Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-09

hNFNcDNo Napof VT NuAi lAtnl not only 70
breathe. but 70 come In contact with.
have hoard Of poisonous emnnations
proceeding from the ground In these
regions, but never aaw an instance OF
their effects before. That skull that
you sny you found, Harvey, WAS proba-
bly, that OF victim OF the same cause.
But II Is strange that Miriam, who
very midst Of 1t, should have escaped
without a mark, or even any ineonyen.
ienee."
Mammalian ascrihed it to the magic
OF the Golden Fleece said Freeman.
Well" rejolned the other. The may
have been right but, for my part the
only magic that l can find in II lies in
the fact that Is made OF pure wool,
which undoubtedly possesses remark
able sanative properties; or maybe the
hery soul Of Semitlin was powerful
enough TO repel nll harmful influences,
The poor old fellow himself, being clad
in cotton, and with no soul but his own,
was destroyed. Let MS wrap him in
his blanket, and bid him farewell-and
with him, hope, to all that is un-
canny and abnormal in the lives Of you
young folks"
The last rites having been paid 10 the
dead, the party mounted their horses
and rode out of the gorge on TO the long
leyeln OF the desert.
"who come yonder2' said Freeman.
"a couple of Mexicans, think said
the General
lone OF them is woman" said
Meschincs
"They look very weary remarked
Freeman.
Miriam fixed her eyes ON the up
preaching pair for moment, and then
said, They are Senior dc Mendoza and
Grace Parsloo,"
And So indeed, they were; and thus,
in this lonely spot all the dramatis
persona of this history found them
selves united,
In answer 10 the obvious question,
how Grace and De Mendoza happened
to be there, it transpired that, left to
their own devices, they had undertaken
no less an enterprise than To discover
the hidden treasure Grace had COM
inundated 10 tho Mexican such bits Of
information as she had picked up and
such surmises as she hnd formed, and
he had been hble TO supplement her
knowledge TO an extent that scented to
Justify them In attempting the advcu-
ture-not 90 mention the fact that Don
Miguel (such was the nrdor Of his sem
timent for Grace would had She desired
It, have gone with her into % fiery
furnace or den of lions. Grace, who
was ambitious as well as romantic, who
longed for the power and independence
that wealth would give, was all ulight
with the idea OF capturing the hoard OF
Montezumai her social position would
be altered alta stroke, and the world
would be az her feet.
Meanwhile, she had time to think
over all that happened, and to arrive
at certain conclusions. She was ut
bottom good girl, though liable to be
led away by her imagination, he,
vanity, and her temperament. Dor
Miguers best qualities had revealed
themselves 10 her in the desert
he had always thought OF he
| before miuhel1t nau hoht MI tnH
in him lay to save her from fatigue an,
suffering, and had stuck 10 her faith
fully when he might have increased hi
own chances OF escape by abandoning
her. Did not such "a man deserve TO b,
warded2-especially ~ he was I
handsome fellow of good family ant
possessed of quite q respectable income
Moreover, Harvey Freeman was nov
beyond her reach; he was going :,
marry Miriam and she had realized thai
her own brief infatuation for him hac
had no very deep root after all
Accordingly, she smiled encouragingly
upon Don Miguel, and before they So
out on their homeward ride she haC
vouchsafed him the bliss Of knowing
that he might call her his.
,, The General, as her guardian, did no
withhold his approval; but when Grace
drew him aside and besought him neve
to reveal to her intended the fact tina
she had once been shop-girl the ole
warrior smiled
"You can depend upon me TO keel
your secret, II you wish H. my dear,
said he; but warn you that sucl
5 concealments between husband AM
wife are not wise. He loves you, AM
. would only love you the more for you