The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-06

Marion feltafraid, more so, perhaps,
than any one else on the swinging plat
form, but she set her teeth hard, and
determined not to show it. and she was
heartily glad when the bottom Of
this dreadful. dark hole was reached.
The parties kept well together for
awhile: but the two engaged couples
could not be kept up with the others,
aud the superintendent told them that
al they had to do when tired Of wan
dering through the galleries was to in
quire their way back to the cage, and
they separated.
by and by they came to a place
where two galleries branched. and Mr.
Shattuck halted and told Marion that if
she would sit down upon a wheelbar-
row which he placed for her he would
60 into a new gallery and try and find
her a handsome specimen Of quartz.
Myra took good care 10 be always on
the point Of fainting, and 80 requiring
the assiduous care of both Thone and
the Major though if it had not been for
Thone's unreasonable jealousy Of Mr.
Shattuck, Myra might have quite
tainted for all he would have cared.
So MYra found the place decidedly
unpleasant and damp in the direction
Marion had gone, and she drew her
willing slaves forward away from the
place, where Marion sat alone.
When they had gone and Marion
could hear no more voices, she began
to feel nervous, although the measured
pick strokes near her were reassuring,
aud turning her head she could see
dark galleries and tunnels in every
direction banked up with huge timbers.
and scarcely illuminated enough with |
the lanterns TO see the way. All looked |
dark and wild, and her fear grew upon
her, and she began TO imagine all sorts |
Of terrible things. when suddenly she
saw coming toward her dark, shaggy /
form on four feet, some hideous animal
that lived in these dreadful subter-
ranean passages, and she looked at its
figure as long as she could
bear it, and then she was too frightened /
to cry out, and ran fast as her trembling /
feet could take her down the first gal
lery she came to, at the further end Of
which she saw light.
The rocky ground was sliopery, her
foot tripped and her ankle turned, and
she fell to the ground striking her head
against a stone which left ber nncon-
scious. Her last thought was now the
grizzly would certainly get her.
Mr.. Shattuck returned to the place
where he had left Marion, after an alb
ience longer than he had intended, but
he bore in his hand beautiful piece of
white quartz, with veins Of pure gold in
3 like the branches Of a tree, but he
lid not find her 4,
He went forward toward the cage
,ut it was almost up to the surface,
md one Of the miners told him that one
u the ladies had seemed faint and so
hey had all gone up, leaving their re-
'rets and thanks for him. He felt a
rifle yexed, yet did not attach any great
to the visit or its abrupt
as tourists visits were al
lost matters of daily occurrence in the
ummer, and so he thought that since
Ie was down be would 60 through some
outline business, and in five minutes he
lad forgotten the very existence of the
,arty who had just gone
The reason of the hurried departure
vas two-fold Miss Herndon, one of the
ngaged couples, was taken quite i'll,
nd so was Of necessity "sent above"
nd Myra pretended the same ailiiction
nd fell fainting into Thorne's arms and
When he made some slight objection to
eaving without Marion she silenced
lim by saving that Marion had shown
,ut too plainly that she did not want
Tor need his company, and then he gave
lp, his heart full of angry bitterness.
The fresh air revived the two suffer
rs, aud they all took a road that led to
i silk worm nursery, aud to pass the
ime until Marion should make her APP
,earance, they visited it and wondered
md admired to their hearts content
Finally, as it was nearing sunset, they
to the mill and inquired for
Mr. Shattuek and Marion.
At first nothing could be found out
)ut finally some one said that Mr.
Shattuck had gono up TO Murphy's in
ais buggy. No one had seen him start,
Dut his buggy was gone, and there was
/ notice on his slate, so that it was
pretty certain that Marion had gone up
With him.
Thorne set his teeth hard He had &,
owed Marion long and truly. but he
lad been poor, and had not dared ask
ler to leave her home of luxury for his
poverty, but now, he was in a fair way
% become rich. so he had taken this
rip hoping to win her heart. And
he hoped, but now, all was
despair She did not care for him,
hat was too clear, and be was very
yretched.
All the way back to Murphy's, Myra
sept saying little things which set him
IN FIRE with jealousy, but for Maron's
AXE he dared not resent them, though
he resolved that Marion shonld suffer
ls much as himself
When they reached there. Marion
was not home yet Mr. Shattucks
buggy was nowhere to be seen, for the
simple reason that just before reaching
The town a man told him there was a
break in the hume a couple Of mile
above, so he went on, and when that
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