The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-02-12

'The lost mine Of shining silveri" she
asked
''Yesl yes
"what will pale face do, if Neva tells
Ihiml"
"Anything you ask"
Anything, he says" she said, tri-
umphantly, in a lowwhisper. "He says
he will do anything Neva asks if she
tells him about the the lost silver mine.
She will try him. Neva will see if the
pale face is as good as his word"
CRY me girl. Chalbert Ross never
broke a promise.
Then her right hand pointed to the
west-away from the canyon.
''Do the eyes of the silver-hunter be-
hold a fire." she asked.
''They do"
"There is a wagon train from thewhite
mans country" continued the Apache.
"Walpan said that it might halt in his
land, for the pale faces do not hunt sill
yer mines. In one of the wagons is n
pale girl"
Chalbert Ross started again.
"Will the white man swear to obey
Neva if she tells him where the silver
isl" thechief's daughter suddenly asked,
eyes"
''Let him swear it.
The oath was taken.
"Now!" cried the Apache girl, in
tones Of triumph. "Neva commands the
silver-hunter to slay the white rose"
With a cry of horror on his lips, Chal-
bert Ross started back, staring at the
Apache, cursing himself for his rash
promise.
For q momont he did not speak.
'Is the silver hunter q cowardl" she
cried.
"No! but you have asked too much,
Neva. 1t would be murder"
The Indian girl laughed.
"Well, if the pale faces word is worth
less, he will die near the lost silver, but
his eyes will never see it. Neva knows
where it is. There are rocks of shining
wealth; but the skeletons of the old
Spaniards guard them"
"What care for skeletons" cried
Ross. Il will keep my world Where
is the minet"
In few words theApache girl located
the lost silver mine, and swore to guide
the hunters thither.
"But first the white girl must step
upon the wrong trail," she said. eff
the hunter fails, Neva's shaft will find
his heart She will meet him tomorrow
night. Can he find the fire where his
white brother sleeps2"
Eyes" answered the young man, and
the next minute the Apache girl was
gliding away.
For awhile he stood alone, undecided.
He thought of making his way to the
corraled train, and getting glimpse of
the travellers; but, after some sober
thinking, descended to the bed of the
canon, and rejoined his companion,
whom he Immediately awakened.
Kyle Bains was soon made acquainted
with Neva's visit, and the oath she had
exacted from his friend
"Look here" he said. eve can't
find the silver without the girl, that's
certain; and she won't guide us until the
white one is out of the road. A little
case Of jealousy. Her red lover had
been smitten by the pale girl. I'll at
tend to the business. I've sinned often
er than you, Chal Ross.
"But it will be murder"
"Well, what of it! Nobody will know
of il in Buena Vista or elsewhere. 1t
will give us the silver"
That seemed to decide Chalbert Ross.
He would escape the crime; but would
not be particep criminis to the foul
deedi In his eagerness to find the lost
mine of untold wealth-lost for three
hundred years-he never thought of
that
The men kept awake until the light
of day dissipated the night, then after
dispatching a frugal meal, they secured
their steeds, which they turned out to
Craze, and gradually left the canon.
"Yonder is the trainl said Ross, point
ing westward. "WeT ride down and
see where it halls from.
They urged their horses into a brisk
gallop, and were rapidly nearing the
wagons, when Bains drew rein with an
exclamation of surprise.
'I've been thinking for some time
that that black mass was party of In
dams, &" he said, with his eyes fixed upon
a dark body approaching the wagon
train from the southwest. eff they're
Apaches, Ross, we want to keep our dis
lance for the present"
yes" was the response. ''Wen
watch from this point.
1t was soon distinctly seen that the
moving mass was a band of savages, and
some consternation seemed to prevail
among the emigrants. Men We're seen