Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-21

the $struiI over which her lover had
nassed an hour or two before.
81 will give up thinking Of him, 4 she
said :. Shopping to gather spray O. n
wild columbine. II won't let MS gong
away without. even saying goodby
! worry me- Mother must not see tnat y I.
care. for of course she'll hear that he's 4
gone. I'll pick some flowers as an Inc sex-$.
cuse for coming and so home and I've:
nv life without him. A wonan's heart
| mnst be strong for endurance.
Suddenly "A wild cry burst upon her I
ears. " =. = -, ::es.;; 5a.$
"Hep. help!' ..-..' s...s..:5 f. 3, &
The girl listened with bated breath.
II did not come from the direction of
the mining camp. Still. 1t might be h
one Of the men had wandered down
the g,llch and met With some accident:
| Again the call came, wild and; ago
| nizing, as though face to face with a.
terrible doom. This fine she located Z
the cry. U..~ - .@& 81 81 .: 3y*2gs IN,
"Some one has fallen into the old
shaft" she cried. running swiftly In
that direction. This "old shaft" led to
what had once been promising mine.
but a subterranpan stream that rose
mysteriousy and ut no rtlsunrF period J:
rendered it SO unsafe that 1t had been
! abandoned. and no one who knew gifts
treachery dared venture into the shaft
~, Almost breut HESS, Faith !sained&the
mouth Of the ming and. drOpping on
! her knees, peered down into the dark
; depths below. The black sullen VIA
tiers of the rising stream boiled and
Missed, among the Jagged ~.rocks" aid.
.creyices, lashing madly the legs of a
man who stood insecurely, on a, narrow
ledge fully halfway down: !, He was
|sclinging in terror: to ajutt ingSS rock
above, him. which threatened d every
! moment to give way. 1t was a peril
= GUS, AN awful situation, and the girl
shuddered as she gazed, while In the
white horror drawn face upturned to-
hers she recognized Nick Sanders. =:
For Gods sake. Faith, try to help
me out of this"' he screamed: 2 80 {
"I'll try, Nick" she called back.
But how was she to do it2 She
looked about hopelessly; then her eyes
fell upon a large coil Of castof' rope
near the broken windlass. She caught
it up eagerly. and. lowering one end to
Nick. she said:
I cite this around you under the
arms =
He did so and felt himself being
slowly drawn upward. Such was his
peril that he could not realize that the
girls hands alone were not strong
enough to pull him to the top. He did
not know that another had also heard
his calls for help and had arrived just
in time to aid in the rescue. When
almost up blow on the head from a
shelving ledge rendered him uncon-
scious for several minutes.
! When he came to himself he was ~
: ing on the bank Of Deer Fork, and
Faith was bathing his face. Hearing
Howard Olney's voice. he kept his
eyes closed and listened. ~,.
"I'm glad l was in time to help you
save him." the young man was saying.
II was on my way to see you. Faith.
to say goodby before leaving the can
yon. At first | thought l would go
away without. but couldn't. / felt
: that must look upon your face once
more before l gave you up to him.
Nick heard the tremor in Olney's
voice that told of the emotion he was
endeavoring to control. =.
Just once more, Faith" he went
on. 81 should not 60 if you could love
me, but know how it is. You have
known Nick all your life. In the de-
lirium Of his fever l learned how much
he loved you. and afterward he told
me that you loved him in return. l
will not come between you Goodby.
dear one. Remember helped save
him for your sake" .,.=,'---
There was intense pain in the tones.
and as he turned away Faith gave a
quick sob. and Nick felt hot tear
fall on his face. But the girl made
no effort to detain the man she loved
One word would have called him back
to her side. yet her lips seemed para
lyzed. She knew that he loved her
and was going because he believed she
loved another; that she would never
see him again and her old lonely life
would go on unbroken, unbrightened
by him. He was slipping away from
her forever. still she could not utter a
word p:
And Nick knew, too, that If Olney
went now his own chances Of some
time winning Faith were better than
ever. ~: "a
Hold on minute. Howardv called
the rescued man, sitting up. It; . Tss
What is it. Nick?' asked Olney.
turning back. though he did not trust
himself to look toward Faith. u II s.S@
Come up nearer. I've got somethin'
to tell you both. and you don't know
how hard it is for man to call him
self out loud and right before /: two
; good folks he's been a-wrongin''. "a
onery big liar" said Nick. But tthat,s
Just what ANA onery big liar. /