The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-15
SIZE LANDED AMID NUGGETS.
The Story Of Young woman's Lucky
Fall in Ola Mexico.

Miss DORA Kemp ia one of the luckiest
young women in the world. She went
out to sketch in the bills Of old Mexico,
and while looking for brook fell into
nest Of gold nuggets. She jumped from
poverty to comparative riches in the
twinkling Of az eye. Her dnd netted her
e9,700. Miss Kemp is now in Chicago
on her way TO Paris, France, where she
proposes to study art in the hope of be-
coming great painter. She was in
ChArharipAri, . little settlement ut the
mountains foot, six days hard riding
from any railroad. She says:
"Thcre was some magnificent scenery
near this quiet little place Of 300 souls
aud passed many pleasant day sketch
ing. In this fashion month passed, and
1t became very monotonous. and began
TO think Of going somewhere where |
might be among white folks. The only
English speaking'perscns there we're Mil
Ter, landlord of thu little hotel, and a
little quaint Italian, who WINS = handy
man for the more pretcutlous shops. One
afternoon l started out from the town
with my sketch book under my arm, aud
after brief walk came to rolling, rather
steep hill. Curious to see what was be
You'd went on up ovor its brow. Before
me lay ono Of the wiidest seeses hsvs
ever seen before or since.
"Thc tall orchard trees stood close to
Rethsr, slsntipg down the hill, tho top OF
the last ones fading into the misty blue
that oiled the basin Of the canyon. The
intersections were alled with twinlng,
twist,og mass OF underground, from
which grew all sorts Of rare ana beautiful
colored flowers, while on the sides Of the
two hills to tho left, standing out In
menAcing splendor were rocks OF R'gan'
tic size. The sound OF a stream came up
20 me from the depths Of the blue below.
IT sounded tempting and stsrted for il,
A went on down the sides tore my
akirts 10 the Jagged underground, but !
kept on. and marking my way by break
ing low limbs, soon came 10 sight OF
the sircam, and was turning to make my
way to the lief, to find slant that would
take me to the bank Of II, when found
myself sinking down aud down.
reached out FOR something to clutch, but
something always gave way, aud ] finally
landed on sandy bit Of beach In little
cove tina. the horizontal wall of the
mountains base made at the edge OF the
stream. ! was not hurt. My fall had
be~n gradual had fallen through a
growth that covered the side Of the hill
above me fully thirty feet. | scanned
the aides OF the rock that made the cove.
There was no retreat that way. looked
down the stream. There was waterfall
no, ten feet away, whose distance could
great deal. Up the stream 1t seemed as
bad; the water WAS fully thirty feet across
and looked deep, although here at ,h'
edges 1t WAS shallow enough, but tn
sharp projection Of stone stood well on
into the water and /, meant wade o
proportions bad yet to ascertain.
II secured from the hillside sinuoui
vine and made rope, fastened it TO
solii point of the rock, and then, AS !
was early, l sat down to sketch the can
Won a. 1t stretched away in the blu'
depths. | could see down over the water
fall. | rechDed on the sand with tn,
back 10 The hillside. While eontempiat
ing the view absently picked up peb
bles and threw into the water. One o
them happened to notice as | held II Il
my hand. II was Of odd shape aud pc
cuiiar color where the dried earth didn
cover it. washed il of in the stream.
looked suspicIously like gold. l locke
where had been sitting aud there in a
obloug rift of the rocks WAS batiul ,
Just such clods as | held IN my hand.
had seen nuggets Of gold, but had new
heard of them 10 such quantities as m
my gaze. Hoping il was gold, but N
sure, and with thoughts OF Monte Girls
like spIendor in my mind, ] placed tho
tina, we're loose III niche as high up Il
bank al could reach aud made my VI
around the poin, Of rocks to it'd VI
back home with the nuggets secure
fastened in nay dress. The water was up
my shoulders, but succeeded 10 gettii
around; then marking the way careful
with bits Of paper, made up the b
again and gained the house, much q
worse for wear. put on dry DIRE
and seeking Miller showed him my fiu
asking him with oalmness | certain
didn't feel what IT WAS. He scanned
carefully, aud said:
s'Ii's purity gold whers'd you &
itl' IL rather siammered that b
found 1t in the creeks bead short ii
lance from the house. Thoughts OF I
treasure ii il were one, being Etched fro
me caused this little deception. He sa
further; Its purity well mixed with di
aad then lsughiuglyl III you hsd
whseibarrowluI Of bits like this J
could buy farm
a.How much is il WORTH" l asked.
A'ob, about ts5, think
IL thanked him and went to my roo
To get sae Iest Of the bits, as he call
them, from where they were, and Ia