The Dickinson press., 1892-07-02

the real grit o. this country lays, anu
goin' to work it up into
an almighty pile. That's what you're
goin' to do, and I'm everlastin' gladof
it, for more reasons than one. And
ono reason Is this,-Tm gettin more
duberous every day whether we shall
ever get tho Great Hesper. Fol,
Justly, when tho frost breaks up,
the great hole where the gel hes hid the
stone, may be swep out as clean as a
gun baril by the torrent of melted
snow, or it may be blocked up for
e%verlastin' by the mast of rock that
comes rollin' downfrom the mountain
sides every spring; and. secondly the
Kid may change her mind. She may
back out OF the promise she gave us
when she was sick. Rec'lect her
mother were agreaser, andconsiquent-
ly it's nat'ral to her to tell lies
when they'll! serve her purpose;
serve her purpose to make out the
diamond amt no longer where she
put it. Bear in mind, also, sir, as she
wnrn't herself when she made the
promise, and that she's been gettin'
more herself since. Her obs'nacy and
deviltry's comm back more and more
every day, and she's nov almost the
obstinate, contrary. little cuss she
was. Keep on bearin' in mind that
she stole the diamond purposely to
separate you from Miss Lascelles. and
to bring you down to q Urinary work
in man again. l see her game the day
we lost the diamond; l see it clearer
AN eve when we got upto Petersville,
she was that angry when l told her
there was no good to be done mimi
in the Urinary way, so eager for me to
write and tell you there was q
going for the stuff down the big hole.
Now, fortune to be made soon as l
hit on the idea OF what's she to git by
givin' up the diamond,-a little wuss
than noth'in. Which is why l %rejice
in the prospect OF your making q big
thing OF this ere orange CROWN. Still,
sir, we ain'tgoin' to lose that diamond,
if we can help it, and we've got two
things to do. We've got to keep u
eyes on the snow, and get down the
great hole afore the wust of the slush
and rock comes tumblin' down, and
we've got to make the Kid believe as
things down here is so jolly hourishin'
as we don't kere two straws whether
we find the thing or not. You'll leave
that to me. I'll pitch it in strong to
her!"
And he kept his word. Every day
he exhausted his stock OF adjectives
in clorifying the estate and dilating
upon the marvellous results to be OBJ
tanned from fruit culture, and occas-
ionally he referred to the Great Hes
per with such contempt that one
would have thought it was hardly
worth stretching out ones hand to
take:
This had the effect that Brace de-
sired. She listened in moody silence,
and, after l had turned the subject,
she would sit with her chin in her
hands, her elbow on her knees, and
her great sad eyes fixed upon some
distant object, wrapped in dreamy
meditation. But Brace was not con-
tent with this.
One day l overheard him speaking
to Lola when they were alone.
to- sh nssx9n off T' onr s e"yi
pints, nigel, beforethe squire and his
COIlle here, VI VIC 6ldIl lOOk
pretty mean by comparison, and
Gentleman Thorne will sorter feel
sick SEEM us hangin' around. He'll
say to his-self, nat'ral like, We'll, here
is this squire and his daughter, as I've
never done nothin' in partickler for,
has set me up in q business as is goin'
to make me the most eternal ALFRED
millionaire that ever lived; and,
onthe other hand, here's this derned
old Judge, as skercely earns his salt,
and the Kid, as I've nussed and saved
twice from dying right out, and all
they've ever done for me is ter rob me
of all l he'd, and do their level best to
cleanme OFT and ruin me-"
He might have continued, being of a
~persevering sort. but that Lola ran
away to her room, slammed the door,
and burst into a fit of crying,
that could be heard where l sat on the
terrace.
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