The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-04-20

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nature, his physical pride, aft appealed
to the rancher with such power that be-
left him with a distinct exaltati0n.
"Here Is the man to help me make my,
fortune, and can be guide to him.
he added, and he went to sleep that
night with greater. confidence IN mis-
future than at any time since taking
Barnett's ranch. He set his teeth hard
In the determination to win, and though
he had put Ann quite ont Of Ills plans
for the future, she remained an inspira-
tlon and lure. i 5.s Ss5
His feeling of confidence in Kelly
was deepened by his ride with him
next day. .~ .+s.5 II Fl ssss
/ Turning from the gulch road, Kelly
led the way up the side of Pine noun
tain, along trail which braided itself
upon grassy slope like purple
brown ribbon. The air was keen, the
sky Reckless blue hemisphere. Ray.
mond's blood leaped with the joy Of It
and with sense that his feet We're set
at last on the road to fortune.
All about him the miners were climb
ing, each his special way, swinging a
tin bucket which sparkled like glass In
the morning sun Great wains loaded
with ore rolled creaking on their down.
ward course, while others of their kind,
piled high with lumber and machinery,
crawled slowly up the curving roads.
On every side men were tunneiing
into the hillsides, trenching IN gullies
and toiling at windlasses whose joints
cried out resoundingly as the heavy
ore boxes rose. The whole scene set
forth buoyant activity and hope. Each
man had either struck ore or hoped TO
do so at any moment. q.
Here and there on the slope tall
and shapeless shaft house rose, with
heaps of orange and blue gray refuse
rock close beside it, The whole camp
was as vet disorganized, formless and
debatable. Not one in hundred OF the
mines was a paying property; all the
others were mere prospects.
As they left Badly and turned to
climb Pine mountain the dwellings
thickened. They were nearly all built
Of the smooth, straight trunks of the
aspen, but nearer the summit were OF
fir, and a few of them stood in pictur-
esque hooks amid the rocks. Toward
one of these, more homelike than the
others, Kelly directed his horse, and
as he neared the door a couple of lusty.
yellow haired boys of six or seven
years of age came bounding out to
meet him.
Mrs. Kelly was Unexpectedly lady"
like, small and very pretty, with a skin
that no wind could tan, and her great.
wistful, pathetic eyes appealed to'Ray-
mond with instant power. She greeted
him cordially, and, while Kelly took
the horses to the corral, he entered at
her invitation. Her voice was as
charming as her pale face and hair OF
FURNISHED gold, and-the young fellow
looked upon her in surprise. I.
"You don't look very well, Sir, Mrs.
Kelly said to Raymond. 49,, =.
.-"l'm not very well, but I'm going to
tear up the sod just the same. Your
husband is to show me how" e
"MattTcan find gold easy enough, but
he can't keep it."
ave confessed as much, Nora, me
girl, and If Raymond can help me on
that score I'll put him in the way OF
maxim his pile. Can ye walk few.
rods? If so, I'll show We the mine and
the chance" !;
Certainly. I'm far from being o.
one lunger' yet"
The two men walked round the little
grove Of frs to the west and came up
on some men busy with a very small
upright engine hosting ore FROM a.
shaft. =. = !
Here" said Kelly, lis where we, tap
the river of life' This is my own
mine, but the wan 1 advise ye to take
is that just beyond. 1 have an Offer
for me own prospect, but 1 shall not
take 1t. If We are agreeable, welt
lease the Last Dollar together and
work it to the limit, for I'm Satisfied.
Its vein is the same as me own, which
will keep: but If / strike ore, Curran.
who owns the Last Dollar, will jump
his price to the moon. Our lay Is to
bond and lease his mine, move my ma
chinery over to his old shaft and work
like mad to open up ore to buy in the
property. Ye see, no one has touched
pay ore in this quarter, and Curran is
anxious to sell. He offers it at $4,000.
believe we can open a vein that'll
pay fer it in less than six months.
Will We 60 in with me?'' y
II WILL" !
AS their hands met their hearts !
warmed to each other. Kelly removed
his hat and was almost solemn us he
said slowly: "Tlsfs makes us both.
Now let's 60 eat"
The Kelly home was as suited to it's
as Swiss chalet. It
lad the dirt roof, the widely project
ng caves and the southern porch OF q
mountain cabin, and its latchstring
md battened door we're in keeping;
MY the windows, with their machine
made frames, were out of key. There
we're two small hoT1rnnnoo q Ivfnu