Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-03

had something definite to antagoniZe.
fire until morning.
With daylight we began to get a grip
on ourselves a little. | felt strongly
that | should see to Yank and so an
nounced. Johnny at once offered to
accompany me. While we were talk
ing over the future prospects McNally
came over to us, saying:
'The boys are pretty well agreed that
we ought to divide up what gold is left
and let each man take care of his own
share. Are you agreeable?'
We instantly assented. The scales
were brought cut, and the division be-
gan. 1t consumed most of the morn
ing and was productive of much squab-
bling, in which, however, we took no
part. Our share, including Yank's,
with which we were intrusted. came to
about thirty-one pounds, value of
about $1,000
BY noon we had packed our goods,
and by night we had broken the back
of our return journey.
We found Il full grown town where
we had left few tents and miners
cabins. Its main street ran either side
the deep dust of the Immigrant trail
and consisted of the usual shanties,
canvas shacks and log structures, with
rather more than the customary al
lowance of tin cans, old clothes, worn
out boots and empty barrels kicking
around. The diggings were in the
gulch below the road, but the streets
of the town, and especially the shady
sides of the buildings, were numerous
ly furnished with lounging men.
Don Gaspar led the way for a short
distance along the wagon road. On
the outskirts of the settlement he turn
ed aside to a small log cabin supple
mented by a brush lean-to. A Ions
string of bright red peppers hung down
the face of it. To our knock came q
very Fat, rather dirty but exceed ugiy
pleasant faced woman with glossy
black hair, parted smoothly, and soft
black eyes. She opened the door only
the fraction of an inch at first. but in
stanks' recognized Don Gaspar and
threW it wide.
To our great relief, we found Yank
very much alive. He greeted us rath-
CT feebly, but with satisfaction. We
found that he had been kindly cared
for and that the surface wounds and
bruises from the horses hoofs had been
treated with some skill.
HEe,1t I raai-n,, Is,,, h,,,,f s.o,,,, i,,efIo
he whispered with difficulty, for !
can't breathe easy, and l can't eat
nothin' but soup"
The broken leg too had been bound
up after Il fashion, but 1t was badly
swollen above and below the bandages.
"IIe ought to have DOCTOR said l
positively. There's no doubt of that.
There must be some among the min
ers. There generally is I'm going to
see If can find one"
| returned to town and hunted up
the beefy, red faced hotel keeper, who
had impressed me as being an honest
man.
Eyes, there's doctor" said he, "a
mighty good one. He went by here a
little While ago. Names DIR. Rankin
I'll rustic him out for you. Oh, you
Pete" he shouted into the interior of
the building.
A moments shutting about preceded
the appearance of a negro boy Of
twelve or fourteen.
Eyes, sah."
go find DR.. Rankin and bring him
here right away. Tell him a gentle
man wants him.
Shortly the negro boy resppeared.
closely followed by a man with blue
coat and white beaver hat, whom
had taken for an eccentric gambler.
This man walked slowly up to face me.
"Well, sir?" he demanded. II am
told can be of service. In what
way?"
His piercing black eye held mine