The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-03
CCopyuen. isiA BY Frank A MuRssy.J
CContinucd from Yesterday

MAKE n equal shares. said Hook
or. holding out his hand, ~and IN give
half Of mine 90 Phil
IAN right, my boyi" cried The old
man. suddenly clapping him on the
shoulder. I'm go you-and youll never
regret IT, he added Significantly
Then, throwing on the air OF guarded
secrecy which had characterized his
actions 80 far. he sat down and began
20 talk.
Boys" he said. I'm feeling lucky
today or ia never have closed this
deal. I'm letting you in on one Of the
biggest things that's EVER been found
in Sonora. Just To show you how good
II b., here's my smelter receipts for
eight hundred pounds Of picked ore
n thousand and twenty-five dollarsl
That's the first and last ore that's ever
been shipped from the old Eagle Tail
J dug It out myself, and sacked It
and shipped a. and then some OF them
crooked Mexican officials RE 10 beat
me out Of my title aud I blowed up the
whole works with dynamltel
Yes. sir. clean as a whistlel ] had
my powder stored away In the drift,
and the minute I found out was
euchred ! laid a fuse to II aud brought
the whole mountain down. That was
ten ear ago. and old Aragon and
the agcnte mineral have had the land
located ever since.
i bet they We spent Eve thousand
pesos trying 10 find that lead. but be.
Ing nothing but u bunch OF ignorant
Mexicans. OF course they never found
nothing. Thon Francisco Madero
comes In and fires the agento mineral
on his job and old Aragon let's the land
revert Tor taxes. I've got a Mexican
that keeps me posted, and ever since
he sent me word that the title had
lapsed I've been crazy TO relocate that
claim.
well. now. that don't look so bad,
does it2' he asked. beaming paternally
az Bud There amt a man In town
that wouldn't have jumped at the
chance, II ! was where | could talk
about Il, but that's just what / couldn't
do. ] had 10 find some stranger that
wouldn't sense what mine / was talk.
Ing about and then git him TO 90 IN on
II blind.
Nov here's the way I'm fixed.
boys he exclaimed, brushing bis un.
kempt beard and smiling crafty.
when ] %dynamitod tho Eagle Tan II
was mine by rights. but Clpriano Ara.
gon-hos the big Mexican down az old
Fortuna-and Morales. the mineral
agent. had buncoed me out Of the title.
so. according 10 law, / blowed up
their mine, and n / ever showed up
down there ! reckon they'd throw me
into jail. And n al any time they End
out that you're working for me. why.
we're ditched-that's all! They'll put
you out OF business. SO. after we've
made our agreement and I've told you
what TO DO. ! dun't want 20 hear a
word out Of you'll don't want you 10
come near me. nor even write mo q
letter-just go ahead the best you "A
until you win out or 80 broke.
1T amt a hard proposition" he
continued. III you keep your mouth
shut, but n they tumble, i'm be a fight
20 a finish. I'm mol saying this for
you, Hooker. because I know you're
safe; I'm saying It for your pardner
here. You talk too much. Mr.. De Ian
cey," he chlded. eylng him with sud
den severity. I'm afraid Of vel"
IAN right broke IN Hooker good.
%nnturpdly. - reckon we understand.
Now 20 ahead aud tell us where this
mine % and who there iB down there
to look out for
'"Ihe man 20 look out for" an,
swerei Kruger with venom. lis Cipri-
ano AraEon. He's the man that bilked
me "a of tho mine once. aud he'll do
n again II be can. When ] went down
thore-it var ten years and more ago
- wasn't on 90 those Spanish ways ot
HIS. and he wua so d|uE-soncd polite
and friendly l thought I could trust
him anywhere
Gle owns "a big ranch and mescai
atill. run cattle. works a few placers,
sends out pa~ck-trains. and has every
Mexican and Indian in the country ID
debt TO him through his store. 90 u he
ANNNHNAH ~ WNAN NAH AAANA HhAA NNAN
there's always somebody 10 do H.
"Weil. Just 90 show you how be did
me, ! goo 90 uosiEg round those Old
Spanish workings east OF Fortuna and
finally ] run across the ledge that I'm
telling you about. not Tar from an
abandoned shaft But the Mexican
mining laws are different from ours.
aud an American has lots OF trouble
anyway, 90 / made a trade with old
Araf0u that De should locate the claim
for me under "a power Of attorney.
Didn't know him then like / DO now.
The papers had 10 ~ sent 20 Mocte.
zumE and Hermosillo. aud % the city
OF Mexico and back. and while I was
waiting around I dug IA on This lead
ard opened up the prettieat vein OF
quartz you eyer saw Ia your life
Here's a sample Of n. aud It's sure
rich" .