The daily sentinel., 1907-07-22
"SCOTTY" THE BATHLESS
MYSTERY
HARDLY AN APPRECIATION

claimed came from his property The
stun showed free gold but was what
is known as California rock, being
nothing to compare with the high
grade of the Mohawk or Florence. 1t
would have taken many a sack of it,
in fact several tons to cover the eN-
penses of the two recent trips the fell
low has made.
Then he made a break, with an air
of braggadocio yelling. "If you fellers
don't think I've got mine, I'll run
some of the newspaper men of this
camp down to it tomorrow"
There happened to be some of the
last named on hand, and they instant
ly accepted the challenge.
All along the way, we got bulletins
Everything was apparently lovely and
the water was fine. Then the news
service ceased, and then we waited
and one evening to the unlimited joy
of the q told you SOS" the parties
came back to camp with the sad in
telligence that the machines were
stuck in the sand, that they could
go no further, so they were turned
around and the run home was made
Mr.. Scott explained that everything
would have been all right. had the
party been able to deceive a few hon
est mules into taking up the burden
of the gullible ones. He got a su-
preme composite jeer from the scot
fers, and getting madder than ever.
prepared for another trip. And why
not? Here was man born and rear
ed where he had a chance to know
every twist and turn of every trail
and talk intelligently on the family
tree of every Gila monster, the other
side of the Funeral Range. The Won
der was that with such knowledge, 1t
was possible for the machine to get
stuck unless he purposely guided
them to the place where they floun-
dered. But of course Mr.. Scott would
never do that.
Well. the other trip has been taken,
and the same light as that which fol-
lowed the previous expedition has
been flashed over the land. But the
news gatherers insist that they are
getting warmer and warmer. and that
the third time will lead them to the
place from which so many material
blessings flow.
1t Is about time for the febrile cor
respondents to forget this buffer. If
he has gold mine, which is extreme
ly doubtful. let him have it, when
he brings out the rock no one is al
lowed to look into the sacks, and any
man who purchases it has never been
heard Of.
Where he gets the few dollars that
he uses, is not matter of interna-
tional moment Sometimes even rail
roads are generous and donate liber-
ally to their best advertisers, and
then. again, there have been rich un-
cles in the world who were kind
enough to die at an opportune time.
1t couldn't be possible for nice look
ing chap like Mr.. Scott to have OBJ
tained any money except in some le-
gltimate pursuit-so let that part Of
1t remain a mystery. Without the
publicity II would be found that the
faltir would soon settle down to n
normal state and then he would never
again be heard of.
Brother Eddy. the perfumed poet of
Thunder Mountain, is one of the few
who has called this lemon by his right
name, but that is really very like the
dafrodn calling the jonquil yellow
/ Clarence says he, too. has the richest
mine in the world and advises men to
rush to the Panamints.
The worst of it is. that there viii
be hundreds of poor devils crazy
enough to go, and in the fall the new
comers can keep to the trail by the
little mounds over the derelicts who
have gone before.-Tod Goodwin In
"Goodwin's weekly