The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-29
MAX WALrox or aHE sIHsRAs.

THE. picture Of n man sitting on burro in
mid. stream. in the heart OF the Southern
sierras. miles from anywhere, has nothing re.
marksble in It," said the naturalist but
when you consider the burro as asleep. and
the rider holding a fishing line with one hand
and a we'll thumbed COPY Of Gdipus with the
other. which he is reading through clouds OF
smoke from well-flled pipe the scene takes
on another phase.
Such man I met one day In the great river
| OF verdure known as the Arroyo Seco. that
winds away from Los Angeles up through the
San Gabriel Valley entering the Sierras at
Pasadena and for miles passing through q
| region Of varied delights.
| "'Senor-' began.
| Sebastian he replied, without looking up.
| Senior Sebastian continued. L regret.
| In these solitudes. to be obliged to inform you
that you are infringing patent right OF mine
How sor retorted Senior Sebastian, rlanc-
| ing up from the book. which he now dropped
| into the pocket OF his corduroy coat
In this: was the originator OF fishing on
horseback
Ali said the seffor you may be the In.
ventor. but am the improver. see p And for
the first time l noticed that the line was
| fastened to.a hole In the tip OF the burros ear.
III you have ever observed said tho fisher
man. the habits OF the burro or we will say his
hehu bOu VIII uhNo nOtlCeu InAJ the ears are
always moving back and forth. It's Just the
motion want In fishing. so I adopted Il. and
| SEQ
AS bespoke the line stifrshed out, the bur-
ro's ear. or. to be exact. his right ear bent for.
| ward suddenly. and the burro himself awoke
| with start
Watch him. said tho fisherman. The
burro's ere had first settled on me in an in
auiring way. then realizing fhat something
was Juggling at his ear. he drew the member
| up to the horizontal at which the trout. for
| such It was. left. the water with q bound and
| In its return drew the ear down again. The
burro now seemed to concentrate all his ener-
gies In the contest. and the ear Rravitated be-
| tween the upright and the horizontal You
| see.' remarked Senior Sebastian again, tho
burro plays the fish, and L. sultlng the action
to the word. pull MIN In, And. with the air OF
the trout, dropped It Into a pocket Of his coat.
line the fisherman felt for his GdiDus. and the
~ deem il. continued the Senior. after re-
dSh1f ss he Py Ihs Il not the
.GlId Iom'o5t fhays seen The hard side q i
sheen. ranch: | walked across the. Moiave
dead who have tried 1t. Yes was sitOr gold
and adventure; and got both.
getting bs sI nnf lis fsn as s1
Sns IN Santa ,hs Fan in up the fss
mostly and one night q man rushed into the
and and ", wanted 70 e.; PRIEST xs. TaIhgiis
know where the old palace Is to-day In Santa
tet Well he took me down q street hack of
half breed. with death in his face. He
bad been, stabbed In . brawl an hour
have the heart to tell him I was not A
priest; He sent the others out OF the room,
mouth TO my ear told me to remember what he
said. He had been bad man. had killed sew
Iilate his crime so told his secret to the Church
he told me TO pull on his belt. which did,
eRank. Of gold . al 10 ts 81 ons eeEfss
another part was an old pisce Of sheepskin.
sdf fG Ss. se sns %
the mouth mouth II canon ,Sa where you could Pick
he had killed his partners to get control Of it
all The murder was done on the desert at
bodies in. the sand he started back to The
placer: He got there at night aud found three
to see who they, were. and they were my two
mates and myself | don't know how It hap.
q herder's cabin. and he said he found me
crazy on the desert. l got better and never
gold to the church. took the map then wrot s
OS aee Where's Ss bs and to his story he
tse ss ssg's s oxsr short
s.rssd as 1 man dled and fey days later
found the pace where the bodies were. as 1t
near as could reckon. was somewhere near
the spot; The map called for several noun.
ether dlrestIonS ay friend 70 make sG E iOnS
Il there is one. from Moiave TO %sIner sra rsn "
that don't know I'D ike to see IL. That was
that the man W.. mad THAI ' hSa R XIII %t the
men there could be little doubt but the placer
Is ny shanty. Ri show YOU the map "'''
The shanty was a rough board affair set |
back against the moSntain, and so partook Of
passed unpoticed by the stroller up the arroyo |
had 4 not been for the score or more Of white
.SansS co1tsnsd F t%S rod ha@% 0ns
was out Of doors Waea i. dd n slse IaIn
The books were few. but to the point. their |
splcuousy hung on the wall. in an old old LOOK.
inR: glass frame. was the gold seekers map
ind the placer" said the owner Of the map mar eau
,,,, The a map was on piece OF sheepskip. care;
S So"s 'hs OF having been made in
IN reply my Sassio ms hsse sd sp pe0 0iS
Of company OF decided variety. 1 generally
steep OUT yonuer IN hammock swung be-
tween two trees like plenty OF air, and one |
night awoke, as one viii sometimes. feeling
that some one is around. | Kept per-
smother and then two nery eyes
looked into mine MY rifle was In the
house. so waited. The animal soon turned
and walked on, and few moments later 1
heard rush, then scream in the corral / |
ran for my rifle. and got back In time to hear
something leap Into the bush. found my
burr9 badly wounded his side cut and torn,
but l believe TO this day that he kick ed tha |
Inountain lion over the fence; lie was equal To
II up the canon. ~
Bears frequently come down aud try CON-
illusions with my bees One night hearing
loud noise, went out. rife In hand and thsrs
stool q bis grizzly not ten feet away IN the |
moonlight, looking twice as big as he was,
lie had beehive under one arm. and was |
brushlng bees OF with the other. The moment |
ne saw me he began TO Rrowl. and wasted no
time but let him have IL lust where thought
the heart WAS he Dropped on All fours and