The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-18
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aster the dauntless searcher to the goal
of his quest.
News travels rapidly even in the lone
some glens of mining districts. But when
the local experts came to inspect the find
no surprise was expressed when the out
cast declared that THE deergrass upon
his mountain claim was nurtured by the
soft touch of virgin gold" For they all
know perfectly well that somewhere
therabouts the lost vein of the Grover
Cleveland mine, on yon side of the great
the backbone of hills which arched their
blue shoulders in mathematical graduation
to the hoary name of the Sierra Blanca
Some of the most serious minds, after
careful investigation, called il a elbow
out"
Henry Parsons called 1t 1.-THE Hopeful"
And soon the hills echoed with the chus
of rock crushers. Smooth swathes were
cut into the bosom of the hillside
And rusty dumps" fecked with glow
ing "colors" were passed into the
new channel none the less intent upon its
mission of feeding the distant Bonito.
Now, experts came from the fields of Coz
orado and the distant hills of California
The May Belle Newell and the Hopeful"
covered collectively 600 in width by 5000
linear feet of the so-called blowout"
and after careful investigation of the
pan" and the general features of the de-
posit, bids were made upon the property
and claims succeeded each other like ant
hills, in all directions f1anking the lucky
finder with such resonant title as the Bis
mark. A New Home-stake, Anne Bolen
LIE Petit Caporal.
Parsons quietly ignored the bids and in
differently regarded the efforts of his new
neighbors to pan riches from the neigh
boring rocks. where the best five years Of
life had been Vainly spent in the same
pursuit.
His cabin was enlarged to accommodate
his hired workmen, and hunks were con
structed in rude similarity to those OF
ship. Here he dwell as captain Of this
rough band of toiled-stained miners. His
home in the Far East had become as a
dream. No word came to cheer him. Long
ago interest in him had waned and died
with those at home.
The aged parents had looked in vain for
the homecoming of their darling boy I'M
I'll one day stranger knocked at the gar
den gate and sought admittance. His
cali was answered and being ushered H.
he proceeded TO relate that his name was
Dis and his coming was to tell of the fale
of Henry, their son. He told of the years
of fruitless search and toll. He pictured
the acts of their boy with mind as
traught and finally told of his end in ne
muddy waters and moving sands OF me
Rio Pecos.
May Belle Newell had also heard myste-
rious things of her absent lover ana Wneh
the handsome stranger came TO tell ms
story, listened in awe and slgned'
and in the dark stories wan ,n,
that warmed the ancient mists OF long
ago happy summer which fell in gathered
dew-drops at the touch OF the strangers
glances.
Thus the present superseded the past.
The things of long ago waned and lost cor
or with The waning and dying OF each iuin-
nous day.
A furtive glance of long ago was recalled
to strengthen the new-made tie ana van.
lSh the thou~ht of the lover oil Dy-so"'
days.
In the spring of the sixth year after
Henry Parsons departure. When tIe
breath of the past had fed and cary
spring blossoms sDangled the VerdaIt WV
oms of the hills, and the plowman Spo grs
was heard in the meadows, May be"0
Newell became Mrs. Lucius Diiis. -
All this time the mill on the slope VIZ
faithfully gathering the yellow duSI u ~ IN In
lonesome valley, washed by the PLACID il'
But the master having gone on business
TO Las Vegas, never returned. rs
In the month of June when al hdttuaS
was ardent and earlier pre-occupallon Ha "a
perverted the season to one OF solei, Ne
hecuon at odd times for Mr.. ana 1 M,5
announced that he had received news V%og
fortune awaiting them N the wilds OH NSJd
ibsS He Hss boldly Go,A q anime.
product Of the labor of the much lamenIS5
Henry Parsons. He casually oDsel'in
mat he had met the demented Pais2shSS ad
Las Vegas some time previously am ioute nd
become aware of the fact that ne lh, .a,ne
ed TO close 4 81 900 bargain WIN sgnst
California capitalists for a half lnieerrres'
in the Hopeful mine. or in case Of IaA Ieg
70 purchase machinery and steadll Nn.
the gathering bars of gold from ase,, uiou in
tain to complete his fortune. Nv n le p
waiting Parsons had decided the May n
Newell mine to the lady of his ioVe M
in anticipation of coming disaster lso
named his friend, dis, guardian ipso
factO
Parsons now being dead, dis weaft Is
manage the property. The fame oid
riches spread And the mines were sy{s5
New Mexican justice gave the soui-s.S55s.
widow of Henry Parsons and the now Us
serted wife of Lucius Dills, the pITue
handsome competence. While the spol5'
of the Hopeful mine enriched the ,-ScA
Venturous Dills, who came and VanannsJ
Of Bleeding hearts. and reckless Of The In IN
dustry OF placid streams whose. Snsi
are 70 wash the specks of golden W.
and feed the Rios Bonito