Show goldsmi phan tolUS fascinating TALKS TALES OF LOST w N u oy ou editha t L watson THE MISSING MUSKETEER WHEN HEN a london syndicate employed herbert hoover then nn an engineer to hunt for a lost mine it was a rather good sign that the there re really must have been such a mine its name was the musketeer it lay and surely it still lies iles in tho the fraser river region on the border between the united states and canada it was found by jacob Hens henshaw baw an 0 old id prospector and hla his partner the two men had lived with the indians for several years tears perhaps they first heard of the mine from these humble friends or perhaps they stumbled onto it as they followed after the golden phantom but they found it rich enough to stay their steps they built a little cabin and went to work in september 1873 henshaw came into vancouver Van comer then a small place just beginning to grow with a donkey which carried two sacks of ore ile he took this to an assayer as and presently word nord spread about that here was something which assayed the richest north of the comstock lode there would have been a gold rush in no time had anyone k known where to rush but henshaw who could neither read nor write had a deep rooted suspicion of his fellow men lie ile felt that no good would come of it if IE he gave out even the faintest of clues ile he knew that lie he should file alle his claim but that would place on record the exact location of his bis find in the meantime men bothered him continually asking all sorts of questions t watching every move he made to get rid of oe them he invented varl various stories hoping that they would believe his tales and go away but somehow there licked lacked the ring of truth and no one bothered to take his stories seriously henshaw was being brhen arlve n to desperation pe ration at last he figured th that it it if ho he c could go bick back and consult with his partner they could work out some way of filing g the caal claim ra in secret but h heie er e was another problem to get away without detection how lie he managed it no one knew but somehow He henshaw turned up missing one day everyone Ee thought that he had eluded his annoyers anno ers a and nd that after a while alle lie he would return to vancouver with more moie ore or else that his parner would show up to try tri what he could do in henshawe Hen shaws stead weeks went by months years 3 ears neither of the miners cime came no ons one bieard of them no one knew what had bad happened everyone Eie guessed perhaps henshaw had been caught tn in i blizzard perhaps his partner had been killed by indians perhaps and perhaps some day the musketeer will be discovered again so far it lias managed to stay a mystery mastery men alen have hunted for it certainly time and time again those who have falth faith in spirits have hae often been told by these unseen influences just where to search but something must be wrong for they seek but never find |