San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-05

ne knew nOthlng or the mans oDJect.
II don't Know yet what i shall do,
said George "Of course, the first thing
Is to get something to do to earn a living
for myself and Maxwell I've had all the
sea l want, and 1 have no plans othel
than that ] want to go east In about foul
Sears. have something To attend tt
there
"Wen, then. suppose you and YOU
friend, who seems brave fellow, 90 bach
with me TO INV ranch when we have fin
ished our business up to Frisco. I've got
| two ranges there-one cattle, the Other
sheep-and will pay you S25 month
| each and furnish your board, lodging and
passage from here to there; and I'll let
| YOU have money enough to get you an out
| fit of suitable clothes. What do you say?''
| AZ will go there for four years if Max
| consents and you think we can do what
| you want"
| IL know you can; and like you well
| enough to teach you. The old man need
not do much; just potter around; but ]
should expect full work from you. Can
| you ride horseback"
A sudden sob rose in Georges throat as
| he thought Of his pretty pony that he had
| ridden in the old days, when his mother
was alive, and he almost saw her as she
used TO look at him, with eyes full of
mother love and pride. How changed it
all was now. 1t was full minute before
George could command himself sufficient
ly to answer:
81 used to-"
"Wel, you can now, then, for that is
something one never forgets.'
Maxwell was, Of course, willing to 90
tx,hn Ennr,rn % l.
was greatly touched at Georges consider
alton, and the whole affair was settled in
a short time, so when the steamer sailed
in the Golden Gate and up to her dock
George did not feel so desolate nor alone
in a strange place as he had thought he
should
The whole party went to the same hotel,
where the ranchero insisted upon assum-
ing the expense.
When, the next day after their arrival,
the unfortunate captain and his mates
were discussing their position George pro-
duced his package of jewels and told them
that whatever they might bring was to be
divided between them, one half to the
captain and the remainder between the
two mates
Explanations followed, and finally the
captain was prevailed upon to accept one
fourth on condition that George kept the
other fourth for himself and Max. George
felt that it was his fault, indirectly at
least, that this crushing disaster had
fallen upon the captain.
THAT is in a measure true said the
captain, but l was overconfident ]
should have watched the men closer. These
gentlemen can get other ships as mates,
for they were not responsible, but my ca
reer is ended. l can never command an
other ship, for where is the owner who
would trust me with his vessel when he
knew that l could not govern the one ]
had? No, boys, there is nothing for me
now but TO go home and sit by the fire all
the rest of my life, for / could never ship
under any one else. But I cannot feel
that it is right or honest to take this lads
sole suStenance."
Don't YOU fret" said Osborne, with a
suspicious moisture in his bright, keen
eyes. II adopt this youngster. l do, by
lingo, for he's worth it. / am so rich, by
lingo, that / can't count my money, and
he'll never need anything as long as /
live; no, nor when | die, either. AS to
them shiny stones, we'll all go down to
fuckers and get his assay on them, and
then Ill buy them myself, for I've got
sister somewhere away down east, and
when George goes there III send them to
her"
So they all went to fuckers, and the
head man examined the stones critically
and valued them at $4,000
1t took the ranchero scarcely ten min
utes to complete the bargain, and as soon
as they could reach the bank the unfor-
tunate captain was i'll possession of ten
thousand and the two mates of as much
each, and there was the same for George,
who wished to still persuade the captain
to take that also. But the captain said,
with grateful emotion: "You are noble
and generous, but not only do you owe it
to yourself TO keep it, but also to your
friend and companion in troubles. He is
not young and is disabled"
you are right" said George;~I you are
right, and ought to be ashamed of taking
it all upon myself He owns just as much
of this as ! do"
"No don't George, no don't. I was
going to throw them down for no good
when you said you know them was
dimints and rubies and such like, cause
you'd seen your mother wCar-I mean
you knew what they was and / didn't,
and that's all there is about it, and if they
was mine I'd done the same thing you
have with EN-, leGst-a-gise if l could. So.
captain sir, you are welcome, and if you
won take it for yourself, why, George,
move we give it TO his babbies."
Never was there so strange dispute rs
this. and it was finally settled as Maxwell
said only that they kept two thousand
dollars for any emergency, and the poor
captain then told them that after having
made his report it had been his firm in
tention to blow his brains out. as he could
never face his family nor the owner of the