The chronicle=news., 1913-05-12
Renliniscences of
The Frontier Days

There are battles other than those
OF war. but In which the gauge II
likewise life or death. These often
call for as high courage and gall. NJ
indomitabie u will. and ~ srea, sac
rifices ~ those wherein people, a
destiny are NJ stake. The strux-
giles of younG men TO keep their
heads above water and float with the
tide was something more serious
than Joke In the early days. II
was good thinG that folks generally
were more sympathetic and kind
than are the most OF ns nowadays.
With the twiiteringx Of tn. spriaR
Of 1873 when all nature WAS younK
and full OF ambitions designs to
make good two younx brothers named
charges and Harry Brausr together
with Jew iOwnie came out from Nj
amisburE. Ohio. 10 show the west how
to make fortune over night.
They struck out for I.sadvilie and
had enough money to open u little
son. They prO~pected around the
hills M We all did In those days seek.
Ink for something and finding moth
Ink In the regular way when they
got notice that their hank account
vas short $i7. They rushed into
town In their rubber boots which
warped their feet and blistefed their
sol~A In the hot sun Of mid May. No
one can imagine the predicament oi
h.. k.as. Ia R..l
xiraixhis and they knew instinctiveIy
that they would have TO turn des-
per1te trick or jump into Evergreen
lake.
Along the lower cnd OF Chestnut
street they xaw the unuaiinl sight al
It tcamsier unloading . little Jag oi
coal nj u saloon and that was the;:
cue for they knew that there was 40
coal mine within hundred miic.
and right off the reel II looked like
n bonAnza. When the load wsx
dumped Harry Brauer borrowed u
xunny sack and appropriated twenty
pounds or 70 OF the precious bitumeu.
Then he packed the lucky find up to
Robinson'x dinky little bank Oh the
avenue. He set the wad down care
fully whercupon In true isnk..'
fashion Robinson asked what the.
had In the poke. ''Oh we Eu-ss IT'S
coai and want to ser II II will burn
Robinson pricked up his ears and Ia.
vited the boys into u small room
mt the rear where . funny little stove
stood litc an angel At tho gate.
While setting the kidding and
fixing the fire they explained that
they had been prospecting over on
tn. Grand aud had located th. coai In
n big vein few miles below Glen
wood where Newcastle now stands
The .osi burned bcauiiiu;I. la the
stove xnd Robinson said with = good
deii OF nthuhiasm: I'm set aside y
Thousand apiece for you boys and y.u
can Let me ir on the find" This
| raS about the oniy kind OF Lart-
nership contract that men needed In
those da5, uad the big hearted bank
er WAS on. That night the Braucr
kids bought clothes at $50 the M,Ii
and 10 the morning they struck out
over the Weston pass for home and
mother. They came out over III"
pass to Colorado Springs. took train
for Pueblo and changed cars for the
cast with the bankers money In ,hci,
Jeans. When they reached Dodge
City Harry said his brother Charii.
might give up and go hack to Ohio
but he would try the west for an-
other whirl.
So he well off at Dodge and the
first man he met the next morning
Was Bat Masterson who accosted him
about his liking for the town. II
want to stay here and get q restaur-
ant but the fellow up, at the round
counter wants $500 TO sell and u
have only got five hundred dollars"
I"Come with me-" said Hat xruffly."
They went over to see Henry Coovc,
at the round bar. See here said
bat to the boss. "You sell this joint
to the kid for $500 and get ont OF
here mighty quick" The Duichman
fingered not OH the order OF his 60
ing and closed the deal In two min
utes. Young Braucr brushed up the
place. put in q lot OF fancy truck
such as canned oysters at s1.5O the
can anu 'h year "e huu Sicaueu uv
900 with which he struck out
for Arizona to run a boarding house
at Puentas arenas on the Sonora
railway then building into Guaymas
When ne returned to Colorado three
years later Robinson. the banker.
who In the interim was elected lieu.
tenant governor. had been shot and
killed In his own mine near Kokomo
Field and Farm.
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