The Van Buren press., 1895-04-20

rHS VIM there. ne h6~fu' beeH nFtsxfy
WISH known IN them psS<H and havin'
q ascarred. sess~sin' iti,fd ~ fsee. wFlsa1t
youdidrst need to see inere's4 once -
rerollecs IL Him and dhfsbrotl,er'f1 lived
r'tiae pasx five years up in ameue he
pjnon timber. way baeK on the upper
slope of the same range of Mills
eiorgsiees u which was traveiip'
ana there wasn't but few men between
the Celcrade and White Water NJ csnld
speHies OF ef without qettin' mad
clean through though they didn't care
much te n,edaIeswith en- really. hefn'
MOSTLY just good aleng-distanees t#iltersl
One brothersa been dilea the spring
bcforc, while netting sort Of FRESH 1T an
indian jseste, and now here vas the
other one laia out toe. Tshprasa berH
so,nethin, Of aamystarv abeut HEM
woibrothers mt more 'speeisily about
the four or live men, who'd gone np.
tiifferent timesI near their cabin. and
heard from Then, TOO, there'd been.
considrrahle cerjectutdn' as te them
brothers hefn' fhe oaes That haa rot
clean off With a good marg express
boxes sana ,nsil Sacks from The desert
stage linee andEif thev was, as - vhat
they'd ever dene with the coin and
builion they must have collected They
never ,vas lsnown tespend nethin'. and
soiswas generally allowed hey must
haveet al on mind cached sernewheres.
"Tfavin, all these IDEAS rnnnin'
throurh my head and bein'. theuph
you nfivItaft think itl naturally
ctirfous-rninaea and willin' "a take no
end of trorhle tsfhnti out abmtt things,
po iratter how triAin', which f=didn't
know and taele interest in, as4 st.soai
there WITH the sshaaow Of thesvnIture'
lnovim lire a little cloud over thes sand
i-'not ssslnin, half 50 much scared
NJ me bein' there AZ l'd bee1i espectin',
ana sort of wished he haa-a 70. te'
ponarrin' and pIanniN,
why not says to myself 20 on
uptothe cabin amenp the pinons and
eSamine inte things up there. now
there's f,obsay TO hinaer9s
''7'he trail 10 tie cabin ioinea the
on-sI WAS trsveiin'. nos niore,ni n mile
beyond and from there on It wasn't
nore'n five miles more, up in6e the
p,aonss pretty steep, rough ciimlbin', 10
be sNret se TT heard tell buf an easy
trail to leepp. and n sure thine far fair
feed ard wafer enonvh for stock when
you'd got te theecabin
'sHavia ebneinaea IA maize The brips
didn't waste no time n staTtinf and
by hnstlin' aaonw pretty livetY, nan-
arsafl to rannasao m the eahin u little
aftes snnaowna IL seemed a gloomy
iefn1 - place' ID stop AZ, looisfn' asleng
ways dismaaer' than the bare; hss sana
'und roeles Of the desert down hefew
Noyhfnv al round but a lav sea4terin'
growth - serabby p,nens, just thielcs
e,,onpI, % shut ous the view any say
yoa'ds lotsr There, was Al low two-,
i'oo,nea cabfn. With the npd ali Drop
PIN ont of the cfinles and the haris
psesin' Of the lo9s; a brush she'd fer'
stocls and alittle sheice grsnarY. With
afwarpei door hangin' aslsesv on ore
lesther hinge
"HavinF unsaddleti ana tsacen off bhe.
IS,cie end enrnef the animaas loose te
picle UP what feed they could, fidn't
Vvast to get snppee bat starfea ldeslt n
inspac1inf The premises There was a.
room in eacii end Of the caFbin. With an
o,ocA sufee befweem EN-, INST eseerea
/ n fron, the veather by the roof and
sofnc shaiees naflett ifp across the north
side to leeep out the worst of the wind
Here the only furnishin' was q sstsree-
ley1ed stoof an old saddie-tree and a
stirfNip-ie@ther' hunr no On pegs AZ
l,-bScn piee, ~ loolsinp glass and q rag
gesl, nosl,-esten coyote slrin taclsed on
the wstll fpicfresf lfp NJ csndle end and
vent IN next to the room they'd ssea
fo~aleitehess and cso.Sn1ence.9 carsft,ll4
investigating AL nerges lfp to strike
anything from bones to bnllion Tt
didn't take me ong. though Us finish
Ifp n there. seesn' nothin7 aside from a
LOT of Dirt md old nneat cans; i5nt a
table, a bench and Al few greasy foosanr
cochin things blacleened by the fres
'plfen fstrfed the bfrlr-roon, opposite.
bnt found noshin' there but some rs9-
2ed beddinf n elre bunles, two broken
dow sf,sf~ss anN A. firF'Tf sssrffe-s ssfefr r on
which WIS an empty bottle With a
crncIlc stuck IN NJ an 5itt bone Comb.
affia q g1inay pack Of cartis
II vss gstsin' Discouraged, and sired,
md WINERY afd wss diss lesvin' to
start ip fire and get supper, when :
lo,@ered nv stndle to look Under the
Snnks, rs sort of inishin' .fp FOR She
night of NY exsufination. ard there.
dn,fer one ~ EN-, see big board bcsx.
psinted red and bound with rusty
ho6pSron rssen f6ryot al aboot
eatin', and NY Curiosity got to worI<in'
sspI,t s,esy. set the csndle do~a on
fhe Aoor, 4nd, after considcrsble tov.
gin' yot the boz sid oat e, vi,ere
could gst ~ ii phe loclS vas gone. all
bot me hasp, and el,e lid WIS only fast
ened down vith q hairropA lasiii,F. RI
unhitched fir*t IN just so' tsfse sSssi;
and took or eae top ~ thes box, ocin'
all ~ = trefnl,ie witn excitement.
"A9 srst sight n ehe contents vas
considcrsbie disappoirtcds- Aside from
Some r,isty ron jafnk IN me bottom 81
fhe box there wss jsist y lot 81 Old
aannei shirts snd 4 sded canvss coat
wrappeA rouarf 4 I've po,rd bskin'-
5osTder sam Ftfside she esn tfers ~ss
n plece ~ soae1<rfa- t.nned bpelsskin.
done up II oh vas patti9 sffis
bAck agsin. seeli1f discouraged aii
shronyf whefs ! see shese s~ss sofns
oiurry lines and fctsers drswn On is IN
II ~ - r-s.i
K, hsve better iooN ~ was Meant
for 4 3aap pisin enofyf, sot 81 gYas,
Arse sione, eosldTs make oaS. There
~ss sNetzsyg5 shaded Hne rnesns 10
represent Mrs, witr A ~ Az 6ne end