Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-05-08

went % the School u Minss, pon't
you know that the famous mines os
Peru we're found By an Indian who FELL
down i elf. caught az bush 20 sayo
himself. aud puillng Il ap, saw that
the Foota were heavy with goia1 They
tell you up Ia Tuolomuns that ons % 4
the richest loAra III sas county was
discovered by a little girl four years i
old. and every miner believes sincerely .
In luck. Some OF these days. when !
have nothing elae TO do. shail test 1
mine"
He laughed. and she. an In polite.
ness bound, laughed wtth him al the 4
idea that man % 40 many Affairs
AhouId ever haYs nothing % DO. Now
every word came back to her clearly.
She must fud mine SHE could do
nothing else. and atnea tor that Meth
sr knowledge nor experience werc
needed. whY should she not auecSwdr
II was early spring. and u summer tn
the mountains would b. good for liitlu
I Jack Yes she must look fGF mine
She pasaNsssd herself 81 y3lnma ~
( State Geological Reports and state
made mp hsr mind 10 begin her quest
/ near little place called Last
! Chance" high up among shw foot hlIla.
I so small that 1t had noe even past
office She had wisdom enough 60 Goa.
| flde her plans to no one. misleading
MFR. Bishop to think that she had
friends IN the country to whom she
was going What she dido she did
I quickly. and not many days later she
found herself nearing her destination.
A foFIcru place enough. In spite Of thr
grandeur Of the eternal hiIla and ths
beauty OF Californian spring There
were plenty Of deserted shantias: she
might have one for the taking bat for
all that. she was glad abe had brought
tent. The heaps Of earth reminded
her Of the abandoned rpdoubts In her
native county. this battle field uF two
armies. in the War % Secession. The
Last Chance mine was merely q hole
In the hill with derrick and engine
above II. Fortune did not appear 10
smile here. and Mrs. Lowry's heart
sank to her heels, The good-natured
teanster who had packed her and her
OUTFIT from the nearest town. halted q
stones throw from tho we'll which
supplied the camp with water. and
pitched her tent She had partly con-
fded in him. and he had regarded her
with wonder and pity.
4 wish you luck. marm," he said.
There's plenty Of government land
hereaoouts. but nobody amt found no
gold to pay. 'ceptin' at the Last
Chance. and that amt no bonanza. !"
He left her thus. with his pleasing.
ana drove on. al he said, to swap
lies with Mr.. Mccarthy" manager and
part owner Of the Last Chance Mine.
He did not say that at least half his
errand was TO tell Mira Mccarthy OF
tne new arrival The news brought
that warm-hsarted Trlshwoman over
~ once, urged somewhat by curiosity.
. but chiefly by Kindness.
J And tia hunting for mine We
areF she said Whoever heard Of
:. the like? Well, wish you luck,
though sure they say there's no pay
9 art in these hills at all"
Just then little Jack. who had been
examining the interior OF the tent
"n'h he regarded as fine new toy
nearing voices. came out to investi.
: gate. Mrs. Mccarthy spied him and
Q broke on In her speech. "oh. the
= pretty bye; come here. me darl'nt
. sure and Its MS like as two peas that
. ne - TO me own Terrence. the bye
?, iosL ten years ago last June"
= FOR, day after day, Mrs Iowr,
= tramped over the hills, or sat on rocl
= leoges chipping at them TO no pnr,
pose, while Jack gathered flowers. d
Il berries. or picked up pine cones ant
q cracked the plnons he found therein
Il one mao bought him q little hammer
!. ana ne ala 40 he saw her do, pecke,
ar ~ .he quartz lodges, now and then
!. nm the idea that he was rendering
=, !, efficient help.
: Good Mrs. Mccarthy worried owe