The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-10

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! ity and Kittie German was what I'd
/ been prayin for hard for five minutes
before, and here it all was within
reach in answer to that prayer, just
as if it had been ON tap, so to speak,
all the time. and I'd just turned tho
spigot. Naturally ! was some excited
but ] kept cool enough to put up
monuments and location notice all
right, and christened the claim the
Heavenly Snowshoe, as bein some
what appropriate to the situation.
you can imagine, ma'am, /
wasn't in no state of mind after this
to keep on with the mail to Brown
Bear and Roundout just wanted
to get back to German 8 and let EN-
know about the strike. So / climbed
up the hill again for the other shoe,
pounded off some good specimens to
show what I'd found and was back
again at Germans little after SUM-
set.
when I went down to the hotel
after I'd cooked my supper and
cleaned up at the adobe, l could hear
Prot singin and Kittie playin accom-
paniments, as usual, but instead of
rilin me, as it had all along, just
laughed to myself when I thought of
the Heavenly Snowshoe' and of
how quick this would all be knocked
in the head when Kittie and old man
German learned of my good luck. ]
went into the saloon first, where /
could generally count on findin the
old man of an evenin, but they said
he was in the parlor with Prot and
Kittie takin in the music.
when ! went in after knockin,
they all looked surprised and didn't
seem very hearty, but knew what
had come to me and what was COM
in to Prot and didn't mind, but
started in right away and told 'em
what I'd found, and opened up the
-four sack I'd brought my specimens
down in, and laid lem all out on the
table under the light of the hangin
lamp, where they showed up richer'n
any specimens ever ! see. They all
got round the table and admired
'em, and Kittie was very friendly,
and the old man German got very
much interested and excited over it
ali, although he was generally pretty
cold blooded about most things.
"There wasn't any more singin or
playin that evenin, and pretty quick
Prot said good night and left us,
lookin cheerful Old man German
asked me all sorts of questions about
the size and dip of the ledge and the
nature of the croppin's, and Kittie
sat by the table and was brighter and
chatter than I'd seen her in a
Month. When 1 told the old man I'd |
located him in with me ON the claim,
he was pleased all through, and we
arranged to meet next mornin and |
talk up the best way of handlin the
property. Then at last we said good
night all round, and 1 went up to
the adobe feelin all toned up with |
satisfaction at the style in which my
prayer was workin.
Next day old man German and
me had our talk out, and it was set
tied between us that we was to To-
cate extensions of the 'Snowshoe,'
start in developin and incorporate
the whole business right away, set
tin aside part of the stock for what !
old man German called a 'workin
capital, and meantime the old man
was to put up for expenses. Things
went on almost toe smooth for the
next month. The ledge opened up
very promisin. Kittie was more
friendly every day, and, as for Prot,
he never turned up nowadays-any-
way when l was round.
Nov my folks back in Missouri d |
been writin on an average once every
six months for the last five years,
urgin me to come home and see 'em
before they all died off, but I'd never
had no means to 60 or any way to
get any up to now. But when anoth-
er letter came about this time, still |
naggin to come on, I showed it to old |
German, for he said I'd got to go,
and he'd lend me the money to go
with and look after things while ! |
was gone. The old man kept his
word. He did look after things, as
you'll see, ma'am.
swell, this was in April. / got |
back and saw the folks, took little
general passear all round, and it was
way into August before / fetched up
one evenin on the stage at Germans
again. At the first glance, before I
got down, / see there'd been some
considerable changes in the hotel |
since I'd been gone, The main build
ind been repainted, and there was
a complete new outfit of red settees
on the front porch. A strange man,
with the air of ownin the whole