Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-23

h1Dn&5f--% \sC10OlHO u5S III
:zJHt5IIss the Clearing
T.za1a .tsA2 broken only by
an occasional
wsrnirg pistol shot ia the direction OF
tie Harris on McKlnstrT boundaries, the
more business part Of Iadian Spring WAS
Cver:Sken DY one OF these spssms Of en-
terprise peculiSr 20 al Californian min
ing settlements. The opening of Eureks
ditch snt the extension Of st2ge-coSch
communication from Big Bluff were
events Of nc small importance, end were
celebrated On tide game day. The double
occasion cvsrtdxing even the flqeDt rheto-
TIC OF the Gdisor OF the "Star" left MIN
struggling "a tae metsphoricsl
difficulties CT PGctollsn spFing,
into the Ditch, 81 obliged him to trans
fer the ouerous duty Of writing the edi-
tori.l On the Big Bluh Extension TO the
bands OF me Hon. Aoner Dean, assembly
man from Angels Toe loss of the Hon.
Mr. De&n's tight eye in an early pioneer
frscSs, did EoV prevent him from looking
into tie dim visa os me future and dis
covering with that single unsided optic
enough 70 Ill three columns Of the "Star."
''It is not too eEtrSVagsnt to say" be re-
Auo1hSu VAIN SHAE p&GIo"Abui Au9I
lndiS2 Spring, Though its own perfectly
ton, the Confluence OF its North
er, and their combined eflirence
into the iE.mitable Pacific, is
thus pat not CGlY into direct c0mmuri-
cation with far Ca.hay, bul even remoter
Antipode6n markets. TIE citizen OF
Indis0 Spring taking the 8. N. Pioneer
coach AMI arriving st Big Bluff ST 2:l6 is
enabled TO connect with the through eX-
press to Sacramento the same evening,
reaching Ssu Francisco per TIE SteEm
Navigation Compsny's pslktisl steamers
in time 50 take the Pacific Mail steamer
to Yokohon2 On the following day a.
$3.50 p, N" Although no ci.izen of In
dian Spring appeared 10 avail himself o.
this admirable opportunity, aor did il
appear ~ I'll likely tbSt any would,
everybody vaguely felt inst an in
estimaOe boun ls7 IA the suggestion,
Snd even TIC master professionally en-
trusting the rs6iinG ki0ut CT the editorial
TO Rupert FIgee With Interior designs Ct
psSCtiC5 10 the pronunciation OF Eve
syllable words, wss somewhat affected
By il. johnny Filgee end Jimmy Snyder
accepting i: t5 q mysterious something
that made Desert Islands accessible at Il
moments E0yice and q tritling outlay,
were round-eyed aud attentive. Ard the
eliminating lG2oEnation from the aGster
that this evsNS would De commemOTated
by g hsIg EoGt@y, Combined TO make the
occasion as exciting 20 the simple school
house IL tie clearing IS 1t YVES to the
gilded eGloon in the main street.
And SO the momentous Gay arrived,
with rs tHo new coaches from Big Bluff
containing tire especially invited speak
erE-slW6ys specially invited to thoee &C.
cEsions, eu9 yet strangely enough never
before feeling the extreme "impostslce
and privilege" Of it as they did then
Then there were the firing Of two Envils,
the strains OF brass band, the hosting
OF a new fig on the liberty pole, and
later toe ceremony OF the Ditch opening,
when distinguished speaker in C most
unHorkmaniE-a tall hat, black srock cost
and white CrSvat, which gaye hin tbs
general sir OS festive grave Gigger, tocR
n spade from the hSuds Of an apparently
hilarious chief mOurner Gn6 threw
GU. the first sods. There were an
viia, brass bands, and S;cOlls-
ton" g: tkG hotel. B1t everywhere
overriding the most tNtTaVsgant eX.
psCtsli0O snd even the laughter is pro-
vaked--lhe spirit Of indomits0le youth
and rests;!ess enterprise Intoxicated the
sIr. Il YVES tke eplrit Eh2r he'd made GIL
itorria posslblei thai lad Gown thou
sand auCh YGElares broadcast through ilE
wilderness; fAIGhsG enabled the soWer
90 stSDd hsf hUEOrOusiy among bis scant
or ruined harry -sts without fear snd with
on. rtPiEiyg sd t0rp his und2UnSed and
evaT-hCpeiu. tscc 30 further fields. Whist
mEtt,-cd T. tLl- Indian Spring had elWays
before lie eyes ina abandoned trenches
srd ruined Out@ocEs CT is earlY pie1eeIs?
WhE. rlgtssisa that the elo-
quert cuIcgisC q the Eureka Ditch
had but few years before as
pr1digslly scattered ais s6j2ctives spG his
fortune on the Nsa-ess tunnel that con-
iron;et him en- lGs opposite side uE the
river? The subliZ5a toEgeifllles5 Of youth
ignored It's warning O. recognized 1t es
ike. The master, frogh from his little
dock anC premEtUgely eyed by their cons
tsc!, felt stirring Of something Ike envy
as ne wandered GlCIg these EcsIeely
older enthusiasts.
EspeclGiy memorable was the exciting
day 20 Johnny Fi!gse, not only for the
delightfully."- bewiio aging clamor of the
brSss bS1ds IL which, between the tom
bone snd The bass drum he had got
ineE .ricsbiy mixed; NOT only foT
the qslf.tf,gGteDiEg explosions OF
+he anviis and the mHddsniag
smel az the s1rpowder which had exs!t-
ed His ,nisBt CuGl 20 sudden and irrele-
want wAoopings, nut flS c eizg!e occur
renee that whetEed his Elwsys keen pers
ceDI0rg. HSJicC. been sASmelesslY
abandoned on t5e ver3ndEl OF lie Eureka
h0sel wZile liz brother Rupert paid /,
bSShiui cGufG 10 the pretty proprietress |
bY assisting her ia her dlties, Johnny |
gave himsalf 10 70 unlimited observation: !
the Eosettes Of tks six hcESes, the rev |
hsrrezs, lie length OF The drivers whip |
LASH, his enormous buckskin gloves, /
and tue wy lie held his
reirs; tie fascinating oder Of shin
Ing ySTniShf o. the coSch,
the gold-hesds&. cane Of the Honorable
A51er Dean; al these were stored away
N the seereG reeesses &C Johnny'S mem
Dry, even IS the upconaidered trif5s he
1sd picked up en- route were distendi1g
2is cGpscious pockets. Bat when young
nan had slighted from the second or
trEjg" coach among the resi- passengers
ND strolled csrelessly and easily in the
IS II the novelty sud the occsA
ion were nothing TO him, Johnny, with
gulp OF satisfaction, knew that he had
cen q prirce! Beautifully dressed in q
White duck suit, with diamond ring
IN his finger, gold chain swinging
rom hig fob, and a Panama hst with 6
'Fosd black Ribbon isupt!iy resting on bis