The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-14


He seated himself and tugged at his
foot till the boot came away with q
sucking sound: then, instead of emp
tying the accumulation at random, he
poured the contents into Dextry's emp
ty gold pan, rinsing it out carefully.
The other boot he emptied likewise
They held a surprising amount of sedi-
ment, because the stream that had
emerged from the crack in the sluices
had carried with it pebbles. sand and
all the concentration of the rifles at
this point Standing directly beneath
the cataract, most Of it had dived fair
4 " into his inviting waisthand. follow
4 ing down the lines of least resistance
/ into his boot legs and boiling out at
the knees.
Wash that" he said. You're apt
to get a prospect"
With artful passes Dextry settled it
/ in the pan bottom and washed away
4 the gravel, leaving a yellow glittering
\ pile which raised yell from the men,
who had fingered curiously
He pans $40 to the boot leg" one
shouted.
"How much do you run to the foot.
Slapjack?'
Hes a regular free milling ledge"
No, he amt; he's too thin. He's
nothing but stringer, but he'll pay to
work"
The old miner grinned toothlessly.
Gentlemen. there amt no better
way to save fine gold than with under
! currents an blanket rifles. I'll have
to wash these garments of mine an
clean up the soapsuds cause there's
hundred dollars in gold dust clingin'
to my person this minute" He went
dripping up the bank, while the men
returned to their work singing.
After lunch Dextry saddled his
broncho.
I'm goin' to town for a pair of gold
scales, but I'll be back by supper; then
well clean up between shifts She'd
ought to give us thousand ounces the
way that ground prospects" He Hoped
down the gulch, while his partner re-
turned to the pit, the flashing shovel
blades and the rumbling undertone Of
the big workings that so fascinated
him.
1t was perhaps 4 o'clock when he
was aroused from his labors by a shout
from the bunk tent, where a group of
horsemen had clustered. AS Glenister
: drew near he saw among them Wilton
Strive, the lawyer, and the big. well
dressed tenderfoot of the Northern,
Mcnamara, the man of the heavy
hand. Strive straightway engaged
him.
Say, Glenister, we've come out to
see about the title to this claim"
What about itT'
"Well, it was relocated about a
month ago." He paused.
Eyes. What of that?'
Galloway has commenced suit
"The ground belongs to Dextry and
me. We discovered it, we opened it
up, we've complied with the law, and
we're going to hold it." Glenister
spoke with such conviction and heat as
to nonplus Struve but Mcnamara, who
had sat his horse silently until now,
answered:
Certainly, sir; if your title is good
you will be protected, but the law
has arrived in Alaska and we've got
to let 1t take its course. There's no
need of violence-none whatever-but
briefly, the situation is this: Mr. Gal
loway has commenced action against
you, the court has enjoined you from
working and has appointed me as re
ceiyer to operate the mine until the
suit is settled It's an extraordinary
procedure Of course, but the condi-
1froa IN
The season is so short that it would be
unjust to the rightful owner if the
claim lay idle all summer, so to avoid
! that I've been put in charge, with in.
structions to operate it and preserve
the proceeds subject to the courts or
der Mr.. Voorhees, here IS the United
States marshal. He will serve the
; papers,
/, GIenister threw up his hand in ges-
ture of restraint.
, Hold on! Do you mean to tell me
that any court would recognize such 9
claim as Galloway's?"
THE law recognizes everything. II
his grounds are no good, so much the
better for you"
4You can't put in a receiver without
. notice to us. Why, good Lord, we new
, er heard Of a suit being commenced
We've never even been served with 9
e summons, and we haven't had
t chance to argue in our own defense"
a II have just said that this is a rt
q markable state of affairs and unusua
+ action had to be taken,' Mcnamara re
:. piled, but the young miner grew e1
r cited.
d Look here, this gold won't ge
!. away. It's safe in the ground. We
Is knock off work and let the claim Ii
e idle till the thing is settled You can
really expect US to surrender posses
, sion of our mine on the mere allega
f ton of some unknown man. That
J. ridiculous. We won't do it. Why