The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-07-06
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The mule tept 90 lavins aud Q Raurs
ipceps,d sent 10 slt,s be wu aisplseini
the rock aud earth. The erl piece o
roek be picked up ss hesvy aud II sli
tered 10 the ,silisht lie ran Tor his plcl
aud 10 isw minalps bad uncovered
ledge that shcsed silver and esIens u
4 plsinly that even isuaerioot oonli no
heip knosias be trd und some,bios
thai vas valuable.
/ ss3denlys shout IRON Sullivan ws'
beard He hsd hooked iour pound 50
sslmon tout snd was calling TO o Routk,
TO stir up the Ore and put 90 The skillet.
o'Rourke psid no ,tten,iou. and Sullivan
as be came running 10 the camp fire, thur
dered opt, Where the devil are youl
Don't you bear wbst | ssyY Then be ssw
U Rourke, and ran over TO him, holding
up the fish by the sills Ia snsuer u
bio eIeited description OF how be csugb,
the l.h O'Rourke handed him piece o!
rock Sullivan bad prospected for yesrs.
The instant he took the rock In bis hand
be let the trout isli on the ground. Then
seeiDe the bole o'Ronrke had Dug, Sulli
van dropped on bis knees spd looked into
II, lie tagged sl the Isssed eiges Of the
rock with bis foger nail until the blood
started from them, bnt he did not feel the
pain BY this time 1t was getting dark I,
and 0Rourke came With torch from tue
camp FIRE. He stepped on the fish as be
came aud then gave ii kick which knoek
ed il il some distance away.
We've struck ii ut last, said SaIlivan.
/! was midnight before the two men
could think Of anything else tLan their
discovery. There was no more grass to
be bad and the mule stood idly by watch
ing his masters work. Suddenly
o Rourke seemed to remember that the
mule had first attracted him to the spot.
Then aud there the men took sn oath thst
il the N ne turned out wha! it seemed to
be the N ule should never have to work
any more. Then they hunted up their
trout and had the most enjoyable supper
they had ever ate before or after.
1t was only 60 miles to Spokane Falls,
bow Spokane, and after they stsked their
,lslm Sullivan stayed TO guard it, while
O'Routke went to Spokane Tor provisions
md to rsise money on the mine. A few
pounds OF samples we're packed on the
n ule's back and 10 less than . week
)'Rourke returned with plenty TO eat and
men who represented money 10 look at the
nine. Sullivan had been living on fish
md deer he had killed. The two pros
,eotors received $3.50. 900 apiece for their
lain. which has been sold since for three
lines that amount
Down 10 the potluck country O'Rourk
purchased q ranch. He took the mule
Iown there and hired man to look after
lis wants. The ian receit, salary for
eeing that The mule was curried, fed and
assured The man was made TO realize
hat it was q serious matter, and that any
eglec. OF the mule would stop bis pay.
'hus IL came about that the little scrswny
pinsl got to be fat and sleek and impn
ent He lived to be IS years old. dying
ny year and half ago.
ORoltke when he returned to his Mis-
ouli home found everything Just as be
I'D lett it. only bis father was little
eeper 10 debt and the mortgage was
tile nearer due. The neishbors said it
as such pity, because oil OF the family
ere such hard workers; that is all except
lie one that had traded for the mule and
When the scspegraoc came
ack and not only paid til the mortgage.
ut also sdie, l60 acres to the paternal
osessions, and then got ont OF the coun
, as sooB as possible, the neighborhood |
srveled. |
0'Ronrke and Sulivan were never pov {
ty stricken again. although they lost {
me OF thtir money. Both Of them have {
i'd time aud again that they never deiiv [
go IN uch benefit out OF the discovery as
10 mule did. To this day the mark {
every sack OF ore from the Bunkerbill (
ID Sullivan mice is u mule, and In the d
ice that was blown up q few days bgo
ere hung lie size picture Of the mule s
at was ley bat found mine. c