The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-08-06

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81 reckon ther coal business II be er
lively one on these puraries some day."
'Why, Finley, it's boun' ter bel
KANT holp but bel This hyer's u poorly
timbered country, an coal mines is sure
ter be somethin' wuth ownin'. Thar's a
railroad comm frum Kansas City. cl'ar
through the Neutral Lands, an on ter
ther Gulf o Mexico. Their country II
be on er big boom purity soon, an ef
we uns control ther coal beds hyer on
Deer creek Wen be capitalists afore we
know wot we uns air doin'. We uns
must hev ther claim, Finley" declared
Hines, uttering an oath that must have
made the beautiful sensitive roses, grow
ing luxuriantly at his feet, close their
tender, fernlilSS leaves in terror,
maybe this hyer settlers already con-
tracted fur the claim said Finley.
"No, he amt. I've been over ter
Baxter an seed ther records Hamlet
hain't ther grit ter contract fur it, havin'
been warned by ther league not to. Their
league hain't no use fur ole Joy, an
though Hamlet amt er Lacquer hisself
Tow he's plumb erfeard o ther s'ciety,
an amt amin ter make ther members
mad at him."
"Dut yer er member O. ther league
yerself, Dick"
"Yes," and Hines laughed coarsely.
'but burned little I'm keerin' fur 1t or
anythin' else 'ceptin' this claim on Deer
creek"
"They'd string yer up ter a blackjack.
I Ireckon, ef yer went back on EN-"
"They hain't goin' ter find 1t out fur
some little spell. Thar's more settlers
than yer think fur stealin' slylike inter
the land Office at Baxter and contractin'
fur their claims unbeknowns ter theI
league. Itell yer, we uns II git er con-
tract fur this piece o land, let ole humpy
live in ther dugout undisturbed till ther
leaguers cool of er bit, then we kin
show our papers, and run ole Hamlet an
ther gal Of. +"
"Purty slick, Dick; but wot ef Tom
Byers gets wind Of 1t? They say he's
struck bad on ther settlers gal, an
Toms mighty hard ter contend aginst.
let me tell yer"
81 reckon Tom would be er ugly Gus
toner to deal with. Durn his big picter!
Hes been watchin' me like er hawk this
summer, but he's down in ther Injun ma
ton now, pickin' up some shippin' stock,
an hyar 1t said thet he's goin' ter sell
out his ranch an leave ther county. Ef
he does, we uns needn't fix fur any
racket with him, an ef we uns gifts
squatted down hyer on ther claim it'll
take more'n Tom Byers ter git us off,"
~ reckon 1t would, with the gang frum
Nghtnin' to back u.s."
"Thet's woteverr
"But say, Dick, why don't yer con-
tract fur ther claim yerself, an not take
er pardnerY" the other suddenly asked.
II would ef he'd ther money. know
yer hev plenty O. cash, after stoppin'
thet train over in Missoury," and Hines
chuckled gleefully, IAN KIN pay down
ther fee required by ther land agent"
"Waal, am better heeled than afore
I boarded thet train," replied Finley,
"an' I'm willin' ter go cohoots on ther
claim with yer, Dick. When do yer
want ter git ther contractT'
"a thought we could start in ther
mornin' afore daylight an ride ter Bax-
ter" returned Hines. "Yer see, II we
uns gifts er airly start nobody in ther
neighborhood will see US, an 90 we uns
will not be suspicioned Of goin' ter ther
land Office. Yer know ther league has
spies out"
Then the plotters mounted their 20