New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
FOR YELLOW GOLD.


ten thousand dollars in the newest OF new tens
and tWCnticS IN II. !, s,.o
The driver had looked very blue when nc droHe
his four mustangs from the p0stOince-Wneic ~
took on a very Hat leather bag; when spohe
loudly Of the ncapacity or Discrimination OF t. ne
Ihimble Spring people for etter-wiltihS.o ,h j.,
| the railroad station where he was to take on ,ic
box Things were going ali wrong at nome
That was why his brown face looked so la&garaa
| that was why he held loosely 10 the iues !:
that WIS why he chewcd 80 hard Oh the pl' %
'"S Such hard scratchin' | never seed afore
was what he had said as he had listlessly THROWN
| the mailbag into the wagon can't gIt no uccth,
| lob nowadays Nothin' ter be he'd by prosPectln
tried tibet time an agin ef / GIT any!nlhS ~
peters out inside Of week might mar s w ~
strike over ter Sand Guch, but it's derheu ioliS
way Off an me n Sue an the kids hez moved
SO often AT we can't raise nothin' ter move on
now Why in Sam Hill did Sue hey ter GIT tn lat
she wcaned the baby? rs damned s'd hr
Why can't Bill git somethin' ter do?-great, pig,
luni<-headed cuss. Ef he'd brother poorer ~, d
crow. dye think I'd go an live ON him, an l tEe
on him, till thar warnt nuthln' ter eat IN ,a Tue
house? Sho Zach Springer, you're blamed io s
Bill haln't done that lie amt ter blame Ter
gcttin' his leg broke that time. Bills all rlght,
but he's on!uciy. Been tryln fur mohll In, yer
| cit job, an can't git in nowhere lie Will
ter work. He'd stan crotch-deep in me cre 'iS
all day long washin' out tailins, eff he could
make his salt at it. Tried it fer six weeks an
didn't gt enough to buy pair O. sulmo opou-.
Whoa B"ckskin Damn that onf@yen nat form
"
cf yer didn't his teeth eout
And then the box was taken on, and the eN-
press agent had something 10 say lh ii son't,
| thing" was not to Zach SprlnSers hiking ne
| chcwed harder than ever ON the pit OF piu2. anu
sawed the hard mouths of the mustangs Dy an
unnecessary yanking OF thr rel hac M1S bis pos
down upon the sides OF the nervous brutes ana
turn them loose for the foTty-mlie run to "'ld
Butte. Why had he needed lec'urf 'r r ,uld
that STRAIGHTFORWARD agent have looked at him
with such dark suspicion MIL,
They think cos got stood up down ter bacH
Rocks La time | had big load o. gold thet
need TO he preachcd to every time 20 "' d no~
with full box. Damned stoop-Shouldercd, desk
settin' hounds. I'd like ter see one on EN-
handlin' the ribbons when thars Winchester
| lookin' nj EN- with an eye big a. bar l-head
Can't tell me- they wouldn't give III l me sT w.
scented, calGs<n booted young laules' i"''
! amt man among EN-
Zach SpringcrS indignation was now IN more ore
complete possession Of him than had been hiS
! feeling of hucncss "A little earlier. Nhat ne h;'i
! delivered himself Of just now was not what ne
| would have said had he voiced his true senti-
mcnts with reference 10 the eNprcssagent lecture
/ I'm between tuc words ran the thought, that tieS,
! had suspected him Of having hand In me barN
Rocks robbery. II had CONG to nm Eeiore III
/ what he called "ef-handcd way, ana ne la.
had other outbursts OF righteous lndlghatloh' pu.
