The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

pockets, turned lining outward, were
empty. Snatching up his fallen pick. !
tore on TO the log house, knowing we'll |
whom l should find there-my long |
sharp knife was In my belt. ] raced |
round To the back; the little kitchen
door was undone; the fiends in possess
sion had small fear OF interruption.
They were In 1.-THE squirc's" bedroom.
making free with some whisky which
he had kept in cupboard. Gold was
there also. AS knew. by their shouts.
! fancied they had come upon it. But
! let them be. Where was Miss Helen?
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 OK .hcm,"
she whispered; ''those two who came,
and another man. They watched for
my father and murdered him-they told
me so. lark. they are coming. Ned,
they have pistols, and will shoot you
where you stand. Go away this instant
--only-kill me first;" and she lifted her
white pillar of throat.
"Now. my beauty" roared a drunken
voice through the thin partition, We're
bringin' you cup o whisky to drink
our 'ealths in. Amt you long:n' for us
to make love to you? Well Stow away
the rhino first, and then you shall have
your turn"
BE quiet whispered back to her.
hacking at the cords with my knife,
and in few seconds l had her out OF
the chair, and we dashed out Of tho
house together. Selling her hand to
prevent her from falling, ! guided her
as fast as possible from the crew who
were now following after MS with
curses and howls Fortunately the de-
mons were too drunk to run very fast.
A couple of bullets whizzed by us.
striking the tree-stcms instead of our
heads. In our desperate haste, we
stumbled and fell more than once over
the spreading roots, but were up again
in a moment
On and on until the last tree was at
our backs. Then we made for lane
which led to Johnson's tavern, leaving
the yells faint in the distance; there wv
stopped. and there She told her tale.
: News spread quickly at the diggin's,
and Judge Lynch is for immediate ac-
ton. Before noon the stolen gold--in-
Guiding the two big nuggets had been
recovered and a couple of figures dan
: gled from an oak by the wayside;
= whilst the third villain, not guilty OF
{. bloodshed, shed plenty of his own be-
meath avenging blows. We had a habit
' of settling matters speedily at Green
Valley creek.
!, As soon as it was possible Miss Helen
started for Melbourne, whence she sci
sail for England, where she would join
her mothers relatives very heavy
swells indeed, l believe. And FOL
: lowed her in secret every inch of thu
way, though she knew it not until
stood by her on the deck of the steam
. cr. after had helped to stow her boxes
!. safely in the hold Then blurtcd on
, that hoped she ''would not be offend
:. ed at my coming, but-"and then
!, shut up.
= Ned" she cried, "brave n ed. Dear
!. kind, good Ned. There are debts which
can never be repaid, and l am you
= debtor always always. Ned" and
!, holding out her hands to me. sh
! bowed her lovely head upon my bi
= brown fists and sobbed.
o Don't you be a COMPOUNDED noodl
= at the last. Straightways," ! said to my
n self: you've pulled the reins in fairl.
we'll up to the present; pull tight, m.
4 man. pull tight" and did.
% .You are very welcome, Miss Helen
It Il spoke with quiet voice. Il wish
l. I wish-I could have been gentleman
Y for Just little while, SO that nigh
k have served you better"
N "A gentleman" she cried, lifting he
ii face. ana looking full at me, and the
W she raised those hard fists Of mine to he
r soft lips and kissed them. Yes sh
ri kissed them-and I-how was to hel
re ito-the touch of those soft lips brolS
me down smash. Away went all m
n self-control. as il the winds had blow
"A IL. and up from my heart, like pen
ne stream bursting its bounds. rushed tn
strong surge of love and alteration
in withdrawing broken loose at last
n. wouldn't be driven back. / can't RI
tie member clearly what | said, though Nv
10 tried often: the whirl and tempes
at within were too much. l didn't plea
n with her: no. mol knew tetter ina
ee that. even then in the midst of m
ly madness. didn't dare even To touc
nv her with one Of my rough fingers, bt
ur | think / made her understand some
to how that my heart and my life ba
r. gone out 10 her for evermorc. Then
" stopped. sudden, my chest heaying, IN
h voice choking. my sight blinded by
on mist that didn't come from the sea-
stopped because Of the great start {
ot surprise that shook her from head
ed heel. and because of the red COX
ID flooding up to the roots of her hal
tc, Yet she was not angry nor offende'
he She put out her little hands to n
arain-I knew it-both to silence m
W. TO comfort me. She did not speak
at for what could she have said?-bcside
ter the steamers engines were putting. ar
be- time was up. She laid her head down {
,lv my arm moment. and then left with
rain Of plying tears
,as When the vessel had passed cor
}, pletcly out Of sight. and its long smok
a line had died out from the sky. hu
to ried back to Green Valley creek. al
~, 4o,;, ~, my work apain--hard work