The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04

restricted their acquaintance. Nevertheless he
was proud now to SEQ the bow with which Paul
VnnLoo entered the cabin as IL IL was u drawing
room, and perhaps did not reflect, upon that
want of roaI feeling in an act which made the
The slight awkwardncss their entrance pro
duccd, however. was quickly forgotten when tho
blanket was again lifted from the pan of treas
urc. sing9larly, enough, too, the some fG,,ycriSh
light cninC into the eyes of each as they all gath
Paul q rndoiy c Ii Sei' his StypbS between the others
though his artificial " pardon seemed TO Barker
to %cundonc, this net Of brutal instinct. But it
was moro instructive to observe the manner in
which tho Older %locators received this conhrmn.
ton OF the fcklc Fortune that had overlooked
their weary lnGors and years OF waiting to lavish
her fayors on the new and inexperienced ANA
tours. Yet, as they turnoa theirdazzled eyes upon
tho three partners there was no envy or malice
In their depths, no rcproach on their lips,
no insinccrity in their wondering satisfaction.
Rather there was u touching, almost childllko
conciussivc evidences nee Of Natures bounty. The
gold had, been therc-thcH had only missed i'll
n proof OF the richness OF Heavy Tree IIilll So
strongly was this reflected on their faces tha; q
thoughtful countqnanccs OF tho real owners,
would have thought them the lucky ones. 1t
touched Bankers quick sympathies. I puzzled
StnCy, II made DcInorcst moro scrioiias II aroused
Stcptoo's active contempt. Whiskcy Dick alono
remained stolid and impressive in n desperate
attempt to, pull himself once more together.
Eventually no succeeded. even to the. ambitious
achievement of mountinG a chair and liftln,g his
VII i" did T mott, b &c % q niIoas his nias' prcGSisi oa" Of
uttcrancc, and said:
Order. gentlemen! Wen drink SUCCESS to-
Tho ncyt striker said Barker. lcaping i'm.
pctuously on another chair and bcaminE upon
the old l%ocntors, and may it como to those who
hnvc so long deserved it,"
His sincere and generous enthusiasm seemed
them. Other toas,s quickly followed; In tho
general good feeling Barker attached himself To
Yam Loo with his usual boyish cfTusion, and in a
Gagclnent to Kitty Carter. Van Loo listened
with polite ettention,; formal congratulations;
to stacy and again to the treasure. \ slight
chill OF disappointment came, over Bnrker's
EEH@ad' Sos Sehhi his s snpcr;ior I mann of The nhc world SnrIn"S' Fer.
haps his condolences were in bad taste! With
new senao OF his incxpcriencc he turned sadly
What's i'll this I hear of Barker being en-
Yes. Why shouldn't it be r. returned Stacy
Van Loo WINS instantly dcprccnting and smi!;
ing, :" Why not. OF course / but isn'tit suddca'''
nc They "Syn h hHy uon EnoT Trco r i;li Other ,r eyer s s;mSo
All, yes! True" said Van Loo. Blu
"wcll-he's Rot money enough to marry. and
Rather Young. isn't her, said Van LOO,
Itiii d.. dcp pro Iii IA hhm NJ shes got nothing lot. h, :;
Boolnvillc. didn't shel'
Yes. What Of thati We all know IT,"
~ 'euLb' 1 III tA'tllVlil lillllS " VI
and her father; He'll have II rich snn-in-law.
About two hundred thousand is his share. Isn't
Stacy had thought this before. but did not caro-
to havc ii corrohoratcd by this superlnc young
forciEner:. And | don't reckon that Barker is
offended II he is" he srid curly as he turned
away. Nevertheless. he felt irritatcd that one
OF the three surcr!or partners of Heavy Tree
Hill should he though; II dnpc.
suddenly the conversation dropped. the laugh
ter ceased. Every one turned round, and by n
the pNSgllrity of the hill slprp below came n WON
dcrful tenor voice. muhulatcd by distance and
sp!rituGlized by the darkness:
When at some future day
Thou VII; hc weeping.
