The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-07-07


had scratched a. siakef out .
claim and sold Il 10 Jennys faihtr sor
a hundred and twenty-five tbynaand
dollars. Hes made two mils0ne out
81 q. ] made love 10 Jenny, and !
think she would have bad me. bat !
vent 20 San Francisco and dropped
the hundred aud twenty-five Thousand
on the mining exchange sent back
and asked Jenny 10 wait until made
another fortune. She said she'd think
about Il. / guess she did. a year
later she married a man who is now .
United States Senator So ! broke
my neck, lost my fortune and my
sweetheart al IN less than = year"
And what have you now"
This mountain chateau" replied
Blake, with a lordly sweep Of his arm.
"and q hole IN the ground back Of H.
Then ] have a hne view Of the valley.
a good appetite. a siumberfng COZ
science. and-aud Dog. here, who
never upbraids me for being seven
kinds Of = fool
John told the story Of the dying
sailor and his map. and read an eK-
tract from Peter Burt's letter. Then
he produced the map. and they spread
Il out on the table and examined II
By the light Of the lantern.
4 followed the trail al right, ex-
planned John. until the storm set in.
and then / had TO feel my way. Be
fore ! lost my bearings I vas about
two miles from the point where this
sailor claims TO have found gold !
kept near the edge Of the clin until !
could go no further. and then curled
up behind that rock in the hope that
the storm would cease"
Blake studied the map with grow
ing interest and excitement With q
splinter from a log Al a marker be
traced the trail.
Il know every foot OF H." he ex'
claimed, resting the point Of the
splinter on a round spot on the map.
-Here is Fishers Lake You came
that far by stage. Here Is the creek
which you follow for seven miles IN
81 you come 10 the old Wormley trail
You take that 10 the cliffs. and g
along the cliffs until you ros f0ui
brooks and come to the eth one. YoI
we're within 8 hundred yards Of thai
fifth stream. John. Nov let's e th'
key q this thing
John handed him the letter.
Prom the east face Of the squar'
rock. on the north bank Of the brook
al the edge Of the elin. Z" read Blake
I know the rock well. Let's see
Thence east along the baak o. tn
brook in 4 straight line four hundrel
and twenty-five feet, and then mort
az right angles, s~ixty-seven feet TO d
base Of the taIlest pine IN the neigh
borhood.'
Blake rushed 10 the door. forgetna
of the storm. 20 verify his suspicion
He pushed Il open sn inch. but
solid bank Of snow blocked the wal
Where do you suppose the base G
that pins tree tsg- he demanded
without waiting for a reply be fonn
a Ratchet and tapped The clay Goo
until he located q spot which gave
deadened sound. Then he ehoppe
away q few inches Of packed dirt an
sank the blade into 8 solid substanc
There's the base q the big pin
tree described by your dead sailo
and IN bet my life on t. he shouteI
And here are sections Of the tree, 1
continued. pointing 10 the logs whic
formed the foundation Of the oAbi
I'm dead sure Of Il. John. It's abol
a hundred and forty yards from hei
10 the edge Of the ciiG. I know. Z,
. measured a. And its about twen'
, Yards 70 the brookA What Is mot
? conclusive. this Was by far the large
tree anywhere around That's why
, located the cabin here. Let's 81
, what comes next" His eyes gli
. tened with excitement
|. The Instructions were 10 measuI
4 three hundred and eighteen feet nor
, from the base Of the tree and them
/, east TO a carefully described roc
4 which Blake remembered. This vi
I the base o. the incline. Within a hu
I dred yards Of this rock the key
! Gated three sole bearing GUAR
lodges.
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