Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-08
HER CLAIM.
4 Mining Incident.

"Fellers, thars business Ter usl" Ike
Parker exclaimed, as he came rushing
,nto the cabin where the miners Of Pow
,rty Gap we're collected.
"Busine ~? What sort o. business,
ship" Jack Hines repeated.
"A little job o hangin. | guess.
fhar's fellow jumped our new claim
mp the eulch.
What feller on the Liza Jane ?"
Did Jack cried, jumping up in a high
state of excitement. as that what you
mean?"
That's exactly what mean, Jack, :"
Ike replied
How do YOU know it?"
IL know it bekase | see the smoke
comm from the cabin
For moment the miners stood
silently looking at one another; but at
last old Jack spoke.
Boys, pears like the evidence is
purity p'inted he said, "an' | reckon it's
"a settled iact that somebody has Jumped
our claim s'pose YOU know what the
law is in sich cases?"
81 kinder reckon we do" said Jerry
Bonnet.
Bout all the law, thar is "a -ich
cases is twenty foot o rope an tree. I"
Yer correct, pard Them's our law
an we know how to use EN-. Fetch
out yer rope, an we'll purceed ter give
the claim jumper dose forthwith"
The new claim was nearly mile up
the gulch from the camp.
1t had been taken by some one year
or 40 before the / overly Gap miners
found it, but whoever had taken it had
simply built n little cabin on it, and
then gone away.
The Poverty Gap miners had been
working it fora few days, aud it had
developed wonderfully. 1t promised to
turn out regular bonanza, and the
miners set great store by it.
Claim-iumping was a heinous crime
under ANY circumstances, but under
such circumstances as the present it was
simply awful. and the guilty party
could expect no mercy from the out
ragged miners.
"You bet that thief will go monty
blamed suddent," said old Jack, as the
men filed up the gulch We'll nater'ly
rattle him of so quick that he won't
hardly know what's struck him"
That's jest what we will" replied
Bennett, AN we don't do no talkin
nuther.'
When they came within sight of the
cabin, sure enough a light was
shining from the window. 1t was dark
now. and the little speck of light shoue
out plainly.
See here" said Jack. at might be
blamed good idea to go up thar kinder
cautious That feller may have a
whole arsenal o guns aud pistols, an he
may be sorter reckless bout usin' OF
'enl. IL we act in too much of a hurry
some of us mout git hurt"
That's so. These claim jumpers, y
replied Ike, ARE scandalous keerle,s
'huut shootin'. It'll be safer to kind eI
sneak up ON him an' take him by sur
prise"
So the miners stole stealthily up
through the brush, stopping now aud
then TO listen.
No sound came from the cabin, and
the light in the window was the only
evidence Of Ii e about the place.
At last they reached position di
rectly under the window, aud again
halting, listened intently for some time.
All was still as death.
ieekon he's asleep boys" Jach
whispered.
Guess he shorely is" said Ike. SO
we mon. As well Jest go in an nab in
an have i'm hung fore he wakes"
They we're just starting around to tn,
Il or when moan reached them from
within.
Again they listened, and after a min
nte voice faint aud weak said
:" ! am coming, Joe, as soon as | rest I
little. IL has been long walk, but
don't mind that, only so that | find yoJ
at last. got lost from the wagons, ant
/ have been a long time finding th,
way; but as soon as | rest little III
come on.
Boys said Jack in hoarse whis