Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-14

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Niosior Carlisle. and undoubtedly :. tho m
.4ns siost vein" For twenty years prospect.
-. ba,e searched for this vyln, aud thuusandl
sfdo.lafs have been spent IN the guest.
That Is tho plain nuws statement Of
~. but back Of II range tho Incidents
u one OF the most pathetic love stories
,rer written. Some time, when that
,,tie Of mnrvolg shall produce It's poet
a. lts scribe. tho tale Of the "lost vein"
vii b. emhalmed IN song or story that
shan capiivaic all ears
Amos Albright went 70 Denver In tho
No.. and LETT his wife aud boys on the
ann In Illinois. He knew nothing Of
mining. but found himself after all as
vii equipped ns hundreds Of others
vho had dared the mountains, aud
tempted fate right nt the margin Of cter-
nal SHOWS There was no such town ~
BOULDER Mt that time. and he driftcd with
,he nest Of tho fortune hunters into tho
vhlfl at Denver It was then u mining
amp moro than city. and there wcro
twice a. many tents as solid buildings In
ibe town. There were three drinking
plscos 20 one store, and gambling places
werp ont OF all proportion 10 hotola But
Amos was u sensible fellow nnd'sayed Mt
lat part Of his money.
But the air OF the mountains was try
lns on the lungs Of the men from Illinois,
tnd Amos Albright found his vigor fail
lng. The fTt symptoms Of decay was u
weakness and lassitude that would hayo
scented like aguo only that there was no
aching aud no foycr. Aud here, whom
be- first needed help, he found IL refused
him. lie had lost his nerve, they Eid,
and that was tho ono objectionable bin
Of mining town. AZ long 10 man
could smile aud swear and drink lit,l1
he could call friends about him and
could get assistance In the furihcring OF
any tchome. "A soon ms no came with
faltcring hand and diinming eye they
passed him impa,iuntly. They "hatod
10 fco u man weaken"
Albright thought OF the woman NJ
home, Of tho boys who needed him aud
the creditors who wero troubling. He
monrnod for the chances no had passed
disdainully when no was stronger 10
rrept TO tho postofllco after tho rush wa,
over and wondonngly waited TO seo II
the weekly stage had brought him let
Ter, Il did, and tho letter told OF tho
darkening troubles at HIS home. Tho
er0ps had failed, the season was bad, the
frsh Of the war period had made money
n5re valuable. and George Carlisle dc.
handed. q return OF his loan. "Ho
ihrratcns TO forccloso aud turn us of tho
place,H wrote Mrs. Albright, "llc says
wone things than that to me. am do
ing tho best eau for you and tho boys.
tu, Il does seem dark ahead. Maybe (,
would 10 better II you were here, even
iiyou did not bring much money"
That letter ground In Amos Albright'f
hart. lie knew what tho "worso things"
were. lilo knew George Carlisle. aud
knew that man had been sutton fol
Mays hand before Gho married. II,
knew tho fellow, spite Of marriage, was
30 eharacterlesS as TO still pursue with
attentions tho woman who had welded
Albright But Carlisle was rich, aud
there had seemed no better way thar
borrow tho money from him. Now thai
war had broken out he felt tho rush oI
feeling which led men into the ranks
and no believed his vito would DO NOR
carefully guarded by the loyal friends 4
be wero absent IN tho army than II h
were hero gold hunting in tho Rockies
II no only had tho money!
llc brooded over It and worried and
hoped and planned till ho became I
ghosily creature, Stunned by his fellow
and ont OF place in the town, Hc coul,
st no backing. no stake" No one Ia,
confidence in him when tho appeal cam
10 trembllngly. Ito sold half OF his HI
toa tonderfoot, bought grub enough q
last him a week, and worked slowly GU
Of tho city 10 the north. As he passo,
out Of town no met train Of now ~
nyal aud they shouted to him the new
Of victory at Gettysburg. lie knew
whore that was. though he had not beel
following very closely tho movements o
HE armies In those years when hlstor.
was making. He knew whore 1t was
for he was born there, There he grey
tomanhool. There no met Mary. Thor
lemarried her, There be fought Georg
Carlisle and ypnquished him,
From there both no and later the Car
lsles had come TO Illinois Ilo know III
peaceful little Pennsylvania town, nm
REALIZED how sore tho danger was whc
noel armies dared blaoken the fai
Aalds Of that free state. And that col
s.oulness-spito OF tho fact that his wa
= Nctory-brought him back agnin {
his own trouble. II would only NAL.
Tue fortunes Of debtors harder. Georg
Carlisle would take the general cry f.
MS own excuse 10 prosecute Mary.
lpured him afresh, and he tollel n
srough the hot July day, far into III
cold July night, past q hundred CAM
where wealth was pouring into waitin
handa, or whore want was chasing de
lofatioa over haggnrd faces. lie sloI
ma little cleft in tho rocks whore som
grass had doigued 10 grow and wlol
We ehlll wind was partly broken frol
MN. llo rose Ia the morning with
consciousness That bis lungs were fai
Mg' and he could not struggle on niue
longer, How he prayed for fortune!
Next day he came 10 tho rugged hill
peyoud the timber line, beyond Il
camps, up in tho mountains whero mn
ing seemed impossible, He turnl
ir1m the trail and tried % find unbroke
undiscovered ground. He found 1t AZ
PECAN prospecting Nothing but disa
p0lniment awaited him Tor days /
was growing weaker every hour III
per was almost 700 heavy to lift ~
iood was gone. and ho knew starvati,