Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-14
AN UNLUCKY NINE.

"rhcro's gold there. stranger. but You're
holder man than ! am " you strike o
pick In Tuon,ta claim"
why soy"
"There's bad lnci goes with q, md I
wouldn't zee any chap take hold " The
thing with his eyes shut.
ut began before ! came with young
Gale Truciitt, who stnkcd out the clnim.
'lic was good natutcd sort, always
doing Kind turn 20 strangers that came
into camp and getting little Or no thanks
Tor g.
Well, he picked mp partner ont of
the lot. d smooth falling chap. who bad "a
desperate bad streak In him, f1r Doc knock.
ell Trueltt over the head one ulsht after
they had been working six months together
and ran away, taking their r.ie
"Gnic had tough head, aud % carried
him through. ilo got o. work nglin. bat
% was Ia downhclr,cd way, aud by and
by huconic.sod chat there WINS uirl walt.
INK Tor him whom Doc had promised To- go
back 10 inside u q year. and bis timu was
almost up.
"wcll, you'd have thought the luck
was on bis side Whom lo struck nugget
that wcut great way toward making up
the pile he bad l0f.
lie started oIt ~ The camp nH happy ms
a King aud half way 60 Denver was stop.
ped by robbers nud cleaned OF DIE last BE-.
"Didn't seem ns " hr had nuy hcnrt l,it
60 bcgin again. and the llsi that was
heard Of him be WIS doing odd Job, about
town.
'rheclaim dldn't lay long IDLE but ihI
next man TINT took hold N Il gat into "a
sluahbla irioru he'd had Il week ard
was shot dead.
"Of the ucSt two one got mountain
fever aud died, and the other turned out a
horse thief, who was followed up aud
made 10 stretch hOmpin the end.
Folks were shy Of taking hold Of e.,
and nobody disputed him when aloug
came a Chiuaman aud dropped into tho
hole
~ youll believe Il. he went tearing
mad and jumped over High clir onouight,
smashing toa Jelly on the rocks 90 tho
bottom.
There's been a dozen who have tried
e, and not one uf them got oil scot free
"Ono chap had his leg broke By % cave.
In, another got the blue devils after him
aud took poisun, aud the last one made biz
pile twice over aud lost II both time card
playing
"And dicdi" asked the stranger
"Wcll, no'=uthcr rcluctgutly-"h bus
hornw the folly Of IL and quit in time.
aud thcu'suo telling what may happen 60
him got Take my word for H., stranger.
no good win come n you take up True
ut claim
liut tho stranger was either not i'm.
pressed by The list Of calpmitlos which had
oysrtakcn his predecessors or he cared Ne,
tie whether good OF IN followed upon his
efforts.
Trupntt' claim turned out we'll In biz
hands, yet twas evident that he cared IL
tie for the rich yellow dust.
For days together be would not put In a
stroke ~ work.
A. such seasons he was usually away
with bis gun, tmmping among tho hills.
counting fatigue aud hardship, for which
the game be secured was most made
Iuate return.
These expeditions grew longer aud long.
Cr, and az last one day the miners wyra
startled 10 src a new face looking nt them
from Tfusntt claim,
Il was the dark, haggnrd face Of man
who had been hanging about the place for
week, taking silent notes aud making sly
inquiries where ho could without drawing
especial attention to himself
The miners looked ht each other lu half
Bwed questioning, bat no. the we'll known
figure Of their c0mwdc Htnlkcd into the
place ur thgywondrrcd aud couiroutgd the
intrrlorsr
What might you be doing here, mis-,
tc-"
"Jump,l you. Your times up this
morning according 10 what these gents
yny
IL was true. Grown carol,n in his sa-
curlty Of possession. be- had forfeited hi-
rights, bat "a varuiug cloud parsed over
bis bearded face.
81 reckon you know tho story ~ thil
here claim, stranger ho remarked qui,t'
Is. "itsH good time for you aud me "a
sco how much truth there H. IN 10 for ~,
81 haven come here 10 make trouble, %
thcuew claimant protested, "hutif there's
any one auung you was here i've yclrl
ago youll know that nm Gale Twolts
himself nUu't that sort of give mu "a
right, seeing thnt this chops out fair and
square oi bis own dong'"
'"You are GUlo TFuenui"
Nhnt was l IN the Others tone that
made the claimant ~ the numo turn pale,
"IyoH wife mud O little child starving
down in beaver Two been in hard luck
aud II was my lHst chance coming up hero
20 work flr them. I'm not coward, only
for their HLr., hut " / go under they
haven't q friend lrit IN this world.
"Iiar,' came from between the set lips
Of hlsadyuury. Friends, Judge between
~. | am Gale Tenplt This ~ the rascal
who robbed me Grto NJ my gold, nnerwuri
/ Of the girl who was tn Dee my wifo-robhoi
me OF her and lrlt bier when he got tired
| OF a rcspootoh.Oliir.
al found hor down in Denver siy months
| hgo-too late to save hpr-nnd the little
one had gone before I've had tho hate ~
him burniug IN my heart ever since. lt'H
given mo no rest, hut didn't hunt him
up for revenge tried 10 beat the feeling
down ard a. work 90 Oh, but ita no usp-
we can't both liEH'
While he spoke the hand Of the other
went furtlyrly 90 lI7 pocket, but Trleltt
detected the movement,
His own weapon was drawn on tho In
slant. Tnero wasu dull report aud a dou'
bio fall
TmeGtts claim was once more owner
less.-Bostcn Globe.