Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-11-29
"DoIi= he sid one iav ..;f this lead,

Doh, he said one day, IF this lead
don't bring somethin', I'll give up. But
it's comm this time; so thar amt no use
worryin'. If We so to the sittlemint,
bring home a charge of powder; I'm
goin' ter blow up rock ter-morrow."
At the store she met Joe Stroll, the
man who had told the stranger about
her.
"How's yer dad?" he asked, evidently
not expecting any answer, as he went
on: MY old woman lowed as how ter
MORROW bein' Thanksgivin', she'd run
over ter see yous all fur spell at noon.
Sails smart, tell We. She's the on'y
woman IL the settlement as knowed ter
morrow is Thanksgivin'. Must be pow
erful lonely fur We down thar on the
flats" he added, rehectively.
Eyes, it's lonely-some," she answered.
''Tell Sail I'll be glad ter see her. Was
Jack Seton here ter-day?"
oval, 1 reckon so, bout ten minutes
back. Think he was a-goin' yer way"
She hurried through her business, and
taking the short cut that he had used on
former occasion, she soon came up
with her lover.
Jack she said eagerly, don't come
ter the Flat ter-day. Dads goin' ter
blow up rock ter-morrow, an somehow
or mother I'd like ter have We round
then. Dads powerful careless. He's
acted awful strange lately, an says this
is his last chance. l hope nothin' bad
won't happen. Joe Stroll says ter-mor-
rows Thanksgivin'r
That's all right, DOLL" said Jack, re-
assuringly. Don't We take ter frettin'--
I'll be thar"
1t was late in the day before he ar
rived, however, and Doll was Watching
for him at the door-she thought the
place had never looked so dreary as it
did that morning.
Dads gone over ter Sunkeu Rock, :"
she said; chats whar he's workin now.
But it's all right-he hasn't got the pow
der"
"Sure of that, DOLL whar's he keep it,"
"Why, it's thar on the table, amt it?
No, it's gone! Why, Jack, he's got It'll
Come quick"
She hurried out, and he after her. 1t
was long way to Sunken Rock, and
she wasted none of her strength in
words.
At last sharp bend in the path
brought them suddenly upon him. He
was sitting upon a tree stump, his head
in his hands, mumbling to himself, and
indifferently watching the flame of a
match creep slowly along the wick lead
ing to the powder he had placed in a
crevice of the rock before him.
Instantly they saw their danger. Doll
sprang forward, but Jack pushed her
back. Never, it seemed to him, had he
moved so slowly. The old man was in
his arms-he stumbled under his weight
one step or twenty, he could not tell.
Then came a horrible sound as if the
earth was opening under him, and
oblivion.
oval" said Sal Stroll, telling about it
at the settlement, ''if that warn't the
most remarkable thingl l wouldn't
have believed it if l hadn't a-seen it.
Thar war the old man all right; thar war
Jack Seton Just stunned bit; thar wal
Doll on'y upset as war material; an thar
war the rocks layin' all about them as
chock full of gold as an egg of meat
Jacks goin' ter marry Doll. Old man
Deenson wouldn't year of it at first, but
he's given in some since Jack saved his
life. He never had good sense, nohow
old Deenson-showed that when he sol
hisself down on that rock to get bowed
to kingdom come. He war right about
one thing, though-that's this gold. Doll
Deenson'n own the richest claim in the
hull state. Wal, reckon she deserves
it, fur she's been powerful patient with
that old dad of hern. Lor Joe! l wish
we all had a reason fur thanksgivin
same as them has on Poverty Flat
| Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.