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

I'nf. are NDH 6iIr'.
The words came from him in a feeble
whining tone.
'N". no not that wav The leads higher
up mighty rich. too"
mana ,tl Ia get him off the shelf Fur
thrr | could not Th,. only accessible route
home wound in pla,r'S about projections II
the mountain several huudrel feet prrIp'n
dicular above the fnaminy river. where a
sound man needed all his strength and nerve
tn keep a sure footing
Them mint fellows are sharp. Jack Hill
year, mini YOU bake vour next batch of
bread clean through. Run a straw through
dough sticks if 'tain't done; don't put pork
in till han~ be hoi,Ni 50 you can squash
'em-elSe hard aS rocks"
So he ramllrl on His words concerning
the mint people suggested To me Bruener'S
remark As tn their curiosity regarding his
quartz assays and their whereabouts Pratt
evidently drliriuu- | thought to utilize
this wit wandering and sand:
Did the mint people send YOU mp here"'
Put fresh salt "n Il birds tail, an you'll
catch weasel asleep" was his reply Then
his mind seemed to leap into the Old channel
Its rich-mlghty rich-ani they can't hold
it all"
The thing to he done was 70 get Pratt to
his cabin Evidently his brain was affected
bv the wound | left him and hurried to
Hillycar
Their cabin was built as thousands were in
those davs-an envelope OF cotton drilling
about a light wOrien frame There was no
wooden door 10 knock against, or any other
method TO rouse the inmates save by calling
Call | did. but Hilvear seemed sleeping the
sleep Of the just At last. out Of patience,
pitched rock into the frail structure II
tore through the cloth Hillvear's reply was
a shot which was not to I've wondered at
For heaven sake Hillyear, don't fire, It's
me. I've found Pratt He's hurt badly"
cried
Who's mer" asked HiIlyear, after one OF
his periods of silence
! heard him cooking his pistol Its /
Holder. Come and help me get Pratt down
off the mountain He's lying there with
cash in his head"
Mr. Hillvear now TelapSed into silence
knew not whether he was trying to frame an
idea into a sentence or peering out TO get an
aim at me.
Amt you coming" cried at last "Are
you going to help me get Pratt down He'll
die before We get to him"
-did-vOu - IN -flnd-himr
came at length from Mr. Hllyears lips,
with sort of clownish judicial gravity
Good heavens" | said. will you stay
there all night and ask questions, while your
partner is bleeding to DEATH Do you sup
pose I'd ct out Of my bed To stand and call
here like a fool for nothingF
What's the muSsf cried a voice in the
ras Saf,,r D., 1;,-.l
about an eighth of a mile distant He had
come, rousei by the shot and the sound Of
voices
I've found Pratt badly hurt on Scrub
mountain. and am irving to get Hillyear TO
help me down with him Hillyear won't be
heve me, and that's what's the matter"
"Hillyear, get up! Don't be a fool" said
Setter
Hillyear finally replied: "All-right, Tn
comm - with an expression as if he hal
had no doubts aS to the geuuineneSS of the
news, and had but mnmentarily heard of it.
Our party reached Pratt, where had left
him With great difficulty we managed to
carry him down the mountain His utter
ances on the way down all bore vaguely on
quartz hunting and the last scene Of which
he had been conscious while in his right
lllltFl Ip ENtlb-I. Iit'N "tIt II puzzle. 10
Hillvear. knew not how much or how little
meaning they conveyed To myself they
We're a source Of great uneaSiness They
bore first on the secret Of our claim Next
they might confirm a suspicion. which, if not
already developed, | knew was likely to b.,
through the singular circumstances attend
ing my finding Pratt far up Scrub noun
tain i'll the dead of night 1t nerded but a
L . l-fs
known that We had quarrele1
We left Pratt in his cabin Setter whose
curiosity was evidently much aroused, said to
me, just what expected he would:
How did you come to find Pratt away up
theref'
told Setter that heard Pratt's voice in
the ,ght up the mountain, which was true
but not in the sense | left Setter to infer
held that evasion was juStitiable under the
circumstances. Its not 50 much what we
tell that may damage Us aS the construction
placed on il by thoSa it may be told to- The
only way know of when certain questions
are aske-i that many r"ople will ask, TO avoid
evasion or untruthfulutSS, is To say its none
of your business" That, As Sncirty is now
constituted and complicated, would he quite
impossible.
i wonder VINO SnOt mini! continued
Setter
shot himself maybe" replied
Queer business, anyway" was Sefter's
fnal remark as he trudged of home
| saw 10y his manner that he was full Of
curiosity, and being full of curiosity would
be soon full of theories a. TO tn. cause Of
Pratts hurt, and that as curiosity and
theories are contagious, he would i'll a short
time inoculate all Bull Bar with them.
Next day visited Pratt. His head had
been hurt both by the ball and the fall The
bullet had gashed the temple-not very deeply.
The conclusion from the fall seemed to have
most affected him. That one or other Of
these wounds had affected his brain was very
evident without the pompous declaration of
the physician, who had been summoned, "
that effect