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Hreitb "mine1- a jdRired hole m the lwlffp, iom fonr feet ni depth ; over If, a ttíügh windlass, . (Soíl of bleaohed rope, and a rotten tub. About, are einpty Mvdine-cans, oíd boots, and slial tered whisky-fott1ös- ínfallible tests oí gome fonner 'miner's présenos. Hard by, taoked to a board, is the íollowing : " SIOTIfE. "'Wp, the undersisned. claim mch 500 feet on tMs, the Kine Soloraoft rein, ty 16Ö fcetinv:dtl, on ftíier sicfe of this notice, tosrether with all it? Bpurs, dip, EmffleS, de and cross leads ; uid intend working the sanio at tlie íirst opportonitr ' (Signed), Bfm:-. v e Fi.r?TER, DrsïEE." T Sustcr, e iíow imdevstand, is working fhis vein abroad. It, is not filwayg neces sary to {ro down and íabor in a mine, to get Lrold ny it, so loBg as thore remaius róoney, ready in crodulous pookLet na go heneo. The King Solomon Mine is a'swindle ; tha mili is a buseless Vision. Árise, ye fhree ctesperadoes, outlaws. escaped conviets, cut-throats, Anglo-Sítxon savages! Pack the mules!- hasten back toO-Bo-Joyful ! Bustermust be a swindler. Our thought of him, t fírst ís very bitter. VTe keep pistols and daggers ever drawn upon him in our heart. Yet, Buster was an agreeablp í'elíow. Buster, for an evening's company, ■was a show, a menagerie, a performance, all in and of himsolf. He was f uil of original tales. He was appreciative, and keen to. datect tho ludicTous in everything. His lsugh was rich in heartiness. ïirf him in a stage-coach, a railway-car, a steitmboat, and in half an hour he would be the nucleus of a circle attracted by his fascinating gab. Put him in a strange household, of the strictost seot of the Phnrisees, and ia a day he would Üave captivated all tbe girls by his dash, swagger, and boldness; at the same time ■winning over the old gentleman by de ferential discussion with him bohind the barn. on subjects doctrinal, political, and agricultural. sf.es through Bu3ter, now ; ho is traiwparent as glass. Yet, we should ftctually like to meet the scamp, again, could we consistently do so without a fiourish of angry trumpets. Besides, he iover importuned ua to buy in the King Solomon. He never actually declared that the mine was opened, or the mili erected. True, he showed us plates of mine and mili ; whereupon we recklessly inferred them to bo thiogs of reality. Is Baster, theti, to be so much scandalized P We hare brougrht away with i'.s sorne ftagiïïent.s of the King Soïonion vein, and, ■whaix arrivea in San Francisco, carry them to the assayer. He tells us, they show " traces" of gold and silver. Traces ? Well, that is gomething. Bat, can wo find any " trace" of Buster ? We wo would like to analyze him. We can ïinf. Euster is far out of sight ; he has Íf itliclíiqaulígu: