Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-16
Quita's
kidnapping
By Izola L. Forester
Copyright, 1898, IN r. {. Mcclure
By Izola L. Forester

Junipero. with its soft toned bells and
the solitude of clolstercd gardens. She
was tall and slim and sunburuci, with
lips like the heart of a rose and dark
shadowy eyes that looked Sideong at
one and made the earth seem an excel
lent place to live in.
Before Happy Chance had opened un
as silver mining center the -hack ot
old Tom Fcrrier had held its own u.
on the mountain side and don mated
the whole valley. No one kneN Nucn
it had been built Ferrier had ..u.I
from camp TO camp down through Co.
orado and crosswisc through the Sier
ras until Mexico was the limit and he
found Happy Chance. 1t was a bit OF
the wilderness that had escaped for
tune seekers and railroad surveyors,
and he held it for hi, own and be
lieved that some day nc would be sill
yer king
In earnest If that belief he had built
the shack ana married Dolores Ruiz
daughter of the old Mexican who
claimed the valley by prior right The
result was IL success in way. There
were no signs of silver but there was
Ouita
VIII he strike diJ come. fifteen
year ltrr, both Fcwinr and the Mex
lean lay in the deep sleep up among
the pines on the hills. and from the
lone shack Quita and ler mother look
ed down on the valley and saw the cho-
sen Of the Lord of MJmmon sweep
away their Canaan and its wealth. But
they were wise, heiuE women, and
showed no fight, and Happy Chance as
a lazy abiding community reviewed
their case and admitted them to a share
i'm the profits Of their own property
and shook hands with itself over its
generosity.
The summer after the strike Larry
Carroll alighted in camp. and we en-
tertalned him uuaWarcS, not seeing
any wings. We had heard Of Larry
before He was q gcntlemanly boy
with a good record behind him of ways
Of honor He was a miner, but he nov-
er mined He would follow the cry of
fame 10 new camp ana laze around
for a few weeks until he found claim
that suited him. He paid in cash. and
the camp would see him no more until
one day he would come back with some
poor innocent OF a capitalist he had
corruIIed and the claim would change
hands and Larry worId ride on I'm fri
umnb tom Thousand In tha GOOD
- sho,rod o do,t, or iptrftiva wis
a., e.. ~, ,,-..,.I,l ,.,,,,,,..,d ,,J II,p.
~. Chonco welcomed him. also bn had
= rinnip, vvov Win women lie was
GOV haortad and fahou.fr md master
fni with eves Of Irish hluc and hair
lilo v.otar sponioI chestnut curInd
ITa pavar wooni with words. only with
his eyes They were sufficient You can
not make out case AGAINST man on
the score of tender ev~s. So Larry rode
scot free over n highway of signing
hearts until he struck Uapnv Chance
and Oufta
Tbera was q dance m Dorritv'g the
rt,,h+ ho co,,,o and no rambIod in oui-
70 vos doncfn,, and rs he stood in the
doorway watching she whirlcd bv
hin, -, hio Sin, p,vdon,s arm and the
cInster of scarlet rnount,fn gowers She
wore In her hair fell Mt Iarrv's feet.
sim wont h9cE for them They were in
rho breos+ nocr,nt of Iarrv's shirt and
the TWO went ou'u''iS 10 Sel'lt lue ar
gument for possession, WhIe 2uIta
perched heFseii on a "indo" sl'I ana
bLulleu toHltulNNll-