Rejected Manuscripts

Lost Spanish mine

The dentist checked the Mexican's gold for "salting." But it WAS gold! The news flew around the countryside.

oo strins onbag Inviting Doc to look same ALL gold Doc worked down as far got stuff that far from tho top to avoid ton layer amd gave it the same tests ae and loosened the tie he then said It all 22 poon wuld go any Msalting of the hefore Somebodyf1l kill you for that Fedro Why you rerich mant Pedro crossed himself reverently- Itiste Blessed VirFinte gift and tied up his sack Doc said ihat you going to do with it Fedro to Los Angeles md get the Spanish consul he sell 1t for me Inmediately 1t flew like wildfire rownd the countryside The news spread find Lafe heard it He thourhty 11 check that Yaybe it misht have been mine He went to themLost Tsabel and scouted arcund until he found the tell-tale evidence ofsheep camp From it he st arount Neardistant tree his eye caughtsmall heap of freshly-dug earth Going to it he got down on hadds and Kknees Soms one had meticulously scooped out that hole clean piling the dirt by the side Notcolor remained But fragments of an old rawhide bag showed that the cache had been buredit Mihy the son ofgun said Lafe Beat me to 1t So rumor fact fancy ad fable unite Millardvery own Tost Spantsn Mine not whollyfigment ofoverwroueht imapination map ofpaper sack an almost identical map in Salt Lake City with Pedrotree on it Don Moodyprofitable mine on the very same alluvial fan placerDigital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved