Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-21


the gate and yelled at the sleeping sentl-
mel. The man appeared on the wall.
Open the gate and waken Captain SUIT
ter, shouted Marshall.
The gate opened and in he rushed. With
out noticing the bewildertd sentinel or
giving him time to arouse Suffer he hur-
ried to the Captains quarters and thun-
dered at the door.
Who's there?' inquired Suffer.
Marshall; let me in,
The door was opened, and with amaze
ment the Captain looked at the man.
In Gods name, Marshall, what does
this mean, and what is the NATTER
In reply, Marshall locked the door, drew
a chair up TO table and mOtloned the
Captain to come to him. The Captain
took seat at the table hall
thinking he was asleep while Marshall
drew. from his pocket he nugget, and laid
it on the table and looked at Captain SUIT
ter in silence The Captain looked first at
| MARSHALL and then at the nugget. lie moved
| his chair little way from the table, look
ed nervOusly about the room for 4 few mo-
ments, and finally said, Marshall, are You
! crazy
Crazy gSped Marshall; Mo-
Well, spoke the Captain, YOU act like
it. And, Great Scott. you look like you
had been trying to escape from it..
Captain, said Marshall slowly, rising to
| his feet, this is no time Tor personal COM
mentS. You can talk of my appearance
some other time, but now we must speak
of something else This Object on the table
| | found yesterday morning in the race up
| at the Sawmill | took no time To search
for Others for this is sufficient for my pres
ent purpose But we will look for more
and dig for them. Captain, have good
reason to think know that this Is gold.
What cried Captain Sutter, leaplng to
his feet
/ Yes, continued Marshall this is gold;
gold nugget; and where there is one
there are numbers. You know rs well rs
| that gold is not found in single pieces
over the earth 1t is found in quantities
over areas of ground. There is no doubt
| that the mill is in gold region. And now
what we must do is, keep this matter quiet
and make our fortunes before the news gets
abroad.
Yes replied the Captain, You are right.
But this is remarkable, continued he, eX-
amining the nugget However, this GER
tainly is gold without a doubt. Yes, Mar
shall, we must keep the matter quiet. We
will both return to the mill and enlOln the
men TO secrecy and then all work to-
gether.'
Well, they returned to the mill and all
hands were notified SOlemnly that there
| was gold on every side and that they must
breathe 4 word Of it To no man.
In the meantime they must
ret their picks and set silently TO work in
the race and along the river. They were
all excited. Picks and shOvelS were forth
coming Immediately, and those who had
none OF these ShaTpened sticks and scratch
| ed among the pebbles. Gold was found III
abundance. Leather bags were made and
filled in short order. Nugget after nugget,
lump after lump was uncarthed and added
to the rapidly swelling pile. Captain SUIT
ter. after giving instructions To the men,
returned TO the fort and the work went on
lS before. Visions Of eastern houses rs
marble palaces flOated before the minds OF
all. 4 life OF ease and luxury was the cN-
pected result How they worked. How
anyone would work i'll 4 like situation.
| Bnt cold miners must eat rs well rs other
men. and rs it happened they became
short OF food one of the men was sent to
the fort with 4 mule team for
la supply. Half way between
the mill and the fort was
a kind of inn; 4 lOg-cabin saloon kept by
! an upregenerated Mormon by the name OF
| Conner. The man Fout, who WAS sent to
the fort. had stopped at this hut before,
sometimes with money, but Oitener with
out. And it happened that the two last
times he had gone away much To the Nor
mons establishment and anger without
having for the poor liquor and worse food
which he had received. But on this even
ING rs he drew near determined on staying
over night and having the satisfaction oil
knowing he had the money to pay Tor MS
accommodations, he was elated over the
Thought that in the future he could order
and nav with high hand. lie drove up
| IN the q hin. embarrassed the mules and
Turned them loose, and then went inside
and called for drink. Conner refused to
give it. -,
What exclaimed Fout, with an
oath. don't you know me?'
That's it, replied Conner, Il know
yOur' &c..
Look here" said FOut, angrily, you
think | have no money. Now let your
| Normonish eyes gaze on this and then get
me some whisky With that he drew
BAG of gold from his pocket and shook 1t
| 1t the Mormon.
tanners ewes twinkled with aSarice and
he instantly became polite and attentive.
He got whisky and hot water and made
Font a warmer He told his wife To COOK
a good supper and began searching through
his liquors for the best he had. He intend
cd making Fout drunk and then secure
his cold. After supper FOut began to make
| , NIGHT of il. Conner pretended to drink
with him, but he only drank enough to
save appearances. By degrees Fout became
DRINK and talkative He opened the bag
of cold and exposed the nuggets. Conner
eyes glowered.
4 lot of gold, he said.
YES answered Fout, between hiccoughS,
and know where there Is more.
That WAS sufficient. Conner was con-
v;nced of the fact by the gold nuggets. He
must learn the secret. BY degrees ne
yrorted his way into Fout'S favor. by
degrees Fout told him all. BY degrees lie
sank into q drunken sleep, and the secret
was revealed"
Well, inquired l at this juncture, for
Mr. Clark had become silent and was re-
lighting his pipe. r.
.s1bere is not much more to tell. From
the Mormon the news spread and was
worldwide in a few months.
And the men who were at the mill; they
all became rich? ~
s.No: when the crowds came from all
,,orts Of the earth, they Joined in the wild
excitement and drank and gambled 1t
away"
Captain Suffer, and the fort?
s'fhe Captain died years ago, and the
old fort, now q naked stone building IN an
omen lot. still stands in Sacramento
And Marshall, the discOverer?
Marshall died last summer IN q log
cabin alone" JACKSON