Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-12-25

en- come INTO ne ana D5 re6T TJTSs IN The
freight Like to know Dickens, the Teller
that wrote EN- Dead, is her WAL wal,
he'll never know what comfort he was
TO me. When L git the charnce, I'm going
to lay a wreath OF posies where ne is plant
cd and tell him them books he's writ has
been moron a gospel TO us miners in the
mount 'ins, and I'll say come clear from
one of the newest states in the new world
to give him my humbSe thanks
Were was II Oh. on the toll road
set there and smoked my pipe, looking
down the gulch on the Uncapaghre spar
king like a silver cord fur below and lis
tening TO the wind whispering through the
pines and then heard a sound The road
is so sun dried and hard it echoes This
was n sorter pattering. and want no shod
creature either Ii can't be a mountin
lioi / says 20 myself He wouldn { dare be
here l felt for my gun-revolver. you
know-and then l see this was q dorg. n
Gordon setter and thoroughbred white
and black. with the humanest eyes l ever
see in a animal 1 called him and after a
survey he come and seemed friendly
enough. He was footsore and lean and
looked like he d come q long way j picked
n cactus thorn out of his paw and wan {
he gratefulS kept watch round a turn
OF tire ground for his owner. and pretty
soon l see four burros, heavy loaded, and
walking behind them youngish teller.
He was tall and broad shouldcred. dressed
like the most Of us in rough clothes wooden
shirt. sombrero and long boots He was
bronzed some had curly hair. pleasant
blue eyes and a struggling mustache trying
hard 70 cover a mouth pretty as a woman s.
GOOD dix" he says hating the pock
animals Thanks Tor helping the dog
It was careless in me not TO look when he
Iimped"
"H0wdy, says. looking him over
Stranger in these partsY''
England, he answers setting down
on a rock and mopping his forehead
"Miner5''
Going to be. BY the way, am any
where near the claim Of u man named
Dayr
"You be. = says cautious. near Bige
Days tunnel It's up that trail. -
"You must know himf"
"Sum at. Do your
"No, the claim have purchased Of Gen
eral Raymond OF Denver is a half mile
farther up the mountain than his q"
Poker Sam. gasps, and rnebbe /
swore some, for the young teller looked
sorter sprised- That's his old gag. sends
em here mentions my name and gifts me
into his schemes Stranger. last month
there was seven men I'd never set eyes on
afore travelling up that trail on the look
out for Bige Days claim They come
different ways and times, and swore in
diff rent iangwldges, but all was directed
by General Raymond-where he got the
general he don't know hisself-and had
all bought claims of him. i answered EN-
civil at first. but my dander got up and
took the last one--a slim fellow from New
York-and I SAYS; See that speck up
there, that pint a half mile mp mount in
wal. that's IL. II you don't keer for
yer life and has good legs, you might reach
1t alive. If you've breath left then, you
kin diskiVer tunnel six foot into the
mount'in and rock, all the rock you want.
but there never was, nor never Will be, any
streaks of pay dirt there and no way OF
Citing it down If there was Some of heI
and where a human gifts OVERLOAD IN
climbing up and trying to End out, why
she Jest shets down on him at the start
! Poker Sam played you for sucker
looked him overland j guess you was
easy to play
| Possibly" he says c.srelessly He
drawed out a cigar and give me one Ht
J set back then smoking cooIy, his hat sidel
him and the little rings of hair curling
1 round his forehead. l che wed my cigal
awhile to git the taste
1 "Busted?'' i asks
In the vernacular of the country. JUS
that, " he laughs
| Rich folks mebbeP"
| Haven't soul TO care w heyner live
or die " He looked kinder falr ayVav then