El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-09

over overlooked the grease on leaving
camp. Here was a beautiful predica- Z,
ment. good sooth. Here was bril- |
liant ending to all my roSeate dreams
of an hour before. The horses could
hardly drag the wagon, in that con-
dition. through the heavy sand, at a
mile an hour. Cerro Grande was still
eight miles away, with but little more
than an hour to train time. 1t was
useless to think Of footing it in that
time over such roads. The broncoS,
ill-mannered beasts, had never been
ridden. and would permit no man to
stay aboard of them for an instant, as
l knew by painful experience. There
was no way out 1t was all over but
the headache, that was plain. l was
beat and owed my thanks to myself.
All, the bitterness of those few min
utes. nearly suffocated with the rage
of defeat. after fighting the good fight
and having the SpOilS nearly In my
grasp. And then. just before the last
atom of hope had ooZed from my le-
thargic brain. came an inspiration that
fairly scintillated-that brought
whoop of joy from me one could have
| heard for miles. BY what curious men
tai process this thought was born
shall always wonder.-but it came to
me like a blow on the head that 1 was
seized or possessed of box of ONT
lment much of the consistency OF axle
| grease To think was to act. l had
The wheels off. the aXleS smeared with
1.-The saIve and the wheels replaced in
jrecord time Minutes had been lost,
land the caballos were sent down the
l"arroyos' over the hills, across the
fat and through the town at a pace
that must have surprised and grleved
them. But l arrived. Ned. old man.
The smoke from the engine was show
al
north as reached the station.
| Well the rest of the tale isn't very
dramatic When the train pulled in
backed Mr. French up against the wat
er tank and GRATED like photograph,
showed him samples, and performed to
such good effect that he decided he
| could give Il day to seeing what i had
in the hills We got another team and
went back thar night. and couple OF
| shots and a little work with pick ex-
| posed an ore-bOdy that made our eyes
bulge out like a crabs. Then we clear
| ed for action. put some men to work,
took up the bond. and have just finish
ed the Installation of a hosting plant
The Happy Thought, as we have nam
ed the mine. is improving daily. anc II
our bank-roll increases at the rate 1t
| promises at present, yours opulently
| will soon be what to me is beyond the
dreams of avarice, as the newspapers
are fond of putting it.
And that's not the best of it. l have
| written tc the little girl back east. and
told her of these last chapters of my
biography. She is still heart whole
and fancy free. she says: but she tells
me too that a trip to her abiding place
might not prove futile. And so, Ned
dy. am going to drop in On you some
| day soon, and we will open bottle OF
| ink for the sake of Auld Lang Sync.
| Awfully sorry l can't help you out as
to the testimonial That idiotic letter
was written in fit of hilarity over my
unexpected good iortune-a temporary
mental alteration, in which it ap-
peared to me to be an interesting thing
| to do Accept my abject apologies, old
man. and forget it.
hope you are doing well in bus
mess way and from what l know of
your ability 1 have no anxiety on that
point But will not bore you by ask
| ing you to write to me. When 1 come
east we'll talk for hours at a time.
Until then, adios. and believe me. as al
| ways. Your friend,
| John Marshall.
| Mr.. Daggett's countenance had been
a study in changing expressions during
his perllsal of this effusion- Having
| finished he looked up at Jameson 81
lently Jameson returned his gaze for
an instant. then. handing him his hat
and putting on his own, he took Dag
Sett's arm and solemnly leo him, with
| out a word. to the elevator. They drop
ped swiftly to the street. walked mutely
20 the thirst parlor on the corner. and
into it. Reaching the bar Jameson
turned to Daggett and spoke.
| 'Whafn you have?" he said.