The Claim Jumpers

ed from town with a watery eye

Old Mizzou an' he mingles in them troubles immediate. You must have that cayuse an' go scoutin' in th' hills, yo' shore must! Ol' man Davidson'll do th' work fer ye, but ye shore must scout. 'Taint healthy not t' git exercise on a cayuse. It shorely ain't! An' you mus

away a sympathetic tear wi

of hills and I'm 'feared you won't stay long, sonny; I am that! I has my ideas these yar claims is no good, I has

on's great amusement, and, though next morning he was quite himself ag

claimed, "an' you'd better git art

ride, this struck him as being a good idea. All Westerners had horses-in the books. So he abandone

One was from his parents. The other, his first business document, proved to be from the mining capitalist. The latter he found to inclose separate drafts for various amounts in favou

all over again, and examined the envelope idly. The

didn't bring it up with him last night?" Then he remembered the

r. He did not know them from Adam. Mizzou saw no diff

raight Flush!" he

ng. How should Ol

ld man explained this discrep

they ev

But I tells you I don't know. We has to find

ou, the absence of Fay. Even the Easterner might have been puzzled to account for the crowded condition of the Straight Flu

m, the hum of talk died, and every one turned

. de Laney, th' new sup'rintendent of

a noddin

Laney, feeling himself the centre of observation, grew nervous. He drew from his pock

ent's conversation, the six adjourned to the

l, and the miners looked at ea

y. "That settles it. It may not be fer th' good of th' camp, Jim

," "and me," sho

e bar and spread

Speech!"

ee, putting aside all thought of merely material prosperity, you are now prepared, at whatever cost, to ally yourselves with that higher poetic justice which is above barter, above mere expediency

lf again to listen. At the conclusion of a long harangue they yelled enthusiastically, and immediately began the more informal discussion of what was evidently a popular proposition. When the five who ha

trial for a day or two, so they hitched a lariat around its neck and led it over to the wagon. After despatching a few errands they returned to camp. Bennington