Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
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IN yOu OSA JubG Wlere we wanted
go?" -
Il said that we would start from here by
train to Canon City, taking all our traps with
US; then that we would go down Wet Noun
tam Valley, past Silver Cliff and Rosita, to
the break in the Sangre de Cristo range"
Does he know that such trip will last
nearly all summer?'
Yes, and the only question is whether we
can can get a guide such as father will be salts
The speakers were Kirk Sheldon and Dory
Reed, aged respectively seventeen and six
Teen years, who were standing almost ankle
9eep In the sand Of the principal street in
Puebio, Colorado. Kinks father, who was
Dorys uncle, was an invalid, and during the
month Of January, in the year of which we
are writing, had gone from Boston to Colo
with him. ''
Stopping first at Denver, the invalid had
tTled several OF the noted health resorts in
the state, until at Pueblo he had found the
climate that was best suited to his peculiar
needs. Under the advice of his physician he
mac. naa n,so concluded to remain there during the
was but the first of April
Alter learning that he would remain away
from home so long, Mr. Sheldon had Thought
OF sending the boys back; but they had Mead
ed ed SO hard to be allowed to remain until fall,
@ cause Of tbs bgs0%g 50 A strong and manly be-
that, after writing to Dory's father, it was
decided that they might stay until Il was
time Tor them to go to school again in Sep
IN Mr; IS Sheldon had bought for their especial
use two 6urros,. or small donkeys and ON
these obstinate little animals, with their ouns
siung over their backs, the bows had exnlorad
the country for radius of ten or ifteen
miles from Pueblo.
Beng, as they were, in a country where
mines and mining were the PRINCIPAL fon;cs Of
conversation, where stories were told Of the
wealth men had made by "grub-stakinp0 nros
Pectors, where one could hear of those who
mad found wonderfully rich deposits of gold
do SO, and the. thousand and one tales that
can always be heard in such a locality Il Il
little wonder that the boys were eager fo HINT
for gold themselves. W nun'
time they first arrived in Colorado nnt;i tI;e
day when, after deciding exactly whera +ban ja.D
wanted to go, Kirk had laid their nlans he.
fore his father, asking that they m;gbt he
allowed to become gold-hunters for a short
Mr.: Sheldon was one who tboroncb,v ho
ieyed that it was good for bows 10 Couch
IT once In while, and without tbinL;66n
that it was possible for them to find gold og
silver put knowing that they would have
had consented ios With t6b0HI5es t5e among the hills
was the result of the interview a1Ts 1U;tS "
father that Kirk had just made known re to
Dory. :, 'o"n 70
will be satisfied isn't going to be sncb a. eay
matter, said Dory thoughtfully. "Of cours.
there are plenty around here who would IL
only too glad of the chance to 20: bnt Il
can't think OF single one who would fill the
81 tried to persuade him to let us 90 IN .,
Canon City, and get one there. hpt eba "a a..1S "
he must see and talk with the man before s1ys we
start" 'eioie we
'Then I'm afraid wen stay here GOOD
while 1t does seem pity that we are to he
delayed Just because we can't, find the right
kind of guide" --s"'
want to go?" ~
Kirk and Dory turned quickly, and saw.
standing close behind them, tall, lean. but
notwithstanding young man, who did not ap-
pear to be many years older than they were.
he had the air of one who had been accus-
TONED to life in that section of the country:
his blue eyes were quick to note every trifiing
detail, and he looked one squarely in the face
as If he had never done anything to be asham.
ed Of His motions betokened his determine
ton quite, as plainly as did his broad Jaw
bones, and had any one been looking for a
person to join in an expedition requiring a cool
head and steady nerve, their attention would
have been attracted to this young man. hardly
more than boy as he was.
I'VE want to go. to the Sangre de Cristo
Range, prospecting" said Kirk, answering the
strangers question, and my father win provide
us with an outfit if we can find such a ouide
as he may think satisfactory. Do you want
'Indeed, do! Haven't got penny Been
looking for something besides driving mules!
What's more, ! know the Sangre RANGE as
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