San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-17
lCOntinucd. Commenced April 81
UNLUCky ned.


PALMEE's PATIENT. &c. az.
to let her father know ct my good luck, rs
some instinct told me, Notwithstanding his
encouraging parting WOldS, thai %" had given
me that hundred pounds only to send me TO
the dogs among the >r"mui Western ciyiliM-
ton WHITTIER was going. / Wutcd to sur
prise and di,appomr Irm personally.
THE day Of my triumph wa, nearer than
anticipated. Al the rIu.,. 81 he third year
Of my exile two Sydney rHTG~i~. coming
down country from the GuIdoIiGgucS, were
struck by the appearance Of chain Of rock
running east Of uur run. and offered us forty
thousand for the frr"hnld of the property.
lfrlrk hrSitatrd. aud iarrd Of working it
himself: but. when he ascrrtancd that it
WAS copper. not gold. they hoped to find in
the granite ne gave in. we closed with the
offer. A month later found me at Melbourne
with something like twcnty-thrcc thousand
pounds in gold, paper, and uncut diamonds
packed into an iron safe. which l-rOnSUm-
mate idiot .-purpu>rd carry ing across the
ocean with me. hCrdI">s Of cNpOStuiItiOn or
advice. | wanted tO lay my royal store be-
fore the gDatjnE gUId-Wurehipping eyes of
my hated tathcI-iu-iaw. / took every pre-
caution. as thought: but In" very night be-
fore | was 10 sail | WAS STABILIZED m bed and
every tarthiug possessed carried of by
gang of ruliianS who had been tracking me
for more than fortnight.
81 lay at deaths door for nearly month,
and. when recovered Ekupw that nil search.
all pursuit was in yain-that the money for
which | had toilpd with the sweat of nv
brow. the price OF peace. Of hope. Of love,
was gone from me for ever. Fate seemed too
cruel; |, could no longer believe in Provi-
drncr. One day rruwIrd to the end Of a
chain of steep cIHE-sy rocks and threw my
self headIouE into the sea. The fail was
enough to Xii stronger man than |, and
yet though weakened by fever and loss of
blood, was only stunned. After struggling
for what seemed hours and hours, found
myself feebly Tapping the water, while the
infiOwing tide gently washed me hacl, to the
cruel world from which mad hoped to escape
for ever. did not Try to kill myself again;
| felt as if had not even energy to pull the
trigger of my revolver.
Three DAYS later | read in a local paper
the account of nv presumed suicide, nv hat.
a pOCket-bOOk containing nv name, and some
letters from my wife being picked up OH the
shore near the spot where 50 vainly court
ed rest. | never c0ntradctcd the report.
which | knew would reach England in time
decided mat, As I'll" "orId believed Inc
dead, would remain :" 10 It Tor the tutul"'
ana mus free her VINO loved Inc from me
luckleSS CHAINS when bound her L ielt
could no longer struggle against late; the
only PREPARATION could otier to Alice was to
lei her he widow virtually ana form new
ties when the shadow OF my lucklcSS exist
ehce htd gradually laued from her young
life.
II kept tony resolution, changed myname
to Ross, and obtained employment at Sydney
as d0ck-aborer just earning enough to
keep life in me and-and-enable me to go
to bed drunk every night. But vision of
the fair rcproachiul lace OF my lost love
haunted my degrade" Nieep ana naae me rise
from tlc hopeless SlouGh mo winch was
50 surely SINKING answered ilrr appeal,
and soon Wran'd mNs"li rom the growing
passion StchlhS' rs SUBSTITUTE distraction
for my hilhd rs wen as ~! h"Ay III labor OF
more eleNabu NINA. soon ''ilrll'u 10 I'VE
only lor my work matte money again,
Speculation a'WL HW'"'"'"' "I"P'eu me
ana though uiG moi com fortune WIN
royal S"oop aS '''' "3he pel"re' yet was
exceptionally ""c'e"''u ILL.,
81 invested every penny carefully, not
with an ultimate purp.s,, but simply because
to spend il would bring me no pleasure. And
thus Irving, seven years went by-seven
emOtiOnlesS, lonely yrarS-whnm, just three
months ago, as / stood one evening looking
across the ocean, the sight of a tiny sail dis