Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-18

tue most dlretul consequences should she per-
slst in refusing to sanction the visits of Am
brose =
Thus surrounded and besieged, what could
the poor girl do And Ambrose really appeared
to be the possessor of a great deal of money.
The result was wedding, in which, despite
the unpoPalarity of the bridegroom, the guich-
ers participated.
La the meanwhile, that victim of ill.luck. the
unhappy warner, was taking his way as rap
IDLY as possible in the direction of the Northern
mines. he wished to put as great a space as
possible between himself and the spot in which
ne had experienced the first great grief of his
iie. IL was two weeks journey to the place in
wnlcn ne finally determined once more 10 pitch
his tent and try his luck. There was no hu.
man soul, save himself, within several miles,
and the scenery had a gloomy grandeur of ap-
pearance that was just in unison with that SOL
emn nature of his thoughts. Like the black
AMI turbulent stream which murmured hoarse-
. Iy past him through the rocky defiles of the
mountain, they flowed through his brain-wild,
lncoherent and uncomfortable. In the gloom.
lest part OF the glen he pitched his tent. The
spot had never been tried before, and there
was danger of every kind to the groper af er
gold In region so remote and forbidding. Yet
Frederick Warner did not hesitate, but threw
on ms coat and went to work willingly, oven
His first days work was good one he not
only found the COLOR" but struck psy-dirt at
once, and found his claim each hour increasing
in richness
Well" F" he thought, with an assumption of
philosophy he did not feel, Adelaide Moore
may be false or she may be true; let those
nave her that may-henceforth work only
fJr gold. When / have once got that, there
are thcusands as fair and less cruel than Ade-
laide Moore"
Lucky Fred Warner" was not yet absolve.d
from his msfortunes. While in the mood above
chronlcled, party Of mon well armed rode up
tue valley. Warner at once recognized the
faces Of most Of them, and thought how he
would now have a chance to retaliate upon
tnem Tor their ridicule of him on a previous
occasion.
This friendly greeting was returned in a
manner that somewhat surprised him. Two or
tnree OF the intruders, dismounting, seized
MIN and threw him upon the ground, where.
notWith.tanding his struggles, they proceeded
t. bind him.
" What's all this for ," quoth Fred. liam
noI "lid beast, to be hunted in this rough
and-ready manner. What have done !''
Done! You've done enough in all reason
and too much" was the unfriendIy repIv
!" our old cOmrade, Conrad Heintzleman, has
oeen found murdered, and under circumstances
winch leave no room for doubt that you psrpe-
trated the foul deed
murder Conrad Heintzleman1 No. ~
replied Warner, turning pale at the thought
we were nVals, 1t Is true, and rs am only
human, L may have allowed a foolish spirit Of
envy to overcome me but as for uurlsyiDp
ne man whom l most esteemed on earth i'm.
possible >"
How came 1t that the deed was performed
oy your knife, then, and that a garment be-
longing to you was found lying near il upon
the hoor, covered with the blood of the victim7
Your quarrel with him, too, on the night pre-
SWsulns. oh the things as clear as daylight
lou must go back with us to the gulch"
warner made no further resistance. Salts
fed that he was the victim of an evil DESTINY.
ne allowed them to carry him back prisoner.
Arrived at the scene of his labors and dsap-
pointments, he found that the whole settlement
mad turned against him. Ambrose had been
united to Adelaide Moore, and he had not n
friend In the whole place His trial being at
once proceeded with, he was found guilty, and
sentenced to be hung!
The day OF doom was close at hand Only a
lew brlef hours interYened to the wretched
prisoner, for whom it seemed there was no re-
demption this side the grave, when once more
the quiet OF the gulch was disturbed by mid
hIgnt quarrel This time it was Ambrose and
MS wife who were the disturbers of the peace.
The former had favored his tender half with a
Pummeiing, which Adelaide not relishing, she
Hcu W u justice, and told her
s'ory. That quarrel was the most fortunate
tdlng that ever occurred for Frederick Warner.
Ii revealed the true assassin of Conrad Heint-
IleI1an, who was no other than the ex.waiter
Ambrose Instigated by jealousy, and swayed
by desire to possess the riches accumulated
by the miner, he had svailed himself of War
ner fight and Conrsd's temporary absence to
enter the cabin, where he secreted himself,
ald where be found a knife belonging to War
nsr, which the latter, in the hurry of his de-
parture, had left behind. One well. aimed blow.
struck at Conrad as he entered the cabin that
evening, unsuspiciOus Of harm, and the vii.
famous deed was done. As Ambrose stooped
for an instant above the body to rife it. he
thought be heard a footstep. lie listened, but
It was not repeated. His own guilty heart had
deceived him. With a nervous hand he tore
from the finger of the deceased massive gold
ring, with which, after plundering the cabin,
he departed. 1t was the s.Only witness" to-
that deed of sin, and that ring his wife had
fund among the secret treasures of Ambrose.
The result was a matter Of course Fred War
ner was acquitted, and permitted to return to
his claim with a handsome sum of money,
contributed to forward him on bis way, by the
very party that had arrested him, while Am
brose, confessing his crime, was hung for the
murder.