The Van Buren press., 1897-11-06
THouGHT IA GRAVEYARD
smnersSitHaHs Miners kept Awnv
fr-aza the Hlchesr strike ef Al

frSaza The RlckesI strike ef Al
Al tbs hxar eAczssTuezs zboat The
s.lrg5ass q Kzona5ks- remarked Co
Ham Srzaree5. Ct Arzaoaz. tie ether
-zrhf. as he wAetHel kzs Katie upo1 h5S
sasek. ~reu1ia5s ne = The dass Waea
Aslzonr zeas H-i1e and H5sh IN rasser
s1uE itself No azesa's tata like
Azsnaa1'sz Nen from a7l ever The hu5l
darue4 STATES Wuz tcl5ls 81 sxe-y dag.
az1 he prairie sEAu1ae-s -aealaer'ezz
across The deserts IKE zhef ss-zz used Ter
tie szD5 instead q lie grass Every
zzal nhaH e,ou5a carry 5 shovel 4flz hllsf-
In fer The diagiui 5. ard gsaoea. tea. teF
that matter. wu2 Tsp3lzaS for Tie
E-ouz. wAzr he -ea sod WY sleeping
among the gravel Whel ] 7eachesd the
EzE-5n's ] faand mighty nigh enter
ese-s body ea@e thar atore NE Camp
VIZ zials5. ass5 mighty zlea ererF cain
along Czzeslzzoo e7y-ek zaz =asea uEz-
Like NAY other q he bays i hss5 ter
ess oas za.1 ~ tez rev Fl1aes- Ecuaa
q coa.5 1sst while peasFpee15z3 The si3e
c p - raleh- and fal3eEiuE the lead.
.azrus1 tse Il ] 5zan's coz9e ae-oSs tie
richest II q -Ola-lszEia-E gravel hz4
ever Seazs ! had been ezeep5n' er1oae
aa raT szaees zao.Ss. chasing mp the foas,
and nhea ! id grasp s. hz1 ] he'd found,
da-ned me. whea looked Up and rai
q nv feef. Z hadn't found . grave
va-,5 Tar. richt vAar ! waz lookia,,
: sesd fear little crosses. planted Just
whar the gold wzz The 1hieAest- Wall
It kinder went as5a NY grain 10 disturb
8 burning ground. - went e-.oag and
1arage-i : claim righs 5ia5uE the place
With The crosses TIE boys CAME out
and located. Too. and inside Ct a week
the new dicsza's syuz 5uss . baoua5n'.
We al cast greedy eyes on the claim
with The graveyard. bui uazy s fel.er
hei the aerre Ter teen the pace. an Il
uur mighty hard feF The beEs Ter 20
near the place after night fen 4
seemed like The gold mast be thar
mighty thick bur Nezei i alone. About
4 month later i woke mp early enc morn
~. an lo.aasin' ous Of my shzaiy.
seed . camp ssakcd on me grayey aEa
claim : va Mp in 8 5itfT. and. Iallins
nv Ezln- reused one OF FVo G. the hozss
and started ont 70 Investigate 70
ssFSes-asz5r fer ne. Ne vzzezusE gem Ter
z.logr anv fende-fees 10 break II upon
tie sauezitv q he crosses. ani ne he'd
cur minds made mp g that point Ne
reused ua1he newcomers. AMI told them
thtV he'd ter res- They just laughed.
and fhas made as kinder mad. When
ne Wuz getting fighting mad one 81 the
ucw gang tald os no5 u weTTy-theg
vfuz all righs. ard led 3 EiEat Ter the
claim He said Fheg bad planted the
crosses and Knew " ha1 VIZ under 1hezn-
sRones. 7 said Yes BE sid: mule
bones. and more. Come with me an
I'll show vou.' We went and with his
shovel he threw the dirt ont q the big
-cs1 grave and uncovered = skeleton Of
. male sure enough. but What made NY
eyes big WY the sight OF a bucket Of
ro.d dust right between the front legs
OF the mule. Wall. 70 make : long story
short those fellers had been working
di-EinEs thar. an KNOWN "a ha1 kind q
men miners wuL he'd planted their
stuff in the middle of the hes; claim
while they worked of ter one side
Smart trick. They he'd gone for pro
visions Just stoTe found the gulch. and
when they he'd come back they he'd
found the gulch alive with folks, bat.
IS they fEEerea. the crosses WY al
right, and they ssaked the claim in the
night. abandoning the other one in the
near hills. They wanted the hest thing
last. knowing how the nlinsrs WY com
ing in. and they rus it, II ever I come
ac0oss another buryinE ground in a
placer country you bet l won't do a
thing ter it.--S. O. Times-Demccrzt-