Mohave County miner., 1889-07-06

Of Mentone. We might get him over
there, and keep him q little out Of the
| way Of these people. II will seem quite
natural In Americans TO offer him hospi.
tality, and want him to paint me . pic
ture or two"
"You know where he II ut work nowi''
asked the elder.
~ think can find him. Shall We goi''
| There was . sound Of footsteps grating
on the rough stones of the hillside walk,
and they and the voices gradually faded
out OF hearing together. Medhurst sal
still aud wondered rSther disconsOlately.
Fortune had seemed to cast . great prize
In his way, and when he had made actual.
| iy sure Of It had suddenly struck Il worth.
less between his thumb and finger. He
had been 20 shrewdly certain that the
painter was playing at poverty that the
memory Of his own confidence humiliated
him, and made him feel like foolish dupe.
The young fellow had never disguised
anything. and had behaved with perfect
naturalness from first to last. He had
even told Medhurst and the Major-in Ian.
guage as plain AZ any man need employ
for such purpose-that he was poor, and
had to work for his living. In sweet en-
| joyment Of their acumen they had chuck.
led over this as piece Of Yankee shrewd.
ness. and had thought how unavailinR It
was by the side Of the paragraph in the
Paris edition Of the New York Herald
which blazoned the millionaire's arrival
Medhurst had reconciled himself to the
Majors losses, partly because they were
the Majors, and not his own. but partly
also because he had seen . veritable Col.
conda ahead, and had meant to be In port
NO later than that evening.
1t had never been superstition OF Cap
tain Medhurst's to pay his debts with any
unseemly hurry. But with that unex-
pected windfall from the Majors early
winnings he had, to the great surprise Of
half-a-dozen creditors, scattered as many
hundreds abroad. He had likewise made
some expensive purchases, for no was q
believer in Mr.. Wemmick's theory Of
'portable property" and liked to utilize
good fortune In that way. II was his
mode Of provision against the inevitable
rainy day to buy articles Of value upon
which his Aunt or his Uncle-according
to his residence in France or England
would advance him money II need were.
Now, what with his incautious payment
Of old debts and his extravagant purchases.
he found himself within two or three hun.
dred pounds Of poverty, and the land Of
Golconda had turned out to be no better
than a mirage. The real owner OF ten
millions sterling was as little likely to
come TO his call as any man alive. II was
really bitter to awake from such dream,
and even people who do not make a pre-
carious living by experiment on the vices
and follies OF his fellow-men may have .
sympathetic understanding Of Captain
Medhurst's situation.
Lila had scrambled out OF sight, and
he was so absorbed in his own reflections
that he had forgotten her. The child had
found at the bottom OF the healland An
imposing precIpice OF some six feet IN
depth between her and the pebbly strand,
and. not being disposed to face this. had
wandered ON In search Of an easier descent.
The road she hit upon led upward rather
than downward, and In while she found
herself upon q small promontory Of rock,
which tutted out into clear water, and,
somew hat to her surprise. commanded .
view OF the artist. She signaled him with
. laugh OF artless triumph, as IL she had
been successful In game OF hide and seek;
and he, looking up at this gay burst OF
childish music, waved his hand TO her. A
second later he rose with some sign OF ag-
itatiOn from his camp stool, signing her
back, and shouting TO her, "Take carew
Whether this energetic warning precipi-
tated the accident 1t might be difficult to
Da. q H. a -
ened from the artists point OF view, looked
less tenable than it really was: but. at the
cry, she felt q sudden insecurity. and
looked about her for way OF return. Al
most Immediately upon the artists shout,
her father cried, "Lillar' in . voice Of
alarm; and. seeming swiftly to realize .
danger she had not felt till then. she made
. false step, lost her f0othold. and plunged
backward with shrek OF terror into the
water. Medhurst wan already afoot when
the cry Of the falling child reached his
ears. He scrambled nadly down the rock.
bruising his limbs and tearing his clothes
In his progress. In minute he stood on
the spot from which his child had fallen,
and realized with thrill OF hopeless hor-
ror that the water below him was full
twenty feet in depth. To attempt a rescue
was to 20 to certain death, for he could
not swim yard; but at the very instant
when this horror attacked him he caught
. flash Of something white in the water,
and realized the fact tha: Paul Jones was
there, swimming at prodigious pace to-
wards the spot where Lila had fallen.
The painter had thrown of his coat in
running, and the flash of white came from
his shirt-sleeves. He swan like seal or
IN otter. for he had many . time spent tho
third part Of . long summer day mile or
two out from the cliffs of his native place,
wallowing in the waves of the salt Allan
tic, and was almost as much at homo in
the water as upon the land. The wretched
father, wringing his hands together. stood
helplessly to watch. Lila had sunk, and
his agonized gaze sought her in vain; but
Paul Jones knew her whereabouts, and.
arriving just a. she came to the surface,
put one mighty arm about her, and held
her there In safety. He looked mp at Med
hurst and sang out cheerily-
'She's all right. old mani It's nothing
more than q ducking. Don't be fright
ened, darling; you're all right now. No
danger. Nothing but dip and out again"
He rolled over Like some monster native
to the deep. and swan In shore, bearing
his light burden easily. As he wsded to
the land, he took the child In both arms,
and saw that she had tainted from the
shock of fear.
Come on to the hotel" he beloved to
Medhurst. There NO harm done She'll
BE- all right In half an hourr'
He ran TO where he had left his jacket
on the beach. and, folding 1t tightly about