HOW IT ASSAYS. " It assays away up," said an old timer to the waiter, as he sat down at one of the tables at a Main street restaurant. '' You see we drifted on the footwall and then cross-cut the ledge, raised on the hanging, and struck it rich ; then we " "Say, what are ye going to have for dinner? What do I care about yer hanging wall and crosscuts ? Just give yer order, and be quick about it." " Look at that rock," producing an old handkerchief filled with specimens, " now that piece carries horn and native silver; I got fourteen inches of that, an' thing to eat, or do you take this place for a quartz mill?" "Can't a fellow show his specimens if he wants to ? " "But he's not supposed to soil the tablecloth with nasty mad and rock." "Now, 'mud' pard-hold up. How much a piece do you pay for washing these table fixins', anyhow '! " "None of yonr business. If you want dinner, say so." "Po yon want to sell out this shebang 1 Name your figures, young man." "I'll have to call in the police." " Sir, art thou the first man that was born, or was was shou bow before the hills J" «' None o' yer
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1735, 11 September 1879, Page 4
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209Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1735, 11 September 1879, Page 4
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