The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-09

mere, WITH Il SOOA GEudd1aSIAS "4AC "
help you, you'd do better and be better
satisfied; and if it weren't for old
David GardGer's obStinacy, you and
Lefty"
Enough, motherv interrupted Rob-
ert Langly, flushing all over his hand
some, sunburnt face; Its no use say
ing anything more on that subject.
I'll never ask any woman to marry me
so long as 1 know that 1 cannot afford
her a servant, or so long as there's a
mortgage hanging over the roof that
I'd bring her to-"
His mother looked ct him anxiously
over her spectacles.
1T it wasn't for the mortgage" she
said, slowly, 1--WE might get along.
twas that worried your father into
his ~grave-that, and not finding the
gold-streak-"
Her son made IN impatient nove-
ment, and she added:
Don't you think you could get a lit
tie more time allowed us, Robert?
Maybe when the crops sold, and the
apples and cider"
"Mr. Davis won't hear of it, mother.
/ saw him yesterday and talked it over,
but he insists it must all be paid by
the first Of August. All, here he comes
now
And Robert went out to meet the
well-dressed, sharp-eyed man in a
handsome ,trap,.while his mother re-
NAMED in the back porch, with sleeves
rolled up, mixing food for the poultry.
There amt many of 'em to feed
now" she said, talking aloud to her.
self, as she had been accustomed with
her late husband. "Then there's old
Speek missing-the best layer of EN-
all, and Gold-streak'c fit for nothing
since her legs broke. All, me! I'm
mighty afeared that she's the only
gold-streak We'll ever know at this
placer s
Whats that about a golG-streak,
Mrs. Langly" exclaimed a clear,
young voice.
And a girl with a sweet face and
bright brown eyes and a blue-striped
chintz dress, fitting perfectly to her
trim figure, stood smiling before her.
Mrs. Langly's face frightened lnme-
diately..
"Why, Lefty, how do you always
manage to take one by surprise, as if
you'd risen out O. the earth or dropped
down from the clouds! Well, you're
welcome. I'll tell you about the gold
streak if you care to listen"
"You see," she continued, "the Lang
lys come of Scotch stock, and it's been
said that Rob's great-grandfather
Langly, over in Scotland, had the gift
% second ~sight-that is, seeing and
knowing things that are going to hap
pen. But I never did think much of it;
though my husband-poor departed
-Jeems-believed in it as firmly as be
believed in summer and winter. Well,
about eleven years ago old Alick Lang |
Iy paid us a visit. I hadn't seen him
but once before in my life--for he lived
q long way from here. Him and
Jeems, they walked all over the farm. |
and it was a far better cultivated place |
then than it is now, though nothing
compared to what it was in my fathers |
time. Jeems' Uncle Alick didn't seem |
ito think much of it, though.
F*"The day he went away" she went
oil, "he was standing and looking all
around him on the farm. All of q sud-
den he says, tJemmy-Jemmy and
rMary-turning to me-I'ye n thing |
to say before 1 go. Stick to your farm,
Tor there's a streak of golden luck in
1T Of course, I asked what he meant: |
but all he would say was, I've seen it |
I've seen it by the power that's given
as to look into the future. I've seer q
streak Of gold-luck running through |
your land that's to better your fortunes
IN good time. Don't part with it until |
your luck's found And that same dav
ne went away, and the first we heard
or MIN after he got home was that he
was dead"
There was another pause, and Lefty
said:
= And you think there is really q vein
OF gold to be found on your FARM"
"Jeems thought so. To his dying day
he believed in it."
And what does Robert think about
it," inquired the girl, with a faint flush
on her cheeks.
"Oh, he thinks it all no~nsense-about
The gold, and the second sight, and ALL"
Just at this moment they heard Mr..
Davis trap roll away, and Robert came
around the corner of the house.
He looked a little excited, but that
might be from finding Lefty there. He
walked home with her across the fields
TO the next farm. When he returned.
he said, quite abruptly:
Mother, Mr.. Davis wants to buy
the farm. HE'S offered mora for r. +hoo
/ ever dreamed it would bring. He
seems quite anxious to get it; and when
/ told him that you effected to part