The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07

other mans name-wen 10 board with Fischer.
He never paid any board, but that was a mat
ter ot secondary IMPORTANCE, He had hunted
gold in out-of-the-wny plnces In strange coun-
tries for nearly half n century, and he talked
= good deal, which was ample compensation
keep him from tho weather, finally sickened
he died. Fischer nurscd him. of course"therc
were no women tolk, around and when he was
dead made the, coffin, got tho permit. hired a
The last payment that Baucrmann made was
this map. He had dragged It about with him
soiled with the soils OF half the world, but It
was still disccrniblc. Fischer would rather
know that he would get q million dollars Worth
81 Ba TSy GTSnm 1nia G tbis s Sior IT ~ Sp9 he en ms , done @ so;
Fischer: In 1862 Bauermann was in III Paso.
He had been, rlsklnG his scalp in New Mex
no pay dirt; He came down the riverin asmall
skim he had built himself and stopped at Paso
and. having the fearlcssness OF the enthusiast.
s SscG out To- e rspsnS. i , Sith his hts grub stake 29 his
pposSihlYY be nnv Wors und tbbon Tho fHbiT ic SI u moIf
Mlescalero Apaches with whom he had been
foregathcring, and he was willing to die anyhow
He climbed the mountains all right, and de-
seended into the valleys. and saw plenty Of In
for a month. They found him one night, how
ever. when he was sleeping near, a creek and
a aaa h pam OF an iGtG rl tse snd Iocd. If left G His G,SE
whatever q his wRereabouts, Wishing or only tSt to
self and his foes. he. set his face to the west
and kept going. He remembered getting
running sometimes walking slowly. some
times FILLING from exhaustion. He found the
gold %dIn AT after nr t tESN, lays Of EandeEing, every
his life. When he stumbled upon it he was
hunting water. with his ears deaf to all sounds
bis teeth, He fell prone upon the edge OF a
PpylTliing stream that through a small
buried his face in It. The shining metal sent
its ye of Gfs S Soss1 M sHEFenfEh e f bsS S EateE vi Tith hi IA a
He found others buried in the, sand and
stream were, several varieties Of berries. and
petallas. u richly edible cactus, grew in clumps
side Of the mountain, not more than a half
mile above, the point where he had struck it.
and. according to the tale he told Fischer, Alad-
pared, with, It. The precious ore was stuck
into the walls Of it like peas. Entering i with
glare OF the imbeddedm millions. He picked out
little and big nuggets of it with the point of his
wealth OF Ind shone upon him. and he had
only berries, and cactus to eat.
Wrought by his constant terror OF the In
dams. he tarried near the cave only for q day.
He followed the, little stream to its junction
with q larger and went down this to the confiu-
ence of the three forks. Here he found an
abandoned burro. deserted by some marauding
party OF, faquis. and hung to- its. neck was an
empty leathcrn. water pouch. He filed the
pouch. fashioned himself a couple of spurs from
thorns. and that night started eastward, riding
barebacked, across the mountains. He rode
only in the dark, and lived on berries which he
found after daylight. He was a week in making
the trip, and q good deal more than half crazy
when he reached Paso del Norte. now Juarez.
He had sense. enough left, however. to draw his
map. Then he had brain fever. and when he
came to all Of his nuggets except three were
gone. These he had placed inside the lining of
his sombrero. He sold two Of them and one he
kept and showed to Fischer thirteen years after
ward. He did not attempt to revisit his cave of
gold. because he, got into trouble with some
soldiers stationed at FL Paso and they ran him
out Of that part, of the country. He drifted to
the Northwest. Away" impoverished and unable
to make any one believe in his IaQui find. In
deed, he WAS Eighty in manner and subject to
brief alterations up to the time OF his death.
The, map looks sane enough. however, and il
Fischer and his friends live through Ransome's
cooking they are going to find the golden river
when the man in Laredo pays the $40.