Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-08-29

eral weeks. FOR few days after the
celebration of the marriage Of Louis
and Pearl, Dr. Huntington lived with
the young people, performing medical
duty as called upon, then disappeared.
Search was instituted for him, but no
trace was found of the doctor. Schil.
Ter thought he knew what became of
him, but in this he was as much de-
ceived as anybody. The king, of course,
imagined that Louis had done away
with the doctor We know better
though. Lang, by means of the tun.
mel running through the mountains,
had managed to. send the doctor to-
ward home, mounted ON a horse pro-
cured by stealth from Rogers stable
and left outside the citys wall, carry
ing with him about fifteen thousand
dollars in nuggets.
If Lang had felt perfectly assured
of being able to make his escape, ac-
companied by his wife, he might have
made the attempt. Yet he would not
have been satisfied to have his mis-
sion unfulfilled-that of destroying the
NOhNANbo AS cOOll hS dDlt
Lang began planning for general in
surrection. AS success depended on
enlisting sufficient men in his cause,
this was the first thing to do. Wilson
was of great help in this, as a go
between the miners and the outside
world To enlist the oonyicts was
Langs first idea.
The convcts depended largely upon
Wilson in the matter of furnishing in
formation in regard to the outside con-
dition of affairs, and he was APP
preached by the head of the gang that
was tunneling to liberty, even before
George approached him, so that it was
an easy matter for Lang to make
proposition of aid to them. Wilson
learned that most of the prisoners
were political prisoners, instruction.
lists and men of ideas, and that they
had formed a plan almost similar to
the one contemplated by Lang only
their idea was to assure control of
government not over throw it. The
majority of these men had made up
their minds to face death by the bullet
rather than toll for life in the mines.
Wilson, seemingly entering heart and
hand into the convicts' plot, put new
life into that organization. He would
have liked to have made known Lang's
plans to these desperate men, but did
not for fear of traitors To few, the
ringleaders, the most intelligent and
with all the most desperate. however,
he told enough to make the organiza-
ton his own, or rather had its work
done in such a manner that ii worked
in harmony with Lang on the outside
Lang, the evening after the disap-
pearance of Or. Huntington made
critical survey of the territory sur
rounding the haunted house and seem
ingly located the tunnel being dug by
the convicts, There could be very
little doubt that the convicts were
very near to the earth and in proxim
ity to the tunnel leading to the treas
ury 1t became necessary for him,
then. to push his plans forward as
fast as possible to avoid conflict from
that quarter. He realized that it would
never do to allow these men to get
to the treasury before he did AS a
matter of precaution he instructed
Wilson to force the diggers to tunnel
parallel to his tunnel hoping in the
delay to perfect his own plans.
Feeling that the time for open ac-
ton had come, Lang called upon Gold
en-, intending to attempt first to influ
ence him. AS Golden had partially
approved of the determination of the
society, Lang anticipated no hard task.
Golden said Lang, Il presume you
have had no occasion to change your
opinion of me? You are still my friend
and have confidence in me?'
mo, hold you in the same regard
as before" He did not appear sup
prlsed at the question, and Lang felt
that Golden was in manner prepared
for what was to follow.
DO you remain a member OF this
colony because you like it, or because
you are afraid that if you leave it the
members will do you harm?p
"The last"
ITO be eontinued)