Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-08

him look shorter. This and his habit O
going about with ms eyes half CLOSED
were due to the desire to hide thost
cleaning eyes which darkness made 81
! grewsome.
One day when Jack Hinton went Il
Dougan's hut he found him reading. A!
/ Joe laid down the book his friend picked
it up and found it to be in strange
] language, which he judged to be German
On the fly leaf was written "Fricdricf
Bauer" Jack looked inquiringly at
Dougan, who explained that it had once
belonged TO German friend. This die
not, however, explain to Jack the. fact
that Joe had been reading in It and had
turned down a leaf when he laid aside
! the book. ~
just at this time a young green Ger.
man arrived in camp He was immedi-
ately christened "Dutchy," and was sub
| jccted to a variety of rude practical jokes,
all of which he bore with imperturbable
gravity. He was a persistent fellow in
spite Of his rude, ludicrous English, and
somewhat Of q mineralogist. So, in o
few weeks, he had made himself &C
quainted with methods of work and had
investigated well the geologic aspects of
the vicinity.
AT last 'Dutchy" ran across a nugget
that seemed to Indicate the presence of q
valuable vein somewhere in the neighbor-
hood. He at once laid his plans, staked
off claim, and with the money he had
brought with him got number of men
at work running q tunnel obliquely into
hill. His claim lay to tho east and up
the slope from the working Of gang of
tramp miners, who looked on with evil
eyed jealousy at the confident way in
which the young German laid his plans
Week after week passed. 'Dutchy'S"
sloping tunnel was completed and they
We're working OH q double cross gallery.
The young fellows money ran low, but
his spirits and his faith in his Judgment
did not. Then he had nothing left TO
pay the men with and they quit work.
Still the determined young fellow toiled
on alone, digging, blasting and carrying,
but the mother vein seemed no nearer
than before. The boys got to betting on
whether "Dutchy" would strike il or
not; some sustained by his unswervinG
self confidence, backed the young Ger
man, but more were willing to give odds
the other way. At last one day there
were rumor5 about the camp that
"Dutchy" had struck the vein.
That night Joe Dougan happened to
pass the young Germans hut. The Win
dow was open, and though it was q dark,
cloudy night and there was no light il
fhO CnbiD loo cfO,>Do1 i'm tba ron1 oDJ
stared at tho open window. He saw
something which you or could not have
seen. 1t was the figure of "Dutchy"
sitting on the edge of his bunk, holding
q card in his hand. Moved by some i'm
pulse, he knew not what, Dougan crept
up nearer; he saw 1t to be q photograph
which the young German held in his
hand, and which, although he could not
see 1t himself, he pressed to his lips in q
way that showed he knew so well the
face thereon that the darkness made no
difference with him. His back was half
turned toward the window into which
Joe Dougan pecred. Tho youth finally
let his hand drop into his lap and seemed
lost in thought. Then Joe caught sight
Of the picture He gave a sort of chok-
ing gasp, and hurried away in the dark
ness, murmuring, Zach! du lieber Him
mcll Helena!"
DouGan strobe flercely down the valley
road. He passed unheedinG two dark
forms moving along in tho direction Of
tho camp. Ono voice cSclaimcd: 'For
Gods sake, what's that" Tho other re-
piled with q laugh, Its only Joe Dou-
ga. 5 eyes"
Dut DouGan heard nothing and saw
nothing save the face of the photograph |
that had so startled him. His mind was
n tunult of confused thoughts and half |
asserted rccollections. He walked on
down tie valley till the road ran in the |
shadows Of the Pine forest. Above tho
clouds grew lighter, and faint, lumi-
nous spot in the heavens indicated the
position Of the hidden moon Then |
through the trees could be seen clouds
8cudding across tho moons face, and at
list these broke away and frosted waves
of moonlight flooded valley and noun
taiAs 1t pierced the dark alleys Of the
pines and fringed the road with lace
work of dclcately traced shadows. Still
Dougan strobe on till the road ran cut
from the forest again and followed the
course Of n stream that caught and tossed
back from its ripplcs the sparElcs Of
noonshino IS q necklace of diamonds
flashes the light. Joe Dougan stopped IS
be stepped out Of the cover of the pines.
md the glorious prospect OF moonlit slopes
md peaks burst upon him and brought
Tim back to n consciousness CT him
self and lis surroundings. Then he sud-
!cnly tlned squarely around anl walked
quickly back the way he had como.
When he reached the camp there were
10 lights to be seen; even the saloon was
lark. He went to Jack Hinton's cabin
md Knocked at the door. There was no
cply, but the sound cf heavy breathing
'oull lie heard within. ACain he knocked,
. long succession Of hard raps. At last
/ voice said: Eli What's that2 Obi
LClo! Who's there"
Its mc-Dougan.
There was sound Of hare feet on the
loor, and then the door was opened.
What the devil are you doing about
his time Of niSht?" growlcd Hinton.
Il want to talk with you. jack said
)oucan. 81 must talk, and you're the
MY man III camp that | can trust-it
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