Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

morning customers began to arrive
aIaEIlI very shortly after the last one had
- lett at night, and the occupants of
the room over the bar were perfectly
well aware of the fact.
It's no use trying to sleep longer" said
hirk,, as he, got out Of bed, which Dory sug-
gested would be softer if it had an extra
coat or two of paint. "It seems as if it was
only ten minutes ago that they quieted down,
and now it's as noisy as it was last night"
Neltner Dory nor Bart cared to try to sleep
IN such racket, and soon the gold-hunters
ana Their guide e.. we're making preparations
been purchased the day previous, for they
mad either worn out, hauling rocks in the
canyon, or left bound around Tom, their
entire stock of rawhide. The remainder of
their purchases had been side of bacon,
coffee and hard tack; for the road-agents,
while they had been the self-invited guests
OF the boys had reduced the contents of the
larder wonderfully.
The burros had, as Bart said, "been pros
pectlng TOR grass, and struck rich lead near
| difficulty
When the boys left the hotel that morning
the greater portion of the miners were either
at work or al. breakfast; consequently they
Sfvo.ued fe p96hc leave-taking, which they had
whom they did see wished them all manner
OF good, luck, and made them agree to come
Dack tnat way, promising to show them
some good paying dirt in case they failed
to tlnd any beyond the range
Each one of the party was in the best of
splIlCs at peing once more on his proper
Journey, and even the burros seemed to start
OF more briskly, as if they knew that the
danger that had threatened their masters
had been dissipated.
pWeH camp on the divide tonight" said
ing camp some distance behind, "and to-
morrow night we shall be where we can do
some prospecting"
!he boys knew that the guide meant by
TINS speech that they would camp in the
pass, pass 9hat led over the mountains, the term
ulViae Deing used to designate the middle
or dividing, line of the range. They would
then be halfway across, and, as the labor of
descending would be so much less than that
ot Iet ascending en they would have plenty of time
camp, which would be their headquarters
while 1iIg, they remained in San Luis Valley.
:. Ihere is no use talking We did strike
1t rich at Silver Creek, and no mistake .
SAD said the guide, musingly. .. "How much did
ChaG broker allow you for the lot?"
,'He gave eighteen dollars an ounce for the
replied Kirk 'That with With M the 'Ie ankIbis SiifGT
made made three hundred and five dollars and
Ihity-nve cents, or one hundred and one dol
lars and eighty-five cents apiece"
/ But I've got nothing to do with that -
you" eeA "
"You know as well as we do that if the
money had been given to whom it belonged,
you would have had the whole. Instead Of
that, Dory and 1 have taken each portion,
and there's no reason for you to make any
talk about not sharing"
But you see, Kirk, I'm getting regular
wages from your father for guiding you and
of course, don't come in for anything you
strike"
"We won't talk about IT, Rart i" said K;rL
laughingly. "You will take your share with.
out fussing. So we'll let the matter drop.
What particularly want to know just now
is, what kind of a pass this is we're going
over%
,"Well, it isn't as good as it might be- but
it's better than some / know of. We shall
make it without great deal of work. What
after we cross the divide~
None whatever. We simply want to
prospect down the side of the range toward
Alamoza," replied Kirk
Il know of gulch little south of the
pass were going over, where. we might find
another matter. 1t must be four years ago
since l first found 'em, and l don't believe
any ones been there meanwhile"
Did you take any gold out?" asked Dory.
.".Mo; l ~-nn,t stop just then"
Cheyenne Indians close behind me in less
than half an hour after found the placers,
and l didn't think the place was verv
healthy. 1t won't do any harm to 90 down
there, and wash out few pans. If Won
don't strike pay-gravel, it won't be much
Beyond knowing the loeality-to which tbev
wished to go, the boys had decided upon
nothing definite, and were well pleased at
thus having some particular destination