Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

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you have done since you left me. Mr.. HunS
here has told me portion of the, story, any
am anxious to hear the remainder.
Then Kirk, assisted by Dory now and me.
told his father of the adventures tnas Eni nay
befallen them from the time. of leaving Canoi
City, and, as he concluded, he asked JIM;
do you know why it is that Tom Wee
was so anxious to get Bart out OF Jhe way
Eyes, reckon I know as much as any
body except Bart and Tom, and ! see sh ny
| suppose it's because Bart don't want anypoyu
to know that such numbering villain Is M
uncle" :,
"Is Tom Weed Bart's uncle? the boyi
cried, in surprise.
Eyes, Weed was his mothers brother fo1a
see, Bart's father went out to California u
'49, though he never made bus plle sneIe :
like good many did. I've heard tnaI
was crazy on prospecting, and whenever u
found gulch that would pay handsome waggiT gi
out for place where he could shovel the aus
right up, without the trouble of digging "
Bart's mother came out here from tne Las
| somewhere and / guess she and her huspane
was born in Denver, and somewhere a6ou 6
the time of the Pixies Peak excitement Lon
came on. The old man Conroy always IN
sisted that there was gold in the San Ll. l
| Valley, but think he was the only man WY: WIZ
ever looked for it here before Bart strucs
Promise Gulch-"
"When Tom came up to the gulch, whlle
Bart was over to the cliff after you, we hear9
him say that Bart always believed he snouio
find gold here, because his father had got
hundred ounces of nuggets around here some
where" interrupted Kirk.
81 didn't know he ever got so much at one
haul" continued Jim, Though l know thS
old man left some considerable. property, ane
that this Tom contrived to rob his sister OF
every cent. Once, when she threatened &c
L l.. II h.,,1y oh0
years ago-he tried to kill her, and came
pretty near wiping Bart out suppose ne
thought he could pay for what he'd stolen by
doing that. Bart,s mother wasn't Killed, out
she might as well have been, for she never
recovered from her injuries. Tom took to the
mines, turned road-agent. and I've heard folks
say who've been with him that he acts as
if Bart was the worst enemy he had: Hes
hard citizen, Tom Weed is, and, II Bart
amt % careful he'll b9g get be tns sond SIGp pp to xiii III
after he has done him so much harm, saleI
Kirk. in perplexity.
''Well, you see he's all the time afraid that
Bart will wipe him out because Of what his
mother had to suffer-. l hope they'll Keep
I'm ready to be one who shall introduce him
to Judge Lynch" Il
Jim's story had not been pleasant one,
even to the man who had told it, and after "
was concluded, be called to the boys to opeEf
up Jne pocket CndI Vney uuSht Dec III" SNis
tensive it was.
The boys were not at all averse. to the.
proposition, for Kirk was eager to show his
father how rich the mine promised to be, an6
in a short time the excavation which he hao
previously made. with huntIng-knife E. WaS va
opened again, with much less labor, by tne
aid of shovels. "
Jim would not allow any one to disturb
the gravel, even to take out nugget, until
he had examined it carefully, and then hea
"You can go ahead now It's good pay
streak, and you're likely to find nuggets all
| through il"
Mr.. Sheldon was surprised, as both Kirk
and Dory had hoped he would be, when they
brought out six or eight ounces of pure gold
| In hardly more than as many minutes.
That exhausted the supply from that one
particular place. however, and it was unwisa
to further disturb the pay streak until SUCH
time as they were ready to wash out its
precious deposits
dered from one end of the vein to the other.
examined every portion carefully, and finally
staked out claim for himself at a point
where, from surface indications, he was sure
another vein ran
Then, while he and Mr.. Sheldon discussed
the probable cost of putting in sufficient ma
chinery to crush the ore, the boys got sup,
per, all the while keeping sharp lookout for
II was not until midnight that the two
guides returned, bringing with them every
thing that had been left at False Gulch. on
the backs of the two donkeys.
The tent was not put up until next morn
The encampment looked decidedly cheerful and
homelike.
be definitely determined what would be neees-
and jim Hunt apparently stayed for his own own
| Measure but really because of conversation