Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-21
HER. CLAIM.

HER. CLAIM.
a Mining I'm Incident de- It,, Il.
SELLERS, thaTs business fer us!r Ike
baker exclaimed, al he came rushing
Ito the cabin where the miners of Pow
dy Gapwere collected.
Business What sort O. business,
h!' Jack Hines reReated.
"A little job. o;ii hangin', I guess.
bars selbM jamPed our new claim
What! a fe1lsr on the Liza Jane ~
ID Jack cried slnmmng up in q high
bite of excitement. as that what you
an?' / !
That's exactly what I mean, Jack, !"
SLOW do you know itera s., :,
Iknow it bekaseS i see the smoke
min from the cabins si;-.;as ~: ~s.'
For a, moment the miners: stood
antly looking at one another;. but at
aold Jacksspoke.:;: - -
Boys, pears like the evidence is
|uy p'ilted," he said, "an' I reckon it's
saled fact that somebody has jumped
claim. I s'pose!you know what the
wis in sich cases q
kind Ter reckon We Do, " said Jerry
supett. T.
SPOUT all the Law, thar is in SIGH
res is twenty foot q rope an tree. "
yer correct, pard! Them's our law
1--WE know how I'd use 'em. Fetch
pt yer rope, an we'll purceed ter give
e clainFjdfnper q dose forthwith. = = !.
The new claim was nearly mile up
kegulch from the camp.
1tad fo assa sh sak foves Gap pm miners
pad II, but whoever had taken it had
bply built q little cabin on it, and
(a gone away. S
The Poverty Gap miners had been
viking it for q few days, and it had
Eveleped wonderfully. It promised to
En out a regular bonanza, and the
ners set great store by it. ,.s:s 80.
Claim jumping was a heinous crime
Eder any circumstances, but under
Eeh circumstances as the present twas
imply awful. and the, guilty party
Fald expect no mercy from The OUT
|ged miners, >. Z, - . - -. X ts
you bet that thief will &C. monty
smed suddent." said old Jack. as the
IN filed up the gulch. we'll nater4y
Hle him off so quick that he won't
rdly know what's struck him."
That's Jest what We will, replied
sunett, IAN we ,den't do no :talkin
Ether." .-.+.--~--.-..-;-...-
When they came within sight of the
bin, sure enough light was
Inning from the window. 1T was darn
y, and the little speck Of Light shone
plainly. ~ r.: II: ss N n ~:
See here" said Jack. cit might be
Faned good idea to 60 up thar kinder
atious. That TELLER may have 8
|Nle arsenal O. guns and pistols, an he
" be sorter reckless bout usin' O
p, Ii we act inatoo much Of q hurry
a ne Of us mout git hurt"
That's. These elaim-iumpers,
piled Ike, are scandalous keerless
but shootin'. It'll be safer to kind 81
eak up on him. an, take him by sur
se" !. a5st llss. !.ssss y
30 the miners stole stealthily W
loush the brush, stopping now ane
sa to listen.
40 sound came from the cabin, ant
light in, the window was the onl..
aence of life about the place.
Al last they reached 4 position d.
NY under the window, and agail
wing, listened intently, for some time IS
Was still as death. Y
reckon he's asleep boys" Jac]
ssspered. -. ~. ~--s, 49,.
Guess he shorely is" said Ike. IS
aout as we'll Jest go in an nab IN
~ have I'M hung fore he wakes.
laey were just starting around to tn
Ma y. moan reached them fron
Again they listened, and after a min
"a voioe'faiEit and. weak said :.s*s
n. am coming. Joe. as soon as I rest
We 1t has been SaloBg-walk;y but
" ~ mind that, only so that l find 20
aast. Igot lost from the wagons, an
~, ,sVe been a long time finding tn
y but as soon as 1 rest o little II
ne on"
BOYS" said Jack ina hoarse wis
/ hats quare sort.o ta5k; amt y!
What does he mean BY it?" aske
Look here, fellersl' exclaimed Ben
!, don't. YOU: know nothin'? Tha
no Teller, in thar, an tina
JJlnks!" ~
fTAat?' exclaimed Jack.
Say it's woman.g repeated sKen
Hain't;nQ man goin' to talk. ~
n mot a-biS Of It: =
D., uoss sound like woman's voice
, se' admitted Jack; "but what's
s rsa !. dom here? That's what l.