The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-20

Pom my soul it is the biggest fake that
l was ever taken in by and il get back
and get my old job at Salida again he
will be a good one who will catch me
Tor a sucker again
What's the matter with the gold
fields?''
Nothing is the matter with the gold
fields only they they amt there. Out
side of a few fifty cent necklaces and
watch chains. there isn't an ounce of
gold in the territory. l noticed one
I thing they had plenty of, and that was
| GALL
Were you out to Doggy creek?'
''No. l wasn't. / don't believe there
is any such place as Doggy creek. /
went far enough / promise YOU.
How far did you go?"
II went TO FL Reno and there is where
I discovered that I was fool for the
first time in my life. | went up 10 a
man and asked him when the stage star
ted for Boggy creek. He didn't do
| thing but laugh in my face
What are you laughing at says II"
II am laughing at you says he.
What are You laughing al me for
says l, getting half mad"
Because l think. says he. that you
are one of those fellows that bit at
| the gold mining fake"
He then told me that the whole
thing was a hoax and / tell You 1 was
| mad. a crowd gathered around us and
| they all laughed at me like clowns. l
| suppose | was the first sucker that
| struck the town and l felt so small that
| could crawl into a thimble. Sure /
| heard man that the excitement was so
great that shovels Were selling in Ell
Reno as high as s. apiece. The devil
go with 'em / could buy all the shovels
| in the town for 80 cents. ] also read in
| the papers the day before that the rush
was so great that So teams by actual
count crossed over the bridge on their
way to Doggy creek. III bet my last
dollar and that is all l have got now
| that a team hasn't crossed the bridge
| in a week. By Jimminnies / don't be-
| lieve they have a bridge there at all
| / thought when l struck the town that
! the prairie would be black with miners
| The devil a man did / see but a lot of
! grassy Injuns with stockings on and no
| shoes. When left Colorado | thought
| | couldn't get a seat on the train. but
| instead of that I had whole car to
myself and a pale face little wee man
| that looked Ike a gambler. / after
| wards found out that he was a reporter
| for a st Louis paper, going TO the gold
| fields"
did he go out?"
Yes he whit out all right. He whit
| out on tare when he struck FL Reno
and found out that he was as big a
| sucker as I was. ] saw him at the depot
| last night and he was sending out spec
ial dispatches from Doggy creek that
/ came by courier, / think he said. like
mad. He looked like a Y. NJ. c. A man,
| but think he is the biggest liar I ever
saw. He was under the influence of
drink and I think he actually thought
he was in Doggy creek. He talked
about nuggets Of gold as carelessly as
| that Monte CristO fellow ] saw last
winter at the theatre at Salida. asked
| him what in the name of God he was
/ fooling the people for and he said,
what's 1t to you as if I wasn't interest
ed in it to the amount of over $50 ex-
| penses-"
$50 you think there Is no gold in Ok
! lahoma ?''
''The divil bit. nor gold bugs either:
but II you would ask me whether there
are any gold bumbugs down there faith
7 could answer you. I don't think It
is right to pull a man away from his
home an wife and childer that way
wfin times are so hard. I'll he long
time till they can catch me again II
get back to Salida and get my old job. :"
and with this he took an additional
| hitch on his belt to compress the vac
UNI where a supper ought to be. threw
| his blankets over his shoulder. took his
grip in his left hand and lit out for the
| lodging house.