Rejected Manuscripts

Lost Spanish mine

The stockman asked,"Seen any gold?" But the Mexican had a map and wasn't saying much.

S gt stirrup-gt on behind And they rode to the wagon one seoking comradeship andlistener to his rood fortune The other wary and alert but gaowing less and less appre hensive Tnder the skin of each vas an intense dtch for the vellow Ture -a commonality As Podro put on the invarisble mrton and mixed biscuite the stockman took the bridle off his mount threw down me of the extcanhay he then visited hit saddle bip With His float fn hmd he climbed the vagon tonue and satd to Padra st do you chink of that as he Lsid the bis chunk of f1oat on the table board Pasro looked with anazement GOIDI Rich rold Rock fairly bristing with gold Fedro crossed hinself and agatn made his oft-repested vou Holy Virgin grant my boon shrine promise 1t Plates were put down the float put aside and Tony rode in Howmy dewlapped cattle Bar-B Tony aueried the affable stockmn Good senor fat Find anything else up there Tony -gold for instance hatfellow thousht Pedro But my map sayhere not up ahove And again he crossed himself with forvor ouDerstittone cuse thousht the big man eyes atwinkle but face For answer to the sally Tony said an up in the Fulch in North Canyon washing with pan say he mike two pes halfday maybeso five and conldtold you that Pedro you re dow too low When Tony Left to bed down the herd again the big chunk of float Best find out of this biz hill Pedro Float Nowhunt for the vein the lode Riches man -say They tell me von fellows have old Spanish Mape What about it Pedro Digital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved