Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 30, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 September 1887 — Page 7

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LKWAXA JASPKIt WHY SHE REFUiW Ad 'iSdU mm a obeying He loved hoc K Ue a brave Ho LhOtttfht aUObOtaetO t Otoaf. K oi eMh for UvMy tM. F Jr twMiy. ants sad dear 5 Wb wh it mm be nw f w whu r the doer ee wilU. TUert i nothing like to to1 yoaee; The preeeat oe ae pnwn ' Tl-rough oil the world It is the Ma; A.rf oae nlrhL tlM aeeetlon etM! gy, derllatf. wilt yon W Mr , I II urd yoa fros the atom of We; Pry. answer . 1 do itfl t Be, doer. In kneoliag nt yoer foot" Oli. pleaee Kt up," at lnt tb MM. Indeed, I ne'er intend M wed. I never thought that yen meant a You said, when sft yea earns 1 I bope you way be Iwwr yet! So, pray fort i we ew motr First, give a WMM tbea," ho " M Why you have yowod m never Ab, would you kMtr and be m tmm, Til tHl the story to the oad. T v.il ililitr without fee; You eouW Jiot ooent ber many )!" Her pock. J"lt?& STwWBhe Icnw had when e or ,wm With alei. wid W, ,hW To aaodwieh 1 between, leides; Until, one fatal day, for Ml She pledged to be petlod wife. Then came the talked )oy of 1mm; He said, be eared no more to ream. No ice-cream since then he the tooted; And, at for her. the saew w wasted; She ne'er a tingle llfh-rtd got I know it married women' a let. .Although oho soya ber husband's kfat, He Mil below wy etaedard. rnlad: .And to, to me. It beet doth seem. To ilwtle ntay. ud eet loe-ere' And then, so dreamily ehe sMlled, A it by happy tbovgjrto btild. While m behind Mm oteeed the 4oor, 3fe vowed to e'er trut woawn . Xrt. V.M. MtKUkM, m VMatf JwL CHANGING- SANDS. Story of AdTdtfitar th Odd lUNtiOMU Orlfnl.l N the fall of 1WO a party of CnlifornU . prodiwctora to i worked their way up among the northern "foot hilla' There were Pert" SUmlih. year before a Boton bankar'a elerk anil society man; Fat Ireland Joe French, Greaier Bent, my brother Harry and myself. Our pt iviaions were runninr low." Bent had boasted of his knowledge of thi country, and as he stoutly aaaerted hie ability to re turn in a lew uays with supplier was allowed t take one of our two mules and ifo jh the search. We who staved agreed to leave aignate for his guidance if we moved on. Six days paeoed, but lfent had not appeared. A hungrier eet seMotn eeenes to a.ny table wm eame tefthat rough split section of a ml wood branch, reeting on nnpeeled erotched sticks driven into the zroml. Skandieh, who was cook that day, flourished over his ho a well-polif hed lxa that had onoe helongetl to a fat porker. Look at that, hoys," said he. "We're flat broke on ham: the last flour nag looks lean, the saleratue can erring at you every time you ops it, and the pork and beans have almost vanished." Ef Patvonld make tie bread tie re voW be saleratus in de poohes," aeid French Joe. "Swre an' whin Joe Ml 'he afther cook in1 the haues we'll sthrike it rieh an' iibW," said Pat, looking fiercely at Jot. "How far te the nearest ranehP" I Asketl. "Bent aays it vas no more than ten tile, as der row fly," Joe answered. "Bein' as thare's niver a erow amonst n. an niver a mother's sou are us tuk to the fly in' httsinese, there's no till in' Uter length ave tker same tin mile.1' aid Pat. "Tint's the wisest speech yett ever made." said Harry. "They may he a good deal longer Miles for us than for Bent," sakl I, "for we'll have to make our owh trail." "I believe Bent's gone book on tut," add Stattdiih. "If he has, what next? If s getting late in the season. What's rain down below may be snow up here. I wouldn't risk beinr snowed up here. If I had all Quincy market to fall back on. If we don't care to leave our bones here, we must roll up our blankets and vamos." "Let's give Bent one wore day,'' sdd Harry, "If he don't eome by this time to-morrow, then I'll say vamoe." "I'm whl ye," put in Pat. Asthtre were no dissenting voices the question was considered settled. Whi!e this conversation had been going on, we were all drinking coffee from tia cups, and with blunted Tknires, usually carried in our belts, -ooting fried ham and saleratus bread, that Stand ih had mixed In the pan he toad used many a time Wore for wnoh. igeld. wetting eame but no Bant In the morning mr preparations for departure were quickly miHls. "How about the trail?" Harry naked. "Herc s my eompa," St ami Ufa atnswered, drawing pocket sompaes from the folds ol his grimy, faded Wouee. "Ami Browser's as good a aa Indian any day." So we, started; each one of us, if we fcrnd beoM seen in the street of any eity Wet San Franciseo, would hare been loken for a walking exhibition of percty. Our broad brimmed hate were oety and weather-beaten; our ones tWrtd wave mmiy e4orsdt the

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spattered trowsers, were mndMMipa UtroMt too; our tntok shoes or long doom samples from various diggings., Yet each man carried his bag of gold swung on his rifle, over his shoulder, with his waeaing pah and Ms Mattket, On Browaer'i baek were spades, pick J3ii Uele ePesMJJ Jsef leMjg (('etdiel eMHi what pfovhdoao remained. Btauauia nan a general knowledge ef the eoutitry, aeouitvd from books, whoa he wae considering whether U give up bis sure salary for the ehanees ef a iorttuse, to he made hy a lucky pnde's turn or pick's Mow. He knew that the hoaeh on the Paeiac ooast was wide, in long stretches, and that, once reached, we were almost sure of au Huobotritcted way to some ranch or In dia viUadfe, where we could Mud food of some kind. He hoped to bring up at TriHidad: hut he underrated the diffleulUoa of the tramp. The im redwood trees, that towered asrninst the weetern sky, could not have so thriven away from damp salt air, hut they were farther off than thev annearsd. and between them were firs, spruce and pines, alio eloee undergrowth of magnificent ferns, ftt&mliiig five or six feet higher than a tail man's head; of vines, long horrv bushes and wild fruits: in short, a dense tangle of vegetation, unoe in this jungle, we, could make our way onlv with knives and hatchets. We out our road, step by step, each lead ing by turns, Browser bringing up the rear. Ni2ht came unon im. n were not equal to the labor of clearing a plaee for a Are. So 1 brought from Brow ser's peek some of the bread I had thin slices of pork, kid th HTAKr. it on the bread, tilled their tin ottps from the clear brook that Browser's sagacity had dis covered, and, Standiah not excepted ate as sweet a meal as he had ever en ioved. Then, regardless ot all pre cautions, each wrapped himself in his blanket and was soon fast asleep. We worked on for three days, much of the time over country whioh would have been hard enough had it been cleared of underrrowth; but, thanks to Brow ser, we seldom suffered from thirst We all learned to understand his mute notice that, in this direction or that a cool, bright stream was flowing. We were all, at last, reduced to join insr with him in hie repasts en the abundant herbage. Sarly on the fourth morning we caught the soUnl of waves breaking on the coast. In smother hour we came out on the sandy beach. Our boots and clothing were torn, our faces and hands scratched and bleeding, . and every muscle quivered with fatigue and hunger. Which way should we turn te find the ranch, the fowl we so sorely needed? Standish looked at his compass; but in the struggle through the jungle and in going for water we had veered from our course. Man, superior, reasoning man, was at a loss; not so the unreasoning brute. Browser lifted his nose, snuffed the air and deliberately, steadily walked off, in what the compass showed to be the southerly direction. Foot sore, we slowly limped after him, over the broad black sand beach, almost ready to throw down our lightened loads, lightened because we had laid upon much enduring Browser all but rifle and hags of gold. Speechlessly we were laboring on, when a sudden exclamation from Harry made ue look ahead. "What's that?" he cried. "The color as I'm a living maul" A rod before us the black sand changed to yellow; yellow that glistened in the suit light. We rushed for ward, almost forgetting our weariness and hungering faintnees. We had all seen natural gold, scores of times before, but we could hardly believe this was gold, spread out like an immense sheet at our feet. Whether we believed it or not it was so. The action QOLO KNOCOH TO BUY l'ALACRS. of the water had pulverised the magnetic iron recks into beach sand. In the rock, gold ami platinum had been mixed. The sand that te washed out sea deposit the heavy metal. An unusually high wind and surf had

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them and drtve them in on ssmmv, te i fjeors, ift time to meet the sslonished naae of our starving party. Were ever men so placed before? There was gold! Com enough to buy palaces, broad scree, luxuries in food clothing, pleasures, beyond ail wildest dreams had ever ap proached! We stood upon it trampled it, handled it, tasted it, swelled it! Yet, it was gold! All we had to do was to stoop and take it! There was no one to struggle with ua for it! No one to snatch it from us, after we had grasped t! It was gold! Wealth, the idol beore which the world fall prostrate in abject worship! For wMeh man often sacrifices all, that reason tells hint, is most dear, and having gained it, while he clutches it, txinfosses that happiness has melted away before it! How it mocked us! a gaunt, travelsoiled, ragged crew! Lying all