Thy lone watch keeping.
Tho mon looked Mt one another. That's Jack
ha @'TRe wo ,RSy S ars "a, IM SrinH ar Gg a3i frs, here m at"
snid Steptoc. with his coarse laugh and n glance
at the treasure. Didn't ye know he came over
Well. give Jack II fair. slow and his own
game" said one OF the old loca!ors, and he'd
And lose il next day" nddsd another.
e,, rbrt meyer turn /, a hair or change a muscle In
fiinS sing sa iu.. ike fSt1 tha tn Wien h r?sp been l' icn h%hse
the board with iivo thousand dollars in his
pocket; or going away stripped of his last cent"
liar smile, here said in his most dcprrcating
manner: Yes, but did you ncvcr consider the
who are ready 10 gamble their whole weeks
e ear Il y to him Perhaps n3t. Bat ! know
these men when he has been in camp
He glanced around him with some Importance,
but only q laugh followed his speech. Como,
FrenChy.' said an old locator. lyon Only say
that because your little brother wanted TO play
with Jack like = grown man, and when jack or
6crcd him or the board and he became sassy,
Jack scooted him outer the saloon"
Van LOo's face Redeemed with unEcr that had
h Ihe f faIner po Sft : Of rc TSm9y ans ? ,SsTIn 'F@ SnIv Of 4
hard outline beneath. At which Damorcst in
II cant say that I see much difference IN
gambling by putting money into q hole in the
ground and expecting to Take more from it than
by putting it on a card for The same purpose
Here the ravishing tenor voice, which had
been approaching, ceased, and WINS succeeded by
ting to finish tbe bar of he singer song. And
the next moment Jack liaInlin appeared in tho
doorway.
Or. Jack Hamlin. in perfect sclf-poSEcssion md
charming sanEfroih. fully bore ont his previous
looking MS n Hiadrono tree in the dust blown
forest: An odor OF scented SOAP and freshly
, srorcaI i!n n rr %as M IN his w f59in WI s,c ,mfrG n0 was
speck upon his vanished shoes. He might have
been, an auditor Of the previous conversation, so
the whole situation at n glHnce.. Perhaps there
was an extra tilt to his blaCk-r!bboneI Panama
hat. and II certain dancing dCviltTy In his brown
oycs-which might also have been an answer to
When !, his truth to prove. Would trINe with
my love" he wGrbled In gentle continuance
into speech, he added, Vol, boys. ! am here to
welcome tho little stranger. and to trust that
thc family are doing as vel re can I've expected.
All! there 1t Is! Bless ~" lie went on, walking
~lcisrrcly 10 the treasure. 'Triplcts, toO!-nnd
plump at that. Have you had en- weighed p
frankncss was an essential quality Of Heavy
Tree IIlll. w were Just saying. Jack, - said mn
Old locator. that giving YOU n fair show and
your own game, YOU could manage to &c: way
with that pile before 1aybrrak."
And I'm just thinking said Jack chccrfully.
that there were como OF you here that could
do that without any such useless preliminary"
His brown eyes rested for n moment on Sicptor,
hut turning quite abruptly TO Van Loo, he held
out his hnnd; Startled and embarrassed before
the others. che young man at Inst advanced his,
when Jack nooily nit, his own. as If forgotfully,
In his pockeh IT thought you might like 10
know what that little brother OF yours is doing"
he said to Van loo, yet looking Mt s'cptoc. II
found him wandering about the hill here quite
drunk"
81 hnvo repeatedly warned him" began
Van Loo, rCddcning.
"Anainst had company, know" SUGGESTED
owes some Of his liqror to StCptoc y9ndcr.'
II never supposed the fool would get drunk
over n glass OF wh!skcy offered in fun" said
Stcptoc h%arshly. yet evidently quite snluch dis
concerted as angry.
Tho trouble with slcptoc," said Hemlin.
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