The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-12
SOUND Ar BLizING STIR
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UI,z,ns star Turnpike. nud handed him u small |
pncsv'. was told to laNo go that Ivy Mlss |
puttor iIush-listcnl ltsthnt rather old dog |
eounI i,ns yours that's bin in AL the pnpr'"' |
She, bimboozlcd that sap-h"ad'd County |
tud,,,. Boompolntcr into giNin' it TO her. |
Tako my advice and sling it away for some
other srllor to pick up and got looney over
That ilir
"Dil sho say anyhing?" asked Ca-s nnx-
loudly "a no received his lost treasure some
what cpldly.
We'll yrsl reckon She asked me to stand
brnyi>t lIornsby and YOU. So don't ~" tackle
him. aud IN SOC he don't tackle you. ANA With
a portrntous wink Mountain Charley whipped
up hi1 hursos and was Euno.
Cass oponod the packet. It contained moth
IN. but the ring. Unmitigaicd 10y any word OF
greeting. remembrance, or even raillery. Vt
s,urncl almost an insult. HAD she intended I"
Aa,Int hi folly in hs fnce or had she beloved
he aiii mourncd for it and deemed its recovery
a auilirnnt reward for his slight service? For
an instant he frlt tempted to follow Chnrlry's
advice and cast this symbol OF folly and con
tempt ,m the dust of the mountain ruud. And
had shr not mndc his humiliation complete hy
l,gging Oharey's interference between him
aud his nnomy? He would go home and send
her back the handkerchief she had given him.
But hurc tho unromnntic reflection that al
though he had washed 4 that very afternoon in
tho solitude Of his own cabin. he could not pos
a,bly iron it, but must send 1t rough dried,
stayed his indignant feet.
Two pr three days. II week. II fortnight even,
OF this hopeless resentment filed tasss breast.
Then the news Of Kanaka Joo's ucuuittal in the
State Court momcntarily revived tho story Of
the ring and rcvampCd u few stll" jokes in the
camp But the interest soon Tagged: the for
ia lao ts,t
had 6rcn for some months failing and with
early SHOWS in the mountain and wasted CAPT
cal in fruitcss schemes on the river. there was
little room for the indulgence OF that lazy and
original humor which belonged to their lost
youth and prosperity. Blazing Star truly. In
tho grim figure OF their slang. was played
out" Not dug out. worked out. or washed out.
but dissipatod in u year OF speculation and
chance
Agnn4, this tide of fortune Cass struggled
nianfully and evon evoked the slow praise of
hts companions. Better still. he won n certain
prnlc for himself. in himself. in Il conscious
tsss OF increased strength. hoalth. power. and
.>,f-rc!.ance He began 10 turn his quick inn
al.inaiion and perception to some practical ac-
count and made one or two discoveries which
quite startled his more experienced but more
conservative companions. Nevertheless. Cass's
discoveries and lab)rs were not Of kind that
produced immediate pecuniary realization and
Bazin. Star which consumed so many pounds
Of pork and flour daily. did not unfortunately
produce tho daily equivalent in gold. Blazing
Star .u4t its credit. BialnX Star was hungry.
dirty and ragged. Blazing Star Was beginning;
To SGT.
Participating in the general III luck of the
camp. Ca-s was not without his own ndi-
vidua mschaDccs Uo had rosoIutoly deter
"a, If NiGs m nd lll that tnnI.l
10 recall tho unlucky ring but cruelty enough.
she was the only thing that refused to be for
gotten-whose undulHtirg figure reclined OPP
positc to him In the weird moonlight Of his
ruined cabin. whose ycic" mingled with the
sonL; Of the river by whosc banks he toiled and
who's" eyes and touch thrilled him in his
dreams. Partly for this roas.gn. and partly be-
cause hi4 clothes were beginning Ia be patched
and torn. he avoided He'd Chief and any place
where he would he likely to meet her In spite
of this prccauticn he had once seen her driving
in Il pony carriage. but SO smnrty and fashion
ably dr,>et,d that he drew back In the cover OF
way-idc willow that she might pass without
recognition. He looked down upon his red
eplashed clothes and Grimy soil -streaked hands
and Tor u moment halt hated her. His com
radios seldom spoke Of her inStinctively
foarn- some temptation that might bcset
his spartan resolutions. but he heard
from timo TO time that She had
boon soon at balls and parties. apparently en-
Io,in.. hose very friyolitie- Of her sex she af
l'ttci .u condemn. Il WAS u Sabbath morning
IN "Ir'y spring that he was returning from an
inriI'riVal attempt To- enlist ~ capitalist at the
COUNTY town to rrlsNm the fortunes Of Blazing
Star. He WAS pond"rug oyer the uarrowncss
of thai capitalist, who had evidently but H.
logically connected CaSs', present appearanr"
with ,hn future Of that struggling camp, when