The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-03-19


Amer the completion Of this labor they
breakfasted on bacon, coffee and crackers
and the assayes's certificate was examin-
ed again to ser il, in the Disseminating
light Of day, its characters still possessed
their magic power. The figures were un-
changed-so plain no one could mistake
them: Silver, 900 OF gold, si5 lead,
) per cent copper. trace
And as they smoked their pipes, each,
according to his TASTE, reared aerial sfruc
lures of wondrous beauty: and If those
Of Price contained apartments specially
reserved for the occupancy of Mrs- Hawes
he did not feel called upon to advise his
partner of the fact
|. was decided they should at once
take out few car loads Of the best ore,
ship it TO the reduction works, and With
the sum thus realized, they could open
up the mine properly, and either sell or
work it themselves, as they saw fit With
this aim in view. they therefore returned
to town to lay in provisions, hire three
or four men, and engage teams to haul
the ore to the railroad. Watson, being
the more energetic OF the two. charged
himself with ali these duties. while Price,
lcitering about in an aimless sort of way,
was. by some magnetic influence, guided
to the tent Of Mrs. Hawes. This lady
was true daughter Of the frontier
small, wiry, sharp as to features and
voice, as we'll as in her management of
the affairs of life and trade.
Open air life has many advocates, but
il cannot be denied il is destructive TO
the complexion and to the other beauties
more especially feminine But what
Mrs. Hawes may have lacked in the way
Of yelyety bloom and youthful softness
Of contour, was more than compensated
for by yigor and endurance it was this
latter trait, probably, which had first
attracted Fam Price. Mrs. Hawes hap
pened to arrive at Arivaca on one Of
those red letter days, or nights, rather,
when what was known in the dialect Of
that cosmopolitan camp as bale dance
or shin dig" was in FTcgress, and though
she had driven four horses twenty-five
miles that day, done her own 'swamping'
TO say nothing Of pitching a tent and
getting supper afier her arrival, she turn
ed in and danced all competitors OF The
( iioor-dancei round dances, square dan
ces. reels and brrakdowns; danced till
the candles burned down. fickered and
went out ill the rising sun showed his
shocked eountensnce through the open
window, and the last hoarse, gurgling
whoop stuck in the throat Of the ex-
hausfed f'oor manager then she went
I home. fed her stock and cooked break
fast.
Perhaps it was this insensibility to IA
/ tigue which first awoke the latent pas
sion in the heart OF Nr. Price, bat there
y no knowing 10 srcerfaiuty in regard
to Phenomena Of this nature. despite
our boasted science. ali is as yet but con
/ lecture. But at any rate there could be
no doubt of his devotion to her. Slice
the night of the ball he had been unre-
mitting in those little attentions such as
cutting wood, carrying water, etc, so dear
to the heart of every true woman yet,
as Watson had said, up TO the present
time he had received very little encour-
sgement from the recipient of al these
marks Of respectful alteration
The advent of Mrs Hawes had been
entirely unexpected by the society Of
1 Arivaca, nor was it known with any de-
gree of accuracy whence she came, or
the probable duration of her sojourn
amongst them. Gossips, it is true, had
I II that she was = Mormon en- route to
Salt Lake, bat this report was generally
conceded 10 be the offspring of jealousy
on the par, Of the other ladies.
Howdy do, Mrs Halves ?" said Price
as he sank spolcgeiioally down on a mai
Just inside the flap Of the tent A slight
nod was all the response to this saluta
talon. and Mrs Hawes continued hel
task of repairing hame strap, seemingly
obliyious Of tie presence OF her worship
er. Il 'spose," resumed Price, after ar
embarrassing silence, "you haven't heard
'bout the returns OF the Rise an Shine ?
"No," replied the lady I'm KEEP
hustlin' raound so't amt no time 4
hear nothin'."
"She goes four hundred ounces s2ic
Price confidently
"In yer mind" retorted Mrs. Hswes
don't try to make me b'leeve sech fair!
stories as them aire Think l can't tel
horn silver from copper stains when
see it?'
Il know you can size up rock prett,
close as 8 general thing, but this her
ledge in the Rise an Shines ditferen
frou the common run o rock there's
lot o. chemicals mixed in with lightnin
strikin' names, sot takes good un 4
i guess this here ore-here's the eer;if cat
too Price had forgotten that readinl
was not one of Mrs. Hawes' accomplish
ments, or he never would have been gull
ty of such a faux pas
Take yer ole paper an gis, she cried
angrily. Il ain't no time 70 waste nosin
raound, 6guran out sech writin' as then
assayers does "A Philadeify lswye
couldn't make head'r tail out'n it,
I'VE thought said Price, as ne rose t
go. "you nigh. like TO be in on one Q
the extensions, so We located you on tn
first southwest. Twont COS; you nothin
for recordin-you won't be out nothin
no way
This statement somewhat notified th'
lady, who thanked him, stating that sh'
believed he meant well, though of cours'
she knew it would never amount to any
thing-and lin conclusion, she invites
him 10 call around after while and ge
smack o. sumthin' t eat"-an invita-
ton Mr.. Price never failed to accept
Everything progressed fayorzbly witt
the two partners, the streak Of pay or
widened as they went down on the icdg'
and thew were enabled TO take ii on
much faster than they had anticipated
Watson did the sorting OF the ore, as h'
knex exactly the kind the ASSAY hag
been made from. None but first clss
rock was sacked up, the lower grade