The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1892-12-05
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SIT is hard to say" replied Harkins
J. after rejecting ON the matter. If she
! got through tho night all right she may
have found the trail of the wagons in
the morning and orertaken the party.
We must hope that she did. 1t may
also be that your, father was only stun
ned by the blow, and is ere this all right
again and with his friends. -" .ea
fHa':Do you think there is even the
faintest hopey she tearfully asked.
'"I do" ifi3i.i
THANK God for thatl | shall almost
cease worrying under that hope. And
u NOW what OF hlysefY As..ss .~s
You are to remain with us, of
course" is!t
\ f,"But for how long,?
l.. I'VE cannot even guess. We may
I head back for civilization in a week
Il perhaps not for three months. 1t de-
/ ponds on our luck as gold hunters. 1t
is more than likely that some of the
partyrto which you belonged will be en-
4 cOuntered soon, and who knows what
good news we may receive, You are
! power to do, for YOU"
Meanwhile Bess had whisperingly in
I quired Of Joe what chances the mother
y had oil escape.
God lalp her-none!" he answered.
ftShe was wild with fear when she ran
I from the wagon. and she would grow
i wilder. Before morning came she was
maniac, but doubt if she livel to see
another day. ~, flt a
ii.iInlians:.'' gasped Bess.
"No-wolves. At that distance from
+ the ihouptains a man loaded down with
firearms could hardly have kept them
off, all. night. Encourage the girl all
! YOU can, but don't hope in your own
7 heart that there is one chance i'll a mil
/ lion. that she will ever see her mother
again" :,
AS the pair stood together tpart Har-
liins' observed them With u start and
whispered to himself: ~
"Well, well. but l do really believe
that nay Bess has taken u liking to that
chap! How queer!' III
He might more truthfully have said,
GLOW. natural, "and no might have used
theword Glove" for liking" And when
the man looked upon the sweet face of
the orphan he had SO CALAMITY rescued
at the peril Of his life, aud felt his heart
beating faster, he might have discovered
another queer thing that somebody else
had taken q Hiking ief
The,captain had given the men to un-
Gerstand that he was prospecting up the
| canyon for gold, but had said nothing of
1.-the discoveries made. When dinner was
| finished and the trio were ready to re-
turn he renewed his caution about keep
Fling Il steady lookout for danger. and
ordered that no one was to leave camp
| on any .prstext till his return. Then the
three set out for the scene of their labors
and began work Immediately upon their
arrival. They had no fear of their fire
being seen or their blows overheard, and
paen who work to solve mystery do not
tire.
After three hours of hard work the
crowbars secured such a grip on the
stone that it moved. One united effort
would heave it out of the opening. It
was then that the captain stepped back
and sat down and said:
"Let us take breathing spell now,
and let us prepare ourselves to be disap-
pointed" is siaaa a
'.What. do you think is behind the
stone?" asked Joe. -a :.
6asA cave of some sort.
|, ~ And what shall we find in the cave?"
asked Harkins. 'i
+ "The shriveled bodies of dead Aztecs.
That lost race always buried their dead
in cages, and when the place would hold
no. 1aoRe it was walled up. Ihave helped
to open three or four
p ~But why go to all this trouble to
open a cave OF bone and dust| ,petulant-
ly qaeried Earkins.
"As the Indian of today places the
property of the dead warrior beside him
that lie may have an outfit III the happy
land beyond. so the Aztecs placed the
wealth Of their dead beside them i'll
these. caves. ! hi-Ys seen many orra-