Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-05
TIE DAILY BEE~SATURl AY MAY 5

five or elk hours carrying nro into the
tunnel Instead Of out of II. The ore
they carried In they took frcm ume
Gus small piles sca tered about, but
where 1t had osrtfully been hidden In
the thick growth Of sagebrugh near
the mouth If the tunnel.
This ought to mako a good We.
neering," Howard remarked, as they
carried In tho ore. 81 worked hard
enough packing 1t up here from old
Smiths select dump"
Az Last, each holding a lantern, they
stood near the face of the tunnel and
carefully surveyed their work. The
face aud for several feet the sides and
crown of the tunnel we're thickly stud.
dtd with pieces If rich, free gold
quartz, firmly Get into every ~crevice
aud crack, and loose broken piles of
the same g%littering ore lay on the
floor # the tunnel near the face, as
though blown down by the last blast.
ut will do" Howard said, finally.
"Now go homo ond prepare to be sur
prlsad coon after daylight"
liz hba NV lOuB w Whit' aireauy
the stars we're vsnquished by the rose.
clad oouriers Of his light, sent for ward
by the ~copquering sun to where
THE first baby peaks were peeping
From under their bedclothes of snow"
Along the line of the western hori.
zon q vivid green was dsrtlng up from
bet ween the great, grand domes of
the Sierra; darling up to meet the
richer hues Of the eastern sky, and
add Its brightness to the gaudy csrni-
val of color which ushered in that
mountain day. The sun came and
warmed into life the little camp of
Smalley's Spur. Threads of amoke
wound out from cabin stove.pieces;
frowsy miners broke the thin Ice on
the store, of water In pals and buck.
cts, and performed at fresco toilets In
front If cabin doors, or sliced the
universal bacon wherewith the matu.
insl meal was to be favored.
The Smally cabin, of all that dotted
the hollow ut the foot of the spur,
alone showed no signs OF life. Old
Smally still slept, his gold lined pillow
giving color to his dreams. Suddenly
he awoke with o startled cry; Rugged
his pillow In his shaking arms, and
plared In confused, unreasoning terror
at Howard, who stood before him,
d~tshevelled, painting, and apparently
laborlpg under the most intense II
element.
"What is 1t man! Can't you speakl
Does White refuse to pay2 Refuse to
give me the 800, 600! III have 1t from
him, I tell you!' shrieked the old man,
jumping from his bed and feebly
stamping the floor.
"Why don't you speak2 I tell you
he must pay! I'll tear 1t from his
heart, but I'll have 1T" and the
wretched old miser fell back upon the
bed In impotent rage, rocking the
gold.lined pillow and moaning.
Howard let him recover somewhat
before he said in a low tone, speaking
slowly: wish rather that he will re
fuse to pay"
What cried the old man, jump
ing up aga!n. "Hsve we struck IT.
$50 up and Sue for yourself what
the last blast the men fred last eve
ing after we left has thrown down."
They struck 1t rich and told him,
and he anne here and cheated me into
signing the papers. It's a fraud! ]
won't be bound BY 1t! It's fraud,
tell you!"
Cursing and crying old Smally hur
risd on some clothes and went with
Howard to the tunnel. When the
light Of the lantern fell on the glitter
Ing masses of ore he almost sobbsd
out: "No, no, no! he can't have II
Sac! the face is almost solid gold2' II
his rage and terror aud despair, hi
insane lust cheated his eyes aud thu
tiny specks of free gold danced before
his uncertain sight a thousand.f olt
magniied 'It's all a cheat! q fraud
The miners told him and he has swim
died me. This Is all niue! It's wortl
q million, a million! He can't hav
III"
Howard did not interrupt his raw
ings, but silently returned with hin
to the cabin. There old Smally final
ly became rational enough to be
Howard to go and sac what could b
done with White. Ia returned Ii
about an hour from his mission an
simply said: "White may have BEEF
told about this, but does not spprscl
ate the strike as you do. He agree
, to return the memorandum for a bonu
of SIC, 1000
:. TWENTY THOUSAND,
"Twenty thousand dollars!" erie
{ tho old man. "That Is all 1 have
ast all l have. 1t Is in the bank 8
l San Francisco. I'll rot give 1t; II
, fight this out"
1 SD you think Zinc Barnes and tn
g rest of the man would stand by you?
Howard asked. SIT seems that Barne
saw an old acquaintance of your.
. Parson Talbot, down at the Bay. an
q has been talking about him. Tier
was something about twenty thousan
In that story, too, and if this goe
the same way you might not fare q
s we'll. Besides, you say the mine
worth q million"
q At the mention of Parson Talbot
name old Smally. sfser q quicl
O frightened look at Howard, buried hi
face In his hands and thus rookie
"a himself and moaned and tremble
m%lserably. "A milllon-twent
q thousand. He must not have 4
1 must buy him off. A million
a million, a million |" He be
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