Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 3, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 October 1872 — Page 7

ed. I would h*vo boon entirely inorderif the ^ir 1 bad screamed and flwomr ed away. She did neither, hut her

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other, and it

would that she thought to warm and heal them by contact with her /re*h, wet cheek." As thp moments parsed, hbe drt-w nearer aiiii nearer t6 him. She touched hiscbeoS with her's* and pushed back the damp hair. Then she suddenly Iplt him and ran to the bank around which* her father h'td gone, and looked up into village. No one was coming, Siie glanced quickly around, and not oven bird was near. Then, as if fearful of the loss ol time, she darted back to where he lay, and, kneeling, lifted his shoulders in her arm*, and pressed, his bond to her heart as a mother yntsses her child. Even as the tears f». ll hfs fuee, 'I rosioess of pitv Mild 1'ivh overspread her own. Sho exulted in it. She kissed his closed eyes.

"''Ay di mi

she said "poor

ting, poor in'j Bat even as she caressed aii'l-lainented, the soldier opened his eyes. She just laid him down again, and sit apart in utter sl:am?, daruix neither to look at him or .'eave him. Then the old man carne with his companion*, and an tti^y carried him to the oabln ho girl followed far bahimL

It i.s range, indeed, bow near the brink a in in may go, and yet return. Another hour in tho'ithow-bank and the soldier would never havo seen the sunlight again. As it was, it seemed that the sluggish blood was slow to resume its chilled functions. But as he lay beside tho one window of Joe's cabin and looked out upon the varied scene, thai ho did not much care. The distant post, guard-mount and dress parade, the midnight tour on the guardline, his loved profession, aad the charm and gliti^r of ariiiH, all Ht-emed to

lar-away and almost-forgotton

things.

ho lay there, and strength

cai. slowly back, was indifferent an to whether his hieuds know his fate or not. Ho was enjoying the only absolute and uiiqucslioneti dominion a man ever has in this deir.ecratie world —the dominion of the convalcscent. He had almost forgot ton his lady mot her lately, and the grim terrors of infringement of the Draconian statutes csne longer troubled him. Old Joe wont

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regarding rcspectablo connections no

his dally way to his shall, and ho demure ^irl, who sat at tho lire and occupied herself with tho endless stitching of her sex, was his physician in more senses than one. Sometime*, as he watched her, there was tho old merry twinkle in his eye, and a sly smile dawned in his i'ace. l'orliaps ho *van thinking of the handkerchief she had in manner stolen from him, and the other less useful, but far better things, she ha lately givon liiru in return.

But ho talked to her, and was rewarded by tho interest with which she listened to tho strange facts ho related, and then he feigned the sulks, and grew tyrannical, and declared that unless alio came near, nay, even sat upon the bedside, ho would never speak mor". Once, when ho had her there, he told her of his far-away home, ami of his mother and sisters, and then entered largely into the subject, and described even nioro clearly than her father evrr had the characteristics ol tho two great rages of which she was the descendant.

And in the earliest days of spring he walked about tho villago, much interfested, apparently, in the life of the inlncm. llo wont with' tho girl to his last camn, and looked with curious eyes at the ashes. And they two sat down together at the arching rock, and l^er fwe flushed, ami her bright eyes sparkled with pitying tears as ho told her of the nights in thosuow. No wonder that ho beeamo to her tho grand monarch of all thoughts, and tho chiot end ol Me. Tho world of tho mountains became beautiful oven to her accustomed eyes Mince ho was there. And rs lor hi in well,hekad madenphismind.

One day he followed Joo to his hole in the hill-sido. They Bat down togpther upon a log at tho mouth of the shaft. "My friend'" said he, "I must go biek In the post will you lend me that mule?" "Well, now—psho," said Joe, "ye need n't hurry. Besides, yo can't find the way 'thont Tgo, an'niaintgot time."

I'll" find guide, Joe. Will you land me the mule?" m, of course," says Joe "but," ho added, wilh a sly twinkle In his eyo, "how'll I git Hie Hiidmil *gMn?" "I will bring It to you." ss.

An' come back agl'n yerself?" "Certainly." The old nian looked at tho younger keenly mid inquiringly. He wah peculiar in the respcct that all his kind are, Hfmid cared no whit for his own or any

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dignify. So, between two who

undt istood each other thoroughly the conversation went on. "What would .you come back horo •g'in for?"

