The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22

died at the hoteA IN winch 1 was say
ing in Tuscon. Ariz. The day after the
4,neral was handed a small packet which
~. had bequeathed to me as an aeknowi-
sdgment of a slight service l had rem
d-red him during his illness. He had
xsrv little to leave, poor old fellow, and
began 10 open the packet with some Gu
,.,ositv as to its contents. on removing
= ,5. cover I found a piece of rock speckied
9TH small green crystals, and wrapped
j., sheet of paper on which something
rad been written so badly that could
make nothing of it, except that it gave
come directions about man named
George Cannon. was still puzzllng my
Golf over it when my friend, John Har-
low came into the room. John was tall
hroa5-shouldered fellow, with large, fair
hlard and fearless kindly blue eyes When
Ihand4d the letter to him and said that
.bo,,oht ii referred to some one named
GEORGE Cannon, he looked over it for
minute and then burst into roar or
daughter.
why Jem,'' he said, slapping me on
@n,a sbonider. sthis is description of
.,oroa in the main canon of the Colorado.
Then when 1 gave him the piece or rock
end EXPLAINED how it came into my possess
sion he continued, That's limestone and
nv Jove!-emerads!
We both became excited over this dis
coverv. and although we knew that the
description of the gorge might possibly
have no reference to the specimen, we de-
cided to visit the place at once and thor
oueblv prospect" the country. The fol-
lowing day we started on our expedition,
and after search extending over three
weeks we found a gorge which resembled
that described by the old prospector. To
mo If seemed unlikely that the specimen
had been found in such a place
The narrow strip of land that sloped
down 10 the river in front Of us was COW
cred with water-worn boulders, great
sandstone bluffs shut out the view in other
directions. and masses of fallen rock rem
dered the gorge impossible. John, how
ever. found small piece of limestone, and
although it carried no emeralds it was
rbe right kind of formation, and as it
must have been washed down the canon
we decided to renew our search further
mn the river To accomplish this we had
to T%JracS our Steps INTO d iASiAS NSNiitAS
until we were at sufficient elevation 10
cross a plateau which lay in a bend OF
the canon, and then advance along the
top of a stupendous precipice thousands
of feet in hight. (Some parts of
the canon are over 5000 feet
deep) When we at last found
a place where we could again descend We
had to lead our horses for two days down
slannng lodges and rocky slopes without
daring 10 look into the awful depths below,
A bitter disappointment awaited us When
We reached large grass-grown nat al
the bottom we discovered that both up and
down the canon the river washed the per
pendicular walls on either side. 1 was
so much discouraged that l proposed We
should make out way back to Tuscon,
but John was determined TO persevere.4
we haven't half tried yet" he said.
eff there had been difficulty about
finding where the emeralds came from
they would have been hunted up long
ago"
q have itn' he exclaimed, after a mo-
ment's thought. There's some timber
growing at the upper end of the fiat. Let
as make stout raft of logs, trust to
luck, and float down the stream That's
the way to find both the limestone and
a place to get at it,"
did not reply, and was still hesitatlng
as to whether I ought to consent to so
wild scheme when a great uprooted
tree stranded on the point where we were
standing. Directly my eyes rested on two
great branches which had grown
so closely together that at
twenty feet from their juno
ton with the trunk they We're only a
few feet apart. | felt here was a means
OF making our journey without the danger
attending an ordinary raft of having It
torn TO pieces against some obstacle in
the stream
A similar thought had crossed my part
ners mind, for he anticipated what I was
about TO say by pointing out how easily
II we could convert the joined logs into
part of huge catamaran or double-keeled
BOAT We set to work at once to carry
out our purpose, and by night we had
chopped through the trunk just below
where ii joined the two great branches
trimmed the short piece we had left to
mold them together in such a way that it
would form bow or cutwater and con-
structed on the double log a rough deck
or platform. TO which he had fastened
loops of rope in order that we could slip
our limbs through them to avoid being
E toIoWn off into the water when concus-
sion with rocks drifting trees become
inevitable.
The next morning I'VE carried our pro-
II visions on board, secured them firmly and
with long poles we had cut for such pur-
poses, pushed off into the stream. Our
craft was success, for although the bow
dpped little when the current ran swift
~ the platform remained perfectly dry.
The scenery through which we passed was
awful in its grandeur. In some places the
clus rose to hight SO great that the
SUBMITS appeared to lean forward. and
narrow blue strip of sky was all that
II could he Seen above them; in other places
the rocky walls broke into ten thousand
plnnaeles the highest of which glstened
n IN the sun like silver beacons TO guide
II the drifting clouds.
a Twice We struck hidden rocks with suffi-
c'ent force to prove the necessity Of always
Il Keeping tight hold. About an hour after
Il we started our speed had become so'great
n aud the shocks our raft received so violent
that we were very much alarmed.
Listen; what does that mean?" said
Jonn Harlow, as a heavy roaring broke
upon our ears, and then as we swept round
a bend in the river he shouted: Hold on
Tor Nour life we coming MaLar-