Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-24

hunt for mineral, specially when thar
hain't no mineral to hunt for, 80
flowed mebby your company had con-
cluded to send a felier TO hoip you out
Dit
1.-TWO fellows sent down here! What
do you mean|
"Jest that. Thars another feller yere
besides you"
"Who Is it?"
"Lord a-massy, don't know who 1t
is."
"How do you know he's hereY'
"Seed him, seed him with my own
eyes,"
"WhenT
To-day" .r.:.
"Where"
Fright yere."
Melvin began to feel uneasy. he
didn't like the Idea of another man
coming there claiming to be pros
pector for minerals. 1t didn't have the
right look. and 1t smacked of some
thing wrong.
"Did he tell you bis nameT he asked.
HE told me name," Turner replied.
"A name! Do you think he didn't
tell you bis own nameY
Lord a-massy, how can l tell? You
fellers come down yere an say your
names is so an 80, an how do | know
whether you're tellin the truth or
whether you amt"
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lnats "hat ne saiu II "as' 'nousu.
/ ASKED niin Ills na"e' an ne saiu
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"ofAeu iof' an ne 'o'u ""'o % Seo'
"Humph! What kind Of looking man
was he"
"Putty slick lookin feller-sorter
young, sorter tall, sorter dark, sorter
slim an sorter clean shaved. l mought
a. found out more bout him, but you
know I'm pow'ful backwards bout
askin questions an 'peared like he
didn't keer bout answerin what l did
ask"
"How came he to tell you that he had
come down here to prospect for miner
alsW
"Why, we got to talkin an runnin on
bout one thing an another, an I up an
mentions bout you a-bein yere, an he
asks all bout you an bout what you
WAS doin we're. When l says you are
we're a-smellin round for mineral, Ii.
says, Then I reckon want to meet
that man. seems we're both on the
same line Of business That's jest
how he come to mention BIS object in
comm we're"
Melvin was silent q long time and
deeply thoughtful. The coming Of that
stranger ANNOYED and worried him.
Turner's description Of the man.
though vague and general, suited very
much to the description of one he did
not care TO see, the brother Of the
man whose life he had taken.
Tho claim of the stranger that he,
too had come there to prospect for
mineral made his appearance all the
more alarming to Melvin, for no one
knew better than Melvin that no cap.
,talists were going to waste money In
nsoIoss nrosnecting In that section.
That claim would do very well. he
thought to fool the natives with, but
M one with ordinary business sense
would believe If for q minute
no was half inclined to leave the
Ridge at once, and had 1t not been for
Mrs, Banks he would have done so.
He felt that even at the risk of his life
he must remain there until he had sue
ceeded In gaining one more interview
with her. Strange how weak a man,
strong in all things else, can be when 1t
comes to woman and love! By and by
Melvin broke the silence by saying,