The San Francisco call., 1897-09-04

the Trinity Mountains trying to follow
the clew that was brought to Foote while
there by one of the mystic wralths that
visit sleeping men. This particu lar dream
came three times-a golden vision where
a field of placer ground cleaned with mug
gets, and Mr.. Foote took great Joy in
watching himself Ga feat not vouchsafed
by people who are awake) kicking these
nuggets from the virgin earth. 1t was
with a sense of relief that he came 10 life
again, for he had acquired an auriierous
load so burdensome hat the carrying of
it made him tired. Yet as he looked
about him anG rubbed his lids he was
heard to sigh.
Mr.. Foote did not tell his dream then,
but his mind required to it. The next
night it came to him again-the same
glittering san1, warty with yellow mug
gets-and once more he loaded himself
with phantom store. Waking he sighed
more heavily than before. M. Foote is
not superstitious, as herein before stated,
albeit he believes that to secure passes for
W. J. Bryan is sign of hard luck, and he
is man of action. When the vision a
third time aroused within him an uH-
that gold. Forth strobe he boldly and
when he came back at night the only gold
he had was a trife in his teeth, which
trfle, he reflected bitterly. he had taken
with him. The only thing he found out
Of the ordinary was camel, and striving
to get near enough to touch the hump OF
the same as a silent and interpretations
appeal 10 the goddess of fortune he dis
cerned that the camel was a burro and
the hump trapsitory.
Business brought Foote back to the
City. Apparently he was encum bered
only by the usual amount of baggage, but
in bis breast was secret. There he had
filed away a map of his placer claim, with
all its dips, spurs and angles. He even
grew familiar with lone pine tree stand
ing at one corner, and felt on friendly
terms with stump that sprawIed its
roots into very treasure vault of nuggets.
The placer claim is a reality. All there
remains to be done IS 20 ascertain where 1t
is. Mr.. Foote knows good thing when
he sees il, and he did not propose to let
the map iade and som ebody jump his
placers. In a moment of inspiration he
took English into his con nfidence. This
was when the excitement recently broke
out in Trinity, and Foote naturally feared
that stakes woulc be set up on his prop
erty. The thought oppressed him.
The one superstition which English ad-
mits is that when the Democratic plum
tree is shaken failure 10 be under it with
inverted hat is sign that piums are going
to waste. So, as a hard headed man of
affairs he was much struck by the second
hand effect of Foote'S three-ply dream.
Away he went to the Coffee Creek coun-
try, and he's chasing along the gullies
there, his eye alert for tree shading the
richest placer ground in the world. He is
sure. if the tree doesn't identity the place,
the stump will and the gold will abso-
lutely settle the business, anyhow. He
and Foote will divide. Its easy enough
to dream, Bill" he said to the original 10.
Gator, "but I've got to do the hustling.'' >
"See here, Bill" responded the lawyer.
'.if you find anybody else working my
placer ground we'll have to fight the case
in court, anu that's no snap"
After more talk they decided upon an
even whack. A little later English began
to laugh, and Foote asked him what the
matter was.
Bill, by thunderr' answered English,