Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-08-27
sTAUNTON VA, TUESDAY, AUGUST ~, 1878
And the bowling wind pursued him
and rung in his ears the cry that ever
after haunted his life: -t'l
'Gold gold oh it's all minei'

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Five years later, Tom Lisle was stand
ing, one summers afternoon, upon thu
bank of the Missouri river, idly watch
ing steam boat that was putting along
on its way southwark. when suddenly
his eyes became rivited upon man
who, from an upper deck, was wildly
gesticulating to him. A man in latter.
ed garb, and with wild, streaming hail
and beard, and burning sunken eyes
Tom Lisle, now man, recognized him
though five years had passed since that
wild clustering night on Big Flats
plain.
It was the Money Maniac!
Or was it his apparition?
That was not the last time the border
er saw the frightful face, be it dead OF
alive.
Once he beheld it pressed to window
pane from the outside, while he was sit
ting in st. Louis hotel again it glared
at him through the window of his own
cabin, away out on the far frontier.
And ever was the hideous face O visi-
tant to his nocturnal slumber; it haunt
ed him, night nd,day, as the years roll
ed by, prosperous to him, and the world
wagged on.
The expiration of ten years from that
eventful New Years Eve, when he had
found the maniac upon the plain, dis
covered Tom Lisle riding along in the
mellow moonlight, through broken
piece of country contiguous to the North
Fork of the Platte river. He was man
of six-and-twenty years. nova braw-
ny, stalWart knight of the West, hand
some, brave and fearless
We mounted, armed and provisioned
he appeared at home upon the trail-for
he was following a trail, which was OUT
lined upon pen-map held in his hand.
Nor was it far he had to go, for a
snow covered cabin loorned ahead, dur
ing the next hour, and he reigned in his
horse before the door.
$50 this is the treasure trove, eh ~ he
muttered, glancing sharply around
Surely it is lonely enough, if them's
all the requirements. Hello there, in
side; dye keep stragglers ?"
In answer the door swung open, and
a grim, stolid-faced Indian stood upon
the threshold, rifle in hand-a burly old
fellow who showed his age in every
lineament.
"Wagh! what does the white hunter
want ?" was the query, and the savage
never let his eye leave the horseman.
Il want the monV of one who called
himself the Money-Maniac !" replied
Tom Lsle: "see I am the right man, y
he laid the three golden bullets in the
palm of his hand @
"Good the hunter is right. Red Pine
will give up the white miners gold, and
lead the way to where the white maid
en- dwelis in the sguatter's cabin !" was
the reply. ''Let the hunter come with
Red Pine!"
So saying the Indian turned back into
the cabin, and dismounting from the
horse that had borne him many a mile,
Tom Lisle followed suit. Inside were
warmth and rude frontier comfort, to
which Tom Lisle was used.
white miner Red Pines friend,n the
old savage went one; tonce saved Red
Pines life, an Injun no forget it. He
stay here fifteen years-watch gold,
Wagh ~
Fetching forth pick from among 9TH
er implements in the cabin. he pried up
a log in the floor, and rolling it to one
side, hole in the ground was revealed.
Out of this the red skin fished g dozen
Or more buck skin pouches of various
sizes, and with fast beating heart Tom
I4isle proceeded to examine their con-
tents.
Gold gold! pure. shining gold, in
nuggets and in shining dust-Tom gave
a great yell of delight as he gazed at the
glittering treasure.
"Heapee much nice! Red Pine grunt-
ed, enjoying the hunters surprise. "Me
go for Lily-white miners girl,
And when the Indian returned with
Lillian Grayel, Tom thought he had
gotten into wonderland. She
was, he found after further acquain-
tance, rough. uncut diamonds wild
flower grown up in the wilderness, un-
trained and uncnltivated. She was
beautiful in face and form, with sunny
nature; quick to comprehend.
And all that she lacked was education,
which Tom Lisle has given to her in the
last two years. And this New YEARS.
Eve will see them united in matrimony,
as happy couple as fate ever brought
together. With their marriage may the
Money-Maniac no longer visit TOMS
dreams.
The novelty OF the happy occasion
will be the groomsman, who will be no
other than the aged and faithful Red
Pine.