The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-10

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PROSPECT.
Magee was PAINTER by .raic. New Yorker
by nativity. and n rrospector by preference.
When Womack. the cowboy. carried specimens
Of gold dust and quartz to Colorado Springs
and was laughed at by tho men who arc
now anxious to get in on tho ground
floor OF Cripple Creek. Magee heard OF the
supposed find and being without rreju-
dice started for tho diggings. As he heard the
story twas Il placer camp only-a camp whore
nuggets were found in tie sands. He did not
know anything about washing gold nuggets
out Of sand. but he was game to try to learn.
Tho fact that he was possessed OF as little
property as Of knowledge Of u placer propo-
sition did not dampen his spirits at all. His
gameness rose superior 10 the pungS OF hun
Magee. 1t was equally lucky that lie had the
hunger would have downed not only Magee's
game blood but that vi several Others.
lies northwest OF the camp on the day his mas
ter arrived, and then meandercd down t"
little log tnhn that can s,i , 10 found near hs
Cripple Creek runs. The cabin was the only
house here then. but a dugout and 4 couple Of
dozen mon were living in the vicinity They
had been attracted; as MaGee had been. by tn,
Cripple Creek. II stream that barely had body
enough n to TE od Wong We IesnM ITS 6nnk
the tiny stream, but not soul in that crowd
could build cradle or since. the water was too
build it while the amount OF gold to lie found
in the sand wa, so small anil c.usive that the
enough to pay for his grub though he shovelled
and panncd from sun To sun.
one Williams who owned the cabin. kept a few
as hoarders, but tn" rest had to rustic for
Gruh-rustlc in ii country where the ONLY set
Tiers were cowboys located at ranches many
miles apart. and the nearest stor" was ut
Florissant. twenty, miles away. Somehow
when now asked how they say they hardly
know-cven tho poorest MANAGED 70 got -four
or beans. or meal but bacon n" one had in any
quantity worth mcntioninr while fresh meat
had pension l"r services as a soldier, one rot
single grub tss ,ns9 c6 9ssant and t tho
friend, in ~" settlement
Int. this to,rlorn community cirmo Prosnec:
poet was tn" most popular Individual in the
camp. The country was alive with rabbits.
to remnrkabIc degree The llttls loG ho Hi
where Williams lived faced u hill covered with
brush ana seG2nd ErIpT 9TH aspens. 1t was
for long after that Prospect saw tho rabbits
and straightway made them hump themselves.
But they bumped IN vain unless u burrow
When Prospect caught a rabbit he carried it
tho frienis Of CHARLEY Magee had rabbits
stewed and rabbits broiled and rabbits fried
almost at will. Just what this. meant to the
days on nothing ing. but boiled beans and salt.
100000 within the year, and now has an In
come Of $40 dry from his stock in ths Ana.
have pulled through but for that dog. CAN
but yon can say he Just nbout kept some OF US
Peter Hettis. who brought in u wagon load
rabbits. now and then. Maece's whole living at
ono time depended on Prospect;
Within week after his arrival Prospect was
and u littlo later formed the habit Of starting
on with the first prospcctor who left the camp
in the morning for his days work. After fol.
lowing him for II while Prospect would so OH
ard hunt up some one 81 so. and finally learned
to make the rounds of tho PROSPECT holes as
Then came u day when Prospect was to, win
that WAS quito equal in wrFlilto Prospect. and
rs ugly in appearance and ,ispoSillmn rs 1t Il,
for dGs to t. S his saw "ht tns
in anticipation OF tn" fun he W ~ going to have
biting the throat hrhint mat face: The spec
Prospect S ct mot S him hai Way in hS rush that
followed. What is moro the sunrise gave way
townod and bit HIM rightly about tho snoul;
ders and neck; and the two hadto be separated
later later stil rrospsct foil into disgrace. Not
only did he delight in rhasn.: rabbits, but no
had Il laundering rs wolf Tor SNuhks. u tnsto
for on the theory that every dog, ike his mas;
ter. must havo some depraNity n his montal
MAKEUP lrospset HUNTED sNnm , -, N u ma,t
advances and movements not'llcIlated t. en-
cite the fear, or tho anger q mo mephiiic
reach and grabbed more than one IN rs DOW
SO it happened that on one OCCASION hH found
two On the banks OF tho g"Iv near tcttigs
e attack by sc%mingly li"llnII advances.
m WI ~ no Ma n"J s" v sGfr or
his friends cannot be told, but no was SO Wig
nrous On this occasion that the skurks took to
ilight and entered pIecipitatey into tho gro
very large grocery. hut when the skunks
ied in i wa. annarsnt,y Ema INN !gr than eyeT 1t
or customers along with those skunks. Tie
men wont out and remained side and then
i, and then rcyel Tho dog as. n chump,
Eventually Bob Work got piece of stove pine
iron liElttg,s stove hus and after closing ono
,,n ne,, pipe an inviting retreat ara On,
| rind the beast out and down the valley. ana
alter PLACING the plno on the ground Ned in
thus dislodged., and they eventually shot it
and carried it forth with averied faces and
weird profanity, They also carried out a D"x
| OF crackers and some other stun that had
stood, near tho dying hrnsi. Then they
scrubbed the floor With lyc and burned rags
alter both nrospoctors and Proprietor sat OUT
side when comparing samples Of ore and tell
Ing stories RI! and sm9kkinG-sat outside regard
draws the line. This Is a great region Tor
found nd. Bs s5 tbs . S ssd f s