Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-29
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CHAPTER Vl--contlnued.

W find our own prospects" a
swered Phil. & 3
+ But / know Of q very rich pros-
spect,' protested Mendez; very rich!!"
He shlrilled hisyoice I express how
rich It wa. #SS Il 4
aYes7' observed Phil; then why
dom you dig the gold QUIT But, aa
sf6r $us, We find our own mines, That
10 our business: $S
SECURE! nodded Mendez, glancine
at their outfit approvingly. but 4 an
a&spoors man--very poor-I cannot de
nounce the mine. So walt for some
rich Americana To- come and buy It
have q 8friend----a very rich MANN
Gadsden, but he will not come; 50 d
will sell 1t toIyou." Et II "
u Did you get that, Bud? Tested Phi
IN English. "sThe old man here thinks
we're rich Americans and he wants
to sell ue a mine"
Bud laughed silently at this, and
Mr.. Mendez. his hopes somewhat blast
ed by their leyity, began to boast OF
his find, giving the history Of the
Eagle Tail with much circumstantial
ity and explaining that st was = lost
padre mine.
II Sure, observed Phil, going back to
his horse and picking up the bride,
that's what they all say. They're
TALL lost padre mines. and you can Gee
&c., p,d Iat,. 90. $500
49, i 80, aoS,d ~. i. o,,aa ;Man.
I'M. .,,nn;n 8 a,ons a,tar thono q thav
80 3 < i ..,rom
u, - .s,,S.ah .ha+ - Sru,s shod anyav -
~ $3.50 IL Thts = ~ 80, ,,,na
a.hara ~ nadras dua mi 4, thair
80 ~ IA ~, noing NTH way7
60 tban ana Ysu,iII5 ahnw vi,
49,. Is tbat Ama-tcsno
5s,t LII Shisat ~ Ig
~ ~ saad along .aytar +ban, uh.a.
49, 80 nrata.t thav ~.
800 ~ ahn,t bIs zinc rrt,l &th.v
. -, a,aa = ~. I.caL,ba1 ruins
:. a. n H. Tai1
- ,.v enr.ddiad 3o,Yt alonp tha nil.
!; a. ser,ss - ronher.hnlea dnmna
49, IL = vorLinga lookinp
-nnray SIiLa mana rad atone
49, : tb.n raiic ~ nadra days
urr,1aor,s moqazina X piant nnwd er
xnIoaad q nna M hjast had IA.
s.rnyad al1stracaa ~ III nine besides
a. III. ~ avalancha "a loo.aS shala.
thn+ haa no,,rad down and fliad the
nncIat q L,
dded - this Arapon ana 81. men 1,,r,
had rootad aronnd n + debris in
aaarch5 q tha Vein and The atorv 81
thar Inamciant work waa told ~.
oraat 3niIaa ~ inoaa rncE stacked ~
.baaida caved5n trenches and 4 series
Soystimid tnnnel. driven int the neieb.
$horinp fdpesa sff%5 AZ $S
5IIndar the circumstances Il wo,ld
call for a m1niininiR r engineer.
M iocata the lost lead. and De- Lanacrey
Looked Il over thouehtfully as.he be.
ran "a figure on the work is be done.
sT1ndoubtedly there was II, 4 mine there
and the remains Of an old Spanish
s,meltaerS down the creek showed that
al roun had once been very rich
but tfs Kruger had not told him in
ADVANCE he would have passed IN the
lob in a minute. n
~Well.r he said, turning colby upon
tia faaw,ninnR Meendez. who was all
curves In his desire to please. where
ii your pr,ospecto ="
"Aouli. ss,esnor!" replied the Mexican.
pa,inting to the disrupted rock slide.
'.lIere it was that the Americana
Crooka had his mine-rich with gold
much gold!"
He shrilled his voice emphatically..
and De Lancey shrilled his in reply.
"Here?" he exclaimed. gazing
biankly at the hillside, and then he
broke into a laugh. "All right, my
friend" he said. giving Bud a face.
tious wink: "how much do you want
for this prospect? ~ $5
-Four hundred dollars." answered
Mendez in & tone at once hopeful and
apologize. ut is very rich. Senior
~ Cy,o41r -r1{r,ol @v4 k11$ x,v1o fv,1 II