Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

self makes him furious. He foams and rips
till he's tore them to gun-wadding.'
Where did you say this here claim of
yours was?" asks the dealer.
up Silver creek-just below Muir
phys butte answers Ag, politely.
Then that dealer put in lot CT foxy
questions. making poor, innocent unsus-
pecting Aggy give himself dead away. He
told how there wasn't time to look for a
buyer that would pay the proper price, and
he wouldn't know where to look. anyhow,
so he'd have to take the first man that Of
fered. even if he didn't get no more than
five hundred for the claim.
The dealer breathed hard and fairly shut
fled the spots off the cards.
Now" says he, II sympathize with you
your pardner I'm the kind of man myself,
that way. If had a pardner in difficulties
l wouldn't mind what lost on 1t SO longs
/ could fix him up
Here's where l nearly choked to DEATH
for if any man could get the price of a
meal off that tinhorn. without sitting on
his chest and feeding him with the danger
end of a six-shooter. his face was one
of the meanest tricks a deserving man ever
had sprung on him.
80 If l was YOU" continued the dealer,
''Id get him out of this country quick,
and as for your claim, why, 1 don't mind
if l held you out on that myself" says
he. Il don't want no mines; 1 wouldn't
bother with it, only [ see you're a good
kind-hearted man. and it's my motto that
what do you say if We start for a look at
the territory this afternoon? Nothing like
doing things up while you are at it, Aggy
kind of scratched his head as if this hurry
surprised him. Il didn't just think Of let
ting it go SO sudden" said he. You know
I'm kind of attached to the place"
That's all feolishness," says the dealer
Your poor pardner there wants attention
you can see that-and 1 don't believe
you're the sort of man to let him go on
suffering when there amt no need of it,
No. says Aggy, thoughtfully, that's
So"
"And would you mind" says the dealer,
his hand fairly trembling to get hold of it,
lust letting me have a squint at that
gunny sack full of dust you have in your
clothes?" I didn't require any hint from
Ag that 1t was my play to be violent
With one loud holler l landed on nv ear
on the floor and kicked the poker table on
top of the dealer. More'n a half dozen
men hoped on to me, and we had if for
fair all over the place. 1 gave 'em the
worth of their time before they got me in
the corner.
"Whew!" says Aggy, wiping his brow,
this is the worst attack he's had vet
Just what / was telling YOU" saws the
dealer, very confidential and earnest You
want to get him away from here quick
I've had some experience in those kind of
cases, and when 1 your friends face
I knew you wanted to get a move on
It's dreadful, amt it?" says Az. II
believe you're in the right about it-but
L L ha
lamp he busted
Not at ALL" says the dealer, as gen.
erous as could be. mot at ait That's
an accident might have happened to any
along, and we'll sail right out to your
place. Can you drive there?"
'Oh, yes!' says Aggy. THE roads amt
anything extra, but you can make it all
right.
So away goes the four Of us that after
noon. Ag and me, we felt leary of the
fourth man at first. He let on to be con-
siderable of miner. but after a bit we
kind OF sized him up.
Did you ever" says Aggy whilst they
was talking this and that about mines
did you ever run your pay dirt through
ground-sluice rocker that was fitted I'm
with double amalgam plates, top and bot
TOM and had the apron sewed on to a
DOWN. -
why, sure!" says that Teller. Judging
from Aggys tone Of voice that this was
the proper thing to do, I'VE didn't use
to handle our dirt no other way out in
Uckle-Chuckle county"
lis that SOP cries Aggy very much snr-
prised Well, do you know that very few
people do?''
1T makes me tired" answers the man
some folks mines. Now that you've called
my attention to it, I don't recollect that
I've heard of anybody using a ground
sluice rocker the way you speak Of. since
here 1 got little violent again, because
I can't conceal my feelings as well as Ag.
/ had to have several attacks on the way
out when Ag was brought to close quar-
tiers, but we did pretty well on the trip,
We'll, gentlemen. there's the Golden
Queen!' says Aggy when we turned the
bend In the creek. Seems funny that
such an uninteresting-looking heap Of rocks
and stuff as that should be gold mine,
don't it?'
He see by their faces that they was a
little disappointed and that he'd better get
in his crack first. Then the question come
up of how We was to get them feIIers to
dig where we wanted 'em to without let
ting 'em Sc we wanted EN- to. But, Az,
he was able for it.
Gentlemen" says he. Just stick your
pick in anywheres-one place is lust as