Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-03-05
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Ne1e replaced. the surface restored to
its normal condition. and Huptley drew
deep breath Of satisfaction.
Now, sir, our money is safe; no burst
70 this bank. You ride along to San
Bernardino noaand III go around and beat
up the Palos Verdes. Wen meet here
In ten days hom COW and decide on
| what We want, and here viii be our
money, all ready to hand over"
Bensamln AnWay cast more than one
lingering look behind where all his cap
ital lay fallow. he contemplated the
scene with far greater complacency
when he returned at the appointed
time; content, too, and reassured, when
In distant speck on the opposite road
he gradually came to recognize his
partner. Their undertaking had held
its share of danger. In those days q
man on the quest for buying cattle
meant man with ready money, whose
life would not be worth a moments
purchase should he encounter any of the
lawless gentry of the day The part
ners sat them down to discuss at once q
snack from their knapsacks and the su-
periority of the herd at the Palos Verdes;
then, stepping off so many PAGES to the
northward, they turned to make the
eastward bearings, and short they
stopped, aghast. The money had
been buried close to the edge of a little
chaparral that had screened its site
from the ive-oak where they dined.
Thus its situation had been concealed
till they were close upon. and now only
loose, irregular heap of scattered
earth showed where it had been hidden.
Huntley staggered back as under a phys
ical blow. Anyway came near to inspect
he hollow closely.
'.It's not-it can't be gone!' cried
Huntley, with an oath.
cit does seem hard" said ANYWAY,
temperately.
''Hardp' echoed Huntley. raging;
"hard! You call it hard when fortune
was waiting our graspi tell you, An
way, there is no Providence that viii
let this thing befall us; there is no
Heaven that viii overlook it; there is no
God!" He raved on, in wild burst of
blasphemy.
Benjamin was no Puritan nor saint,
but the others abandon shocked him.
He demonstrated gently, nationally, pa
tlently. s'Come, John, old man, he
concluded, mo use to make bad worse.
Let us look into this; there may be traces
some ciew thatwe may follow. Tdon't
purpose to give up without an effort
But recent shower had passed, which
might have obliterated signs of foot
steps-no trace or clew was there.
'.We'd best go into the town and get
assistance = said Benjamin Anway; isbut
now nm convinced it's hopeless
quest. The one who knew how to get
the money win know how to keep it.
He was staring at the other as he
SPOKEN reality, with the unseeing, un-
whiting gaze of blank despair. But Hunt
ley chose 30 discover in his look fresh
cause for grievance.
"By heavens, Anway,n he shouted,
with furious passion, ST believe you
think sneaked back here and dug up
the money!
"WhycEpntley." cried ANYWAY, as
founded, you are mad to dream ofsueh
q thing!''
Huntley persisted; be protested; he
swore he would prove an alibi by wit
nesses from the ranches where he had
stopped.
'sAll this" cried ANYWAY, sis more
than folly. You are hunting trouble to
add to ribulation. See here, Huntley,I I
kaoto you did not take the money! Does
that satisfy your"
Huntley's whole bearing underwent
change almost instantaneous, as the
positive manner Of ANYWAYS utterance
struck him. HE kaoacs it, he NUT
tered; "how can he know am inno-
cent, unless he knows another man
guiftye And whose guilt but bis own
would he concealP' From a raging
tiger at bay, he became more like q
cronching wolf or hyena, prepared to
spring on unsuspecting prey. His in
sane reasoning fascinated him. The
tone of absolute conviction adopted by
ANYWAY, in the strength of his moral
consciousness, was full of fatal signi-
ficance to his partner.
Perhaps" he said. with lips drawn
back to show his teeth, in horrible
canine snarl, perhaps you came back.
Perhaps you have got the money!
For moment Benjamin Always
face was hvid with the terrible white ire
that dominates men Of his type, wrought
up TO intensest passion; for O moment his
powerful muscles, tense with tho springs
OF murder, strained the heavy cloth that
garbed them. Then the consciousness
of his power constrained him to for
bearancc.
You are badly unstrung. John, he
said, qu;etly; slet Us 90 into Los An
geIes and see what we can find in the
way Of detective slill-perhaps the
Vigilantes hang out hereabouts. =
But in the City of the Angels there
was no ability that could trace the treas
ure spirited away. Benjamin ANYWAY
speedily resigned himself to the loss, as
inevitable asit was unforeseen. AS his
share in the cache had been greater
than Huntley's, so his world
ly possessions had been more COM
pIeteiy merged therein. Now he was,
indeed, left destitute. Resolutely, how
ever, with the thought of his helpless
family behind him, he applied himself to
finding means OF maintenance, and
before the rebellious Hunt1ey left the
town ANYWAY had obtained employment,
in subordinate capacity, that yet would
suffice for his family's greatest needs.
Huntley was not without resources
Not all his means had been involved in
this speculation that had promised so
much and ended so abortively. He re-
turned to his mountain home, uprooted
all the ties Of his residence there, and
presently returned to Los Angeles with
his family; but, In lieu of settling
within the growing city, he chose to buy
a narrow tract of land some miles away,
and there lived, within sight of the spot
where disaster had come upon the part
ners. Benjamin ANYWAY, Huntley sedu-
lousy avoided.
Weeks ran into months, and months
into years; and, like the forms of a dis
solving view, SO changed the Southern
California country. Where herds had
broWsed unmolested, vineyards and
homesteads lay; over countless acres.
where timOrous sheep had nibbled in
day-long contentment, all fearless of in
vaders, wide groves Of the pretentious
orange tree now made pert display of
their golden globes, as some purUesaus
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