Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-08-26


You were always an honest fellow.
/ Media trlisty creaturel Be sure that
/ you come tomorrow; my daughter viii
I Ike to shake hands with you before she
Z leaves" and he went on gaily through
the rich, thick grass
I No rest was mine that night; evil was
/ in the air. 50, as I could not sleep.
20, up and went ont Not being a fool
II knew must keep my misery to my
\ self; but my life was empty! II held
yGcant place that could never be filled
never againi never again! You see
I was hard hit, mate ike the donkeys
I I stamped and stormed at myself for
incoming idoit What was Miss Helen
/ 10 me- What could she ever have
/ been to me?-a numbering vagab0nd
chap, not worthy to kiss the dust she
/ trOd on
/ But ] must 20 back and watch the
house that covered her this last night,
/ so ! returned to the ravine. In 1t were
many little dells swarming with the
/ wild flowers Of the grand Australians
springs. Now In one Of these same
|dclls what do you think I saw?-a dead
mans face Yes. ! knew at once that
I he was dead; but so easily the Squire
rested on the wet moss, that the song
] had heard him singing might stin
have been upon his lips Raising his
/ head, - found a blow aimed from be
1 hind had killed him He had drop
ped and died at once His pocket,
turned lining outward were empty
Snatching up his fallen pick, 1 tore
on to the log house, knowing well
whom ] should find there-my long
sharp knife was in my belt. / reached
round TO the back the little kitchen
door was undOue; the fiends in posses
sion had small fear Of interruption.
They were I'm 'theSguires's' bedroom,
making free with some whiskey which
he had kept in a cupboard. Cold was
there also, as I knew. BY their shouts,
| fancied they had come upon 1t. But
/ let them be Where was Miss Helen?
I found her in the sitting room, tied
in her chair, her lips bleeding over her
white teeth; the cursed hounds had
struck her There are three Of them
she whispered; those two who came,
and another man. They watched for
my father, and murdered him-they
told me so. Hark! they are coming.
Ned. they have pistols, and Will shoot
You where you stand Go away this
instant-Only-k me first and she
lifted her white pillar Of a throat
'Now. my beauty" roared IA drunken
voice through the thin partition, 'we'er
bringin' you a cup o whisky 10 drink
our 'calths In. Amt you longin' for us
10 make love 10 We? Wen stow away
the rhino first and then-you SHAH
have your turn"
BE quiet" | whispered back to her,
hacking at the cords with my knife;
and in a few seconds | had her out Of
the chair aud we dashed out of the
chair. and we dashed out Of the house
together Selling her hand to prevent
her from falling, / guided her as fast
as possible from the crew who were
now following after us with curses and
bowls Fortunately the demons were
too drunk to run very fast A couple
Of bullets whizzed by us. striking the
Tee-stems instead Of our heads In our
desperate haste, we stumbled and fell
more than once over spreading roots,
but were mp again in a moment.
On and on and on until the last tree
was at our back Then we made for
lane led to JohEson's tavern leaving
the yells faint in the distances, there
we stopped ana there she tod her
tale
News spread quickly at the diggin'S
and Judge lynch * for immediate ne
ton Before noon the stolen gold in
Guiding the two big nuggets-had been
recovered, and couple of figures
dangled from an oak by the wayside;
whilst the third villain, not guilty Of
blootishcd. shed plenty of his own be
meath blows. We had habit Of set
Ting matters speedily 1T Green Valley
Greek
As soon as it was possible Miss
Helen started for Melbourne, whence
she was 70 set sail FOR England, where
she would join her mothers relatives
very heavy swells indeed | believe.
And l followed her in secret every inch
of the way, though she knew ii not
until | stood by her on the deck Of the
steamer. after 7 had helped to stow her
boxes safely in the hold. Then + blurt-
ed ont that | hoped she would not be
offended mt my coming, but And
then I shut up
Ned" she cried, brave Ned! dear,
kind, good. Ned! There are debts which
can never be repaid, and | am your
debtor always always, Ned r and hold
ing out her hands to me, she bowed
her lovely head upon my biz brown
fists and Sobbed.
Don't be coufounded noodle at the
last. Suaightways," I said TO myself
of myself; you've pulled the reins in
fairly well up to the present; pull tight
my man. pun Tight" ana so 1 did
You are very welcome, Miss Helen
i spoke with n quite voice. II wish
II could have been a gentleman for
just little while so that l might have
served You better"
"a gentleman" she cried lifting her