Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-12-02
The Old SILVER TRAIL.
~ MARY {. SnCkNtY.
tCopyright 1885. BY J. p LiPpinoou Col
CHAPTER V.

CHATTER V.
Harvey Neil yode over TO Tomtown
the next morning pursuing his way
thence TO orodslphia, the county seat.
and the one tSwn of considerable inn
portance in that part OF the country,
where he betook himself TO his attor-
ncy. Donald Bartels.
brigham has gone back on u.s." was
his abrups announcement, as he sank
wearily into the chair the lawyer hal
Hospitality pushed forward.
"No!"said Bartels, looking very grave
what are your reasons for thinking
SOP"
"Col Meredith rode over to see him
ee:,-.av. I found that out by acct
IL -t of course my suspicious were
n I-r .orce. To-day rode over TO
&C ..nr s., elf. and tin, first look at
IN Il ace told me that | was
rit
- d put the question TO him
str Ia.
NO; where would have been the
use? He was prepared TO deny it, nat
urally. I thought il more to the pur-
pnse TO raise my own bid-and did not
raise il high enough. / saw that in his
face. too, although he was cannily non
committal. Either he is intending TO
skip out before the trial or"
ave can have a subpoena issued for
him." put in Bartels, thoughtfully.
But if he has gone over to the other
side he would be of mighty little use
u us. 1 believe you will have TO raise
your bid again, Neil. What did you
offer him."
"A thousand dollars IL we win, and
his expenses from the time got him
here. I paid him good wages as long
as he was working in the Grubstake,
you know
"Yes; but you will have 10 make the
figure . good deal more than that, /
imagine. il the colonel is in the market
against you. We want him, il il is n
possible thing"
Yss; but the question is, what is
he worth TO us?'
''Well, with the average jury, he
would be worth a good deal. He not
only worked the Grubstake long enough
10 have the lay of the land and all his
figures down pat. but he had that con-
v.rsation with McCready which is
worth more 20 us than all the rest. Ii
we can bring him 10 swear that Nc
Cready told him he didn't care if they
were on Mascot ground-tbat he owed
you one, anyway, and he'd see that
tho ground was stripped so clean that
II re would be mighty little left for
you by the time the court could stop
him-that might be mighty good testi-
Ilony for us. In fact, Brigham is our
principal witness, of course, and we've
got TO hold on to him il il is within the
range of possibility. You'd better see
him and have a perfectly clear under
standing at once. Find out what the
colonel's figure was, and 60 him one
better"
And extthing thecolonelwillbe out.
bidding me again, and shall be facing
tbe same prcrssition with an added
cipher, l suppose" Neil gloomily re-
Joined. THE poor old Mascot seems to
have been hoodooed from the first to
last"
''0h, don't know. / am not particu-
larry concerned about the results in this
tacE- Cdh AtlA W. nt ottAciOh Va AhN
United States supreme court in the
Amy-Silversmifh case has put a stop
ito all controversy in respect to an
owners right TO follow his lode in its
downward course beyond his side lines.
The ruling is clear beyond question that
the owner of a claim, where the apex
of his vein crosses the side lines and not
its end lines, has no extra Lateral rights
at all; that is. he cannot go outside his
lines upon any pretext whatever. The
fact that the Grubstale was the prior
location cuts no figure. As was held in
the case of the Iron Silver versus the
Elgin Mining company, If the original
locator of a claim cannot or does not
make the explorations necessary TO as
certain the true trend of his vein and
draws his end lines ignorantly he must
take the consequences. The claim of
the Grubstake that its vein makes a
turn ut the point where il crosses the
Mascot, assumin~ mat il would hold
water, effe~< -.AIy disposes of any extra
lateral .ghts by virtually conceding
that the apex of the vein crosses the
SIDE line. 1t only remains for us to
p prove the continuance of the Mascot
vein. which, with the developments you
have been making. should be easy
enough. Oh, no; IL we only get the
right kind of q jury, have no appre-
tensions as 10 the verdict"
But what possible chance have we
TO get the right kind of jury?" re-
turned the young man, dejectedly, re-
garding the cigar he was nervously
turning in his fingers as though the
fact that il had gone out was one more
happening in the train of Ill luck that
pursued him. 1T seems to me that the
average jury is simply a pack of
asses"
Too true. But asses may sometimes
be led by the nose, you know"
"And sometimes they are up for sale
to the highest bidder"
"0h, as to that, you know the sheriff,
and If you think that Meredith is going
TO touch him with any ordinary fig
cres-"
"In the case of Brigham we seem to
have evidence that the colonel is ca
pable of extraordinary figures upon &C.
casion."
We'll, he can afford to pay pretty
liberal percentage TO win. for a fact. >
Bsrtels imperturbably rejoined. But
you carry a check-book as well as be.
To tell the truth, though. the jury is
not troubling me; / am a good deal
more disposed to be doubtful about the
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