The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-12

Dog from Uncle Abram
@Howling Dogs
discovered in Colorado. He died-poor old
man-and left Howling Dog, which was all he
had, to father, and from father, of course, it
came by law to me"
AHow very strange So you own silver
miner"
~Yes, and have been studying ores and
smelling and that sort of thing, for I mean to
go out here on my return and see where all
the money comes from"
Her words, half playful, half serious filed
him with alarm It seemed as if barrier was
growing up between them. When thev had
first met she was the daughter of a poor cler-
gyman travelling abroad for his health
Now?
Just then the quartermaster passed along
the deck with dark lantern in, his hand, and
its glare fell on her face for an instant, and
the two diamonds at her ears sparkled in the
light She was rich It was the end of his
new found hopes.
Some one else saw the flash of the diamonds
as he stood smoking by the rail
There were few commonplaces exchanged
The night had grown suddenly chill She
shlvered slightly, and felt i'll at ease while
his heart seemed to sink Then they went
down stairs to the saloon and parted for the
night. Mr.. Lewellyn Devon also came down
STAIRS Just behind them. There was smile on
mind on most important matter When he
reached the sleeping den called in satire a
state-room, he even laughed quietly to him
self
@Howling DOgI A whole silver mine in her
own right"
The next morning she appeared at break
fast in a marvellous marine toilet, and without
the diamonds. Mr.. Rathven, who sat at the
purser's table, saw her from afar, and was
both pleased and yet sad. She was very far
from him, perhaps above him. She saw him
and nodded, and smiled brightly. He tried to
smile in return, but it cost him an effort Mr.
llewellen Devon noted the costume and the
absence of the diamonds, with the remark to
himself that she was Partisan in dress. He
triedin certain way to catch her eye as she sat
down opposite him and murmured something
thatmight mean good morning. She quietly ig-
nored him, and asked her steward if the cap
tain would not be down to breakfast
@No, Miss We shall make Queenstown by
noon, and he will not leave the bridge"
She knew by instinct that the creature Oppo-
site wished in some way to make her acquaint-
ance, and at once determined he should do
nothing of the kind Just then the rolling of
the ship upset her napkin that was twisted
goblet, and it fell on the table. Mr.. Llewellyn
Devon quickly picked it up, and handed it to
her without word
"Thank you, sir. You're very kind"
He merely said, you're welcome Miss"
and then gave his mind to the break
fast before him. She took the Oppor-
tunity to look at him. He was not so bad
looking, and if he must sit opposite to her for
twenty one meals, she must, at least, be civil
When the captain came, no doubt, she would
be introduced to him. and then she must speak
to him. AS for Mr. Llewellyn Devon, he ate
his breakfast with great satisfaction. He had
seven whole days before him. He could bide
his time.
The first hour upon deck among the passen-
gers quickly settled a matter that is generally
settled before Queenstown is sighted Miss
Ward was the belle of the boat Her ample
steamer chair on deck became the centre IF
observation. Ithad become known that she
was travelling alone, and that she was very
rich. A hundred idle people shut up together
upon a steamer quickly find out something of
every ones name aud fortune. Mr. Rathven
seemed to be the only person who knew her,
and he, for some unaccOuntable reason,
die not appear to seek her society. He
seemed to prefer to walk the deck
alone, and to leave her to her own
devices. Once as he paused by the rail to
look off on the water fellow passenger spoke
to him in casual way about the weather.
just as men will who are thrown together on
shipboard, and as the stranger seemed to be a
pleasant fellow he fell into conversation with
him. Mr.. Llewellyn Devon was going to
interested to study that remarkable people
who had planted such a great city as New
York among the wild prairies of the west
America was a remarkable country, and he
admired its people. Mr.. Rathven presumed
he meant Chicago. There were no prairies
near New York.
Eyes He meant Chicago. The people.were
very rich there. In fact, he had been told that
all Americans were rich, many of them own
ing whole silver mines in their own right"
Some of my people are rich-others are
poor. However" he added with native con-
fidence, "no man is the worse for that, and any
man may be rich who has the ability to work.
Such ideas were new to Mr.. Llewellyn De-
Won Miss Ward must be strange person to
associate with working people. He had infer
red that the Americans worked. Of course,
he could not have anything to do with such
person, and it was well to know it thus early
in the voyage.
Queenstown was just ahead, and after few
more turns up and down the dock Mr.. Rath-
ven ventured to approach to the sunny corner
where Miss Ward had established her court.
There was a court already, for at least two
elderly mammas with eligible sons had made
her acquaintance. They did not approve of
her dress, and were secretly thankful that she
had left her diamonds below, yet they thought
it best to befriend and protect this poor, lonely
rich girl
She smiled as he came near, and babe him
sit on the deck by her side.
"Where have you been this hour or more?
felt quite deserted"
"You seemed to have many friends"
She looked at him keenly Had aught hap
pened to chill him. He seemed grave and
thoughtful
Il have some acquaintance on board Peo-
pie always seem to be friendly since father
died"
He wanted to say since Howling Dog had
found mistress, but he refrained, and wisely
said nothing
and said to Miss Ward:
%Beg pardon, Miss, but we are approaching
Queenstown. It's picturesqe old place, and
thought you might like to see il"
"Thank you, l would, for we passed it in
the night when l came out Mr.. Rathven, let
US go and see the place"
The two men at once recognized that they
were rivals, and so it was the relations of these
three began. They went to the ships side to
see the port, the ruined church upon the hill,
the lighthouse, the picturesque and really
wretched cabins. the forts on the hills. The
stay was brief, and in less than half an hour
the good ship was fairly on her way to New
York. By dinner time the misty hills Of Ire
land began to fade upon the northern horizon
They were entering upon the Atlantic The
captain came down to dinner, and Mr.. Lew
ellyn Devon got mis- wish. He was presented
formally to Miss Ward. His big fee for the
seat next the captain was good investment
That afternoon Miss Ward kept her room 3
portion of the time The attentions of her
two lovers were becoming pointed, and she
wished for time to think. She knew that
many girl had left ship in New York an
engaged woman when she saw her future hus-
band for the first time at the Princess pier in
London. The sea is the lovers paradise.
They are all idle. There are no newspapers,
no letters; there is no work and only one duty
to enjoy the voyage, and make love. She
must consider the matter, and take heed to her
steps. To amuse herself she opened the
American paper she had bought upon the pier
at Liverpool There was nothing much in it,
and she was on the point of dropping it when
her eye fell upon stray paragraph Of news
from Colorado.
"The new superintendent at Howling Dog
reports that the glowing statements given out
by the late engineer of the mine are entirely
fictitious"
In a moment she had her trunk pulled out
from under the berth, and was eagerly pulling
over sundry pieces of clothing to get at box
containing quantity of papers, profles, esti-
mates and reports. She had made herself mis-
tress of the mining business as far as it concern
Howling Dog With plan of the mine before
her she went carefully over the whole article
in the paper twice, and understood it COM
pletely.
@Next time 1 will obey my instincts. 1
danger ahead Well-a-day! I suppose by
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