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Show ROASTINGATYRANT.! How the Miners of Khedive Lode Were Eevenged at Lightning Speed. HEAVY ' SNOWS IN - G0L0BAD0. Metal in Bookbinding Force of Habit With the Drug Olerk Notes J of Interest. j In the mountains the miners frequently frequent-ly make their descent into the valleys by using a piece of "quaking ash" bark as a toboggan, but oftener rely on the tenacity tenaci-ty of their heavy canvas overalls. To some this method of transportation may seem absurd or impossible, but it is a fact nevertheless; men do go down tho fearful slopes on the soft snow from the top of a two mile ridge in that manner faster than they ever did on a slod when a boy. At the Khedive lode the miners had long borne a grudge against the superintendent, super-intendent, an overbearing ignoramus; so they swore they would get even with him some day. The Khedive was located just two miles above the old government road leading to Gothic, at a bend, called "The Crook," and it required an hour's hard climbing on foot to get up to tbo mine from there. One morning the superintendent came as usual to "inspect," as he termed it, but really to curse and rant around because be-cause the men could not make $100 ore yield $1,000. The miners were just about tired of his tyranny and several suggested the propriety of giving him a pounding. However, Providence, who sometimes advocates the cause of the poor miner ns well as that of the rich nabob who owns the property, came to the men's assistance at this critical juncture. The obnoxious superintendent was expecting ex-pecting some important instructions from headquarters, and gave orders that if a telegram came to dispatch a clerk on horseback until he reached "Tbe Crook," and there to discharge his pistol. While tearing around, cursing the miners as was his wont, suddenly a shot rang out on the clear air and, looking down into the valley, all saw a messenger Wirving a paper. The anxious superintendent was in a fix; he wanted that telegram in a hurry, but knew that the steep trail would demand an hour's hard work to reach thore. At this moment the wag of the crew stepped up to him and offered a big iron ecoop shovel, suggesting that if he sat in that he could go down the hill quickly and safely. The superintendent had often seen the descent made on the snow as stated, but lie did not see the roguish twinkle in the man's eye as he took the proffered implement. im-plement. His trousers were thin, so grasping the handle and sitting in the concave part tit the shovel, he shot down thedeclivity ; faster and faster he wont until he fairly How. His seat by the terrible friction grew warmer und warmer as he sped recklessly on, but there wan no stopping until the "bottom was reached. He was literally rousted; but the miners had their revenge. re-venge. Kansas City Globe. |