The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-08

noNr tho pocket I had 40 happily
upo When ws became con-
WINGED that further searching was useless
left rolnotantly for our camp. and as-
burros were on tbs hoymswnrd march.
We apld tho gold In Los Angeles for 1880
and paid our debts.
Wsll, now. yon would p that We
would have dirsrtly embarked In journal
ism kRuin, wouIdn't your Not mushi We
q restaurant. wAs uosk and Nv.
W" was waiter and oAshisr. while our Ok
devil on the huKls was promoted dish
All this time Los Angeles waa
Visiting for : boom. and 90 wsrs W.. But
" did not some, ut least not until Ions after
our Restaurant do Paris had Joined the
majority.
just before this unfortunate event "W.
w" said that II / thought ] so1lA ran the
establishment without him for = few days
he would 20 to the San Gabriel canyon and
prospect 4 while for = little mors gold. l
was willing enough TO let him 70, but while
wss away the r%esteuraat gsvs @ the
any regret u our latest failure. He
bad $500 in. %greanbacka In his pocket. the
reault of tho sale of several large specimens
he had found. / questioned him about his
trip, but no was rsticsnt. Finally he ad-
mitted that he had discovered = big pocket.
Bat said he, II will not just yet tell you
where II IL. Half Of it, OF course, ia yours.
! moan to 90 east for y month to
sas nv people. and when / come back again
va shall 20 and got all the precious stuff
that l know OF. And. don't you forget it,
sonny. when that happens we shall not
again have to work ms We have done. either
ut educating the people or helping them to
you qnn live for a month easily. Don'tyou
DO foolish enough now. to 20 to work.
Enjoy yourself in moderation and don't
talk about our businsss i You should drink
too much beer"
Wv. W." was not feeling very we'll when
he left, but 10 was hopeful nevertheless.
and slatcd. Ten days aftsrward ] received
word from Ogden that he had died suddenly
on the train while writing = lsttsr addressed
to me. He was in tho act of lighting a
Cigar. whom the match fall from his hand
and the letter WAS half burned before it
was discovered that ho had lost conscious
ness. Hs died in . few minutes without
recovering his senses. What there was left
Of the letter WAS not much. His secret
died with him, and although ! have tritd
to find the poeket at least ten limos since
1880 | hnys been unsuccessful every time.
i had to leave Southern California to esc.re
the mysterious fascination which imrolled
me to proceed to the mountains whenev, +
the month Of Juns approached. But some
10Y l dA kOAlk w "a AAA ! ~ WV
wrsst from the spirita OF the canyon the
secret that will make ms rich.
The Independent Chicago Woman.
Congressman KEN, who has been here
with the visiting congressman, had an
anusing adventure in q Madison street car.
The car was full, and At q certain corner a
woman got in who. owing to the amplitude
of her proportions, had some difficulty in
providing through the door. She finally
stationed herself right in front Of the Ne
braska congressman. He got up.
sit down. :" said tho woman impressively;
''sit right down. Don't trouble yourself, I
bog Of you. I can just as we'll stand my
solf. I''-
Bit" s1postulated the Hon. KEN, but,
madam
She broke in upon him.
II insist upon your sitting down." she
exclaimed hoarsely. II have seen too
Of this thing of women driving men
of their seats. Idon't believe in it. II
MI. KEN mad become desperate. The
conductor was nowhere in sight.
Madam" he cried. ''for Gods sake will
you get out of the way? I didn't offer you
my seat. We have JUST passed my corner
and ] want to get out" 89 5
Then the woman sat down.-Onahs Bee.