at tho mauth oil
he creek, where some nov lay houses >
onccs aud clcarlur to. t. xii
lonO., ,sg ~ ..'a'caest NelFs
In u buck room, with her white,
strong, beautiful ARMS bare to the
stood pretty Nell ut the wash
jub, very busy in a stream of soaps1ds
md Kentucky jeans, singing free as u
bird. n
Bob put down his pack aud walked
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