New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
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The mother came. IS .ssss
Jennie, said he can yorI get
| along without me for 81 year? have
made agreat disco very, and am going
to utilize it. =
what is it, Oscar She had faith
in him. &,
"a disco that will put an end TO
| prospecting. I have discovered that
in the neighbo God of all true veins Of
outcropping gold there may be found
a microscopic insect that can befound
nowhere else. | will go o.Nevadaand
search for these animalcule, not to learn
their habits but to find gold. 1 shall
find it. s. Helaughed heartily. Then,
with plenty OF money wecould do all
we want to do"
Thewife encourages him. Surely her
learned Oscar would find gold. Behold
him: then, compounding many gross
of the Gall of the Ground, and teaching
his wife how to compound them, too,
that support might be had during his
absence.
Three months later Oscar Barger APP
peared in the mountains of Nevada,
and he speedily won the favor of the
miners, for many of them he physicked
with his Gall of the Ground and nursed
them from sickness to health.
By and by it spread through the
camp about that Mr.. Barger was q
good ways "off" on the subject of bugs,
but there wasn't q revolver in camp
that would not have been cooked on
| the instant in defense of him, and the
cheap Of learning that hesoon show
ed himself master Of brought him re-
spect despite his being 1off.'
! One day Mr.. Barger crawled along
dangerously near the edge of ravine
which he did not see. With his micro
scope close to the ground he drew
closer and closerto it, edging ashe did
a little to one side.
Hi, thar.' shouted Jack Thomp-
son, an old miner, who was prospect
| ing not far away.
Mr.. Barger looked up and saw
Thompson gesticulating furiously, as
though warning him to get away.
'It's a rattlesnake," thought Mr..
Barger, and he sprang to one side and
over he went.
Mr.. Thompson threw away his pick,
rushed to the edge OF theprecipice, and
looked over. Looking over, there; just
below him, was Mr. Barger-not dead
very much alive, and excited, run
ming his microscope up and down the
rock in front of him. He had fallen
safely and unhurt upon broad ledge
below, and had evidentaly at once re-
sumed operations with the micro
scope.
I "Hi thar" shouted Thompson
.sWhy didn't you break your neck?
How are yer going to get up out'en
thar"
Thompson, bring your pick"
"What fer?"
"You shall have half the claim. I've
found it."
found !, what? Keep your head
cool, pard. y
"Gold! Gold! Bring the pick"
In ten minutes Mr.. Thompson had
reached Mr.. Barger's side.
sThere-there; just about there"
said Mr.. Barger, and Thompson in a
moment had piece of quartz in his
hand.
He looked up curiously at Mr.. Bar
ger.
s"That's gold" said Mr.. Barger.
'Not much" said Mr.. Thompson.
cit must be-"
"But it amt"
"Well, try again; there's gold here"
"Not a d--n bit; know therock."
II can't be mistaken"
"You are. But are you observing
that [ amt throwing the rock away?
Are you deserving that my eyes shine?
Are you observing that my hand
shakes? Are you rendering that you
remarked that I was your pard in this
claim? Big or little, share and share
alike?''
'sWhat do you mean, Mr.. Thomp-
SOM"
"Simply that you struck the richest
silver field in the Rockies. Silver. Do
you hear that pard? Silver-tons of
it. We've struck it rich that's all.
See here, pard. You don't know moth
ing bout this ere business. Can you
trust me? I'll handle it, share and
share alike, Cd, 1 will, and then we
won't get cheated"
u trust you, Mr.. Thompson"
"Your gripper on it,"
They shook hands.
By night the claim was made, and
the report went abroad to the world
that an enormously rich deposit OF
silver had been discovered.
GLOW much was you worth yester-
day." said Thompson to Mr.. Barger.
Nothing"
''Well, you can sell out your hall
interest before the end of the week for
81 100000"
"But l don't understand it," said
Mr.. Barger obviously.
"What?"
'1There was nogold there"
S'Not a Bit"
''Yet my bugs were there. I found
them, right there
"Pard, take. my advice. Get your
stamps, start home, and yank them
bugs out Of your head. II you sell half
of your half interests, let me manage
your quarter interest. You amt got
u e..