Mohave County miner., 1890-05-17
ETHEL DANES REyEaet.

es~-s @~l 80 Will uQh CuQVIS u
1onger: This evening win show him
that Etkel Danes love can MT Be
wouad!sd with impunity, and I win
etfiks her. hope. 10 death. HI said
~ would come this evening leone 10
get ne the 6ower."
The speaker. . beautiful girk last
eomplsting her seventeenth ycaf, stood
u . deep bay window, whose thick
curtains almost hid hey well-rotAAed
form. A pair Of white banda were
cllnchsd - U IN angen and dark eyes
contrasted wildly With ashen lips. a
splendid gold wsta.h. sparkling with
diamoads, gliyk.ned In a black belt
and she c0asEited II ~ the last words
fell IRON Ter tongue.
'SSScrgina Greuville, U I can not
outvit you / will don the veil and hide
~ face from the world forever. De-
Signsdly you hare drawn him to your
side but - designedly. l will take
Aim away. Il IL almost death 10 cross
tie paeh Of Dane. Perhaps you hAys
not harmed this. for you arc young.
Inexurable fate has decided that I
1ust b your teacher. accept tho de-
eision. and this evening l teach you
lesson you viii never forget. Yes!
But there be b, I did not see him
eons up Tie walk. Where were my
eyssf"
Ths sllvery tones Of the front door
bell interrupted Ethel Dane. aud
springing from The parlor, she an
swered The saumons IN person.
4 hsardlsss youth, whose dark eyes
matchsd her own 70 well, stood on The
steps and spoke her name in rich tones.
His appearance was noble. his face
prspossessing. and told that be had not
yet reached Els majority.
'.Are you ready ftr the walk, Ethcl!"
be asked. The evening h truly beau
tful, the winds sleep. and
Ths Queen. Of nisht
ehlnes fair with Ill her Virgin stars shout hsri
/ skIrted tho gorge and listed to tbs
noise Of tho mad, muddy current. ]
saw the Aower-tl'st pretty flower.
Ethel.n
80 It Is still thero!" she cried eager.
y.
1T L. and In the moonlight looked
lovolier than ever. We will get Il
presently. Seer ard drawing his coat
1side ho revealed coil Of rope. 1T
shall greet the sun from your boudoir
window tomorrow, Ethel; want TO
go II In your hair"
She smiled.
But you shall not risk your life TO
crafty foolish wish Of mine" she
said Let the flower wither where 1t
was born"
mo- NO; II grew there for You. and
you alone shall have II. Come. Ethel,
let me 60; am Impatient"
He waited ct the door until she had
thrown some light vestment over her
head, and them walked away at her
eide.
Tho rain was . hood At Ellssmers."
h aaid plucking leaf from the elm h
whose dim shade they were walking.
and itswaters have reached the gorge.
Yea can hear them now, Ethel"
The roar ofangry waters grew louder
- thsyhdvanced through the wood. and
ct last they paused directly above the
torrent. The chasm of EIlesmere, the
deepest In al Cumberland. was before
than; and far below the cliffs In the
moonlight the waters rushed toward
the SEA Il was . narrow chasm. but
dangerously deep. and its sides were in
many places quito perpendicular. In
other places concavities existed; and
there. nourished by the drip, drip of
the stones icy pcrspiration. beautiful
ferns and flowers henrished.
Frank Hazel had often accompanied
Ethel TO the spot they had reached. His
hands had fashioned . rustic settee. and
placed It near tho edge Of the preci-
pice. There. with the moon above
them and the waters beneath, they
had passed many hallowed hours. He
admired the impassioned girl; but
can not say that be- loved her. But ut
10 yesrs OF age he did not think very
much Of the tender passion; bis studies
ct his tutors residence not far from
tho cliffs had kept him from the courts
Of the little god. Bat he loved the so
eiety Of woman. the lisp Of little girls
md their pardenable fcibles.
Ethel Dane loved him from the first.
BE seemed her beasl-ideal Of lover,
and into her alteration she threw the
wealth Of her passion--the voIuptuous-
nsssof her heart She was happy In the
thought that be smiled on none but
Asr. until she discovered that his name
vas often on tho lips Of Georgina
Grenville. girl whose father owned
, small estate on tho Boylesson side Of
he chasm. The discovery irritated
Aer. She watched, and heard more,
md her Jealousy magnided molehilb
J thousand diameteiS.
Il won him frstir she was wont 10
.xclaim when alone. '-Gcorgina
Granville shall neyer wear him! What |
can not wear l will destroyf'
Frank Hazel had often leaned over
Ellssmere Crags and plucked ferns aud |
lowers for the impassioned besuty's |
Aair. She encouraged him In this; IL
recalled the days Of chivalry. of which |
he was extremely fond; and be. fear
- to fault almost. delighted TO win |
he green and scarlet gems. One day |
whils wandering along the Boyleston |
Tide Of the cli5A the young student
discovered . wondrously magnificent
lower that peeped from . cid In the
'ocks perhaps twenty feet below the
Iettse have mentioned.
He fastened across the chasm and |
MANNED the flower. It seemed at
irSt . genuine tiger lily. but while IL
,elonged TO the lily family 1t could not
,ear that particular name.
II was As large ~ his hand and grew
lpon the end of rich emerald stem.
e SIX spreading. somewhat crisp parts
n leaves were rolled back at points.
md its ivory-white skin was thickly
tuddcd with scarlet points or studs.
70 enhance these beauties, In the mid
lie Of each Of the six parts . broad
tripe Of light satin yellow gradually
ost itself IL the dclicacy Of this ivory |
kin. The light that fell upon 1t was
lirectiy from above, and the besutiful
tripes acquired the appearance Of gen.
le streamlets Of Australian gold.
Our hero could not touch the flower;
nut when he described its beauties to
Ithel Dane, and heard her wish to
1t. he resolved that he would
ob the rock and please her.
He camo to the Danes house on the
'vening that witnessed the opening Of |
mr. story. prepared to secure the match
ess specimen of botany. He carried q
trong rope beneath his coat. and after
himself that the rock still |
vuarded the prize he began to prepare /