around us, in silent command, it called upon us to take the reward for which we had left home, friends, the comforts of civilixatioii! How it mocked us! Our tottering limbs would not support us; our trembling hands would not obey our greedy wills and gather the riches spread before us! The excitement of this sudden appearance had roused ue, only to react in greater exhaustion and we were driven to the acknowledgment that food must oonio first, gold afterwards. We gathered a few handful, and ploded on, planning how to come hack and secure the treasure before others should find it This we wore confident we could do, as that part of the beach was seldom visited by boats, on account of the difficulty of approach, and there was little to attract travel ers on the landward aiue. it was near night when the csbin of the ran oh came in sight The owner, a well foil man, stood in the doorway and took a leisurely survey. "1 'low you ai'r a snug lot," he said; "vour critter. I reckon, come in, 'n 1 'lowed there be some caved in strangers follerin'." The ranchman's biuntness was for gotten when he led us into the one room of the cabin and bade us sit down and fall to." smoking beef-steak, Our supper of esrifs, hot biscuit and coffee dispatched, we wrapped ourselves in our blankets, and, with tlie sky for a roof, slept soundly. In the morning, having gratefully refused the invitation to "stay by 'till yer kinder coopered tip,H after a breakfast as substantial as the supper, we started for San Francisco. We used our gold dust freely, for our one thought was to keep our secret til we oould hurry back and secure the nrize. Lest we mieht attract the no tice of gold hunters, as eager as our selves, we agreed to separate into two parties, and deposit our dust in two banks. Pat, who stood quite in awe of Standish's business education and miiokuese at figures, declared that he would "howkl on till what Mather Sthandish arraed." Joe's imperfect knowledge of the lan guage induced him to trust Standish al so. We appointed a place of rendcx vous, ami stanuisn went was narry to prospect for a snail vessel te take M. . t mw . us back to the eoW beach. I took it upon myself to keep an eye on Pat and Joe, for I feared that ht that Babel, San Francisco, thy might meet compatriots, be thrown off their guard and become confidential. Standish found that strangers in the city could not, immediately command the facilites we needed, and with Harry's consent, decided to ask the advice of a business acquaintance of his bookkeeping days. As the aasayer had pronounced our specimens half pure gold. Standish's friend, promptly proposed the formation of a company and promised to push its interests. Papers were drawn up, and the next morning our party of five young men, comfortably clothed, almost forgetting our recent privations and exulting in the prospect of laying hands on wealth that awaited us, went aboard a cutter, well found in all we should need. The captain's sealed orders directed him to put us ashore wherever Standish should say. We beat up the coast and lay to off the gold beach. Heavy breakers and savage rooks, water worn into every imaginable shape, forbade our running in close. A boat was lowered and the captain called for volunteers, from his crew. Three brave seamen stepped forward. "My orders are to land my passengers," said the captain. "That sea's no mill pond. The boat won't carry more'n three landsmen. Who's for the first trip?" We hastily drew lots. Standish and I were left out I begged Harry to let mo go in his place, but he pressed my hand and scrambled over the side. Standish and I stood on either skle of the captain, as he wa tolled the boat with the help of his glass, and reported tons. After several attempts to land had been made, a only good boatmen could make them, the boat, we supposed, struck one of the treacherous currents, became unmanageable, and capsixed. Had all the gold in the world been before me, it would have seemed as nothing when my only brother waa struggling in ta,t boiling surf, that would in all probability be his grave. How could I write the tidings home? Standish and I held a short consultation with the captain. "Can't send in another boat," said he; "I'm short-handed enough new. Trinidad's the Highest landing any salt water sailor'd try to make." He handed his glass to me and began to give orders. 1 looked, in the forlorn hope that I might distinguish something of boat, crew or passengers, hut had either been viol hi at all. it must have been te a mere practiced tye than fldne. I raised the giaes te torn

