The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-02-17
But that splash in the lake ?"

tnat way!
. "No-oh. no, sir. If so salmon had
jumped they couldn't have made that
splash. Couldn't they. Howlett?"
mo 'ow," said Hewlett
Roy" said Barris at length, what
David tells us settles the snipe shoot
ing for to-day. I am going to take
Pirepont up to the house. Hewlett and
David will follow with the dogs-I have
something to say to them. II you
care to come, come along; II not, go
and shoot brace of grouse fo- dinner
and be back by eight II you want to
see what Pierpont and l discovered
last night"
David whistled Gamin and MiochS
to heel and followed Hewlett and his
hamper toward the house. l called
Voyou to my side, picked up my gun
and turned to Barris.
Il will be back by eight" said;
you are expecting to catch one OF
the goldmakers, are you not?"
Yes" said Barris, listlessly.
Pierpont began to speak about the
Chinaman, but Barris motioned him to
follow. and nodding to me. took the
path that Hewlett and David had fol
lowed toward the house. When they
disappeared l tucked my gun under
my arm and turned sharply into the
forest, Voyou trotting close to my
heels.
In spite of myself the continued ap
partition of the Chinaman made me
nervous. II he troubled me again
had fully decided to get the drop on
him and find out what he was doing
in the Cardinal Woods. II he could
give no satisfactory account Of him
self l would march him in to Barris
as gold-making suspect would
march him in. anyway. thought. and
rid the forest of his ugly face. 1 won
dered what 1t was that David had
heard in the lake. It must have been
big fish. salmon, / thought; prob
ably David's and Howlett's nerves
were overweight after their Celestial
chase.
A whine from the dog broke the
thread of my meditation and l raised
my head. Then l stopped short in my
tracks.
The lost glade lay straight be-
fore me.
Already the dog had bounded into
1t, across the velvet turf to the carved
stone where a slim figure sat. l saw
my dog lay his silky head lovingly
against her silken kirtle; saw her
face bend above him. and / caught my
breath and slowly entered the sun-lit
glade.
Half timidly she held out one white
hand.
Now that you have come" she
said, II can show some more Of my
work. told you that could do other
things besides those dragon-fiies and
moths carved here in stone. Why do
you stare at me SO? Are you ill?"
''Ysonde." l stammered.
yes" she said, with a faint color
under her eyes.
IL never expected to see you
again." I blurted out, "-you-I-I-
thought had dreamed"
dreamed of me? Perhaps you did
Is that stranger"
Strange? N-no-but-where did
you go when-when we were leaning
over the fountain together? saw your
face-your face reflected beside mine
and then-then suddenly l saw the
blue sky and only star twinkling."
1T was because you fell asleep" she
said. was it not?"
"I-asleep?"
You slept thought you were very
tired and went back"
Back ?-where?"
Back to my home where carve my
beautiful images; see. here is one I
brought to show you today"
took the sculptured creature that
she held toward me, a massive lizard
with frail claw-spread wings of gold
so thin that the sunlight burned
through and fell on the ground In
flaming gilded patches.
Good heavens," l exclaimed, this
is astounding. Where did you learn to
do such work? Ysonde. such a thing
is beyond price."
"Oh. / hope So" she said, earnestly
Il can't bear to sell my work. but my
stepfather takes 1t and sends it away.
This is the second thing l have done.
and yesterday he said l must give II
to him. l suppose he is poor"
81 don't see how he can be poor II
he gives you gold to model in said,
astonished.
"Gold!" she exclaimed. gold, He
has room full of gold! He makes it"
sat down on the turf at her feet
completely unnerved.
why do you look at me so?" she
asked, little troubled.
Where does your stepfather live7"
said at last.
Here"
"Here!"
In the woods near the lake. You
could never find our house"
"a house."
"Of course. Did you think l lived in
tree? How silly. l live with my
stepfather in a beautiful house-a
small house, but very beautiful. He
makes his gold there. but the men
who carry it away never come to the
house, for they don't know where it
is, and If they did they could not get
in. My stepfather carries the gold in
Jumps to canvas satchel. When
the satchel is full he takes it out into
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