Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23
CHAPTER Nj.

CHAPTER NJ.
Lord Lorrimore. having put his bust
ness In the hands OF his lawyer. at
tended personally to sone matters
which required his immediate ntten-
ton, and ten days later was in New
York.
Here he made inquiries regarding
the young man of whom he was In
quest, but could gain M satisfactory
information regarding the whereabouts
of Neville Lynne.
4 month was passed in the Ameri-
can metropolis. and then Lorrimore set
out for San Francisco. The search of
California was diligently pursued, but
without finding a trace OF the wander
or. In a Ballarat paper, which Lori
more found In a reading-room Ia San
Francisco, he saw an account of an
exciting incident In a mining town in
| Wildfall, Australia, wherein an ath-
Ietic young English miner of refined
manners and mysterious department.
had enacted a heroic part against some
rufiians. The description answered
that of Neville, and with the hope Of
XII Il III aZtAC" " Las -
place, Lorrimore took he next steam
err for Australia. In due time he
reached Ballarat, aud found little diff
ficultya i'll making his way thence 10
| Wildfall.
Wildfall, he discovered, was in a
state of great excitement. An ada
cent nriningetown, Lorn Hope Camp,
had suddenly become inoculated with
a religious fever, through the advent
there OF the Rev. Mr.. Brown and his
pretty, blne4eyede daughter Mary. The
good people Of Lorn Hope attentively
listened to h ~preachings OF Mr..
Brown, and were SO deeply impressed
by his pious fervor that they had ban.
ished all the ne-er-do-wells and black
legs from the settlement. They had
then organized as a gang of rangers,
with the purpose Of despoiling travel,
ers, and had found hiding places In
a lonely district between Wildfall and
I4orn Hope.
A body OF vigilantes was organized
IN Wildfall to pursue the rangers, and
Inrrimore Joined it. He had learned
Of the peril OF attempting to reach
Lorn Hope Camp, where he expected
to find some t.dings of Neville, unless
he were protected by an armed guard.
Thus was the condition of affairs at
Wildfall, and 1t was ia direct contrast
with that at the camp of Lorn Hope,
" here unusual serenity reigned. Ne
willie had struck a golden treasure In a
lovely valley, q few miles from his
hui, and was secretly working the
streams. The creek beds gave forth
gold In large quantities, and every
night, after his days labor, he con-
veyed his auriferous dust and mug
gets to his hut, and he and Sylvia re-
joiced In the thought that soon they
would have enough to warrant their
departure for nerrie England.
70 prevent discovery OF his good
luck by the miners OF Lorn Hope Ne
vile only occasionally worked his
new claim-seldom going to the dis.
tant valley oftener than on alternate
days. In the meantime he cultivated
the acquaintance OF the Rev. Mr..
Brown and his charming daughter, and
iii the latter found much to interest
and delight him
His interest in Mary Brown present
Isl became painfully apparent to Syi.
via Bond and caused deep distress to
tina: sensitive girl. On n occasion.
indeed. when Neville had brought from
the valley a bouquet Of flowers which
lie had plucked In the valley, especial
Ely for the minister's daughter, Sylvia
wept secretly at the disturbing refiec.
tt0n. that eher Jack" as she mentally
called him, could be SC cruel as to
slight her by hestowing floral favors on
any other young lady.
These flowers were Of a different
variety from any that grew in the Inn
mediate vicinity OF Lorn Camp. When
they were seen BY Lockit adjoining the
corsage OF Mary Brown, and he
learned from that young lady that they
had been presented BY Neville, he sus.
pccted that Nevtlle's frequent absences
from the camp were D entirely due
10 his desire to gather -are horal trib.
utes.
Lockit secretly followed Neville to
the valley, saw him at work IN the
beds OF the creeks. gathering Shining
gold, and in less than q week after
this discovery the valley echoed to the
music OF picks and shovels welded
BY scores OF miners. Neyilie's secret
had been betrayed BY the flowers he
had bestowed upon the minister's
daughter.
1t was not long after that when Ne
fFyuIs dHtermlned to shake tho dust Of
9auImaH0De Camp from his feet. This