For your daughter

ni't ye do it, 'loss yo conio squar

l?«*nd fair—1 advise yo uow. I liku ye, young man: I saved yer life, an' I'd do it ag'in. Hut ef ye*vo used what I give ye for any pnrp'ii* or fancy as isn't siuar betweou my folks mi' your'n, it '4 *ud been better for ve never to a come a ou ten the snow-pile.'' 1 (ell you I, will couio agtln, und

IWk

"that I am ah honest man, and a praie-

fill one.—What I say 1 mean, und I will perform it, and that is ali 1 havo to «a^v, and ho »m90 to go away. 1*4 "llold on yomgsi«r," criwl J.' ''I knowe»l it, lint I wanted to mukeaarttn. »you, 1 ain't 6f«nd." "Ihies hhe knovf it-4ia\t» yon said anything to Arr?" he continued iu a lower voioe. Not yet a "Come wi' me, 1 wjuiI to show yo aulhln purty," and tho uiluer laid hoLdi tho young mnn's arm, and started ... back toward the cabin. When they

rroachod

there ho lit the grousj iinple

ment contrived to do duiv as a lamp, *ni crept utidet tho rudo bedstead. 8 Como ou," he cried, from unknown —depths, *»i the soldier crept after hitu salami louud himself in a kind of cellar, a the earthen roof of which was rop|HHi by cedar beam*, for tbo c.ibm hud no floor hul.&ittb. 'This Is wliar 1 1 afore I bo ill the cnl top, sC *Tvo leen poor *11 my lif»,

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face,

took at uii'-c rosv llu*lr and a deathly pallor. '-Wait a minit." shouted the old man, somewhat flurried, and started oil as fust as bis elderly limbs could carry him. As lie around the spur, the girl still »Mod looking atthe unconscious form, and her

told bow he had run w* from whisker a-id a pro?* woman, am! comfnj? to this spot, thought ho detected "signs." lie made a du.s-outf and killed aint: for food, and opened a drilt into the hillside. Ho struck a "lead," a rich one —and then unexpectedly catne upon a "pocket." He was stricken with fear, aS hien gejhorallv

vafro

under such cir

cumstances, and for a month did not

prostrate, faco showed a curious mingling of even tell his daughter. IXiy after day ho cauuht onnJ took out the veined aud crumbling emotions. Then her oye caught bleeding, swollen hand, aud as nhe kn-lt uud it, sliu brgiin to cry. Then *ho took tha

quartz, sometimes almost puro gold. He crushed it in a hand mortar, and subjected It to the rude chemistry ofihe mountains, with instruments of Tiis own contriving, and at night. Then ho needed help, and took his daughter into the secret. Finally lie induced some •wandering miner to Settle fn his neighborhood ior the sako of compauy and protection, ,TlH3* had all been successful to soims'exfbnt, but none of thein knew his secret. Then be made the siartling announcement that he had once been back to the post, and that it was only sixty miles away by his trail. When asked with astonishment what he had gone for, he simply said "quick silver," and told how his daughter had stayed "cached" in tha mountains du ring the five days of his absence. As be told this astonishing story with the evideucesof its truth before him, the poldier wondered if this was not Alad din, or if he dreamed. "Now young ster," said he in conclusion, "I've told ye this, so that the arrangement need n't be one-sided. I tell it to ye because ye're honest. The pocket is petered an' it ain't much, but my lead is worth more thousands than I'm willin' jist now to lay myself out on. I'm gettin" old, au' am a goin' to quit." They climbed tho ladder and again emerged into the air. As they stood in the sunlight, it seemed more than ever a dream.

But to the old miner mu3t necos3arily come some relief after earnest discourse. He turned away at the door aud as he departed, looked back anc said: "Yo kin hev the jackass an' be d—d to ye. I only said it to try ye."

The night passed to tho lieutenant long dream. He had unconsciously lighted upou a wonder, and through the •noon-lit hours ho tossed, questioning it morning would find all those jars of yellow metal real things. The wealth oTthis poor girl of the mountains exceetlod the most extravagant dreams of moneyed respectability, but did it alter the case? Aside from it all, was he contPnt to forego all there was in the world ho had left for her? A week ago he had deliberately concluded upon his course, and ho was astonished to find himself questioning his heart now.

In tho morning tho donkoy stood at tho donr, accompanied by a companion. Th^ lieutenant was assured that tho miner who was to accompany him would not lead hi:n astray, and as ho staried out, the girl stood in the loor, shading her eyes with her hand, and ploasure aui regret striving for tho mastery in her face. She knew he would return. He had found time und means to tell her that, and woman like, she bellevod him. In truth she did not see why ho should not, urider the circumstances. A young woman neod not bo expectod to understand tho mysteries of a lifo sho has never known.

