The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-02-24

homc wiih hiut aba uurspd him back
10 b-aith sud strength Had Il not
been for jealousy b. would have bsen
grateful as one ~ bis selfish nature
could be
Meanwhile Faith nad wandered
down the cnuyon. uDcousciousy taxing
the trail over which her lover hao
passed an hour Or two before.
Il viii give ur thinking of him." she
said. STOPPING 10 gather spray OF
Wild celnmblne 4 won't iel mis- going
away without even saying goodby
worry me. Molber must not see that
care. for 0f course she'll hear That hes
gone l'ii pick some flowers as AN ex
cnse for coming and 20 home aud live
my life without hin \ womans heart
must be strong for endurance"
| suddenly Wild cry burst upon her
ears
Help. beips'
The girl listened with bated breath
II did not come from the direction OF
the mining camp, slill. 1t might he
one OF the men had wandered down
the gulch md met with some accident
/ Again the call came, wild aud ago,
nizing. as though face TO face with
terrible doom This time she located
the cry
4 Some one has fallen into the old
shaft" she cried. running swiftly In
that direction, This "old shaft led to
/ what Ind once been u promising mine
/ but a subterranean stream that rose
4 mysteriously and al no regular period I
/ rendered II so unsafe that II had been |
| abandoned. aud no one who knew of Its |
treac hery dared venture into the shaft |
| Almost breathless, Faith gained the |
mouth of the mine and. dropping on |
| her knees, pcered down into the dark /
depths below The black sullen wa
ters Of the rising stream boiled aud |
hissed among the Jagged rocks aud
creylces. lashlng madly the legs OF
man who stood insecurely ON a narrow
ledge fully halfway down. He was
clinglng IN terror TO a jutting rock
above him, which threatened every |
moment TO give way. II 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 thisr' he screamed.
I'm try. Nickw she called back
But how was she To do II? She
looked about hopelessly; then her eyes
fell upon large coil OF castofI rope
near the broken windlass She caught
II up eagerly. and, lowering one end to
Nick. she said;
Tie this around you under the
arms
He did so and felt himself being
slowly drawn upward. Such was his
peril that be could not realize that the
girls hands alone were not strong
enough to pun 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 a blow on the head from Il
shelving ledge rendered him uneon-
scious for several minutes.
when he came to himself he wns ly
ing on the bank OF Deer ork. and
Faith was bathing his face. Hearing
Howard Oney's voice, he kept his
eyes closed and listened.
I'm glad ! was in time to help you
save him. the young man was saying
Il was on my way to see you, Faith
to say goodby before leaving the can
yon. AT first thought ! would 60
away without. but | couldn't. | felt
that ! must look upon your face once
more before | gave you up TO him
Nick heard the tremor In Oney's
voice that told Of the emotion he was
endeavoring 10 control
Just once more, Faith" he went
on. Il should not 90 If you could love
me. but know how II is You have
known Nick all your life. In the de
lirium Of his fever learned how much
he loved you. and af,erward he told
me that you loved him In return
will not come between you. Goodby. I
dear one. Remember helped save
him for your sake" /
There was intense pain In the tones.
and as he turned away Faith gave n
quick sob. aud Nick felt a hot tear !
fall on his face But the girl made
no effort TO detuin the man she loved
One word would have called him back I
to her side, yet her lips seemed para
iyzed. She knew that he loved her
and was going because he believed she q
loved another; that she would never s
see him again and her old lonely life [
would 60 on unbroken. unbrightened
by him. He was slipping away from \
her forever. still she could not utter a a
word [
And Nick knew. too that II Olney
went now his own chances Of some 4
time winning Faith We're better than n
ever. \
Hold on a minute. Howardp' called /
the rescued man. sitting up. [
What is 1t. Nickr' asked Olney
turDing back. though be did not trust 5
himself to look toward Faith g
Come up nearer. I've got somethin'
TO tell you both. and you don't know g
how hard II is for man to call him n
self out loud and right before two 1
good folks he's been a-wrongfn',
onery big liar," said Nick. But THAT'S n
Just what | ANA onery big liar. | n
lied 10 yeu about Faiths loyin' me. h
and then ! lied 10 ber about your leav- Il
In Deer Fork TO Keep accounts for Mr. q
Owen just because you were IN love \
with his daughter. fm low lived T
devil. but when was down in that
Die shaft a-fncin' death ! made up my IN,
mind II ever got the chance I'd be a 1,
better man Now that you two have II
saved my worthless life and have give 4,
me the chance ! asked for I'm goin' =
10 begin with you and Faith by seftin II
gou right. You love each other aud a
want TO see you happy. 50 my lies b
lint standln' IN your trail any more. /,
Maybe you wonder how ! happened n
% be- down IN that old mine You re-
member that Swede who got pile OF a
,old and some nuggets stole from his \
,abirl oypr on Firpchpck crspky Well !.