Telegram-herald., 1889-06-13

grod iu5srcztloa This is what teer psopls
b4ea thar tsr hsne Ia ii AssoaFl Aus c4ii ef
weather breeder I4at golh ter l-st,
- ouless " m0utily fooled Ne 4 Ae-sa
sr regl4r cls te4fsr - 81 storm sci9FS
tSr-morry uigat
twas getting wen along toward he u-ld-
de Of DeceI Der, and the day Ms a-Ass1
a. ~ zrtn as June weather TIE sSy va
perfectly ele<r except Tor = hay appear
sncs about zee sgn, sIa a. Cay . soit, "-4 "a
breeze Lad blown from the south.
The a1tunn U4ontas nd been nne aud
drv. aat our party had reulAlLed ~ IA tAe
mountains latsr than 80 I'D intenaed. Ii
a-as our deslgp origiually - slay nat !a,ef
than tie middle u October, BAT when that
ums came We were just geturS our nine
clevsrly developed, and were IA position
70 begIn Il take Ogt the wealth II showed
I'd. % Ne agreed ~ remain While longer.
Every G4y our prospects bfl-Etcued ana
the reward II our labor Increased, 10 We
staid on from week to week, and Tie middle
Of Dece IA eer found Us stll digging away.
II Is as diinculs for prospector 10 turn his
back on = rieb "iud'' as II Il for a Toy 10
tear himself away from feast II Christ
mas turkey.
We were al "tenderfeei," with the eI-
cep;ion OF Josh Brady, aud had no idea OF
the freaks Of the mountain climate. The
'.O.d man" as we faullarly dubbed Brady,
was as fcnd Of gold - any Of us, and en-
loved. as much as we did. the pleasure Of
picking out the bright nuggets. But ho had
experienced three years Ia tue range, and
knew something Of the dangers Of remain
ing up above the snow Lac too long. For
two or three weeks he had urged Us 10 20
down in the valley, and had predicted a
storm. but we were not nc ady yet, and, be-
sides, as we told him:
at would be time 10 20 when the storm
threatened"
That's lust the trouble, boys" Brady
said "a feler gits up in the mountains, an
he thinks 'tGint no use ter think O. goin'
TIL ther storm begins ter show up, an SO
he stays an waits, an then fust thing no
knows er storms here. an afore he kin git
down ther range ther gorges Is all chuck
fun o. snow, an he's left These mountain
storms is monty suddint things, lemme
tell ye, an they don't fool erround none
erbout comin'.n
"Its not fer to the post" Carter urged,
San we kin easily make it In er day"
"Yes," Brady assented, that's al right
ernuf pervided we he'd good weather an
IL didn't snow ali night alCre. L m In Ter
gittin' now, an not takin' no more chances
on it It's or n4onstrous good lice ter be
safe"
sit don't seem ter ne like tharis any use
er gittin' scairt," Carter replied. but ci
ther others air all in fer il well give 'er up
after to-day an to-morry make tracks fer
thcr lower diggin's-"
We all consented 10 the proposition, and
Brady agreed TO stay with Us, though be
said it was ''pesky risky, fer he knowed
there wus cr storm er comm, an he jest
felt dead sartin it 'ud kctch US afore morn
| in"
That day we opened az Unusually rich
| pocket" and were rewarded with some
thing near thousand dollars worth oi
| gold. This ''fnd" drove all thoughts OF
storms out of our minds, and that night we
! retired TO cur cabin in high spirits, totally
unmindful Of Brady's gloomy looks and the
/ ominOus shaking of his head
/ After supper we filed our pipes snd
'squatted" around the table 10 divide uI
/ our mineral, and even the old man showed