The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-29

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wa. Here Wa wealth and
oefore mc-and an angel for
Why did | hesita,e.."
1t was that conscience tha.
towards Of Us all" In accept
y / must sacrifice nv manhood.
De the receiver OF biood-money.
|ertaker OF q crime. He had ac-
twledged that all his wealth wa.
; by right.
was enough. Before the old
$hioned clock in the hall struck five
a Ind decided the curse I should pur.
sue.
l quickly stole from my room to tina,
Of my ua<le's. Without Knocking
went in. came close TO his bedside and
said:
81 reject your offer"
expected = torrent Of passion. There
he lay as | had left him: one hand On
the counterpane As it hal been stretched
out TO receive mine. His eyes were
glazed. He was dead,
1t i a hard thing TO keep a man down
when be is determined To rise.
l rose slowly bu; surely in nv profes-
sion The two years succeeding my adj
venture Il call it adven;ure) recorded
above were given To in,ermina6le study
and zeal. | very seldom lost n case I
took bold Of. A fever broke out which
devastated the country. l was in de.
mand constantly, and my success built
me up a home.
[ Too close attention could not help but
Tell upon my health. 1 INST have a
change o. air. my friends advised. and
l concluded to have it.
sought the mountains. and in q
quiet pastoral home my health returned
The glorious Catskills. What an ar
tido.e they are to the 81 * and diseased
mind!
One morning. taking my mountain
stall with me. | left the village q. the
foo, OF the mountain. where | resided.
aud commenced the ascent cf South
Mountain.
There was but a single cloud visible
in the heavens. and that brushed tho
top of Glove Peak, across the ravine.
The air had that transparency that is
often noticed in early autumn. You
may gaze until the eye wearics Of the
distance, the atmosphere is so clear.
NV path was very intricate. and it was
fully two hours after leaving the plain
below before l stood on Bowlder Rock.
nearly three thousand feet above the
sea level!
Ny soul was drinking in the beauty
! of the scene when q scream OF terror
fell upon my ear.
Another instant | was bounding dan
gerously near the edge of the p.ecipice
toward the cry which hal heard.
| rounded a bowlder and beheld a
woman clinging to a shrub which
grew IN the edge of the precipice.
Hold on. and l will save YOU" l
shouted.
She must have heard, for she held on.
and another instant I had drawn her
from the threatened death.
And then she did what any woman
would have done under the clrcum-
stanceS-tainted.
1t was some time before I could
bring her to. When l did, and she
opened her eyeS.-great, heavenly eyes
she looked confused and asked:
"Where am II"
Those eyes-that voice, so low and
pathctic-made a thrill go over my per-
sou, and I was in a very unprOfessiOn-
al tOne that | answered:
"Safe: thank Heaven!"
"Oh. | remember. / slipped ON the
rocks. What an escape from a horri-
bic DEATH"
l assisted her to the hotel near by,
where she was staying. and was the
hero of the day among the guests.
Reader, do YOU wish to hear more?
Well, l viii tell you. l have never re-
covered the heart l lost that day on the
mountain.
A few days before our marriage my
fiance turned TO me and said:
Harry. do not think you know
my true name. DO You think you have
eve seen me befOre?'
Indeed, my dear. l think not !
replied. "anG yet you resemble very
closely a painting have seen"
II saw You, though, two years ago.
she continued. smiling.
"Where?' demanded.
There was a tender light" in her
blue eyes rs she replied:
lin the glass when yOur uncle CON
fessed his crime. Cal.