The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08

He and they had been among the
Nevada Mountains prospecting for sill
yer, and were returning to Salt Lake
City in the hope of raising capital
enough to work some lodes which they
had discovered. He had been as keen
as any of them upon the business until
this sudden incident had drawn hS
thoughts into another channel. The
sight of the fair young girl, as frank
and wholesome as the Sierra b~reezes,
had stirred his volcanic, untamed heart
to it's very depths. When she had van-
ished from his sight, he realized that .
crisis had come In his life, n that
neither silver speculations nor any
other questions could ever be OF u
Importance to him as this new and all
absorbing one. The love which had
sprung up in his heart was not tho
sudden, changeable fancy of a boy, but
rather the wild, fierce passion of a man
of strong will and imperious temper.
He had been accustomed to succeed In
all that he undertook. He swore In his
heart he would not fail in this If human
effort and human perseverance could
render him successful.
He called on John Terrier that night,
and many times again, until his face
was q familiar one at the farmhouse.
John, cooped up In the valley, and abb
sorbed in his work, had little chance
of learning the news of the outside
world during the last twelve years.
All this Jefferson Hope was able to tell
him, and In a style which interested
Lucy as we'll as her father. He had
been a pioneer In California, and could
narrate many a strange tale of for
tunes made and fortunes lost In those
wild, halcyon days. He had been "a
scout, too, and a trapper, a silver ex-
plorer, and a ranchman. Wherever
stirring adventure were to be had, JEFF
ferson Hope had been there in search
of them. He soon became a favorite
with the old farmer, who spoke elo-
quently of his virtues. On such occa-
sions Lucy was silent, but her blushing
cheek and her bright, happy eyes
showed only too clearly that her young
heart was no longer her own. Her
honest father may not have observed
these symptoms, but they were as
suredly not thrown way upon the
man who had won her affections.
1t was a summer evening when he
came galloping down the road and
pulled up at the gate. She was at the
doorway, and came down to meet him.
He threw the bride over the fence and
strobe up the pathway.
at am off, Lucy" he said, taking her
two hands in his, and gazing tenderly
down into her face: IT won't ask you
to come with me now. but will you be
ready to come when I an here .again?"
"And when will that be?" she asked.
blushing and laughing.
"a couple of months at the outside.
I Will come and claim you then, my
darling. There's no one who can stand
between u.s." ~
"And how about father" she asked.
HE has given his consent, provided
we get these mines working all right.
l have no fear on that head"
ooh, well, of course, II you and father
have arranged 1t all, there's no more to
be said" she whispered, with her cheek
against his broad breast.
THANK Cod" he said, hoarsely,
STOPPING and kissing her. 1T Is settled
then. The longer I stay the harder It
will be to go. They are waiting for me
at the canyon. Good-by. my w dai>
ling-good-by. In two months you
shall see me-"
He tore himself from her as he spoke,
and, finging himself pom his horse.
galloped furiously away never even
looking round. as though afraid that
his resolution might fail him II he took
one glance at what he was leaving.
She stood at the gate, gazing after him
until he vanished from her sight. Then
she walked back into the house, the
happiest girl in all Utah.