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After Christmas we settled down to humdrum work, and barring my gold-hunting experience there was little to relieve the daily monotony of existence.
"The boats should practically be knocked together this afternoon. To-morrow should see the outfit portioned and packed. As for the Martha, Mr. Sheldon, we'll rush the stuff ashore this afternoon and sail by sundown." As the two men returned down the path to their boat, Sheldon regarded Joan quizzically. "There's romance for you," he said, "and adventure gold-hunting among the cannibals."
"I believe," said Gabriel laughingly, "that you have been so bored here that you have actually played at gold-hunting for amusement." Uncle Sylvester took the pipe from his mouth and nodded. "It's a common diversion of yours," said Marie audaciously. Uncle Sylvester smiled sweetly. "And have you been successful THIS TIME?" asked Marie. "I got the color." "Eh?"
He gave the double impression that he was at bay and that you had better not crowd him further. "'Just in from a gold-hunting expedition on the coast of Costa Rica, he explained. 'Second mate of a banana steamer told me the natives were panning out enough from the beach sands to buy all the rum, red calico, and parlour melodeons in the world.
Each day they worked several hours in their gold-hunting, and then one of them would take his gun and go in search of game, while the other would do the chores about their cabin. It was upon one of these hunting expeditions one day that Andrew Seldon found himself belated from having pursued his game much farther than he had thought.
The gold-hunting marauders who subjugated Mexico and Peru could be robbers and destroyers, but they were not qualified in any respect to become intelligent students of American antiquity. What a select company of investigators, such as could be organized in our time, might have done in Mexico and Central America, for instance, three hundred and fifty years ago, is easily understood.
Copper, silver and coal can be found in large quantities, but little or no attention is now being paid to these valuable minerals, as every one is engaged in gold-hunting and working the extraordinary placer mining claims already located. The entire section is given up to placer mining. Very few claims had been filed for quartz mining. The fields of gold will not be exhausted in the near future.
And he proceeded to recount the History of the Two Brothers, Pizarro and Alonzo, the former of whom, setting out on a gold-hunting expedition, prevailed upon the latter to accompany him, and became dependent upon Alonzo, who, instead of taking gold-seeking implements, provided himself with the necessaries for stocking a farm. III. Town Life and Country Life
"Gold does not take up a large bulk, senor; and I have not the least doubt that they believe we have been gold-hunting, and have probably a big amount of gold dust among the baggage." "I did not think of that, Dias. If they believe we have gold we will take it as granted that they will do their best to get it. Well, do you think it would be a good thing to make a rush?"
"There's gold too to be washed out of the soil," he said, looking hard at Rodd; "but don't you touch it. Leave that to the blacks." "Why?" said Rodd. "Because," said the man, shaking a fore-finger at him, upon which was a thick gold ring, "the white men who turn up the wet earth to wash it out get fever." "But," said the doctor, "we have not come gold-hunting.
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