Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-07-15

had scratched H. staksi out .
claim and sold IL 10 Jsnny's father for
3 hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars. He's made tso millions nii-
Of IL. made love 10 Jenny, anu
think she would have had me. su.
Sen, To San Francisco ane dropped
the hundred and twenty-five Ihoasand
on the mining exchange, Went back
and asked Jenny TO wait uHtil J made
another fortune- She said she'd think
about IL. ! guess she did. A year
later she married man who Is noN
Ulited States Senator So ] broke
nay neck. lost my fortune sn- ny
sSsstheaEt all in less than a year
-And what have you nos.
This mountain chateau" replied
Blake. With iordiy sweep OF his aFsi.
-and hole in the ground bsei OF L.
Thea I have . shs view Of the valley.
= good appetite. . slumbeEing coz
science. and-anG DOG. here. who
never upbEsids me tos belns seven
kInds o, fool
John told the story Of the dying
sailor and his map. and read an eA-
tract from Peter BuTi's letter. Then
he produced the map. and they spread
il out on the table aad examined A
by the light Of the lantern.
Il followed the trail all right" ex-
planned John. until the storm set in.
And then I had 10 feel my way. Be
fore ! lost my bearings ! vas aboui
two tnilss from the point where this
sailor claims to have found gold.
KEEP, near the edge o: the ellr until
could so 20 further. and thea eurled
up behind that rock in the hope that
the storm would cease"
Blake studied the map with STOW
ihg iEierest and excitement. With a
splinter from n ios as marker 10
traced the trail.
Il know every foot OF ~" he eS.
claimed. resting the point Of the
splinter on q round spo, on the map.
Here IL Fishers Lake. You came
that far by stage. Here IA the creek
which you follow for seven miles un'
Ill you come TO the old woTmiey trail.
You take ,ha; to the cliffs. and so
along the eliEs uatIl you cross four
brooks and come TO the tfth one. You
were within n hundred yards OF 'hs;
nf,h stream. John. Now let's see thu
key TO this thing
John handed him the letter.
From the east face of the square
rock. on the north bank Of the brook.
at the edge OF the ei!n. read Blake.
Il know IN, rock well. Let's see.
Thence east along the bank Of the
brook In 4 straight line four hundred
and twenty-five feet, and then north
Mt right angles. sIxty.scycn fee; TO the
base of the talicst pine In the neigh
borhood.
Blak. rushed to the door. torgettul
Of the storm. to verify his suspicious.
He pushed IL open an inch. but n
solid bank OF snow blocked the way.
Where do you suppose the base Of
that pine tree is:" he demanded.
wI,hou, waiting for n reply he found
n hatchct and tapped the clay floor
until he located n spot which gave
deadcncd sound. Then he chopped
away few inches OF packed dirt and
sank the blade into n solid substance.
There's the base of the big Pine
tree described by your dead sailor.
and III bet my life on Il" he shouted.
And here are sections of the tree" hc
continued. pointing 10 the logs which
formed the foundation OF the cabin.
"I'm dead sure OF II. John. It's about
hundred and forty yards from here
to the edge OF the cl!f. l know. for
I measured It. And its about twenty
yards to the brookA What is NOR.
conclusive. this was by far the largest
tree anywhere around. That's why
located the cabin here. Let's SEQ
what comes next" His eyes glis.
tened with excitement.
The instructions were to measure
three hundred and eighteen feet north
from the base of the tree and thence
east to carefully described rock.
which Blake remembered. This was
the base of the incline. Within n hun
dred yards of this rock the key To-
Gated three gols.searing quarts
ledges.
ITO no continO