Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-08

xosd inaercatiou. This Is whut thsr people
back thar ter home in M.ssouri A,las call er
weather breeder rT1lnt geiR' ter last,
an oul-ss Tn moutily fooled wei &e;ch
er regiar ole tcarcr Nv er storm before
ter-EaoTry night."
twas getting well along toward The hid
de Of De-emh~r. ard the d1y was almost
a. warm a. June weather The sky was
perfectly clear cxcep. for hay aPPe4r-
auce about the suz. aad al day q soit. warn
breeze had blown from the south.
The autumn months bad bcen aue aai
dry and our party had remained Up IN the
mountains later than We bad iuteaded. lt
was cur de-igu originally to stay bot later
than the middle of O-tno~r. bat waen tEat
time came we were just getting our nine
clsveriy devcicp-sf. and were in q position
20 begin 20 take ont the wealth Is sAcwcd
up. 80 We agreed 20 remain while louxer
Every day our prospects Frightened and
the reward % cur la5or Increased. - We
stzit "a frum week 20 week. ard tAss middle
Of Decemb~r f1und - stiI GiSgias away
Il = a. di,-s-tsii for = pruspe-for 10 tarn b..
back on a rich ind a. i = for boy %
tear himself away fFOa = feast Of CAris;-
n1s TURKEY
We were al -tenderfe~,.~ with the sI-
crp.ioa q Josh BrAiy. ard ha1 no ide2 cf
TIE freaks % the mountain climate The
"o.d man, a. we fam iarly dabb~d Brady.
was a. fond Of gold a. any Of Is. and en-
joyed, A. zuch a. we did, the pleasure %
picSing out the bright nuggets But he had
experienced three years in the range. and
knew something ot the dangers ef remain
Tag up above the snow lac too louE For
two or three weeks he had urged Us 20 20
.s..a 4
storm. but we were not re ady yet, and. be-
s1ies, as We told hun;
1T would be time 10 20 wheu the storm
threatened
''That's Just the trouble. boys" Brady
sad; a fe.lsr gifts up In the mountains, an
lie thinks faint no use ter tank o. xotu'
tiIi ther storm begins ter show Up. an 50
be stays an waits, an then f4st thing be
knows er storms here, an afnre he kin Il.
down ;her range ther xorges Is al chuck
full O. snow, an he's left These mountain
storms Is monty suddint things. femme
tell &c, an they don't fool erround none
erbogt comm"
Its not fer % the post" Carter urged,
San we KIN easily make il tn er DAY"
"Yes.~ Brady a.senied, that's al right
ernur pcrvided we hc,l good weather an
t didn't snow all night asorc. I'm IN fer
zittla' now. an not t4kin' no more chances
On il It's or n.onstrous good ijee ter Be
safe
1T don't seem ter me Ike thar's auy use
er ei;tin' sc-lirt,'' Carter replied. but ei
ther others ar all in fer il well give 'er up
after to-day az to-mcrry make tracks Yer
ther lower diggin
We al consented TO the proposition. and
Brady agreed 70 stay with u, though b.
>aid It was '-pesky risky, fer he knowed
there WIS er storm er comm. an he jesl
felt dead ssrtin it 'ud keteh us afore morn
ia"
That day we opened ar unusually rich
'.pocket," and were rewarded with some
thing near thousand dollars worth Of
gold This ''nnd'' drove al thoughts oi
storms out Of our minds, and that night we
retired 10 our cabin in high spirits, totally
unmIndful Of Brady's gloomy looks and the
ominous shaking Of his head.
After supper We filed our pipes and
ssquatted' around the table TO divide VI
our mineral, and even the cid man showed