none i'm which the uphcaval was 20 great rs 'iao
| of the present Had that been the reason the
stage company had cut down his pay TO SHY
II month? Tie chances were that sy,as IT WAS was
|
| paople 10 come il 80 high-handedy over a poor
man who only wanted his own. Wouldn't It serve
| them just right, IL 800 ,u
the mustangs hoofs in little pufs and sprays
of it, powdery tne, followed Ihe ,nTn b Tr t th
wheels halfway up lnGre no oe o TrpS rouG that
| followed the blackboard like haunting spirit
Sometimes, rhe light breeze shifted II cane de
back upon the blackboard ana IT'S driver iisr
heavy thoughts on the conscience o. guilty
man
IL would serve them just right. Besides that
! only thnk-ten thousand What would the PEG
would ny know or care il somebody up in far-oii
Nevada had dumped box OIL his blackboard ana
gone back and got il after lew daIs1nayMh t
w weTE "T Yoa c oa go and get box ike
that in the daytime and take IT anywhere, ior
the whole country would be out looking Tor tIle
| 10 better II wonld all blow over by tnat Time;
Let's see would it? Ten thousand was good
deal Those sagcstoppe,s were always s'r FIX ~
the box on the wrong day. lhey never soI 80
much a. that al one haul. In two months, theh
perhaps two months. But it would have to be
wei hidden.
And the thought stuck 70 him. despite an lat at
tcmpt- to keep il of. though by the TINE ne hai
! driven the mustangs mo Red Canon, his indigna-
lion nj having been suspected by the company
had died down The box NJ his feet mad taken
on = new mcaning for him. II meant smart gowns
for the wife Ii meant good schooling Tor the
children Those iiYc little ones had had nara
"rusih' of il 10 get what Few scraps OF leuLhlns
they had thus far managed TO Gluten ana. IL
for clofArs they were dressed like Juvenile scare
crows Ne~. MI the hard scratching woald be
over if lie dared 20 do what many another hard-
| nnsh,d man had done. Resolving the whole mat
Ter down to a plain. clear-cut proposition, 1t was,
after all simply question Of nerve.
| Here was the place 10 do IL. Right here. where
| fine high scraggly rocks with the patches OF sage
brush atop, came 50 near 10 the buck board. Id
could be- thrown oN"f % MIer@mnID 'c
! though buried N six feet of earth. The buck
| board had reached the top Of long down-grade
Zach put on the brake and twisted the rcins about
! the brake handle y if about 10 take plunge
into cc-cold water. he reached down for the box.
but wait bit. He took of his big sombiero and
hung it. on u projecting rock Then flashing out
| his siN shooter he sent a bullet through the brm
OF the hat, which he then rep accd on his head
Though it had been hot enough when he started
out from Thimbie Spring, there seemed 10 he n
chill i'm the aif inst now. Wonld they believe the
story that he would haze 70 coneoct; even th34ah
would he care whether they did or not9 They
already suspected him; II he had the name. he
might as we'll have the game lie looked at a
made "A mental throw or two in a tentative way,
! in order 10 get the distance"
Then he hid two nervous hands on the box.
| Could il he tossed over there. after all? lt
might have TO be carried lie lifted it upon the
srnf. Via rhlmbe Spring stage Line" What was
the sense in putting on such a direction as that
| 1t was the only way it could 20. TIE only way.
| And tina, way was now closed, for he was about
God, KANT they trust you-you, Zach Springer
! KANT they trust Old Zach ?T he burst out,
| hoarscy YES, but why don't they do as any
| other decent mimi compnv does-turn their
snN into the bank at Frisco, arter its mntcd?
| What in hell do they want on il up thar ?
Well after all. that was their business
Rnt hc couldn't be- trusted. What would Bill
sayp Bill was an honest man. lie would blush
with shame every time his brothers name WAS
mentioned after that-for. of course. he would
| know Sue would never suspect ANY kind Of
DamDDOylh u.
lie could put two and two together as quickly US
any man in the country. And Yet Bill himself
was little reckless sometimes lie had been act
inc very queer Of late and haCa been over to John
sons good deal drinking ard playing cards with
The boys That would not do. Bill must be
| Looked after lie WAS only young frllow-a
mere hoy. even if he had been trying to raise a
mustache lately. Yes Bill was good deal
Younger than he. Why. he remembered we'll the