Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-15
76E GREAT cINcH'

4. .hui OIL Il sHs sight were somber ever y,e
,aly trees ~ of chaparal. Inc
o, ana ing rnaged landscape was sug-
!, Of the rue ;so,itiye inhabitants-the
he indian .lis sec secluded spot there were
d il tnls '.n life and activity IN the
!. o. hul ian miners shack, open IN
%: r ,ne sides formed of upright
dth tn'. ,,.i+b mud and roof of
snNe'. ,;n.s 1t stood near a large
e}Ds Eaie in the canyon side.
dl= nv q rome tied to his foreleg an
Ssifd y %. : feeding on the dry heritage
s1FTo va, bottom. In the excavation
ftan!on side a raw looking youth
nor,.. very moderately using alter ger.
6o'n ..a' and shovel. \ shock OF tow
ira l .,i beneath his hat brim, and a
raj, WI" NE 4 tassel appeared through a
ia!. IN, .ro,rn This young fellow was
.l 'A' I,.sof Missouri, and the object
loo ,'t.l ,,, was to develop Peg Leg
b. 4D'' newly located mine, Great
5i3ll Rrepo canyon in the Chiricahua
Z, IL p''-
g ..,. ,ras ut present in the stage of
= I, .t., ,,ro,.uG with prospects ahead,
i y ..j,carious of mineral were good
" ~" IN better rs the digging went
~ 7,J face had been cleared against
: and when the proprietor-now on
N.A ,own for supp!ies-should return
y, wa, TO begin. Joe was not to
''iDs +b4 profts of the mines develop
il u Ia was merely a shiftless boy
~ dead broke at Camp Bowie,
81 w along by Crawford for the sake
''r ra-t and company at the Price of
j. s,-n5" and a shadowy promise of
+. tho mine turned out well. The
=. tr--a had been turned out to die
,rsvi,ap owner, and Joe had driven
= ann. las Il starter for herd" he
.5.5ows of the beetlinC cliff on the
go. which during the first half of
J,~ hv across the canyons bottom,
.biffed eastward until a blaze of
:. .rr.bine III the mouth of the tunnel
- .loe Dobbs that moon O'clock"
'..,rsd it. was approaching. The boy
=. agd of labor, and it did not re-
-r,-7 minutes endurance of the hot
ar 10 convince him that it was time
~ work and get something to eat.
little doubt that he arrived at this
,a,t fully an hour in advance of the
L,.Wauld have been reached had Mr..
[r5r! been with him instead of pre-
,b,y somewhere on the San Simon
+ coming back with his burros and
,ss,. Having repaired to the shade of
{-sback.' he cut some slices from the
| piece Ct bacon for his use and raked
<s6sr the embers of the camp fire.
was no wood cut and before set
out 10 get some Joe sat down to rest.
eve fell on the large valise that Peg
4 CrawfOrd always kept carefully locked
out of the way of harm. In the hurry
Esarture the miner had left the key in
! lex, and it occurred to the boy that it
Ia be a good time to see what was in
be turned the key and opened the sacred
be It contained two pairs of cotton
k, some specimens Of ore, and a bulky
kage wrapped in a scrap of army
nkst.
0e united the cord that fastened the
ce. and unrolled the covering from a
1den box that once had held Malaga
,ils FRYING off the top of the box with
knife, he saw that it contained about
} dozen of what looked like long, thick
dies Had the youth been more thought
and known more of letters he would
e spelled out the words, "dinumite
geruss, written in blue chalk on the
e, but as 1t was, that inscription passed
!eeded with all the warning of risk that
11Teyet. He had heard vaguely of dy-
lille but knew nothing of how it ap-
'ed or should be handled. The cyIin-
"a objects before him he half thought
II be some form of candy.
!ion't see why ole Peg Leg should be
mighty perticklar bout this outfit o.
!, he said to himself. as, picking up a
OF the substance that had scaled
one OF the pieces, he put it in his
III and tried it with his tongue. 1t
asTeetish taste, and he set his teeth
it,
Joe had applied his grinders with the
and enthusiasm that he would have
VI in cracking a hickory nut, there
IL nave been a premature explosion
N! story never have been told; but he
Aly discovered a caustic property in
substance, and, not liking the flavor,
u OUT, tie put the box on a fiat rock
served as a table, convinced that he
.ea nothing of its contents.
4Aclng to glance up the mountain
Ne saw the boughs shaking in a scrub
Al the back Of the camp leaned one
-ose Old style army rifles, chiefly for
'D.e 70 the one who fires them, known
{ Long Tom" With more ANNA
IAaA he had shown at any former
ID Tue DAY, Joe seized the firearm
sees yer, and yer my meat; here goes
u IIe' squirt fur dinner" and started
It mountain to secure the game.
, gaOL winch he must take to reach
ace Where he had seen the squirrel
,'eep ana roundabout. When, after
s'laui oling over rocks, he came near
.,.-e "Aere he had seen the squirrel,
s Eva rodent was not to be found.
C..lnoIhg higher and looking beyond
mint OF the ridge into little noun
pam Joe spied jack rabbit feeding
w, opeh space. As he crept toward the
. we, following its upstartings, short
q ala upSlttings, in the effort to get a
: Io' " sure shot, he saw to the wind
a. among the pine trees across the val
~ ~ ueer which caused him to aban-
4e rabbit at once.
! a great mornin fur critters astir."
NJ, NJ =! 20 himself in high glee. Who'd !
- y mat tritiin squirt I'D a led up ter
thar may be somethin a heap
-. , one deer waitin fur me-"
= y was as something, "a heap bigger a
crack, crack, crack, came the