Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-08-12

until. after three hours painful toll
they came upon bend In the stream
called the Klondyko. where, on pass
ing around n spur y the cliff, all OF q
sudden the full glare OF torches and
fire light fell upon them. It was q
strange and unexpected sight that met
their view. A great fire was blazing
to which was added the light of pine
knot torches Stuck in the ground.
Two men were at work with picks
| shovels and pans. Late as It was
dark as 1t was and tired and hungry
as they were, they toiled on and on.
Crack LASH" Gid gasped in a
hoarse whisper, ITS Lucky George
and the squaw man, Lattimer."
yes"
What are they doin'?"
Digging! Great heaven, look at
the SHINING ore! Sect the buckets
and pans are full of nuggets and dust.
Oh, Gid! Gid! It's a bonanza"
Hush, they will hear you"
Il am going to make myself known
TO them"
And be shot?"
why should they shoot me when
we are friends? If they are like saw.
age dogs over a bone, then we can
shoot first"
Gid consented to go to them. and.
advancing to within a hundred PAGES.
they called to the diggers. At first
they were little confused, bus
Lucky George, who was a shrewd fel
low, saw it was best TO admit to tho
discovery.
Come down boys; come down." he
cried, cheerfully. 81 tell you we have
made the greatest strike in the world.
Look at the work of few hours"
George, are there more good
claims?"
Plenty Of them. Let us all set to
work stake out the best and get the
very cream before the world finds it
out Lattimer here put me onto this;
he got 1t from the Indians"
This was the discovery of the great
gold fields in the Klondyke Lucky
George got the tip from Lattimer. the
white man with an Indian wife, and
could do so, but now that his friends
had found him, he decided to make
the most of it and divide
The others were sent for, and
claims for all staked out.
Next morning with the dawn of
day Paul began to work his claim.
From the first shoverful of earth. he
began to take out gold. His pick
seemed attracted to the largest mug
gets and his pan was always rich in
ore. He washed out a thousand dol.
lars worth of dust and nuggets to
the pan. He forgot breakfast lunch
or dinner. but toiled on. The small
moose skin bags were quickly filed.
and then he poured the renewed accu-
into water bucket. His
eyes cleaned with the fire of the in
sane, and in his mind he saw only
the faces of sweetheart and mother
and took no thought of rest, health
or the danger which his accumula-
tion brought him.
There was danger lowering over the |
happy youth. His claim was some |
Instance up the stream from the |
others, and one day, as he was toll
Ing and heaping up the golden treas.
lre, two pairs of fierce, avaricious
eyes glared at him from the dense
foliage of pines. They watched him
a long time as he toiled, and then
exchanged knowing looks, winks and
smiles, which said:
Let the fool toll on. When he has
taken his thousands from the earth
we will have it,"
After the first few days he stopped
ong enough to eat and sleep a few
lours at a time, dreaming of home
md of making loved ones there happy.
Little did he dream that storm
loud was gathering over the loved
'nes at home and another over his
'wn head, threatening to ruin him
self and all most dear to his heart.
(To be continued.)