The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-10

rose and went out. l soon heard him
paving and scratching and tearing tho
earth about six feet from me, as though
he were under contract to dig tunnel
to China before daylight. Thinking he
had found the burrow OF wolf or fox,
called him of; but he was as deaf ns
rock to my voice. Seizing the candle,
hurried to the spot, around which lay
half bushel of gravel which he had loos-
ened, when my eye caught the gleam OF
dull, red streak that yeined n piece OF
quartz about the size of an egg lying
among the fresh earth. Would you be-
lievc it? That streak was worth $50, for
it was virgin gold. Nor was it the only
one upon that hillside, Fritz had found
a lode (thanks to the gopher, and l
thereby had found fortune. AS soon
as possible | had the gold OF
that precious stone wrought into ring
of my own designing all of it, at least,
but the contents of one blunt corner.
which, in its native rouGhness, | had
mounted as brooch. Sending these to
Jennie, /"
"An act of great generosity, sir, I
think, interrupted Rnth witha laughing
| CLINT in her eye. Gone would have
| thought you'd have preserved such a
piece of rare good fortune as memorial
and stone"
"You anticipate me, madam. 1t was
as a memorial that sent my first bit OF
treasure, but expected to get it back
again within two years, aud the girl with
it,"
"And did you?"
"No; nor even received line of nc
acknowledgement that my offer had been
accepted. Nothing finds gold quicker
than gold, when man has once got n
fair share of it, aud in two years | had,
in various ways, secured 5000 In
vesting it, ms thought safely, Ireturned
t. Philadelphia in all the pride of con-
quering hero My story ought to end
hero; to wind mp with the chime of we'd
ding bells and beautiful Rachel MS
my reward for faithful! serving; but | had
scarcely arrived when | heard, incident
ally, that Jennie had gone with her
father to Europe, nor left no sign that
she ever remembered me.
"You certainly did not let that fact
dampen the ardor of your pursuit?
queried Ruth; you followed her, OF
course"
81 did no such thing madam. re-
turned to San Francisco, and plunged
into the excitement Of gold hunting with
u recklcssncsss that n woman can not
understand Six months after and I lost
nvnrv dnIlor INT Inv that time I had
learned that eynerienco is worth nothing
aa naI;1 onn;toI rnt;I II has boop dearly
horaht whistlrd NV rhvme.
o. ,,.o,., ani, ,,r,os,,ro ond main
noiarco tIs scclsaY Of liCe
in the sensitive ears of my faithful Fritz,
hugcol his brown head close to my
shouldcr-dont laugh, that dog was my
fricul-rollcd M nav sleeves. and again
went to work with a yigor that knew
meant certain success il the vein held
ont It did and five wears afterward
had n hank account which ran largely
into thc thousands. I invested it IT
land Bv that time was a bachelor O
thirty Hard knocks and my one bis
disaDpointment had shaken all tho
romance out of me and when agair
went East it wus on business connected
w;tI, tho construction Of this rnilroad
"And Won have ouite outliyed yon
lov;sh fancy os heart bnonn to lose il
voIth2" said Ruth. with the least bit o
11vmic;sr, in Lor tome
| 81 tbink Fritz knew" said tho con
ductor nuiotlv. 81 had become almost
misontbropc for his sake, If left him
to 90 into society as we had-for
few hours, he either whincd like II sick
child or kept up such an increasing
barking and baying that to save him be-
ing shot us a nuisance | went to no place
where it was impossible for him to 40
compnnyme. The oldfcllow went with me
oven to New York, and ON the journey |
often caught myself cogitating how he
born in a wilderness of wild mustard,
and as fond of camp-life as IN Indian
would take to the constraint Of an old
c;tv We'll. I had not been in New York
q week before there was strong Juggling
ot INV heart to run down to Philadelphia
Not that it was home for me, for my
parents had died before / first left it. |
I'LL r,o dosire .tbe charm of associa.
.i' enllo' onI ',i' Il tIodp Iod ma '
'io'ti .srhora ",o os I went down Arch street
,,, ',no,. Joo LOST his wits and the sober
ha i;a,n;,, Ip"' IS S he maturity He had re-.
m6 "na6rnohlv 6no scent I olways knew
% that1 " hmf no sooner had we turned into
.i,"' th"t nort;cnlor m street than with nose
.i',', J., ,i,, ,,rornd and r;g;i t,il be ran
x,c, 10 ond fro no tbouoh he Wis ON
ne 1N5 I"e t"e;I " 50 nu arn,,io fnv oo,loJ him
t %"t "n u" ,oro W. ~ NV hood poonle aot ont oi
b;'' ,; i1 s"'o ,rho n" 'pu o,ns ,o GhonfoJ and
nla :n m"S: Yin, hn n li""l. nar,. hn suddanIy
,T mi.a u TH", ; a,n ''i aon" D"M ,,,r " % y ioras
1o,'a,eH J,'. "o ,nto tora .n' bnumiod after him
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