The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-05-16

He was about to retrace his steps
to his wagon when Buck stopped him
with wave of his hand.
"As I war jist sayin'," he said, this
yere is no common claim; but thar aire
fellers that would try ter meek out
like this-they wouldn't have the claim
as a gift
''lyhy. what do they say is the matter
with it?" asked Billings, growing in
terested.
"'Tain't hardly worth repeatin',"
went on Buck, in q careless tone. 81
puts it that it is jealousy NV them, Sec
in I've got the best claim in the set
Element, If you seed one NV them fell
lers it's likely he'd say that thar can't
BE no water got on this yere claim.
He'd say that TIE wcll-borer war hyar
an Bored about Geo feet an got 70 We
| ter. That would be a lie, cause he only
bored AGO feet, but I'll allrs belieye
he'd "a get water II he'd "a bored deep
enough. Then come object ter the
claim cause they says I've settled On
a school section, which amt open for
settlement, an that I'll haf ter cit off
soon as a school board is organized.
But how the Sam Hiil do tolsy know
who the school boards gcin' ter lie,
an how can they tell what they're
eoin' ter do fore they're elected?
Some people does meek me have that
tired feeiiD'l"
"lNhy, If that is the case" broke in
Billings, II don't know as
Il amt through yit,' put in Duck.
let nc tell we al the oneTy sllunks
aire dom ter ruin the repertaslipn rv
this ycre claim. Seine puts it that j;
is TOO close ter the line nv the InjuI
tcrritory, an that the road agents an
robbers would kill a felleT oil. as fast
as he could come hyGr, an thet Sch
eishUs inTiFunnents would be the
sp'ilin' Nv the society Nv the neigh
borhood; hut thar hain't been but two
men killed on this yere claim since
come here, which Is full six months
ago, nm them war both strangers who
war canpin' in the road hyar, an never
a-stardin' gard none. Whatever else
could SIGH chuulps expect?"
"rhat is horrible!" said Billings,
with SILVER. "As were going to say,
in that case"
81 ain'f through yit,n continued Buck
''I's IN honest man, an b'iicyes in tell
IN the whole story which them SLAM
Gerers ARE SO fond nv e,iaggeratin'.
Some puts it that the snaiks On this
ycre claim is its greatest drawback.
an ter heax en- talk ye'd think that |
u feller couldn't stay hyar 5 1ninnets |
without bein' swallered By them but
wait TIL tells we the true facts. Now. |
these yere snaiks aire perty bad, less
We know how ter take 'en. A Teller !
must wear high boots an keep his eyes
neeled. Then L wears er busks.Sin sdit |
urGcr my other clothes, which has save!
my lie laore an once. Now, thar was
l:uC@y jones', who lived over thar o..
Gle next claim. He comes over ter soc |
me one day, lowin he amt GfcaraG
81 no snailI liyin'. lie waIn't The man
ter listen ter no reason; ne como.
a-Ncarin' of them low dude CATERS
al the FIRST thing he knows he's BIZ
with o1e ~ them anailss. Wei, IL
round little, takes Q lit, try
in ter KIN everybody, then curls up an
dies deadcr AN Moses. 'TwGrn't nv
fault, seem as how he had been warned;
bud some folks viii be fools. Uvcoprsc,
accidents win sometimes happen, even
with the most keerfuI. Thar's my wife,
Mandy, now. You couldn't find u
lzeeriuler woman an her, hut it all
like this: One night o2c uy
', 4 I1,v,o1 ,, ft,De
tself in the bed, an the first thing
sc knows Mandy is bit. It warn't hci
'atiitt, fer who'd think Nv wearin' snoilt
in the bed? We'll, she pu1Ifs
1 gal!un Nv my best whisky down hen
throat an it kinder newteralizes that
lere pizen, so instead NV dyin' she only
las some fits. Mandy amt no sfoucb
n sisirmosh, an when them fits comes
IN ye'd be safe in 'lowin' that | laG
ny hands full. She gifts the corn-lIaife.
lowin' that everybody is after her, an
ut sac goes, slashin' at everything.
langerus like. It's about daylight IS
his time, an she meets Sol Miller, who
S out carly looliin' fer his mules. She
nec,5s fer him, an fore he gifts on ter
,hat she's drivin' at, she has sliced oil
nc ov his years, an he only 'scapes b. $
,ein' ono ov the best runners in tn
sttlemelit. She next slashes the hea /
" my best dog Off, an after she ha'
Iced he tail of one Nv my itosscs, ] i
i2ally ropes her. She gets quiet tx.
fer awhile, but them fits VIII come |
acl on her"
''Thot is enough" interrupted tie {
ranger. 81 wouldn't live on this LAIR s
o. al the land in the county. Give r, I
aelS my money, and we win call tbs I
rade OH" c
10, We don't, replied Buck. 'Treeh
n the contract don't say rothin' about
ivin' the money bacl. IF We want the
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