Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-01-28

u Jar II Is. Le'tH' wise. the rest Ot US
hev had To.
And where IS thaty'
a matter Of twelve miles ND the val
ley. Thar's plenty up thar to be had
fur the digging, and only a small party
has got onto it yet. Never saw such
richness afore. believe We kin almost
load one o them wagons in a month"
There were murmurs of admiration
and ordinations of astonishment from
the men.
Il belong to the party up thar" con-
tinued the stranger, "but | don't go
much on digging out the stuff Rather
be moving around, you know. kin
guarantee that the boys will welcome We
if We want to come. Thar's enough fur
all
1T is very generous indeed of you."
replied the captain. I'VE came for
gold, and of course we must take advan-
tage of your offer.
AYE! that we must" shouted the
men.
"What brought me out this morning,
at least this way" observed the man as
he carefully noted everything in camp
was IA calamity One of the boys up
Injuns got arter us and skeart her clean
crazy. Since that time she's bin tryin
to run away, imagining that the reds
were arter her scalp. She got off last
night and might hev cum this way"
That's awful" sighed Harkins. I've
got gal of my own down in the wagon
there, and I'd rather see her dead than
crazy"
1.-The wolves would be likely to pull
her down last night" unused Joe. Two
or three big fellows were around camp
just before daylight"
$50 ye've got a gal o. your OWN
queried the man of Harkins in tones
which betrayed doubt.
"Oh. Bessr" called the latter in reply,
and the girl put her head out of the
wagon and asked what was wanted.
"Waal, III hev to look further" said
the renegade as he turned away. Poor
gal! How | pity herl And when will
we be ready to move up the valley to the
gold fields?'
To-day perhaps" answered the cap
tain
Better not lose any time, as thar will
be a rush in yere from all directions
So long to ye.
When he had cleared the camp Har-
kiDs told his story and the mans object
was made plain Harkins did not keep
back the secret of the cave, but told it
just as be had received it and suggested
that in case the contents could be found
there should be an equal division.
They want us to move up the valley
in order to let them out" explained the
captain. Therefore our plan will be to
remain where we are until we know
what there is III the story. They haven't
found the cave yet and there is chance
of our coming in first. We shall GER
tainly do some looking for it. Wen let
that chap get well out of sight and then
go on still hunt"
Two hours later the captain, Harhins
and man named Andrews set out in
company under the guidance of the sec
ond to seel. the canyon and the cave.
While they are searching let us see
what befell Taylor, who had made
temporary camp in the small valley.
When he came to think it over he
condemned himself for having acted SO
lashly. He was now alone and outlaw
I'd. Should he succeed in finding the
gold how was he to bring it away. He
was and would be in constant danger
from the Indians. and if given team
and the gold loaded up for him there
was not one chance in hundred Of his
driving safely back to civilization.
While he coveted all he realized that he
must be content with q share in order to
get any at ~;
IF | should go back and tell EN- Of
IL Il ~
right" he oliloquized as he looked up
at the rugged sides OF the valley.
Fool! fool" he exclaimed after n
moment; hasn't Harl1ins already told
them of it Us The reason why | sought
his life? All know it and all viii divide
and leave me out in the cold! I'm the
biggest fool on earth
q quite agree with yer said a voice
not five feet away, and Taylor sprang
up to find the renegade who had visited
the camp below standing almost over
aim.
''Saw yer bosses tracks leadin in yere,
ye know" said the renegade in expla-
nation. Rather Gurus to find white
man prowling around alone in this ken
try Yer scalp must be nailed on or ye
wouldn't chance it this way"
"Who are your asked Taylor as soon
as he had recovered from his surprise.
"The same question to we, and what
is it about cave of gold and dividing
up?"
Here was help. If the man belonged
to a party the gold might yet be Sc
cured He was hard looking customer
one who would not scruple at any
thing.
''Sit down." said Taylor as he made
himself comfortable. Il came here with
party camped two or three miles be-
low. They came to prospect for gold,
but came to look for cave already