Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-09

" tuA4Su' M" th6y re beginning 70 ui
. and drift out into the hills, and we'I
. likely to hear from them any time
q All the more reason for staying
4 camp, them" remarked Bud. "TIi te
Z you, Phil. | need you here. Tn,
logged ledge Is lost, good and pIent,
! and ! need you to say where to diI
Z We amt doing much better than oil
: Aragon did-Just roofing around /
: that rock-pile-let's do a little tlmbe,
: Ing, and sink"
: You can't timber that rock" a
J swered De Lancey decidedly. An
besides. It's cheaper to make a Gu
twenty feet deep than II IL to tune
or sink a shaft Wait till we get t
that porphyry contact - then vel
know where we're at"
All right" grumbled Bud; "bu
seems like we're a long time gettin,
there. What's the news DOWNTOWN"
Well, the fireworks have begun
again over in Chihuahua-Orozco anC
Salazar and that bunch-but 1t seems
there was something to this Mocte
yuma scare, after all. ] was talking tc
an American mining man from down
that way and he told me that the fed,
erals marched out to where the rebels
were and then sat down and watched
them cross the river without firing on
them-some kind Of an understanding
between Bernardo Bravo and these
blackleg federals.
THE only fighting there was was
when a bunch Of twenty Yaquis got
away from their officers In the rough
country and went after Bernardo Bra
70 by their lonesome. That threw a
big scare into him, too, but he man
aged to fight them off-and II I was
making a guess I'd bet that your Yaqui
friend was n Of that fighting
twenty"
i reckon" assented Bud; but don't
you say nothing. l need that hombre
IN my business. Come on, let's go up
and look at that cut come across
an old board today, down In the muck.
and bet you it's a piece that Kruger
left. Funny we don't come across
some of his tools, though, or the hole
where the powder went off"
When we do that" observed Phil,
well be where we're going. Nothing
to do then but lay off the men and wait
I'LL | get my papers. That's why | say
don't hurry so hard-we haven't got
u title to this claim, pardner, and
we won't get 1t, either-not for some
time yet. . Suppose you'd hit this
ledge"
We'll, IL I hit It," remarked Bud,
I'll stay with it-you can trust me
for that. Hello, what's the vaqui
AS they came up the cut Amigo quit
work and, while the Mexicans followed
and gathered expectantly behind
him, he picked up three rusty drills
and an iron d%rill-spoon and presented
them to Bud.
Evidently he had learned the object
OF their search from the Mexicans, but
II he looked for any demonstrations OF
delight at sight Of these much-sought-
tools he was doomed to disappoint-
.ent, for both Bud and Phil had
schooled themselves to keep their
faces straight.
"Um-m," said Bud. "old drills, en-!
Where you find them?"
The Yaqui led the way to the face
the cut and showed the spot, a hole
beneath the pile Of riven rock; and
Mexican, not to be outdone, grabbed
up a handful Of porphyry and indl-
where the dynamite had pulver-
.zed it.
"Bien,' said Phil. paving solemnly
around in the bottom Of the hole: and
hen, filing his handkerchief with fine
lirt, he carried It down to the creek.
There, IN a miners pan. he washed
t out carefully, stopping the waste
'ver the edge and sw1rling the water
'round until at last only a little dirt /,
vas left in the bottom Of the par. 1
Then, while all the Mexicans looked
N, he tailed this toward the edge. ,
scanning the last remnant for gold ,
md quit without a color. ,
"Nada!" he cried, throwing down
he pan, and in some way the Next Z
ans sensed the fact that the mine had Z
urned out a failure, Three times he
vent back to the cut and scooped up I
he barren dust, and then he told the :
men they could quit.
mo more work." he said, affecting v
detected bitterness; no hay NADIA /
here is nothing!" And with this sad. t
'ut by no means unusual, ending to q
heir labors. the Mexicans went awnv
o their camp. specializing among
themselves as to whether they could Y
'et their pay. But when the last of c
hem had gone Phil beckoned Bud into (
he tent and showed him a piece of O
I
Just take a look at that" he said. t
nd a single glance told Hooker that l,
/ was full of fine PARTICLES of gold. !
u picked that up when they weren't Il
ooking," whispered De Lancey, his C
yes dancing with triumph. "It's>the
anne rock-the same as K~rugers!" t
We'll, put 'er there, then, pardner!"
Ted Bud, grabbing at De LAncey's d
and; we've struck III"
And with a broad grin on their de- h
eitful faces they danced silently II
round the tent after which they maid
II the Mexicans and babe them =,