The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-08

Iu0 On = puA0t "uAo" AZ so0SSn "a
sport.
The trout were hungry, and struck
fisrcely at the bait. She soon had
plenty for supper and breakfast.
Wherefore she abandoned that diver
don and took to prying tentatively
in the lee Of certain boulders on
edge Of the creek-prospecting on her
own initiative, a. It were. She had no
pan, and only one hand to work with,
but she knew gold when she saw It
and, after all, It was but an idle
method Of killing time.
In this search she came upon a
large, rusty pebble, snuggled on the
downstream side Of an overhanging
rock right at the waters edge. 1t at
tracted her first by Its symmetrical
form, q perfect oval; then, when she
lifted 1t, by its astonishing weight.
She continued her search for the p TX
ish-red stones, carrying the rusty
pebble along. Presently she worked
her way back to where Roaring Bill
labored prodigiously.
Look at these pretty stones
found" she said. "What are they.
Billf"
~Thoser He looked at her out
stretched palm. "Garnets."
.GarnetsI They must b valuable
then" she observed.
Yes, II you can f,nd any Of any
size. What's the other rockr' he in
quired casually. "You making Q col
lection Of specimensr'
that's Just . funny stone found,
shs returned. TT must be Iron OF
something. It's terribly heavy for its
sixe."
"Ehi Let me see It." he said.
She handed It over.
He weighed It in his palm, scruti.
nixed II closely. turning II over and
over. Then he took out his knife and
scratched the rusty surface vigorously
for . few minutes.
"Huhr'' he grunted. Look at your
funny stone"
He held It out for her inspection
The blade Of the knife had left q dull
yellow scar.
"ohr shs easped. why-lt'.
goldf"
ut Is. woman" he detained. with
mock solemnity. Eiitterina
goldi
"say. where did you flnd thisr'' he
asked when Hazel stared at the mug.
get, dumb in the face Of this unex.
pected stroke Of fortune.
"Just around the second bend" she
cried. .Oh, Bill. do you suppose
thefvs any more therer
Lad me to It with my trusty pan
and shovel. and we'll see." Bill smiled.
Forthwith they set out. The over
hanging boulder was q scant ten min.
utes' walk up the creek.
Within hve minutes his finger,
brought to light q second lump. double
the size of her fnd. Close upon that
he winnowed q third. Hazel leaned
over him. breathlcss. At last he
reached bottom. The boulder thrust
out below In q natural shelf. From
this Bill carefully scraped the accumu.
labion Of black sand and gravel. CLEAN
ing - Q result Of his labor . bakers
dozen Of assorted chunks ono giant
that must have weighed three pounds
He sat back on his launches. and
looked at his wife. speechless.
"Is that truly all gold. Billf' shl
whispered incredulously.
1T certainly is-as good gold a. evea
went into the MINT" he assured. "AlI
laid In . nice little nest on this shell
of rock. That's q real. honest pocket
And q well.lined one. II you ask me-
my eoodnessi" she murmured
There might be wagonloads Of II u
this creek"
'There might. but It isn't likely
Rill shook his head. '-This Ia . simon
pure pocket. and II would keep . grind
nate mineraloeist guessing to say how
II got here. because It's dinercn,
proposition from the wash gold In thl
creek bed. It's rich placer ground
at that-but this pockets almost un
believable. Must be forty pounds o,
gold there. And you found II. Your,
the original mascot. little person."
He bestowed Q bearlike hug upos
her.
snow whatf' she asked. "lt hardl,
seems real to pick up several thou
sand dollars In half an hour or % III,
this. What will We dor
DOT Why. bless your dear soul.'
he laughed. "ws'll Just consider our
selves extra lucky. and keep right OF
With the game till the high wntsi
makes % quit"
Which was . contingency nearer q,
hand than even Bill. with Q nrxt nt
knowledge Of the North's vagarics II
the vay Of food. quite anticipated.
Theee days after the finding Of thl
pocket the whole floor Of the creea
wns awaah. His rocker went down
stream overnight When Bill cav
that he rolled himself Q cigarette. and
putting ons long arm across his wifsi
shoulders said whimHcaiiy:
"What d'you say ~ start homer