Tlioy met the old man in the path. Ifo had not much to say, but as they passod on, he shouted alter them:

When you como bring mo some quick-silver." Tho whole aflair was to blm mere matter of fact.

For two days they plodded steadily on, the soldieV paying littlo heed to tho ro id, and absorbed in his own thoughts, following in tho trail of his lender. On tho morning of the third day he caught sight of tho floating banner on th* flagstaff, and the sight gave him a choking sensation. When ho alighted at his qunters they wore occupied by another. and tlie wholo garrison from the commandant dlwn, gathered round him, and looked at him as one risen from the dead. Ho briefly told them his story, saying nothing of tho personality of his rescuers. lie learned then (hat his companions had not returned. But he had grown accustomed to startling things, and was not surprised. He had been dropped from the rolls, and his military record elo«od, as ono dead. Even that failed to shock him. That nuht tho commandant received a communication, addressed through him to tho Secretary of War, tendering Lieutenant Thurston's unconditional resignation, and at tho end was the startling declaration, that after so long an abscrnce ho had returned to tho post only to poi Jorm tho act nocessary to soldier's honor.

That night ho locked his door and read his letters. There was one from his mother, and two or throo from female friends. He road the delicate linos, and the faint perfume of home touched his senses. But he laid them on the lire, and moodily watched them turn to ashes. I'robably they were never answered.

Four alow weeks went by, and the communicutiou came which ended forovor his militaiy career. He carried it to his quarters and locked himself in, and tried to realize liia situation. He had been lost in the mountains he had looked frozen death in the law in the snow drift. In a few weeks he had tiuted nearly all there is in lite. Jiut through it all there was no moment so full of regret as this.

Then, at the trader's store, thorn was tho busy outfitting of a train of mules, with all things necessary in a mountain lt:e, and dal in homely gray, with slouched hat and spurred heel, citisen VhurxWm directed the enterprise. To tho last ho told no tales, and as the tinkling profession passed tho ruined cabin which lisid always been known as "Joe's house," the blue-clad throng looked their last upon a man who had odce beta one of them, aod who at that momeul p.u»sed out ot itieir world lorever.

There is a certain town on tho far Pacific coast which has grown up in lato y«ar* with Ike straugo atrength which is bom of traffic in a hitherto almost unknown country. There is an elegant mansion there, and its proprietor is reputed immensely rich. Within aro luxurious carpeta, and shining wood, and plate glass. The oranges ripen i& the yard, and rare flowers bloom on the terrace. He is a scholar, too, aod a man not aiono of 1 uxorious tastes, but of extenaive attainments. Uut he is mostly envied becanse he has a be&uttfnl wife The curious people bate 8C4$ianised ber elegant apbave alsb hotlced that she speaks

|r 1|ro4 ij)9 1 saUi he Vvit*) m" now Knglbh with a little lisp, and apparent-

tho ltivik liwi ti^Tt|«ii at l#*t. Tlis is ly regards her husband in the nRhl of a jtvbar l,k«pp'iht Tli«a bo threw [dtmi-gorf. Hot thoy littlo know how aaiUc sundry old blankets, punnv-s u-ks the lady has changed undT ClM tireand dried akin*, ard idiwiotM tome leva leaaooa ol love, and bow the moanhalf doren old fruit-canf. three or lour lain nymph became at last the coltK larce j^atm lart, «ug» at ar* w«ed iu! vated woman. Aod^tbe man wbo r%At««e, and »-.mi lupiuh sacks aomotime* thoughtfulty looks at the knado of hkin. He t»ok up a *juart old sword and crimson sash, which Jerkin-lwUift, and at lie hrfht ft to the bMg aMnewtel oil of place over the sntvky light, tho dull yollow gleam of mantel-piece, himself scarcely realises the crude gold ahowtnl it to be full. how much be has accomplished, and Then b« opened a can, which held tbe! hoar flir in the past and valuelesais the Mine yellow hoard. T»iev were all fall.! reepecUbility which come* by birth There, before hi* e.f«m the soldier aaw I atrfj #d«ieiUi«, compared with that many thousands of doilara. Than the which by faithfulnewa and honor, and] old matt *at down upon a broken bos, sometimes through danger and rafTer-i and eyed his treasure, and talked, lie log, a man may make for himself. I

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