Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-13

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vent by, and II provisions gave out,
and nearly every speck of powder was
clean gone, my partner got weary, and
got lean and sunken, and his eyes
mor shiny. He wouldn't eat any
nor and l tried to cheer him, but
couldn't. We walked on, and at last
we made up IL minds to turn back.
And as we Q trudging along, weak,
and tired, and hungry, and barely able
to drag tho weight of our ritles-for it
was u difficult road, u narrow Indian
trail across u pass in the mountains =
we lighted upon q spot where a water
fall had laid the rocks quite bare. My
partner was tho first to see it, and
there was no mistake. There was the
gold lying in little heaps and piles of
shiny yellow Jumps in the quartz bed
of the water. l tell you we weren't
long in splashing into it, and soon we
had sackfuls of rich ore, and tons more
to come. Then we came to think that
there were only two of us, and that
ono of us would have to go and fetch
help while the other watched by the
find. | was the stronger, and it was
decided that l should go down to the
first station on tho plains and get two
or three fellows that We could trust to
help us. and my partner was to remain
on guard. 1t took me three days to
get down to the prairie, and two more
to c me back again, because l had to
do it on foot one way, dnd even on the
road back my mules couldn't travel
very fast, because it vas all broken
ground, and often had to go round
tor miles. But at last | got back to
M, ,,,S,,D n,&I fr,,-I MA
ing there for me.
gold?:'
Its the best,' l replied: we've
struck it rich this time
He threw up his arms and turned
his face squarely toward the sun, as
though its light wasn't as bright as his
sudden fortune.
THANK God.' he cried out. Now
Ill have money enough for Marie Gle
maton." And then he commenced the
hymn which you mayed for me.
so here was the mar who had
wrOnged Marie, and he meant to paw
her with money!"
My boy hadn't wronged anybody"
MIR. Spencer brokenly interpreted.
Evil wasn't in him."
VI am telling you what l thought and
what | did" MIR. Caswell continued.
and not what was true. Hear me out.
| believed that my partner had separ-
ated me from Marie, and that he had
done it by means of some dastardly
conduct, in expiration of which he
meant to offer her wealth-the proceeds
of IL mine-to the creole belle.
was maddened. / was not under self
restraint at all. seized u pickax and
struck him down."
You wretched assassin of my boym.
cried old Mr.. Spencer, and he threw
himself on the American.
a baby might Us we'll have attempted
to crush u giant. MIR. Caswell put him
back into his chair, easily and gently.
and restrained him there, while say
ing:
Wait till l am done. Then 1 will
! submit to any punishment o NAV de.
/ eide to intlict. l repented my deed at
once and lifted my partner to his bunk
in our cabin. He was white as q sheet,
except for the blood from the wound.
and his teeth ratified and he glared ut
me and muttered something, but he
didn't know me any more than Adam.
His wits were clean gone. 1 was peni-
tent enough at nce knew him by
n me, but he had never told me of his
home or relatives, and so l couldn't in.
form his friends-even if I'd had the
courage to. l got for him the best
care that was to be had in the region,
and the wound in his head healed. but
his mind remained a blank. 1 sent
him to Chicago. to the lest doctors for
that sort of disease that money could
procure. But they could do him NO
good. l went and secured our partner
ship claim. and did all that was neces-
sary to be done for both of us: and all
along, when the gold and the money
came rolling in. l took it all and put il
down for both of us. one share for me
and n for my poor witless
partner. I said to myself, one
day 1 shall be able to find
out if he has any heirs or relatives,
and though he can't enjoy much of the
wealth that belongs to him. they will
be able to reap the benefit of it. Years
went or like that. and l built q house
in Chicago, so as to be neal my poor
' partner, whenever I could. As the
me passed he frightened up a little,
4 the doctor held out some hope.
aid that the sudden sight of some.
belonging to his former life
,elp to restore him to his old
dn't I know where to dnd his