The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06

In u little while the sssayer came out With a
BRIGHT button OF gold anh ssTti meats hH Ins
| eye OF tho banker danced az he looked into the
dancing eye Of the ass..ayer. while ,ncls Bcn
| The banker tremhIed as he aid Canadian So
note into the trembling hand OF the assayer;
Sow ,S SSaSe ns main v6S had Sn Sad
him harry, aud the latter answered 80 long"
but Uncle Fen slid not word
oni,s Gncis Ben informed rs compassion thai
heidi not like the look q the aSssaver: 49,
happy to see anything bur good in a world that
but why did h. take out twice as much gold
ne he nceded?. II Ia plain to me tina; he meant
but YOU brought itawav with your"
Yes" said Cucle Ben. and ! want you to
take 1t to the other assayer when he returns
and see whit he says;
''Yss. suppose II ls" said Uncle Ben. but
same then you will he satisfied" SO the bank
AMI in this way Mr.. MacauaRin became third
ChcEkos consent must be gained, This could
Nov II Tia, he had overcome his own foolish
fears. the storm tanned proprietor seemed
anxo 10 win his ,upcrstitlous partner, over
to the white man, II was upon this business
that he embarked 10y train thai afternoon for
Revclstoke. There was no need OF secrecy 80
now ms deeply Interested in protecting the
prouerty, as was, ngle Ben or Ghekkot
A week passed and no word from lncle Be N.
Ths banker call ed on the assayer. He felt that
hs must tax with some one who knew about tho
bar OF gold, but the assayers Office was closed.
out of town" was all the paper talk on the
The banker became uneasy. Could the alb
the disanpearance Of Uncle BEN No. lie
thought not: hut the DAYS dragged ike yenis
p,ll htI1 pom IL
ON the ninth day he took the button to the old
assayer aud the old aseayer said it. was gold.
but what is i worth, suppose have peck
oh. should say about Sl""
The banker slcut better TINT night. The new
assHycr had leon in the bank that day, and this
fact helped to quiet the bankers fears.
- still ,ssnotIer DAY and no news from Uncle
pense was un bearable. After all. what assur-
ance had lie that this 1ntt"n came from the
tho old assuyer, PASS Mron the ,havinGs that
fGnrss eaiTis f% n :. lar Away wit" him. but the
:, Thirty minutes from the birth Of this bril-
liant though, the banker was waiting in tho
with with a ee,tilicate that read. Gold. slNi6."
HaHT What SnH men "S" suffer a FISK and
durs for gold / is the white man god The
nsx day nne Ron cane I" Tx to to-, Calgary but
,hill passed down the bHnkers spine Chekko
would not consent, Eor nearly two weeks the
but he would not The white men were Nil
,hieyes and /, they Sei foot in the new amp Hn
come tack to Calgary only to aprrse the
lanker.of VIA, he had dom" or Tath,er, foi,e!
attempting to find out the place OF tho golden
ryS Ch hex SeF Hr rd npy wae R%"'
him with a bullet made Of uurs gold
The banker had another chill; Not at dread
OF being, filed with golden bnck7h9t hut he.
read in the local paper an item headed: "Bul-
lets 81 Gold and saying:
MIR. Smith. our new and OhliGing assayer
whose business, card can be seen in another
column. and whose deep, bass voice mag he
heard every sunday AZ tho Church Of the As
week amt sold the carcass to Mr. Hrass. the
ACCOMPLISHED butcher at he corner OF Fourth
the animals shoulder hlades the butcher found
u hnlct of gold While cutting m the last
IS Nattened against the HIP bone OF the caribou.
One OF said bullets gun be seen at this Office.
The Other having heen , tested by Nj Smith,
tie widow OF Mr.. " Grasss shot, A'''''" III
surely the plot thiekens. Just as all things
The bankers faith, so did these circunl stance:
rush in TO oyerwhelm him with evidence OF the
ness OF the ind. 10 he sure r the pleasure u
thi. Frightening prospect vas maired Nv the
sad news from the san'p; the news of the old
found to get by tho Indian.
Why should n heather savage be all lowed to
tween the banker and u fortune? 1t was alb
suri. Donot Christian nations kill sqvages in
order to eiyiIize them, and incidentally to ave
their souls? He would not do murder. but
he would cheerluIly chlorotQrm this old idiot
and then wake him up rich and hnrpy man.
the old miner. he suggested the chloroform.
but to his amaHement nclc Ben did not wen
eESneI the mature e. and EJECT Of The drme
aud instantly the old miner stood up.
And you advise thIst To take such adyan.
taGe Of an innocent man. to deceive my best
ign, OF the Great Sorit ard 'hep whls h9 l.
Chekko IL right. The white man is a hypo-
critic, a liar anil thief. This makes Inc. wish
| had been born red; or black, or oxen yalcr-
"StaI." gasped the banker, for Uncle Ben
ihM had turned and taken two long strides toward
MarGuaRin heard the door slam. and Uncle
When the editor OF the local paper asked the
said he was Just going over to Revestoke on a
private mater. which Was rer:ect.y true II
was perfectly natural, too. that the banker
should take this trip. for his rest had neen
he caught sight Of Uncle Ben coming out OF a
grocery store The nrosre"tnr would hive
| the latter would not let It happen that way.
| He sloke TO the miner. calling him ncle Ben.
| and showing great surprise and much pleasure
| AT the unsx pacted meeting. | n"le Zen was re-
| mote hut not altogether frosty In his inter-
| course with Macuuagin. After much rersun.
| sion, tho proBpectOr consented 70 break bread
| with the man who had offered to help him. and
| before they left the cable thew had some white
| wine that sparkle nd bit Ike hard cider. and
| II put nCe Ben n liter SPIRITS than he Ind
| shown for some 'ime. As the two men came
| down the long hight 81 rtcus that led from the
| hotel to the depot Uncle Zen actually leaned
| At times upon the bankers arm.
| When tho last glIat II god was gone from
| tn" Western sky and the stars studded the olus
| vault above the valley Of the Columbia. the
| two mon said Xooh-bJ and Uncle len dlsar-
psared in tho forest behind the town.
! Before thev separated the banker succe eded
| In getting ths old man 70 promise to visit CAL
gary once more and see II -Ome ARRANGEMENTS
| could not he made looking to the DEVELOPMENT
| Of he property that the lucky IrJepcctorS had
| discovered.
OF course Uncle hen kent his promise. To
| tho great Juv Of the banker he hrnught back
| the bar OF gold. When the two men had ccn
! together Tor an hour the hanEer had gotten
| from uce Ben the h"wilAerng staten Ant
! thai. In addition to the small slah white, he
! carried. they mad cached near their cnmr q
| rough bar that would vrIrh seventy five OF
eighty pounds. He WAS ttrcn a. living so. Tarv.
! ng III \ bank vault, 80 H. sreRk and had Al last
gained thckEos consent to give up n third in,
t"re-t IN TIC mine for m" hnnhor's help. But
first thHkku must have some tangible proc