The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-15

propose Tor one moment TO Interfere
WIN your arrangements. Nevertheless
LIS ana are really the chief moneved
persons present. You spoke Of finan.
eini nouses IN England and on the con.
tlnent backing up your loans six
nontns hence. Sir Arthur. You need
MOI go to them. We vii, he vo,,r
bankers ou'
Ahe Daronet laughed with a whole
hearted sayety that revealed whence
LIS got some part at least Of her
bright disposition.
viii you sell your island. Roberto
ne crled Il am afraid that not even
LIS could wheedle any one into buy-
ing it." O
But, father, dear" interrupted the
slrl earnestly. what Robert saws is
true. We have a gold mine there n
Is worth SO much that you will hardly
oelleve it until there can no longer be
n doubt in your mind. | n
that is why Robert asked me not to
mention his discovery to you earlier"
NO, llls. that was not the reason"
SAID her lover. and the elder men felt
that more than idle fancy Inspired the
astounding intelligence that they had
Just heard. Your love wa: more to
me than all the gold in the world. I
mad won you. l meant to keep you,
but | refused to buy you"
He turned to her father, His pent-
up emotion mastered him, and he
spoke as one who could no longer re-
strain his feelings.
i nave had no chance to thank YOU
Tor the words you uttered at the mo.
ment We quilted the ship. Yet l will
treasure them while life lasts. You
gave Iris to me when l was poor, dis.
graced, an outcast from my family
and my profession. And | know WIN
you did this thing. 1t was because
you valued her happiness more than
riches OF reputation. | am sorry now
L uld not explain matters earlier. It
would have saved you much needless
suffering. But the sorrow has sped
like an evil dream, and you will per-
maps not regret it. for your action to-
day binds me to you with hoops Of
steel. And you. too, uncle. You trav-
eled thousands OF miles to help and
comfort me in my anguish. Were I as
bad as was painted your kind old
heart still pitied me. You were pre-
pared to pluck me from the depths Of
despair and degradation. Why should
| hate Lord Ventnor? What man
could have served me as he did? He
has given me Iris. He gained for me
at her fathers hands a concession such
as mortal has seldom wrested from
black proved fate. He brought my
uncle to my side in the hour of my
adversely. Hate him! I would have
his statue carved in marble and set
on high to tell all who passed how
good may spring out Of evil-how Gods
wisdom can manifest itself by putting
even the creeping and crawling things
of the earth to some useful purpose
Dash it all, lad" vociferated the
elder Anstruther, what ails thee? 1
never heard you talk like his before?"
The old gentleman's amazement was
SO cOlliCul tlut luFllfer tension was OUT
Of the question.
Robert, in calmer mood, informed
them of the manner in which he hit
upon the mine. The story sounded like
widest romance-this finding of Il vol
canic dyke guarded by the bones of
%. s. and the poison filled quarry
but the production of the ore samples
changed wonder into certainty.
Next day a government metallurgist
estimated the value of the contents Of
the two oil tins at about $500, yet the
specimens brought from the island
We're not by any means the richest
available.
And now there is not much more to
tell of Rainbow island and it's cast
Always. On the day that Captain
Robert .Anstruther's name appeared in
the Gazette, reinstating him to his
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