The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26

positively noNious, unlees Token IN ierfo vunn-
tainiy / should not cali them simple DO
you know what they principally arc"
well, no., said Parker, Cautiously perhaps
Cons a little cioscr and I'll toll you"
Not only parker's head, but the others, were
bent over the counter. DIR. Duchesne uttered n
few words In a tono inaudib!o 70 ne rest OF tne
company. There wa q profound silence broken
."Ye Kin pour me out about three fingers O.
whiskoy, barkeep. IN take 1t straight"
Tho men guiped down their liquor. Two. Of
them quietly passed out. The doctor wiped his
lips, .bpttonsd his coat, and began to draw on
Nv hcerd," said Pokcr Jack Of Shasta, with
n faint smilo on mis- white foce as he toyed with
tho last drops of liquor In his glass, that the
EARNED fools sometimes smell rusk as . medi-
YES, that's comparatively decent said the
"Formic accidI. Wot's thati' 80,
supposed to be used by them extensively in war
fare Just, as the skunk chi"
clared that he wanted to speak TO q man who
was passing, and had disappeared. The doctor
walked to the door bnsG MS ,Tn hof fSsr Sna r Tea q
slight smile on his bronzed. impassive face.
This led inc to wonder II he was, entirely igno-
toned and The effect OF his information. I was
confirmed In the belief by the remarkable cir
The incident seemed to have Terminated there.
and the victims made no attempt to. revenge
themselves on Sec Yup. That they had one and
time, as they. evidently were not sure that Pr.
quality Of SEQ Yup's medicines, they knew that
an attack on the unfortunate Chinaman would
X eith te tS SssT T,d fHySei Of the ibei sef Brother nna S SkiP9se
So the matter dropped, and See Yup remained
master Of the situation.
gang, he worked on the river, when not en-;
gagged in washing clothes, were picking oyer
d des sf" elnims S ST r sassess 81 fr miners iei' S Ss t tRere
was no moro expense attending this than in
stone breaking or ragpicking. and the feeding
there was no doubt that See iup was reaping
n fair weekly return from IL: but, as he sent his
gers after the Chinese custom. and did not u'e
the regular express company, there was no way
e See, aS Ysp nor HIS me fellow H%"S eoantr Afaem' ever Rtats sp.
reared 10 have any money about them. In
rudcr times and, more reckless, camps raids
%cuniary result. This condition, however, it
s'e One saturday. Mss r HSy'i See Y Y fHS Walked into Wells,
Fargo & Co. 8 express office with a package of
gold dust, which, when duly weighed, wae val.
Company com ! s'G IN San Fra Trsne eG@s'S When the clerk
handed See iup a receipt, he remarked:
"Washing seems TO pay, Sec iup.' -
weshee, JohniiS. said See yup eagerly. ~
mo, no. SAID the clerk Win n laugh. i
was only thinking $500 would. represent the
washing of q good many shirts"
NO leplesent washee shifts at all! ,Catchee
The Clerk did ""shabboe" and lifted his eye.
brows. The next Saturday See iup appeared
rected. to the same consignee. :,
Didn't pan out so rich this week, chr said
NO" retSrned Sec Yup impassively; next
time he payee more
When the third Saturday. came with the ap;
keep the secret. lie communicating it to others
and in twenty.fSur hours the whole settlement
refuse and tailinss Of the old abandoned Pal.
The establishment of the settlement was pro.
found. In earlier days jealousy and ,indigna,
might have taken a more active and aggressive
shape, and it would have Jared i'll with See YuT
and his companions. But tho settlement had be-
come more prosperous and law abiding. There
were one or two Eastern families and some for,
eign capital already there, and its jealousy
LEGATION and legal criticism. Fortunately fol
See Yup. il was an old -established mining law
that an abandoned claim and Its tailingss be e
But It was alleged that the See Yup company
had in reality struck a lead"-discovered :
gold not worked by the previous company and
having failed legally to declare 1t by. pre;emp
for for" secrecy sne paI had thus foSr:feite sdrt their is to tht
property. A surveillance Of their working. how
sSsf ss did yn not has sst ssoi aw this w ths OF The The Tina f fSn,
looked by tho late Palmetto owners. Yet i
Them Palmetto boys were mighty keerlcs'
after they'd made their big strike and got Il
OF york soi On sns vein; ss ana d / Fe faPRd they xh inFe gsm a ,0
flush days" "On'y, that re didn't think it wa
them derned Cinnamon n" nev dropped into. Tel
mighty and we'll hev to climb down."
At last tho excitement reached its climax
and diplomacy, was employed to effect wha
neither intimidation nor espionage could sc
cure: Under the prctence, of desiring TO buy on
Sec Yup's company. n select committee OF tn
and its workings. They founa the great banl
81 stones % ana ma 81 gF@T cla,m repr ncsnniad TN fHe S SSs' TM,
and four or RI Ave Ell ploddins automatic V coolies. 4
the end of two hours the committee returnc,
to the saloon bursting with excitement. The,
spoke under, their breath, but enough was gait!
cred to satisfy the curious crowd that See Yup'
pile of tailings was rich beyond their cxpecta
tions. The committee had seen with their ow'
the amount Of $50 in the two short hours q
their examination, and the work had bee
tfient Chinese way. What might not white me
do with better appointed machinery! A syndI
$4,000 ii he would sell out and put the synd,
cate in possession of the claim in ,twenty.fou
hours. Inc Cnlnhllan received Inc one
stolidly. As he seemed inclined to hesitate,
am grieved to say, that 1t was intimated to hin
that II he declined he might be subject to cir
barrassing and expensive legal prosecutions I
prove his property. and that companies woul
be formed to "prospeei' the ground on eithe
consented. with the proviso that the none
should be paid in gold into the hands of n Chi
delivery of the claim. The syndicate made II
opposition to this characteristic precaution
the Chinaman. 1t was like them not to tray,
with money, and the implied uncomplimei
tary suspicion of danger from the comlnunit
was overlooked. Sec Yup departed the da
that the syndicate took possession. He came I
see me before, no went. congratulated hil
upon his good fortune. At the same time,
was embarrassed by the conviction TINT he wa
unfairly forced into u sale Of his property at
figure far below its real value,
i think differently now.
At the end OF the week 1t was said that II
new company cleared up about 5000. This We
not Us much as the community had eXpccte,
but the syndicate was apparently satisfied, an
the new machinery was put up. At the end
the next week the syndicate was silent as
their returns. One OF them made n hurrie
visit to San Francisco. 1t was said that he WI
unable TO see either SEQ Tup or the agent
whom tho money was paid. 1t was also n
ticcd that there was no Chinaman remaining