The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-02-19

FERRUBY.

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AIOuuU I'LL llk0 Ouc UWdhIuS lTOm h
muddled dream. He was lying on a
soft bed Of long, serrated leaves that
had been stripped from great tree
ferns that grew near at hand.
An old, withered. bright-eyed Indian
woman, who sat beside him, placed a
leather bottle to his lips, from which
he drank eagerly Of pineapple chica.
The wine stimulated him and cleared
his head, and he sat up and looked
around him inQuiringly. A short dis
tance from him his burro was brows-
ing among the shrubbery and under a
feather palm lay his pack saddle and
outft.
As he locked westward he saw that
the sun was halfway down the slope
Of the sky, and. lowering his eyes, he
saw the burning, shimmering desert,
and shuddered as he remembered all
that remained in his consciousness of
the terrible journey he had made
across it. Addressing the old woman
In Spanish, he asked: Twill the sonora
kindly tell me where I ann"
"She WILL" was the reply. 1.-THE
senior Is at the foot Of the, western
slope Of Eel Tres Diablos'"
Then she proceeded to tell him that
In a dream she had been apprised of
his coming and was there at the edge
Of the desert to receive him, and that
be, and also the burro, had fallen help
less at her feet when they arrived.
"You are seeking the lost mine near
the little lake in the heart of Ell Tres
she said, "but 1 do not think
you will find 1t. But this I will tell
you: If you can draw the water from
the small, deep basin that contains the
lake, you will find on its rocky floor
more wealth than was ever possessed
BY the Mohtezumas.
Tons Of blocks Of gold belonging to
he people who owned the mine were
EAST into the lake by them before they
we're slaughtered by the Spaniards.
md there 1t has remained undisturbed
until this day. I will conduct you to
he lake when you are stronger. Nay,
10 not ask me how I know this, for I
nay not tell you, but here declare to
vou that speak the truth"
Thirty days after crossing that val.
ey Of death Harry had surveyed and
mapped the little lake and 30 much
II Its environs as he cared to possess.
Ind then took his departure for Mex
CO City.
When Harry arrived at Ell Tres
0iablos on his return from the capital.
10 had with him a number of poems
md a dozen mules well laden with
'quipment and supplies, and soon those
were echoing sounds not be-
ore heard there since the Spanish
conquest.
In due time his friend Frank arriy-
d, and after a hearty greeting Har-
US first question was: what news
ave you of Ferruby?"
Have you not heardw asked Frank.
xcitedly. "Tell me-tell me quickly.
What has happened to Ferruby?"
Frank struggled vainly to control his |
motion, replied: Shortly after your
departure from Eufaula the general.
With Ferruby, left for an extended |
our of Europe. Six months later, In
ormation was received that-that-l
"What-what Information was re-
cried Harry. us Ferruby
"No-she is-dead. Killed in an
automobile accident near Florence,
taly,' said Frank.
White as marble, Harry stood for q
loment like one turned to stone. Then
e reeled and would have fallen, but
rank put his strong arms about him
nd laid him down tenderly upon a
uma's skin. The old woman lowered
yer him. weeping and uttering weird