Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-18

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vations. abandoned and In operation,
but al dangerous, of gaunt, creakinp
derrlcks and great piles of debris;
and gathering together of the reck-
less and the vicious from the four
quarters Of the globe, not to mention
an undue proportion of the unfortu-
nate, who, Of course. are everywhere
that Is Midasville.
Never have ! felt 80 helpless, so
ridIculously incompetent, and / must
have looked my feelings, for the
sharks OF the camp Chat is. four
fifths of It's population) Immediately
marked me as prey and offered me
the most tempting opportunities oil
disposlng OF my friends money. But
was cautious; perhaps that Is why
my friends selected me; so after a
little the sharks desisted and then ]
became SO lonesome that ! quite
longed for their disinterested atten-
tions. wandered and observed.
and the more l did so the less l dis
covered. except, indeed, fraud and
failure. l became discouraged and
determined to return home, where
one at least had the privilege OF dy-
ing among Christian people. 1t was
then that / wrote the letters which
you and father received and which
prepared you for disappointment"
Poor Paxton" sighed Bessie,
with a tender stroke OF that little
hand.
Aye, Poor Paxton / remember,
oh, 80 wildly the night / mailed
those letters. 1t was intensely cold
and the snowtiakes cut like heated
SAND. The gale from the mountains
was the sweep OF two edged sword
AS l was Fastening to my lodging l
stumbled at the very entrance over q
PROSTATE form. scraped away the
enshrouding snow and there lay a
man, great, buriy fellow, overcome
by drink ana In pleasant dreams,
ireezing TO deatn: Ihere was no time
20 deliberate. managed 10 raise
MIN In my arms ana Dear MN 10 my
room, ana aiter working over MIN ior
hours had the satisiaction Oh per-
ceiVlng that MS siumpers had become
norman ana Wouid iead 10 recovery
Dy morning. 49,,
What NOME deed
Oh, Us TO thac l was rewarded py
the neat generated. 30 crept INTO
the ped BESIDE MN and before l
knew iolU was dayiight ana my stran-
ger guesc was gazing ut me with eyes
Whlch said gratitude Us PLAINLY as
yours say love.
Ihey must nave peen very ex-
pressive,
he Was q Swede. q practical miner.
lie knew me and my purpose at
Midasville, as, alas every one ala
and unto ridicule. Master, he said,
I'm poor man, but can give you
pointer. Buy the Begun mine.
You can buy it cheap. What 90
you know about itY l asked. I've
worked there, he replied. The own
ers think 1t is exhausted, but it isn't.
II 1t was my last word on stack OF
bibles as high as this room Id say
buy the Begun, Master, and you'll
never regret it.
II think that caution Of mine must
have been an imaginary quality, Bes-
sic, for | did buy the Begun. found,
by the way, that it derives it name
not from an East Indian princess, but
from the expletive OF the Hibernian
who discovered it. l bought 1t and
paid 500, 600 for it and there l was
with white elephant on my hands
and totally ignorant OF the habits OF
oil white elephants.
Well, l determined to work 1T
under the supervision OF my Swede,
and | did to the exposure of more
rock, so 1T seemed to me, than would
suffice for the foundation OF the
earth; but my adviser kept saying
Patience He would probably
still be harping on this single string,
but one evening / was sitting in my
room alone obviously figuring when
the door opened and man entered
and bolted 1T behind him. He was
decidedly rough in appearance,
bearded, booted, with great
slouched hat and two revolvers
thrust into his belt"
Partner" he said, Il want that
mine."
~ looked at the revolvers, and then
thought that he doubtless would get
it. He smiled as il he read my fears
and told me his name, and l sighed
with relief, for it is q synonym Tor
wealth and probity throughout the
mining region.
well, my dear, he was deter
mined man, and an anxious one, so
we came to terms. He got that mine,