Siskiyou Union High School - White and Gold Yearbook (Weed, CA)

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JUSTICE lFirsT Prize SToryl IT was a cool windy day when Joe Bowman came Trom The creek bed carrying his mining Tools, wiTh his liTTle dog Lucky Tollowing close aT his heels. l-le had been working very hard The lasT Tew monThs buT he couldn'T seem To make enough To supporT his wiTe and child Through The winTer. l-le was almosT desperaTeg The winds Trom The souTh were blowing Their icy breaTh and iT was almosT cerTain ThaT, wiThin Three weeks, snow would cover The ground making mining operaTions impossible. T-le didn'T mind privaTions Tor himself so much, as he did The ThoughT oT seeing his Tamily slowly sTarve To deaTh or, whaT was worse in his opinion, seeing Them Thrown on The mercy oT chariTy. Knowing ThaT he had only enough money To buy groceries Tor a monTh aT The mosT, and ThaT whaT he could buy would have To be broughT in on a pack mule, he made up his mind To do anyThing raTher Than have ThaT happen To Them. When winTer Tinally laid down iTs velveTy carpeT oT snow iT Tound no liTe abouT The cabin, nor Tor Tive years Tollowing did The old spoT show any sign oT liTe. Finally up The winding Trail, which led To The cabin, came Tour men, The second oT which had a sTar pinned To his shirT. The leader sTopped abouT Tive hundred yards down The gulch Trom The cabin. T-le was a prospecTor who had happened by ThaT way The day beTore. Walk- ing abouT a hundred yards down The hill inTo The creek bed he poinTed To a pile oT rocks which halT concealed The bones oT Two persons-a woman and a child. The newspapers all conTained sTories oT The double murder. PicTures OT The miner were on almosT every Tence posT. The man To apprehend This murderer would receive Tive hundred dollars cash. XIYK