Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-10-20
ANOTHER RENIINISCENCE.
It Appears to Be American Irrever-
ance.


| In the early days of the great conner
| camp. the boys would round in to Je-
rome along about April. work all sum-
| mer long like Trojans. and ride tri-
| umphantly out about the Is of Oct. re-
| solving as they went, never TO put their
| feet in to that camp again until they
| become millionaires. They would first
| 20 to Prescott, then drift down
| TO Phoenix; go prospecting. go sport
| ing. go broke. and when the sprfng-
| time came again they would drill their
way back to Jerome. AS we climbed
the grade and stepped into the shades
of the hoist house. Old Gid rhe veteran
nnofneer. and the friend of all the
decent men living. would drawl out,
Hello. old son: so you've come back
inst rhe same; I thought You knew
when YOU had n good home" 1t IS
quite unnec0 ssary TO add that Jerome Is
not as good home for the bows MS
II once was. It's "one-man" feature.
and the failure TO perfect a union has
ont wares till the miner had better
20 TO raising SDudS than to go there.
But TO get tn bedrock The COM
many had an English book-keeper by
the name of Preston. He was one of
hose o~ost'strical. overwhelming. 'Ither
and Nfther freaks who felt that the
afrt he walked on was holy. and his
nresence was perpetual honor to
ArHo~ican society,"
I'm those DAYS most of the bows call
ID me- "Allev." with tipe second sonnd
IF ca STRONGLY in evidence. I was on
shift on the hoist at nirht. and during
no afternoons 7 would Frequently
wall over TO Walnut Springs and sleep
'1ndnr the trees. One dnv rs Twas
driftip" leiSrreIv back 7 nicked mn n
S+ran dronned nv some Mexican mack
ars. in the trail. and moment later
ON ONTO vnrv ar+stocra tir-looking
300 Ivin~ dond and Swne+I- unn,fndfuI
Of the hIazine srn above him. IT was
1'~oe4top's dnr Preston had gone ont
r'dino with the dog following. ind
thn heat had dome the rest. had
"o+f'no aoainst the doc but didn't
'i1-e Preston. 81 tied the stran care
fuTv arornd tle doors tail hung him
~no11relv IN in n paIo verde and TAX
~ardrm hook III nv rocket wrd E
S"'an verse on 1t. MINED II to O
-ho docs ears and left him
-'crv What wrote was sim
ssE'n-nd in the trail;
Funr hr tho toll
Pv Tran'S A A1ev
OF Snlt piver Valley"
ss -r-"'t-n6 hn,ne 7 met fre ir
tha uncomfortable. and the
'on- corn unstable Preston retrrrino TO
not for his dor TIE wns ridinr an
~'-ortpd docl-ta'ucd nluo named
Count Vnrcos+nrshire - or something
''-n that He bod On kid cloves and :
don oh e-i-novr'' 1er~ins and no was
oo'-inr for that Sa,n+ed h,-naIo or 4
-r~o7n nnd HnoS +hnt hor-+ni1o black
rd-+an orr which ha hal condescnnd-
I'll q flor
rnvelepd
He asl>ed mo If had soon anvthinc
e tharour,- h-ad. douh'a-n,uzzled
-Iass-eved. cookie hurr-rroof nrrnv Of
hn r,ale re,'SrrnSion. was lawvrr
nor~h to tell him NJ. for p dead dog
: not doc anv more thnn dead
,o-sn is live. sa1ahle horse.
Well he went hack and found the dog
nd that afternoon he annroached the
Slrn'' down on the Stag dump. He
sked him if he had man of my
an,e in his employment. He asked
he ''sune' to FIRE me. assuring him
bot Sc he would he would clinch the
gratitude of himself. Rill
Sandstone. the Prince of Wales and
rolablv tba old lady herself. If she
raSn't too busy. But the "suDe" could
OF annreciate the indncement. and
ointino TO nv timber form ND on the
DIST. said. ''That's him uD there now,
e is worth dozen dead dogs. and his
n res too: can't stand your work,
'rescton and he didn't.
Shortly after that his "iness." the
suddenly concluded that
is imnerial beeswax was not aDnre-
lated in this ''unculchured" commun-
V. and mourning his dock-tailed plug
roceeded to Jump himself out of the
ountry by the boot strans.
FRANK Alley.