Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-09
RAID ON THE STILL.

Just thought would stop by a min
ute, Miranda, If to say nothing more
than hoped you were all WELL" said
Mrs. Samuel Pearl.
'Take seat, Elizabeth, and make
yourself at home. It's precious little
conversation, though, one can have,
with ones neighbor about what's going
on In the mountains, with the men folks
talking nothing all the time except
them revenue sharks" And Mrs. Pearl
looked uneasily through the window of
the little sitting-room that commanded
q general view of the mountain road
that skirted past her home like the trail
of a serpent and was lost In the gloom
of the cedar trees that, mingling with
the dense underbrush, caught the eye
on all sides.
Flows Alice?'' asked Mrs. Pearl
rather abruptly.
Fair as can be expected, Elizabeth.
The girl don't seem to be the same crea-
ture since Ike went away, though the
Lord knows | thought a great deal of
the boy; more so than ever let on to
Jonathan. But Jonathan was down on
the lad, and what's a weak woman 60
Ing to do against strong mans opposi-
sighed?' And Mrs. Jonathan Jackson
sighed.
Been five years now, Miranda, since
Ike went away. l always wondered
why he left here, but folks can't be per-
In aIr %ba4
don't concern them," Mrs. Pearl said In
qulsltively, drawing her chair a few
inches nearer to Mrs. iona than Jack
son.
"Well, Elizabeth, knowing you don't
talk about other peoples business
and here Mrs. jackson looked suspi-
ciously at her guest-"I don't mind tell
ing you of the affair. Ike Holland, you
see, Jonathan took out of an orphan
asylum when the boy was about years
old, and brought him home to raise.
Jonathan had been on a visit to Nash
vile and thought nothing would be bet
ter than to bring the lad here. Twas
little before Alice was born, and the
boy, It seems, became attached to the
girl from her birth. But Jonathan was
proud and he used to tell Ike how he
came to be in the family, and that he
owed him great deal. You know how
Ike grew up to manhood, and how 1t was
said that In these parts there wasn't one
who could stand up and fight the reven-
ne officers like Ike?
''rheres many a distillery which the
lad saved by warning the owners, and
Jonathan himself is under obligation
to the boy on that score. But the day
came when l saw that Ike thought a
great deal of my girl. and that she
tons. But Jonathan was blind-never
seemed to see that the two were forever
In each others company. One day Ike,
man-nke, tells Jonathan he wished to
marry the girl. But Jonathan became
furious and told him he wasn't any
thing buta miserable outcast-an object
Of charity. He went further-he struck
the lad terrible blow. That was his
answer. Ike did not strike back. I
heard him mutter something for Alice's
sake But the lad raised his hand and
swore that he would even up things
with Jonathan II it took until judgment
day. Then he went away, and no one
has ever heard Of him SINCE"
Mrs. jackson sighed softly to herself
MIS-. Pearls eyes were wide open with
surprise, and she wondered how the
true story Of Ike's disappearance had
remained a secret so long.
Getting dark. Miranda, and guess 1
had better be going up the road" and
Mrs. Pearl babe her friend good-by.
The November sun was gradually dis
appearing behind the mountains and
the long shadows Of the fading sunlight