Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04

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| laughed little at her innocent remark.
Il don't think we can get down to
| Cousin Toms for some time" she con-
| tinued, looking out of the cave HE
will be worried about me. 1 told him
| that was going to take walk up the
| canyon, and would be back before
| long"
| 1T won't last long" Holloway ven
| tured, looking weather-wise, as he no
| ticed her glance of concern toward the
| clouds These storms are always
short, but furious. They come and go
| like a breath of wind They tear up
| things fearfully, and do more damage
| in ten minutes than an ordinary storm
would in ten days"
You know all about the storms, I
! suppose?" she added, looking up at his
strong. stalwart frame.
''Oh, yes" he laughed, with a strange
twinkle in his eyes Il know about
everything there is to know in these
mountains I've knocked around for
five years, trying my hand at every
thing. I've followed fortune wher-
ever she led, and sometimes it was
through rough places. Your cousin
Tom can tell you something about me.
We've been in communication part of
the time; but Tom was always a home
body, and he settled down while /
tramped around He succeeded in get
ting comfortable little fortune to-
gether, while I'm still looking for
! mine L was too restless to make it
gradually. | wanted it to come all in
a lump, and so l went mining, pros
pecting and adventuring. if you'll per-
NIT such word"
She looked sympathizingly at the
stalwart westerner, whose regular,
| of the bronze and tan.
1T must have been a rough life"
He looked at her and laughed again.
There was a tinge of desperation in the
| laugh, which annoyed her. The dark,
bold, pleading eyes were feverishly
bright at times, and she could not en-
dure their steady gaze.
THE clouds are breaking away" she
exclaimed, pointing toward small
patch of blue sky.
Yes, the storm is over" he said,
half reluctantly, for he had enjoyed
the brief interview in the cave.
She jumped down from the shelving
rocks, and stood on the natural road
| way of the canyon, where the rain had
| ceased to fall; but the rushing waters
were bubbling and surging along i'm
| petuously, dislodging rocks on all sides.
Look out" Holloway shouted.
| Before she had time to note the
! cause of the sudden alarm. she felt her.
self lifted bodily into the air. and
| placed beyond the path of a tremen-
| dous bowlder, which rushed by her
| with a roar and crash. She gasped
| at the sight, and nearly tainted now
| that the danger was passed.
Everything is treacherous until this
| water stops running" he said, as cool
ly as if nothing had happened. you
must ride on Pollys back, and I'll lead
her"
fore she recovered from her fright, and
Polly started cautiously down the can
yon.
you're not accustomed to western
life, / see," he remarked, after she had
exhausted herself in thanking him for
his prompt aid.
mo, I'm from the east. I came out
to see Cousin Tom about two weeks
ago. Everything is SO new and grand
to me that I'm like child"
Tom Suffer was anxious about his
lost cousin. and when he took her in
his arms and kissed her with a tender
ness of lover, Jack Holloway felt a
lump rising in his throat He chung to
the horses bride and patted Polly's
sleek neck tenderly. 8
Nellie Bland soon learned everything
about Holloway from Tom.
The two young men had come west
during the gold craze to seek their for
tunes. Being of opposite tempera-
ments, they soou sought different ways
to secure their wealth. The gold bub-
BILE burst, and Tom Suffer, satisfied
| that there was not much more of the
yellow metal to be found, settled down
! to gain a livelihood by the sweat OF his
brow. Holloway laughed at this idea,
and continued to lead his adventurous
| life. He wandered from camp to
| camp. seeking the rich ore in every
| conceivable place. But fortune did
not smile upon him. 1t was a hard.
rough life. and he barely made suffi-
cient to keep body and soul together
! He was a strong, determined fellow,
and he was not easily discouraged; but
years of fruitless toll soon weakened
| his ardent spirit.
Come and settle down with me-
! Tom often advised, land we'll make
enough in the course of ten years to go
| east again comparatively wealthy"
wait until have exhausted all of
my resources, and l WILL" Holloway
would reply. 20
His wandering life was contin ued for
| another year, but with no better for
| tune. Then when Tom Suffer asked
him to settle down again he replied:
II can't do it, Tom. got SO used to
| a rowing life that I can't settle down
l must go on forever, like the old Wan
dering jew"
He was immovable, aad he continued
in his old life. He often visited his
friends home. which was rapidly be-
| coming a fine western farmhouse
where many comforts were to be found
Nellie listened to the story With in
| tereSt. and Tom finished it with this
| compliment:
Jack is a fine fellow, handsome, de-
| termined and kind-hearted; but his
| greatest curse is that he can't settle
down in one place. He needs some
thing to attract and hold him in one
spot, and his fortune would come to
| him then"
Nellie blushed as her cousin eyed
her meaningly, but she made no reply.
She was deeply interested in Hobo