Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-11-25

mOney-lll never belleve IL!
'You lier' cried the father, enraged to
the verge of insanity.
Instantly the strong young man Crap
pied with his aged parent, and clutching
him by the throat forced him into the
chair upon which he had been sitting,
shouting:
Take that back, father! Take that
back or I'll choke the breath out of your
body"
Like lightning the mother wrenched his
strong hands from her husbands throat,
and finging her arms about his neck
held him as in a wise.
"Joe-my darling baby for mothers
sake don't lay your hands on fayther
He's wrong, but remember you are young
and his son, and something is due to
old agev
For your sake, mother, l will desist
but L leave this house, and never shall
he see my face again. If stay it will
mean-murderp' And picking up his
hat he left the house, striding rapidly
down the hill, going in the direction of
Elizas home.
At the click of the garden gate
pretty, demure looking maiden, clad in
a pink frock, ran down the walk to
greet him, but started in dismay at his
flushed face.
Taking her into a small grove adjoin-
| ing her home, unmindful of wraps, they
wandered almost to the roadside he bit
terly describing the scene just enacted
at his home, she tearfully listening
When her grief had spent itself she
raised her tear-wet face from his Shout
der and gazed steadily towards the road
way.
Look, Joe," she whispered, "see that
MANI
By the roadside stood a pony, I'M
hitched, and close beside him, seated
upon a fallen tree, was a man with a
blue stocking across his knee, intently
rifling its contents. Joseph Sloan in
stantly recognized the homely safe in
which his father had kept his money His
breath came hard.
"Ranchman Jack, who supplies the
village with cattle from Texasw he
breathed. HE has followed father and
stolen, not only the market money, but
all father has-let me CO." and he I'M
clasped the young girls arms fercely
from his neck.
There was a scream of terror. The
man looked up, and noting that he had
been observed, leaped upon the pony
and dashed down the road.
Joe, don't follow that Desperate
it may mean death if you hunt him.
Again her arms sought his neck
| Pushing her from him he fiercely cried
Hunt himi I'll hunt him into his
grave! Good-by-explain to mother
and he went like the wind in the direc-
ton of the village. Two hours later a
pony was found upon the green, grazing
upon a patch of half-frozen grass, but
the ranchman had taken the first train
out for Texas.
Two years passed, and far away on
the plains of northern Texas, a weary
exile is leaning upon a table. He is
alone in the wilds, and yet is not I'M
attended. On the table, close at hand,
lay heavy rife; in his belt glittered an
ugly looking dirk, while at his feet
crouched a trusty bloodhound. The
mans head dropped and he murmured
YEARLY:
1.-Two years next month since I start.
ed my search, and yet no trace of that
man who has wrecked, not only nv
happiness, but that of my mother and
Eliza. Strange 1 can find no trail OF
him here in his own holdp'
A fierce blast almost shook the los
house, but he felt secure and paid nc
heed until the dreary, sobbing wall OF
a hungry wolf fell upon his ears. There
was an ominous scratching between the
beams, and he knew the pack had reach
ed his dwelling. A low snarl and Q
cry of a human being In distress smote
his ear. Quickly going towards a chinl
in the beams he saw a sight that al
most stilled his heart beats. In from
of his hut a human being was lyinl
face down upon the ground. The wolve.
had freed him, and overcome with frigh
he had fallen from his stronghold int
their midst. The back of his head wa.
CORY.
The man in the log house waited t.
see no more. Forcing the gun between
the beams he fired continuously at tn,
beasts of prey, until their leaders la,
dead and the others in fright took to tn,
forest. =.
Throwing wide the door, he dragged