The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-10-11

NaA 80
"and that's with an az. I've
tried them all. and / never had
no success but the oncet."
"Did you ever break the bank" /
inquired.
Il did-with a stick OF dynamite"
We were putting the final touches
TO the last cleanup. blowing aud
weighing the gold, Kink drying the
wet dust and removing the black sand
by blowing Ii In a scoop, while l at
tended to the scales. Mrs. Martin had
gone 10 town for the mail, so we had
full chance to adventure whittier we
chose, and our fancies led US idly into
the past.
THE play come up like this" he con-
tinued. II crow-hops into Tularos one
day, spurning all things sordid and
trivial, for l have $500 OF the realm,
eight months OF a thirst and a spirit
ual cordiality for emotion and stimu-
lus. l am that drawed and haggard
with onwee that the bartender re-
marks 1t.
Whats doing in the way Of cpl
sodes and distractions OF mind in this
campp says l.
Nothing says he. except faro and
roulette and stud poker
Them devices is pueryle and
meager. l want something vigorous
and mans size, something TO turn my
liver over. I've been dead eight
months. Amt you got no opery
house OF lynchings or ragtime or
feudsr'
NO says he. This here camp Is
sure a sylvan refuge for the jaded.
There amt even been a sheep herder
or a chink massacred since old man
Stubs had the treemors, and now
that he's took the cure he future
looks dark and unengaging. There's
nothing but them m~ercenary gambling
games
II nosed around for an hour. but /
never see such a stupehed camp. and,
being that bulged out with hunger for
emergencies. l am forced agin the
green cloth 10 save my mental bal
nnce.
whats the limit 20 this snareY /
asks of the invalid In the operating
chair, having found the layout.
"A dollar says he.
"'Being twenty-eight years old, with
much of my life's work still undone.
amt got time to dribble along that
away says l.. Il intend TO annex
your bank roll quick and spend 1t be-
fore the coin goes out OF date or the
pictures Is wore Off Of the bills, so IL
you've got a hundred hid u any
where I'll roll you for II all In a lump
HE gropes into the drawer, listless
and feeble, but collects a hundred up
into a pile and deals the cards. | lose
the first turn. He's setting sideways
In his chair and don't even onfurl his
legs.
THAT fuke only serves 10 postpone
the evil day for you says i. Turn
them fer another hundred Again ]
lose.
~ had hggered on cleaning you up,
hitting you a belt with the surcingle
and letting you go before this, but !
don't begretch the waste OF time. You
aim 10 help me get some enthusiasts
out Of life, don't you? | appreciate
| your cooperation. Now ! got you.
\Let her CO.
II coppers the bullet and lets the
dlIv run open for n hundred each. He
pushes out the top card and the next
i've lays-queen, ace. He drags In the
hard earned savings of my last four
months without n symptom OF JOY In
his eve. Then when | sets back my
chair he yawns and says;
at you happen into anything that
will bust this monotony femme know.
Pm most dead
NATURALLY am somewhat para
Iyzed NJ having my antlcipations mire
down this away inside Of three min
utes. Yes. ! am left az the post; and.
being young. | an prone to anger. 1
frisks myself for loose change where
with 10 continue the carnage, while
my indignities rise up I'm my nose, but
am disappointed. l am let out COM
plete. thinks l, TIL find a lone TWEEN
~ dollar gold piece In my vest pocket
ns I goes out the door. turns around.
msHere. You overlooked this one
says I. aud ] throws IL at hlin as u"ru
"a I can. Then I hikes out TO the rail-
road track and sets on a handcar, In
venting synonyms for the worst words
i knowed. Talk about blues. am the
human wiggle stick.
ats along about dark when ex-
haust all the bad names In three IAN
guages and recall the fact that amt
ct none since morning. goes BACK 10
the gambling room % braces Mr'
Dealer.
.srm as boiler rs n eur DarL say
II. He hands out a dollar ooklng sour
and ~grouchy. without even the compl,.
ments OF the season. Inc reluc,an'
way he does Il orends me. put J swai.
lers my pride for an appetlzer ano
.mh,e~ into a grocery store across the
~av 20 buy an ontree OF crackers and