The Glenwood post., 1914-05-30
Caoyrishf. lsll. ~ Fraak A. MnnaeyJ
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hours ride of q big American camp
1t isn't any old Spanish mine. or lost
padre layout; its a well-dehned ledge
running three or four hundred dollars
to the ton-and know right where 1t
ID. too.
'What I want to do is to establish
the title to il now, while this revOlu.
ton il going on, and make . BONANZA
out of 1t afterward. OF course. II you
boys don't want to go back into Mex.
leo, that settles it; but II you do 60.
and let you in on the deal. you've got
to see it through or I'll lose the whole
thing. So make up your minds. and
il you say you'll go. l want you to stick
to it,"
Wen 60, all right" spoke uD d
Lancey, IF it's rich enough"
'How about you?" inquired Kruger.
Eo?"
Eyes, I'll 60" answered Bud sullen.
ly. But l amt stuck on the job" he
added. Jest about get 1t opened up
when a bunch of rebels will jump in
and take everything we've got"
well, you get title to 1t and pay
your taxes and you can come out.
then." conceded Henry Kruger.
NO" grumbled Hooker, "if 60 I'll
stay with it," He glanced at his pard.
ner at this. but he. for one. did not
seem to be worried.
I'll try anything-once!" he Oh
served with = sprightly air. and Bud
grinned sardonically at the well-worp
phrase.
WELL" said Kruger, gazing inquis>
inEly from one to the other. 'is 1t Q
60! VIII you shake hands on it,"
whats the proposition" broke in
De Lancey eagerly.
The deal is between me and
Hooker" corrected Kruger. I'll give
him three hundred q month. or Al
equal share in the mine, expenses to
be shared between u.s."
Make 1t equal shares" said Hook
er, holding out his hand, "and I'll give
half of mine to Phil"
"All right. my boy!" cried the old
man, suddenly clapping him on the
shoulder, "I'l go you-and you'll never
regret it," he added significantly,
Then. throwing off the air of guarded
secrecy which had characterized hif
actions 80 far. he sat down and begas
to talk.
Boys" he said, "I'm feeling lucaS
today or I'd never have closed thi1
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
1t is. here's my smelter receipts for
eight hundred pounds of picked ore
one thousand and twenty-five dollars!
That's the first and last ore that's ever
been shipped from tie old Eagle Tail.
l dug 1t out myself. and sacked 1t
and shipped it; and then some OF them
crooked Mexican officials tried to beat
me out of my title and blowed up the
whole works with dynamite!
Yes, sir. clean as a whistle! had
my powder stored away in the drift,
and the minute | found out l was
euchred laid fuse to it and brought
the whole mountain down. That was
ten years ago, and old Aragon and
the agente mineral have had the land
located ever since
Il bet they've spent five thousand
pesos trying to find that lead, but be-
ing nothing but a bunch Of ignorant
Mexicans, Of course they never found
nothing. Then Francisco Madero
comes in and fires the agente mineral
OF his job and old Aragon lets the land
revert for taxes. I've got q 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.
We'll, now, that don't look so bad,
does it?" he asked, beaming paternally
at Bud. There amt man in town
that wouldn't have jumped at the
chance, if l was where l could talk
about it, but that's just what couldn't
do. had to find some stranger that
wouldn't sense what mine was talk.
ing about and then git him to go in on
it blind.
Nov here's the way I'm fixed,
boys" he exclaimed. brushing his un-
kempt beard and smiling craftily.
when 1 dynamited the Eagle Tail 1t
was mine by rights. but Cipriano Ara
son-he's the big Mexican down at old
Fortuna-and Morales, the mineral
agent, had buncoed me out Of the title.
80. according to law. l blowed up
their mine. and II I ever showed up
down there reckon they'd throw me
into Jail. And II at any time they nnd
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. I don't want to heay .
word out OF you-I don't want you to
come near me, nor even write mo .
letferIjust 90 ahead the best you can
until you win out or go broke.
"It Amt n hard propnnifion ~ ha