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against the sky, was a moving figure Captain! what's thatr I cried. "Isn't it possible nune of those poor fallows have got out alive?4' "Couldn't have dim bed that btesT, sweeping the shore "alow and After a moment the glass eame to a oideet was being kept in fuses. I lived years in seconds then. "Must be a redskia," the captain muttered. "Can't drown a redskia; one 'v their egsheUs 'U live in break- j ers that'd stave the stnneha4 beat that's ever built Thought I'd made it right," and he again handed his I ooutd dearly discern an object, ris ing and faUing on the water, m though taking an irregular eonrse, gradually Hearing the cutter. Hearer still it eame, and we thought we eouM see something that looked like a man, half lying, half sitting, in the eanoe that was paddled by one Indian. "Canoe ahoy!" shouted the cap tain. "What's aboard?" The Indian made no answer, hat paddled slowly en. &taml by lor a reps," the captain shouted. A rope, shot out over our heads, was dexterously caught by the Indian, and the canoe was drawn through the com paratively smooth water. One of the sailers lowered a boat-hook till it al most touched the bottom of the little craft, With the help of the hook and of strong hands my brother Harry half climbed, was half lifted, on to the cut ter's deck. Of the six men who went in the boat, he was the only one saved, and he had been drawn out of the surf, heu he was past helping himself, by the friendly Indian. Taking the Indian on board and his eanoe in tow, we sailed for Trinidad. In the morning, Standish and I, with the Indian, started for the gold beach, carrying tools for gathering and bags for holding the gold. We reached the beach. It was the mace we had seen a few days before glittering with the precious metal. We could not be mis taken; exhausted as we were, we had carefully taken our bearings. But there was nothing there but sand! Black sand! "What fools we have been," said Standish. "The very same fore that brought the gold in has carried it out again, and left only the sand, such aa we might walk on for miles." Our feet made heavy by disappointment, we dragged ourselves baek to the cutter. Standish gave the word, and we were soon headed for San Fran cisco. I shall never forget the evening when Standish, Harry and I sat on deck in the stern of the cutter, and talked over our adventures since we started on the eokl hunt q "Rob," said Harry, at last, "I'm ofl for home! You will do as you please, of course, but I tell you, when a fellow has looked death in the face, life is new thing for him. It seems as If my life had been taken from me and given back. It's a mean use to make of life to spend it getting money for money's sake only!" "I'm not going te give up so," said Standish. "There's gohl in these sands. that's plain enough. There must be some way to get some of it, and who knows but I may be lucky enough to see it washed up again?" As Harry and 1 were determined tc take the next steamer for the isthmus, we turned over our interest in the company to Standish. The beach et have since been worked with fair sue cess. But I believe no such sight has ever araln appeared to any party of miners as that glittering beach whose golden sands our destitution forbade out rathe rinr: those "treasures" not even "hidden in the sands" but which our want compelled us to leave te be home out into the ocean waste. SOSAX D. KfCKSMON. Mr. Moneybags (who has recently aonuired a fortune) "It's a shame and a disgrace the way every body con spires to rob a rkhmaa." Friend "What's the matter now?" Moneybags "Well, you see I had a little party at mv mansion last night, ami te amuse mv truest I ordered some mu sie one quartette; and darn my but tons if four singers didn't crowd into the room and sing, ami I had to pay all four of them, and mind you, I only ordered one solitary quartette. That's the way I'm swindled every day of my life, and I am tired of it" x. I. Lelger. The meanest man in Boston has been rsjorted. He calls hhwself a practical joker, and it is sahl that, having noticed that on a certain day of the week, a podding was placed on the ledge of a window to cool, he bought a bean blower and a box of mandrake pills, and when the pudding next appeared he blew it full, of pUbt. It if also sahl that puddings are no longer exposed on that beck window. A Scrantou, Fa., man has a eat which purrs approvingly whenever he plavs the piano, or organ, or guitar. But she draws the line at the violin. When her master pa-jses the how vet the entrails of on of her departed friends she grow savage, a he thinks, at the indignity offered her s pedes in the construction of that instrument m t m A Httle bag of mustard kid en to top of the phjki jar will prevent the vinegar from becoming metdy, K the piokloj have boon put up in rmefat that ha hot hteei helled.

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