Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-09

they have nnoed tnaJ sdnu.
sZor'
cunt the FIRST thing you viii know
they will build o big hotel here, unit pay
some doctors to tell the people that the
waters cures everythings, unit sell that
water in bottles, n make more money
as you never saw; unit you are "a fool If
Won eel that farm for ten tho-sand dol
lars.
FOR
YES, that is 20: unit you must make
them pay ten times SO much"
That would bevon hundred thousand
dollars"
"ven, maybe there is that much
money"
Are you dOne:'
IF l am vat viii you say?'
$50 to shleep."
Heinrich Gan you think Of that
boor poy Jacob shtanding outside the
fence around that Dig hotel we're the
rich gentlemens unit ladies are, unit sayin'
init a proken heart, 'Mein water sold all
that for a boor leedle ten thousand dol
lars Ach, Heinrich, you got no heart
at all for that poyP
Get yum tuyfulr' roared the exasper-
ated old man, plunging out of bed and
~retreating to the guest chamber, where
he locked himself in and tried to get
some rest during the remainder Of the
night in another bed.
In the course Of the forenoon follow
ing that nocturnal discussion a middle
aged, tough looking citizen sauntered up
to the porch and inquired of Farmer
Kropff, who was as usual seated there,
if anything stood in the way Of his hav-
ing dinner with the family.
YES; the old woman have got a gol-
ossal prejudice against feedin' dramps,'
responded the old man, eying him with
marked disfavor.
''Trampsr' echoed the tough citizen,
seeming rather amused han insulted-
You're away of, senator. | should
think you'd live long enough to be a
better judge Of a mans style. Do the
tramps in this part of the country carry
letters Of introduction like these
As he spoke he drew from a pocket a
: handful Of ten and twenty dollar gold
pieces and poured them, clinkng melo-
= diously. from "A grimy paw 10 the Other
before the farmers astonished eyes.
my gracious!' CALCULATED Herr
/ Kropf. Excuse me, sir. VIII you not
/ take a seatF'
3 Il don't wonder at your taking ms FOL
a tramp continued the man, accepting
5 the invitation, las my get up may be
leettle off accordin' TO eastern notions o.
= style, but in the country / come from
clothes don't count for much, and rvI
got to be sort Of careless about EN-,
e reckon"
t From we're do you come, mein frindy
y Montana, Idaho, wherever there
gold, to'ard the sunset. My names Dan
Chipland, but I'm better known as tn
Goldbug Of the Sawtooth Range"
my gracious! Never / did hear tn
like Of that"
. "Prob'bly not. But there's lots has
{ I'm a modest flower, but not scare
where l bloom. Why, say, senator, Pvl
located more big mines and made an'
spent more big money than any othe
t man west Of the Missouri river. I'm
p~rospector from way back, / am, anl
. don't you forget it. These are some Of m.
own producing" And again he dazed tn
5 farmer with his handful of gold.
your broducing9 How va THAR
"My digging. Got the gold out 70
e 'em myself. Staked the high muck-a
0 muck of the mint to have my own dus
q coined for me, the huh hundred weight
Hundred weight of vaty'
= "Gold dust, that / washed out myself.
"Potztansendr'
ssOh, I'm boss Of the placer, I am
You ought to see me toy with q pan"
"Vat is that toy init a PAM"
The Goldbug condescendingly and pa
tiently set forth by simple phrase an
ample illustrative ~pantomime the ar
and mystery of placer mining, embel
3 fishing the dry details with a wealth O
romance respecting his achievements
Herr Rropf, with open mouth and bulg
D ing eyes, listened in silence, the Will
E thick layers of wonder piled up over hi
mind. Gradually a suspicion stole upo
5 him that the mysterious proceedings G
the New Workers must have been some
y thing akin to those now brought TO hi
knowledge. He therefore repeated wha
Reuben had told him, and asked h
guests opinion upon it.
= lUEIE III ACAAAn AloNNANA ~
Chipland, with an air of grave consiC
Grafton, 'sin this offhand way. GolC
you see, is Just as likely to be found /
Is one place as in another, most an,
where. 1t has been got in every state {
this Union, more or less. Wherever 20
find black sand, If the other indication
n are right it Is pretty safe to look fc
gold"
u THAT greek bed is full of black sand
esYou don't say sol Wen, then, ther'
probably gold. I'd like to take a look
re il. Yor may have millions right und
r your hand"
8 sDonnerwetteri Unit he got q opti'
that he shall buy it all for ten thOusal
60 dollars"
TOOK an option, ehf Oh, wen, tn
settles it. They nave found the gold.
3 course"
"Achl du Heber Gotti Vat VIII An
say now