Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-03-23

bare to the shoulder, were waving about a.
she grasped at the bedclothes with her claw
like hands
She was evidently growing very weak, %
Calton turned to Kilsip and told him in .
| whisper to get a doctor. The detective
scribbled note on some paper, and, giving
it to Lizer, ordered her to take it. At this,
the other girl rose, and, putting her arm in
that Of the child's, they left together.
"Them two young 'usseys goner said
Mother Guttersnipe. Fright you are, don't
want what I've got to tell to get into the
noospaper. don't"
| "And what is itT' asked Calton, bending
| forward
| The old woman took another drink Of gin,
| and it seemed to put life into her, for she sat
| up in the bed and commenced to talk rapidly,
as though she were afraid Of dying before
her secret was told
"You've been ere aforei" she said, point
ing one skinny finger at Cation, land you
wanted to find out all about 'er; but you
didn't, blarst ye. She wouldn't let me tell,
for she was always proud jade, douncin'
round while 'er pore mother was a starvin'."
"Her motherl Are you Rosanna Moore's
motherr cried Calton. considerably aston
ished.
may Ol0 II i alub, CIOdkeO Uu0 ud&s
"'Er pore father died Of drink, an I'm q fol-
lerin' i'm to the same place in the same way.
You weren't about town in the old days, or
you'd bin after her, blarst ye"
"After Rosannar
'"The VERY girl" answered Mother Gut
tersnipe "She were on the stage, she were,
an my eye, what swell she were, with all
the coves a-dyin' for 'er, an she dancin' over
their black carts, cus em; but she was
allays good to mo till e cama"
sWho camel"
"'El" yelled the old woman. raising her-
self on her arm, her eyes sparkling with vim
iictive fury. "'E, a-comin around with
dimonds and gold, and a-ruinin' my pore
girl; an how 'es 'eld is bloomin' cad up all
these years as II he were a saint, cuss i'm
cuss 'im"
"who does she meant whispered Cation
/ to Kilsip
"Meanl" screamed Mother Guttersnipe,
whose sharp ears had caught the muttered
question. "Why, Mark Frettlbyi"
GOOD Godi" Calton rose up in his aston
ishment, and even Kilsip's inscrutabls coun-
tenance displayed some surprise
| AYE, 3 were a swell in them days" pur.
med Mother Guttersnipe, land . comes
| a-philanderin round my gal. blarst i'm, an
seduces 'er. and leaves 'er and er child to
starve, like black 'earted villain as q were"
THE child Her nameT
"Bah," retorted the bag, with scorn, ''as II
you didn't know my grandfather SAL"
| ''Sal, Mark Frettlby's childT
"Yes, an as pretty girl as the other, tho
she 'appened to be born on the wrong side Of
the edge. Oh. I've seen 'er a-sweepin' along
| In 'er silks an satins as tho we were dirt
an Sal 'er alf sister-cuss 'er,"
| Exhausted by the efforts she had made,
the old woman sank hack In her bed, while
Calton sat in dazed manner, thinking over
the astounding revelation that had just been
made That Rosanna Moorv should turn out
to be Mark Frettlby's mistress he hardly
wondered at after all. he was but q man,
and in his young days had been no better and
no worse than the rest Of his friends Ro-
sanna Moore was pretty, and was evidently
one Of those women who-rakes at heart
prefer the untrammeled freedom of being q
mistress to the sedate bondage Of wife In
questions of morality. 20 many people live in
glass houses that there are few nowadays
who can afford to throw stones, 90 Calton
did not think any worse of Frettlby for bis
youthful folliea But what he did wonder at
was that Frettlby should be 90 heartless as
| to leave his child to the tender mercies Of an
old hag like Mother Guttersnipa It was %
entirely different from what he knew Of the
man. that be was inclined to think II was
some trick of the old woman'a
"Did MIR. Frettlby know Sal was his childF
he asked;
an exultant tone; " . thought she was dead,
. did, arter Roseanner gave him the 60 BY"
"And why did you not tell himr
"'Cause l wanted to break bis cart. II .
,ad any," said the old beldame. vindictively
"Sal was s-goin' to ell a. fast a. she could
till she was TUX from me- II shs had gone
and got into quod I'd ave gone to him, and
aid Look at yer darterl Ow I've ruined bar
as you did mine'"
''You old devil" said calton. revolted at
the malignity Of the scheme "You havs
sacrificed an Innocent girl for thia"
'None Of your preachin," retorted tho bag
ain't-an' wanted to pay i'm out, blarst Inn
dartsr, an I've got it ere, laying bar hand
on the pillow. "An gold. good gold-an'
mine, cuss me-"
Cation arose; be felt quite dck at this ex-
hibition of human depravity, and longsd to
RNSSeAAo ss.sV
however, the two girls entered with doctor,
who bowed to Kilsip. cast . sharp scrutinis
ing glance at Cation, and then walked over
to the bed The two girls went back to their
corner. and waited in silence for the end.
Mother Guttermips had fallen back in the
bed, with one claw-liks hand clutching ths
pillow, a. II to protect her belovsd gold, and
over ber face deadly palenss was spread
ing, which told the practicsd eye Of tho doc
tor that the end was near He knelt down
beside the bed for . moment holding the
candle to the dying womans faca She open
cd her eyes, and muttered drowsily,
who's you'll 60 t en," but then shs
seemed to grasp the situation again, and she
started up with shrill yell, which made the
bearers shudder, it was 90 weird and eeria
"My money!" she yelled, clasping the pill
low in her skinny arms ats all mine. 70
shant have it, blarst va"
The doctor arose from his knees, and
shrugged his shoulders mot worth while
doing .anything." be said. ooolly. "she'n b
dead soon" ".,,..,.,..-