Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-16

Banker cameron, who was lnborinu nm
der heavy load of excitement, moppod
the PRECIPITATION from his brow, and then
tts, med the narrative:
And then Steve Pratt he told me his
nemt was Steve Pratt. said: Uncle VIII
lam. look at thesel lie pulled out Of nj.
pocket several specimens OF golden ounrtz
ore. the richest ever spread out before
me. and then you better believe nv eycs
buleed out. Steve said: Uncle William
thc called mo Uncle William from tho
very hisD, | took n chisel and cut ,hess
specimens from the lodes on tho mine
after packing that old Mexican woman
with the aid OF Sousia, IN a bronco waron
| across the mountains We were n month
on the journey. We Rod hrnd crncibles
mud melted twelve bars Of solid gold and
nave hfty sacks containing virgin gold,
besides the bars. Then was moro In
terested than ever. thought of those
bars OF gold and tock my pencil and Zig
urod out Just what they were worth in the
| marriott Here are the figures: 1860 ounces
Of gold. two pigs, Weighing IS pounds, at
20h ounces, 27.S0; $500 ounces OF gold,
ten pigs, weighing AS pounds. at 20ls
ounces, Slal.i0O. Gi,o00 ounces of gold, 100
pigs weighing 1000 pounds, at 20,i ounces,
sl.3ie,OOO; total. si,i79,2s0.
lie told me he had two pigs or gold
| near Houston In camp. In charge OF Sou
| tia, the indian. and ten pigs on the ranch
| near Yuma. and he wanted me to secure
an honest man for him. n hadn't the
time myself, He said he would pay all
the expenses. and, BY George, he did, even
for my whisky had a friend sick nj
! ThlhodnuN, La, and we boarded tho traln
nnd went there. lie acted very illteratr,
ana mentioned my home In Waco us my
| camp, a buggy as "a wagor.' the hotel
ns mo tavern and many other things,
10 show that he was simple and un-
ancctod minor. unused to the WAYS o. the
lwurii and the usag - OF good society WHY.
when We called on my sick friend ct
| ThlbodauS, when we entered the room
| Sieve never removed hts hat Sunday
| night we boarded n train coming TO Hous-
ton, ana Monday morning we arrived md
stopped at the Hotel Lawlor. After break
fuFt, as | was In a hurry, we hired
team and drove along Main street for
three or four miles. until we reached the
shooting park There is clump OF bush
there. steve got out md walked over to
the bush. Then the Mexican Indian. a
BIZ. stout young fellow, showed himself
He began TO gesticulate md talk In come
burned language TO Steve. heard him
say, No. no, him no Uncle William, Uncle
William long hair on face, No bald head. :
hltohcd the horse to the fence and Jninld
steve. Souslu stayed twenty yards away
Tor time. and then disappeared In the
bush. And then Steve felt around In the
bush and soon showed mo a package I'm
q waterproof He pulled or the outer COW
cring, and then removed the nice paper
covering, And ,lfcn the two gold bricks
came TO view. And they looked all right.
r l figured out that the two bricks would
weigh forty-four pounds apiece without
+ the wrappingg Steve purchased u brace
In town and had bit First, he bored
into tho bricks and then he invited me
10 bore did so. and inbbed the bit In
Q "a NI..aN8 -
, each brick and then Steve said he had n
card Of government assayer took the
= card and II contained the following In.
scription: II. A. Grant, Assaycr, room ~
! Capitol Hotel Steve wanted TO visit
= Grnnt Mt once and slid he had never seer
+ him agreed, but remarked: by GcorSe
We should hc armed. They might arres
Q US for running around In this fashion
o Steve said he had no gun--he nevel
o thought there was any danger. And S,
. we came TO town and put up tho hors,
| aud next visited the Capitol hotel to b.,
t the assayer"
Here the narrative ABRUPTLY terminate,
for n few neconds. and then Mr. Cameron
: circulated; by. George, you should hav,
u seen that fellow Grant. As sharp. ans
$ as petite and as nice-a-talkin' and nlce-n
y lookin' gentleman as I've ever met. w
I went upstairs. knocked ut his door ant
o he invited us In. We introduced oursclve
- ull-nround and Mr.. Grant said he was
a government aFsayer. He did not beloni
u to the New Orleans mint. but to IN
o Philadelphia mint. He had been son
y down here by the United States govern
q ment 10 confer with syndicate OF Ga
u weston and Houston capitalists who wer
r about to purchase lot of mines IN Grip
@ pie Creek. Colo. Steve explained our bust
@ ness and Mr.. Grant said; I'm vor!
= busy man. rye Just received lottc
u from Philadelphia friend congratulatinl
! me on my reappointmcrt for another lou
years, u nice compliment 10 republican
r by a democratic president BY, George
o that fellow Grant was mooth. being
p republican naturally felt good over NJ
If luck In holding o fat Job under Cleveland
and congratulated him myself. Mr
Grant aaid he had no time for outsld
= work-he expected the syndicate at an
d minute, aud yet he would like TO accom-
g MEDIATE us. Finally he took ono OF tn
v samples applied the chemical test. an
b seemed astonished. lie said why, that
l. "a karatB fine AMI worth s2VoO an ounce
And then he showed me his oommisslo
as a government assayer. on parchmeh
If and Tied with ribbons. For small snmpi
a ,g,a, steve showed him, Mr.. Grant offere
e so 10 steve looked at me ana salu
V ,iIncl, William, viii let him have y
l. told Steve that the samples were w
l. property and not mine to dispose or "a
a Grant talked on mines ana MINIS ~,
IL mining and territorial laws, ana ~
y ',,I,,o I'm, he was not illltornte lil'
q Stove pretended TO be. Steve salu All w
"a ,,ois ,,e no had was richer than the sam
= Mo "a karats fine and worm sAo'y "
/, ouncc. and all YOU had to do was 10 ci,ls'
Il lit out of tho lodes in the Lost Mine
~ stove had been telling mo all nlons tna
10 "a rtenty, NJ money and didn't wan
', rnnrry We left Mr.. II. A, Grant wnilin
. ~. his syndlcate friends TO show up IN