San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-24

his e81stence after 50 tniserably baking
his plans
mere was every reason to believe that
all was now at an end, and nothing more
remained for him to do in the Barranca.
DE had only to secure what he had and
invent that plan for getting it out of the
country which he hal so long kept in
abeyance., Consolatory mental voices
tried to persuade him that even his pres
ent success was not to be despised; but
he would have none of this.
To give back some millions that no
body had 'expectedNmig be thought to
have IA iihe effett !hs said. but there
would ST Il remain people TOT whom other
millions were dne.I Hnw,Could / hold up
my head and take the world in bold
fashion SO far as they are concerned
No%it'wpuIl OaE be said that a, part of
the robbery hadSbeen made good by way
of compromise with conscience for
keeping the rest. 1t would never be be-
lieved that one who had 50 much had not
the whole"
These reflections, quixOtic, perhaps,
from the shrewd, practical point of view,
may have aided his reluctance to>leave
50 hard fought field. He could not bear
tO give it up A pertinacious Obstinacy
and lingering hope kept, continually
springing to life even now.
What if go to- one of the larger cit
les, even as far as Mexico" he said, get
a new supply and, better blasting mate
rial, return, and try again? This dyna-
mite. of which they talk 50 much lately,
would no doubt, suit my purpose here.
With plenty Of good explosives will
shatter eve@y stone, i'll the place, if neces-
sary, III | come to the Yellow Snake.
And then Lean look for the lest deposit,
too, without hurting any other interest"
So ran his final 1akssion.! Every day
until nov he had sent BE message of his
safety to Amy by tbs spTing. With what
suffering the dumb carrent would have
pulsed could it have conveyed bis own
feelings in these latter days, to Her., But
fora whiie the ai=;llal must D. : 4t.lune ed.
The third bs"bl SCI forthe ( - I'd of
letters hi! also cone round. ;.yter-
mined, IT, 'rtforn, 10 stop Oh L.. 'Tay at
Las Delic,AS, both on account OF che let
ters all t. reaasIre Amy as to the cessa-
tiou of tn. signal and the beginning of
his wand"ringS
We, she well2' At fTst thought it
Secmnd almost absurd to fancy anything
could hT2,1 t, one 50 te4le.ly cared
for in the II; It Of oy@ry luxury; all dan
gers, rather, wrr.. r. wed for his own
lot Bat h. N.la,. .-., pale l,!,l, with
sickness AM cstuni'v as ~. ''..,cxs
equallv at regal p;,.,,, -, and at IL bowels
Of ! poor, Nld tHo small anXi...., about
!.'r VI, &.il'd t. the sum # all the
others. H., Lt,rr . her breathcd, even
though he tried to guard against it,
sense Of his dlscouragen9nt,f fatigue and
uncertainty about the future. He hest
tated much rs to whether he should put
in. the confession he had prepared for
her, but decided in the affirmative. Was
there not now all the more reason forlit,
since the prospect Of sudcess' had grown
SO rCmOt"::
AL was made ready for departure; he
left his belongings in as wild a state as
possible, and began to climb the craggy
wooded path. Here, as once before, he
met with an accident. A large stone
rolled from its place under his touch and
bore him down. vt pinned him to the
earth, yet was stopped by several small
obstacles from crushing him. with its
full weight He managed to- extricate
himself, but WAS i'll great pain and unfit
ted to proceed. .;Ii .'Ifiitl |
AforlOrn wounded creature, he dragged
himselfiback to his hut, and, his hurts
stiffening and taking an even more ag-
gregated form before they got better,
clay there for. many days capable only
of the efforts necessary to secure such
rood and drink as would maintain life.
He seemed abandoned by heaven and
earth; his lonely unbefriended condition
made a scOrnful mockery of the golden
dreams in which he had so lately in
dulged. Nevertheless, no bones were
broken, nor was any lasting injury
wrought, and, though the torment of
mental activity retarded his recovery,
he slowly regainei sufficient of his
forces to be about again.
Then he went back to look at the To-
Cality of the Yellow Snake, beset by the
secret hope that in this long interval it
must have come forth again. But there
lay the scene made desolate by his i'm
prudent labOrs, as still and devoid of
any trace Of it as ever, and 50 once more
he set out for the upper world in a state
of great depression.
In all this time he had mot once
touched The signal, nor could he now re-