Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-01-03

Ttf1OIS I6dtliliFE tdtScIi tItt ii posse
Of claim jumpers proposed to take for
chile pos essiOn Of the whole camp, led
him to the conclusion hat possibly
the mon doing the as ecsment wort
might need some more "tools'' to hnl /
the claim with. When the APP">T
man reached the spot At 4 in the even
ing the first query was:
Did Won bring anv extra arms and
ammnnition?'
A counle of WincheSters and a hun
drpd iounds Of cartridges was handed
out oS the go-c"rt.
Good enough. Now did You bling
n rod ~liquor?"
A wicker dpmiiohn vas next lifted
out and the man who grabbed il re-
marked:
THE . " s eAfo.'
RrNOFs OF WAR.
All sOi,s OF warliEe mo wnro
floating over Pine MT that afternoon.
The Carson claim hi tor4 had heard
that Il contingent Of Genoa despera-
does vera on their wav there with a
small army Of men all hee'ad to the
tan,h. t. corrv evnrr5hine hefole them
Tnen AGAIN the Genoa owners %
! claims were Doeii'vn chat a gang Of
Carson t0rcha with Winchns.ers on
each shoulder we're marching up the
valley hrpathing ~threa>Hnincs and
elanchtnrs. and il was also generally
understood that the G~ardnn~ville peo-
pie wore going % move OF the camp
with their pockets full Of tolls ar7
blank relocation papers.
OuINOUs GOWNS.
The day wa n hoo"tj>1l one: the
sun was warm. the air mild and II AZ
inionts and purposes it was like T.
t~vpical. Nevada. Autumn a~:t>rnoon.
When the aun went down a great
clodd Of gold hung ovnr Pine Nut.
IT was a big ex1ansp Of fpncv yellow
that was a de icht to the eve as the
suns rays fingered on it and caused
the miners in the camp to figure out
that the cloud Of god hung up at that
time. between the going Of the old
year and the coming Of the new, like
a big curtain, meant gilded prosper
IL TO Pine Nut for 1896.
"No use taIkin' boys. that cold
cloud amt up there fer fun it means
a great camn for 1885,"
I'm ID If I don't have a saloon
running here by the first OF March. 4"
said one Of the men on whose uplifted
face was reflected the glories of the
gilded sky.
eff I a up a layout at Genoa
I'll have a faro hank in full blast here
before that" said another horeful To-
Gator who had an eight interest in the
Emmanuel No. l."
Eut while thav were talking Of fu-
ture commercial prospects a tinoc of
red touched the edge Of the cloud and
A flew c~ri~son stole along ita ridges
and rifles like gore dripping from
one 20 the other until ia ten or fifteen
minutes it seemed like a great blotch
Of blood on the sky.
"Therenl be some warm wns k here
before morning" said Rube Saxon,
giving his gun belt a fresh hitch.
II was in a Colorado camp eight
years ago on just such a night as this
and a red cloud cum up at sunset
We didn't get through bervin' the
dead fer d nigh two DAYS"
ut looks bad that ere cloud bein'
that pel,uliar caller. 7 must admit. IT
don't mean no good. shore. It don't
mean no rood. you hear me-"
In a few minutes the crimson was
gone and the cloud was a black pal
in the sky.
"Thet 'yare black means funerals
and lots Of 'em. fy iove boys wee
better oil up the shootin' irons anG
get ready fer trubble."
H CAMP A GARRISON.
Everybody had about the same idef
and active preparations We're mad,
, for the coming "'trubble." Fact
wagon load of men that came in sigh
assayed high in earnal weapons
Even the drivers carried a rifle. TIL
men, however, so heavily armed were
t not there to modest other people.
claims, but merely 10 hold their owl
and possibly TO make such an out
ward showing Of fighters teeth tina
anybody with designs on the claim
would realize that it was we'll guarded
AS the night advanced the groups o
miners on their resppctiya CLAIM Ii
camp fires and the reflection Of tn,
blaze on the dark pine trees, made a,
enhancing Spectacla- The NIGHT wa.