Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-02

What claim. Pratt :" said Setter
The sick mans eye fell on Setter with a
gleam of cunning NO claim" he said
"Wr'rr after rattlc>nakr oil Hunting snakes
in the chappural There's one nnw-"n tn"
head II Yer not Off while | count ten, I'll
put a hull through vr. Onr tw" three
oh" and he ~hrlr,rd ~ if with pain.
lIllvetr -, Ih":
He NUT -l"k"pt quiet Its the-,io,
t"r'N orders. The doctor says -hiS-Snry
hrrlum-i> something -or- other"
"Qu,r.r uu>u">~ queer business VA, ST
ter remark. "A, We left the h"u,. together.
I Il think he's had a >h," in s,ruIc with ~oEr,
/ l~lv'
/ Hr"ner returned | felt that could no"
( -hft a part OF the business IL other shunl
I drrS
He heard INV story. At its conclusion
/ he >,'ttlrl hack and laughed
"R"%ulnr diu" novel. isn't it, said h..
"Writr it. print it. sill il Well. Young man
you're improving rapidly | congratulate.
YOU couldn't have wished YOU any thing
letter than the experience you've gon,
through Yuu needed it You're the kind
that must hn Put in very hot water tO draw
ANYTHING uut of YOU"
But won't this put all Bull Bar on the
scent Of the Bank" asked.
First, lets compound some whisky with
sugar lemons and nutmeg. Before we talk
business lets fix things ~ As to make busi-
ness a pleasure, not by pouring the stuff
down raw as the fools do at the store wonder
hut dress up the fluid decentIy and taste
fully before We put it down. There would
be far less drunkaris if every man was com
pelled by law TO dress up and trim up his
drinks in this way before he swallowed
them" He continued aS he sippel his punch
Make yourself easy. Holder, about the
claim. You have fixed that all right, or the
FatsS have for YOU. Pratt won't go up
there for while now that his wits are
knocked out 0f his head. which for our pur
pose is better far than knocking them out of
his body. ReCalIS.. I'm fopl enough to BE-
lieve that if his wits were out of his body
they'd be in much better shape To
come back and reveal our secret
than as they now are chained to a
cracked skull, and therefore in bad work
ing order. Hillyear. from what you say, is,
judge, only an apP'ndage Of Pratt's, and
not able Ia 10 anything without him At all
events. III find out soon. As for the Bank
think I've got the cream out of it already.
Its only a fe,Sler to some bigger vein in the
mountain That can lay for awhile. I've
got four or five caches of quartz up there
that | haven't shown YOU. Wen get it all
down this week and hush up things for the
present. There's, | think your fair share of
dvvy. 81 far a. we've gone" and he put in
my hands a mint certificate Of deposit for
Sl+0O IF the rock that's minel out gives
down As | think il will. you'll have As much
more coming to YOU Are YOU satisfied"
Satisfied! Less than year from home and
the poeSsesSnr nf what in Eastpnrt was deemed
a small fortune" In the well worn phrase,
! wanted To pour forth my thanks"
| said: Il wish could fl,ly express my
feeling and gratitude to YOU
I'm glad You can't" said Broener, inter
rupting me. Its a good thing for you
that YOU can't ! hate effuSiveuesS You
may in part thank your reticence and un-
dcmunstrativent-s for what YOU call your
luck. | don't want any gushers about me.
Besides. you've earned what You got-every
cent of it. Fate put You and me together,
and with tina: put it III Your way There's /
no thanks nor gratitude i'll the matter. I
hate people always overwhelmed with graft /
tude They're the sort who. if ever they /
do YOU whats called favor. never forget it,
and, in effect, want 10 lie paid for it forever
afterw ard Let's change the subject There's /
Camp tonight Let's 20 and see the show
You need change from the CHASTITY buz- I
zard spying anl Loly hunting business. Get .
Rankin'S horse I'll take mine, and we'll
gullop over there"
On applying Mr. Rankin said he would
gladly hire me his horSe The animal he
added was vicious. SHE'D at his own shadow,
'hucked frequently ami had been the death
of two men. As We were leaving he called
ont To BrOener: The coroner lives at one
end of the camp and is lightenin' on an in
quest when sober The undertaken lives at
the other. You'd better take the cloth for
the young mans shroud along with YOU.
They know that horse up there and always
put All extra ten cents yard on white linen
when they S,.e hun comm"
1t seemed another world in that land when
riding by night The suns hot glare was
gone The air after nightfall was always
cool and refreshing. for it came off the snow
banks the Sierra submits. Our horses
were full of life and appar,tltly as glad TO
make the trip aS ourselves. The life Of the
horse seems 10 add life to the rider provid-
ing he is n "horseman. Distance at night
seems unnoticei. 1t is more like a dream
One travels forward without 81 much of that
mental strainiug TO reach one point after
another rs do So often our unhappiy consti
tuted hurrying minds i'll the day time
So gallopd Bru"nrr and |, regarding those
myriad shining wonders Of all agra-the
stars
Lots Of EN-, aren't there" said he
The stars Yes
"Small potatoes We are under them.
Smaller than ants in conpariSou and moving
about on this planet for these shining atoms
we call gold. | wonder, now. of what I'M
pOrtance poor Pratt, If he had his sens.S,
would consider that biggest star alongside Of
a pam full of dust Pratt would trade Venus
for quartz claim"
STARS. speculation, Immortality etc ;" said
As We rode on. The thrt-, seem to
90 together; or at all events, stars ALWAYS
start one on thuSe copies. | wonder what We
arc, anyway-whO we are, where we came
from, and all the rest. | am certain amount
Of life and intelligence in n body BOdy's
only a garment, u wrap, a machine Hit
a part Of the baby hard enough, Just ons
blow. and in one second hfe's all gone and
with it the 'gumptiun' I've been storing up
for years Hit 1t Tot quite a. hard. like the
track poor Pratt gave himself, and the intel
igence stays but goes To tiinders-all hurly-
burly Problem when you bore 4 hole with
4 bullet through mans head, does all his
intellect go out through that hole, and, if so,
where does it 90 to- and might there not be
some way of putting bucket or basin under
such mans head when he's dying, and
his intelligence, his QUEEN Sabe
for ones own Use, just as they tap
trees for maple sugart Well, one things
'ertain; we're here, anyway, and | put
it up that the lest plan Is To get all the
tun We can out of it-b"dy, soul, mind, spirit,
and any other little addition the thcologians,
and metaphysicians can tack ON
Is"
We rode into the camp In the language ,
IF the time it was ''bilin'" The theatre ,
company had brought in miners from far and