Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24
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CHAPTER I.
nrAn MAN,s CABIN.


W. ~ lhs Mexican war. there stood
~. vhsrS Inc village OF Hahn'a Peak
- .afua lonely cabin. The Oh
-, ri whose gold seeking prucllv-
1891 him away from me haunii OF
-, until he -, last found " IN mat
a'i.s p0r,ion " colorao0, menil0neu
,,fnlrg across 9hls deserted dw.ulns
WIN BE- returned from ,hat wohueIiu'
my which cost him his litc.
'S,n,i mo eternal silence OF the noun
IL. amid she SHOWS OF winter ani
49, dnwsrs VI summer this house mas
''y WIZ hand cut me logs n which y !.
,,,is Or what hopes clustered AROUND
gs siyction no one knew. No pain l.n
uo 10 Us door. IL sarod' and s,lh
Er1s near "a clump OF aspens on the
s'-,',ie Mil that rises above Poverty Fiat
-, n Leaps 90 ehat perclpi0us
s.'gbt that forms the Three Nvcilcs,
- eraRHy, fnrblddlng mountain
'hieh rsars ita three ctes,H almost as
sish IA Hahn'A Peak ltaiif a i;te
Nv from the door a mountain stream
eufr,rs and purs among the bouldeIt,
n Inc summer when the snow Grows
Ia. Ia volume AMONG the peaks whlcn
gIys Il blrgi. or tina. dasheA ara roafr
~, an animal wild with fear. when
ssflnr COMES. and the accumulated
.'nws 0f tho winter give way before
no hsae Of che pslng sun. .
A. a.nsed before the cabin u built OF
.r. 70 nicely ntTed and Joined were
tty that " would MAKE q shelter IRON
virfhrH winds after all these years ~
gar nnl rude chimney - stone "
inl, upon che outside. wh.th. brUaden-
INK near the ground. forms a wide nre
place which though rude. u Spacious
.ronFh 10 take In a half cord 81 wood
AZ once. The rncf II OF cara thfvNn
;tekly over the hogs spill. In halves and
Ntfch forms "A gentle slope from ihr
massive fldgc los uf.on which fhey rcs,.
Tn nO0r II made Of nat fvcks ntted
soE,shcr IN a rude mof4ic, anu lioin
~, smfsthncrs 10 which they are worn
shows that the dwelling had been in-
N,bned for r1mc cline before u was de-
.risd. Bosu inside and outside the
remains OF rudcly Constructed fufnl-
,urs and broken iQs.siCs and pottery
r,h0w from the makera' marks that thc.
b1lldsr belonged ~ tho whke race ana
that an American buht the cabin ann
i'yt1 IN H. not one % tho McNlcans VINO
hirfnsrly enfned che soil.
Wban the hrs. parry Of gold seekers
following the directions OF Hahn. caina
10 the Peak TO search for she gold the
Oh man had fouri. ehey entered un-
tabln with the intirilon VI making INC
place ehar home. but upon makinH
closer inHpccainn OF ihc inside ,iaii
GA Ushn had given II. they found In a
hunk built against the wall. high M
,fom the fioor. she skeleton of man.
FROM the posltlon In whloh fhe BODY
vas lying In, Z. was Thought ne hnh
dsd from natural causes. but thc siEhi
was 10 grufsomc that shey decided u
lsdve the place. though no; until ati'I
they had given the poor remalnA de-
cen, busial In the aspen grove mar th'
Frm that day TO This inc place ha,
hsvn called Dead Mans Cabin. and
Asad mans catan u IL likely 20 be. I'M
.l q fVln away, No one ever stops be-
nsHh !tu roof. II stands lonely and de-
serted several miles away from an,
other human habitaiion amid thc ctcr'
mai silence OF the mountains monu
msnt 10 the isrcpidNy Of The earl
In company with Bert Marshall. 4
mining engineer. tho writer visked IN
cabin s0ne sewn years ago. SUD
den stcrfn, such A. somctimea comes vi
IN the mountains. had ovcrtaken ua, ~
W. were making our way 30 lake be
yond the Three Needles. whose sand
we're said " he full of -arne.s, and a
We were w1ihln sigh, Of the cabin W
took shelier bcncogh It's roof
The mlrsw Ut rov~ry Fiat M
given me all the facts known about III
cabin and had added mat the plac
was haunted. There were only STATE
times THAI the ghost walked" Thes
wNrc Jus. before the breaking up OF IN
winter and wire~ nights, Christina
night and the nights before ana atiei
No one had seen any form moving u
or around the place. bun ~ these time
srange lights were observed 10 VI
around the dwelling or CLEAN ihroug
che openings In u steady glare, In rae
me snOw-bound jewellers ~ Pov-rt
Fiat had come TO sly thaf they kne,
srrng was coming FOR fhe dead man
hglit was showing again.
Marshnll and ! took fNiugr truh ",
Storm wthin Dead Mans Cabin.
was In the late aufnfnrr and durln
daylight. Neither condition beng "a
voruhlc for the appearance OF che shor
We wefe not troubled with any super
HTous fears. n ef.her Uf Us had
tesutnF in that direction. ~siich was M
~ ease. and after being under che TO
Tor some hme We started 20 make clos
examination Of 4.
Ting VI interest or anything TINT ooul
FORM clue % the mystery thas SUI
Nundcd the pfnce. until We attempt,
b. remove q poisfon OF ihe bnnh
which me dead man was folni' an
wnlch YIN c.lirg 90 the SIDE OF the g.
bin, In toorlrg thss away We found
'sef cut into the logs and In IN
open,ure, thus for the flrs. psme dli
espsed We discovered "a pile OF paper
yellpwed wiih nge. but still intact, GOV
cred with writing, which, ghouxh fa'
al was Glll leglble. Upon examlnaho
u proved to be- In fhe hard OF a ma
and by the beauty ~ rs characters al
other ssgra as well. one VINO had =
ctiN,d u liberal education. II was a bl
ghphy IN brief OF hts life. nnd drew,
vivid picture ~ it's close, IN his lionel
DsAhe plesness and derpalr--she stol
~ "A hope nearly fulfilled. VIII IN
.ha unbendlpg. and a love 10 VINO
d,pth only the ICY finger Of death con
pace a period.
MY oomIaulon ara myself. forgel,li
our GRAND and the Jewels We hoped
mn sr reading until the lght taie
nor d'd we move urtil We had sow
ahe mystery OF the dead mans cabin.
CHAPTER H.
Two Christmas Ewes.
My name II Vivian Grey. my hon
. Boston. Something lmpfls me
wire. possibly II Is rhe want .pf cor
lahoN,hlp, slough | never felt u b
,ofe' Ny memories and my mop
hNe heretofore been enough 10 ke
me from being lonely. ! have alwa
pten suiilc.ens TO myself, but n feelll
" HeNd crepps over me that Ntfer p
hese years have been spent IN va
Ihey have been lonely years yea
uMu With tpll and dangers ana PRIV
ions, Yet | cannot call them wssi!
sy NE would be wasted 4 din.
~" "hsH chs Tins is nearing shs' T"