The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
THE HIDDEN GOLD.

HE HIDDEN UOLU.
lsgg. Among the residents OF the large
mining town in the far west there
lives George Randolf mining king.
who by nature Ii as stern and arbitrary
4 as men are apt to be when they nc.
!. quire sudden riches. In addition to
his gold he possessed rare treasure
in the person OF his daughter Bessie.
as sweet a seventeen-year-o old maiden
as ever lived.
Pretty Bessy did not lack for lovers.
and quite as naturally the favored one
was the very one that her father OBJ
jected TO. Clyde Brown was frank
spoken, with an honest manly face q
true. loving heart and little. else.
why Elizabeth" her father al
ways calls her that when displeased--
how can you forget that we are de-
scended from the Randolfs of Vir-
ginia? just little longer daughter
"a year or two at the most and we
will 60 east and live as other people do.
Then my jewel may find worthy set
ting. rE ses
Il want no one but Clyde. papa, :"
protested Bessie tearfully. But tears
made no impression upon the hard
heart OF George Randolf.
However he condescended to give
O conditional consent to their union
such an absurd condition that every
body laughed and shook their heads
and Besies merry face grew grave.
When you can show the possess
sion OF 800. 600 you can have her. he
said grimly in answer to Clyde
Browns manly petition. Until then
I'll hear no more about It," 4bf ta
You can never do it. Z" sobbed Bes-
sie when they stood alone in the
moonlight by the road few moments
later. while her father watched angrily
4 from the window. Fortunes are
' wonderfully made in these mines some
times, but none will fall to us
don't be discouraged. my precious
Queen Bess." Clyde returned. with all
lovers unreasoning fondness Only
trust in me through all and wait for
4 me, no matter what may happen.
WIN you promise me that?"
Indeed will. dearest! You knew
/ would before you asked" she MUIR
INJURED. But do not try me too much,
for father is as hard as rock"
Il must go away for awhile, my
darling. Somewhere In yonder end
less chain OF mountains a fortune is
waiting for me. feel it, know 1t
as well as II it were already In my
grasp" he answered in solemn ear
nestness.
God grant that 1t may be So" she
added. And then she walked slowly
to the house. to her fathers great re-
lief The next morning Clyde left the
town. fully equipped for prospecting
tour. and quite alone excepting the
three large dogs which followed se.
dately at his heels
For some time the prize which he
sought eluded him, but It came to him
at last in strange manner. One
day after following the course OF
noisy. shallow stream into q narrow
valley hemmed in by lofty mountains
he camped at the foot OF d gigantic
tree near the water. The dogs whined
uneasily and shifted at a hole among
the roots OF the tree. but he called
them away and went on building a.
fire to cook supper from the loose
wood aud branches around. ~
r.Now that the fire is ready" he
unused aloud. II wonder II I'll find
any game hereabout" As II In an
swer. q half grown deer camc down
TO the stream on the opposite bank not
many rods away. 1t stopped, with
one foot appraised, and looked at the
dogs with startled eyes; but the next
instant the report OF Clyde's rife rang
out the deer leaped into the air.
sprang forward and fell into the
stream, from which 1t was soon
dragged by the dogs.
But the echoes made by the report
had not died out among the hills be-
fore another sound aroused them It
was the scream of an angry panther
from the mountain behind him. and It
was instantly answered by another far
down the valley on the left Clyde
heaped the dry limbs upon the fire.
and the dogs, usually as brave as lions,
whined piteonly as they skulked close
to hisfeet. 49,,
He waited IA breathless anxiety for
sevsre1minutss but could hear moth
ing except the cracking Of the fire.
which now threw a wide circle OF
light and the night wind among the
trees Soon, following a magnetism
which he could not account for he
fixed his gaze upon a tall tree near the
base OF the mountain and encountered
the glare Of two fierce yellow eyes
A panther was crouching there upon
long limb. every nerve OF his body
in motion as he prepared for the fatal
spring.
To aim and fire was the impulse OF
second and the tawny brute sprang