The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02

whose care Paul delivered the sealed
packet containing the secret Of the old
miner. ~ sssH
BY the fitful blaze of the camp fire,
amid the solitude of the frowning Black
hills, Roger Clavering's true history was
at last revealed. %&& .3 Est*
He had once been wealthy and re-
spected merchant of Chicago, but
younger brother forged large amounts in
his name and fed, leaving him to face
the storm alone. The younger brother
had been his mothers pet, and on her
deathbed Roger had promised to protect
and shield him. Nobly he redeemed the
word he had given. The brother came
out of the trial broken in fortune and
reputation, his wife dead, with naught
left him but the little wait of daughter.
With her he had removed to the far
West, beyond the pale of civilization,
pursuing the occupation of hunter and
Indian trader, peacefully gliding down
the stream of life, watching his daughter
blooming into handsome, and by no
means uncultivated woman. Then the
excitement of the Black Hills spread far
and wide, he followed in the tracks of
others and the sad finale has already
| been told.
| Dick then related how he had been
separated from the lieutenant, and know
ing the danger he incurred by scouting
over the prairie alone, he rejoined the
| soldiers, starting on the trail of his SUI
perior. ~.
| Everything was plain up to the very
verge of the preci pice, when it was evil
| dent Paul had made the desperate leap.
Then Dick was in doubt whether his SUI
| perior was alive or not. But following
the course Of the river as forlorn hope,
they had fortunately reached the ambush
in time to save both Rose and Paul's
life.
Nothing now remained but to find the
treasure which C'avering had obtained at
such a sacrifice, and many an hour of
anxious thought had Paul expended on
the subject. There was but little to
guide nina vague hint that might
mean nothing-still, for the sake of the
orphan, he persevered. "Great rock
cross-full oon-shadow--dig."
Rose was consulted, but she knew moth
| ing Of the kaunts Of her father, and abso-
lutely nothing of great rock or cross.
| Accompanied by the entire force of
cavalrymen, under the direction of Dick,
! q thorough search was instituted the in vi
entity of the old miners last 1esting-place.
! In small gully running into the side
! OF precipltous hill, hugh rock was
finally found surmounted by hugh rep
resentation of a cross.
| At the full of the moon Paul and Dick
secretly repaired to the spot prepared to
underearth the buried gold and noting
the extremity of the shadow cast by the
rough cross, the two men commenced
their labors. ..... w.
| They were crowned with success, and
four large canvas bags of gold dust and
nuggets were dragged forth.
| It was the fortune Of Rose Clavering
and Paul, with his escort, conveyed her
to the nearest military post, where she
was to remain until he could obtain leave
of absence, and travel with her to the
East in hopes of finding some of her rela
tives.
Months elasped before he was enabled
to carry out his plans; but when hi
reached Chicago no trace of the name O.
Clavering remained. The machinery O.
the police and law was put in motion
but with no satisfactory result.
| Every moment Of his leave was ex
pended in the search, and when hi
sought Rose, at her hotel, his heart heav.
and sad with the prospect of parting will
her, she listened with silence to Paul's re
grets at his failure to find her friends
but started impetuously to her feet whe1
be added that, with the dawn of anothe
day, he must return to his post and duty
/ Her face flushed and paled as she strov
in vain to speak, her bosom rose and fe]
convulsivelY, and but for the strong arr
of the officer Rose would have fallen t
the floor.
J. His visit was prolonged. What passe
between them IS known only to them
. selves; but soon after the war departmer
!. resolved First Lieutenant Paul WEIGH
n resignation, and in place of returning
his post amid the savage Sioux, he Ell
gagged double passage for the more cong
q NAL climate Of Europe with Rose as h
y Young. blushing bride.