The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
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THE SECOND GENERATION is RE
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knew just where TO reach either his old
father or his young son with the news Of
his death. Somewhere up the eastern slope
Of the Sierras the old man would be leading,
rs he had long chosen TO lead each summer
the lonely life of a prospector. The young
man. two years out of Harvard. and but re-
Gently back from an extended European
tour. was at some point on the North At
lantic coast. beginning the seasons pursuit
Of happiness as he listed.
Only in a land 40 young that almost the
present jewellers therein have made It might
we find Municipalities which so decisively
failed TO blend. So little congruous was the
family OF Bines In root. branch and blossom.
that Il might. indeed, be taken to picture an
epic OF Western life as the romsncer would
tell II. First Of the line stands the figure of
Peter Bines. the pioneer. ontemporary
with the stirring days of Fremont, of Kit
Carson. Of Harvey and Bridger: the fearless
strivers toward an ever-receding West,
IA fascinating for it's untried dangers as for its
tabled wealth-the sturdy, grave men who
fought and toiled and hoped. and realized
eA Ah'ofhAtg O0t WhO At0 III oOb'A
truth a life such as the colors Of no tale
teller shall ever be high enough to repro
duce.
Next came Daniei J. Blncs. a type of the
builder and organizer who followed the trail
blazed by the earlier pioneer; the genius
who. finding the magic realm opened, forth
with became it's exploiter to It's vast re-
nown and his own large profit. coming it's
wealth Of minerals. lumber, cattle and
grain. and adventurously building the rail-
roads that must always be had to drain a
new land Of savagery.
Nor would there be wanting a third-a
figure Of this present day, containing In po-
tency at least. the stanch qualities of his
two rugged forbears-the venturesome spir-
II that set his restless grandsire to rowing
westward. the power to group and co-ordi-
nate. TO "think three moves ahead" which
had made mis- father a man of affairs: and,
further. he had something modern of his
own that neither of the others possessed.
and yet which came as the just fruit of the
parent vine; a disposition perhaps a bit less
strenuous, turning back to the risen rather
than forward to the setting sun: a tendency
TO rest a little from the toll and tumult; to
cultivate some graces subtier than those OF
adventure and commercialism: to make the
most of what had been done rather than
strain to. the doing of needless more; to live,
in short. like a philosopher and a gentle
man vho has more golden dollars a year
than either philosophers or gentlemen are
went to enjoy.
And now the central figure had gone sud-
denly ct the age of fifty-two. after the way
of certain men who are quick. ardent and
generous in their living. From his luxuri-
Gus private car. lying on the sidetrack at
the dreary little station, Toler, private Sec
rotary to the millionaire. had telegraphed to
the headquarters of one important railway
ompany the death of its president, and to
various mining. milling and numbering COM
panies the death Of their president. vice
president or managing director, as the case
might be- For the widow and only daughter
word of the calamity had gone to a noun
tain resort not far from the family home at
Montana City.
There promised TO be delay in reaching the
other two. The son would early read. the
news, Toler decided, unless. perchance, he
were off at sea, since the death of a figure
like Bines would be told by every daily
newspaper in the country. He telegraphed.
however. to the young mans New York
apartments and to a Newport address, on
the chance of finding him.
Locating old Peter Bines at this season Of
the year was a feat never lightly to be I'M
dcrtaken. nor for any trivial end. 1t being
row the 10th of June, it could be known
with certainty only that in one of four
States he was prowling through some wood
ed canyon. toiling over a windy pass. or
scaling a mountain sincerity. in his ancient
and bestowed sport of prospecting. Know
ing his habits. the rashest guesser would
not have attempted to say more definitely
where the old man might be.
The most promising plan Toler could de-
vise was to wire the superintendent of the
'One Girl mine at Skiplap. The elder Bines.
he knew. had passed through Skipiap about
June 1. and had left. perhaps. some inklins
OF his proposed route; If 1t CHANGED. indeed,
that he had taken the trouble to propose
one.
Pangburn. the mine superintendent. on re-
ceipt of the news. dispatched five men on
the search in as many different directions.
The oil man was now scventy-four, and
Pangburn had noted when last they met
that he appeared to be somewhat less agile
and vigorous than he had been twenty years
CAolN LAVA NBiCh II nto IdiE u reason
that he might be playing his solitary game
at a leisurcly pace. and would have tramped
no great distance i'm the ten days he had
been gone. The searchers. therefore. were di-
rectcd to beat M the nearby country. To
Billy Brue was allotted the easiest as being
the most probable route. He was to follow
up Paddle creek 10 -Four Forks. thence over
tho Bitter Root trail 10 Eden. on TO Orc
Elmo. and up over Little Pass TO Holland
gone. He was To proceed slowly. to be alert
fur signs along the way. and to make in
ouiries of all he met.
You're likely TO get track of Uncle Pc
ter" said Pangburn. over along the west
r side of Horseback Ridge. just beyond Eden.
When he pulled out he was talking about
some likely noatrock bed picked up over
that way last summer. You'd ought to make
that BY tomorrow, seeing you've got a good
horse and the trails been mended this
spring. Now you spread yourself out. Billy.
and when you get on TO the ridge make a
special look all around there"
. Besides these directions and the telegram
from Toler. Billy Brue took with him a copy
OF the Skiplap Weekly Ledge. damp from
the press and containing The death notice Of
Daniel j. Bines. a notice sent out by the
News Association. which billy Brue read
\ with interest as he started up the trail. The
item concluded thus:
'"The Young and beautiful Mrs Rinss