The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02

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you've only got a blank check on Mells Fargo
4 co. for a hnndrsd dollagss and you'd like mo
to give you the difference ST Z" una =, ,b,s h,s
absolute admiration for FLIP, absorbed every
thing eise With his eyes still nxed upon tho
would pay for everything no wanted He did
this with manner quite different from me
Flip; at least tho auiekwittcd girl noticed i,
and wondered u no was angry; II was quite
frank and oarsIess, oertan traits OF possible
were wnSh n y @tS word
n gesture Of Flip's was sufficient TO change thnt
slstance OF hor father, prepared a somewhat
q I'D man about diamond mHkns The eve of
ter snoy how knew wHs %khS
pesshness ne ssfia hs iin O"snu
Heard it in Frisco" replied Lance. with
3ssaS Ss sdn .d 6s s stecr down
there-them jewellers" ohuckled Dad, yetit's
in mater that their ggers VII have to c SSme
coal, supposss they didn't tell you how made
At any other time Lance would have stopped
| the old mans narrative by saying that he knew
the story, but he wished to see how far Flip lent
| herself to her fathers dcluslon.
| Ye see one light about two years ago ! had
apt o charcoal burning out thore, and tho, 1t
| had been a smouldering and q smoking and a
blazing for nigh unto q month";, somehow it
| didn't charcoal worth cent And yet. dog my
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hidyus and frightiul: ye couldn't stand within
hundred yards OF 1t. and they could feel II on
the mountain. There was nights when HsI me and and
Flip had to take our blankets up the ravine and
out all pight hnd the back Of this yer nut
NOW, mebbso You think | built that air ire
MHDDe you y allow the heat was Just the natrai
o, Certainly" said Lance; trying to see Flps
heat kSm out Of the bowels is Of the yearsh-ksm
that var fire. And when she cools down II
month after. and got to strip her there WAS q
water pourin' out Of it ~ big az your waist.
And right in the middle of il was this yer"
and whiskcd from under his bnnk a channels
leather bag which he cmptied on tho table
before b,,i them 1t contained u small fragment Of
bit OF pine, 1t was So glaringly truthful, SO
really what it purported to be, that the most
naqG5i9Sd II at FG anee Lance rpsnd his
She stopped. and as abruptly turned away hor
eyes and her Redeemed face;
| That's it-thnts Just it, continued the old
man. Thar's Flip. thar-knows it; she amt
~ Lance i2S, did not speak. but turned hard. I'M
sympathizng look upon tho old man and rose
almost r2YGhly., The old man clutched his
nng y0 And stuffed unit %nd w 1%sf
| Cos the heat wasn't ken. up long enough.
| MeDDc yer tnlnk L stopped thar lnat amt
me. Thar hit out var in the woods ez hez
| been burning six months; il haint. in course.
! got the advantages o. the old one. for it's
I've got q hole where Ikin watch it every four
hours. When the time comes I'm thar! Don't
| you seer That's mel that's David Farley
-, That's So" said Lance CURLY; and now
Mr.; Farley. II you'll hand me over coat or a
Jacket till | can get past these fogs on the Mon
tercy road wont Keep you from your dia-
| mond Pit; He threw down handful OF silver
| on the table.
Theirs deersSln jacket yer" said the old
man. that one o them vaqueros left for the
49,, reckon IT wouldn't suit the stranger, said
Flip. obviously producing much worn, slash;
suit Lance. who found it warm. and also had
ns p '2 When he Ian pu Il o and d n6dSed
coldly TO the old man and carelessly 10 Flip. he
III you're going to take the Monterey road.
certain s'. kind of 81, c,yity; Tie Hat9rnal
and the ranch go to thunder as long a. there's
stranger to trapse round with: go on"
but Ftp int"rruped You SiI Know " you rsp
Dad, it's II blind trail. and as that ere constable
| that KEN out here hunting French Pete couldn't
lind it, and had to 90 round by the canon like
e. not the si 5ad T S6i lose his way aud
silrnccd the old man. an,! FIJI and Lance step
! ped into the road together. They walked on for
Lance turned unon his companion
You didn't swallow all that rot about the
diaamond: dad you he asked. GROSSLY.
Rip ran title ahead. ~ If to avoid reply
You don't mean 10 say that's tho sort Of
| hog wash tho old man serves ont To YOU rcGu-
lar!yf, continued Lance. becoming mort sangy
| ia his i'll temper.
- don't know that it's any consarn o. yours
| what | think" replied Fin hopping from
| boulder to boulder. as they crossed the bed Of
| And | suppose you've piloted round and
| dry nussed every tramp and dead beat you've
met since yo9p came 81 hfiS continued Lance
| have helped over this road 2n
., ts year since there was Chinaman
into the brush about yer, and he was too Altered
to come out, and nigh most starved TO death in
the oan'@n foryo" n r @t him him BACK f To
! tho road He was the hast one but y,u.'
Do you reckon b it the rGnt thing for girl
and mix herself np with all sorts of roushs and
BAL GoM smaayI s said Lance q von,r, ,
AK f IKE Dad S FL 90 baek @S you're s0'h
The righteousness Of such resemblance
| Of his own inPratitude. He hastenod TO assure
Fir that he was Joking, When he bad male
coming unsoNsh enough to inquire INFO one or
two facts conccrnIpF her hfe which did not
on the plans when sho. was baby, and her
brother hni run away from home at r. She
in iramns. Said Lance, You expect t" 10 oi res,
Veil, ,renlied Flip, grayely, there is
| suthing in that, and there's suthing in mts:
some O. these chaps might run across brother
| and do him good turn for the sake OF me-
Like me, for instance p suggested Lance
Like. you;,. You'd do him u good turn.
| wouldn't you 2"
You betl' said Lance, with sndden emo
| ton that quite startled him; only don't you
go throwing yourself round pruniscuousy"
| He WIS half-cOnscouS OF an irritating sense OF
jealousy AZ no asked II any of her prot6ses
| had ever returned.
No" said Flip no ono ever did. 1t shows"
| she added with sublime simplicity, Il had
done 'em good. and they could got on alone
| Don't it2"
1T does" responded Lance Grimly. Have
| you any other friends that conner"
| Only the PostmaSter at the Crossing"
| THE poStmuStur2'
Yes; he's reckonin to marry me neXt year
II I'm big enough"
| And what d. you reckon 2" asked Lance
| earnestly. Fnp began series of distortions with
her shoulders, ran on ahead, picked up u few
pebbles and threw them into the wood glanced
back AT Lance with swimming mott led eyes, that
| seemed n piqnaht incarnation of everything
suggestive and tantaiizing and said. That
| telling"