Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-02-02

wa give up thinking OF him." she
Ia, STOPPING to gather a spray Of
via columbine. Il won't Lot his going
away without even saying roodbv
worry me. Mother must not see thar i
care. Tor OF course she'll hear that he,s
gone. I'll pick some flowers as an ex-
cuse Tor coming and 60 home and i've
my lie without him. A woman's heart
must be strong for endurance
Suddenly wild cry burst upon her
ears.
Help, helpr'
The girl listened with bated breath
It Old not come from the direction Of
the mining camp. Still. 1t might be
one Of the men had wandered down
the gulch and met with some accident
Again the call came, wild and aro.
mixing, a. though face to face with a
terrible doom. This time she located
the cry.
Some one has fallen into the old
smart" she cried. running swiftly in
that direction. This .'old shaft" LED tn
what had once been a promising mine.
but a subterranean stream that rose
mysteriously and at no regular period
rendered 1t 10 unsafe that 1t had been
abandoned. and no one who knew Of its
treachery dared venture into the shaft,
Almost breathless, Faith gained the
mouth OF the mine and. dropping on
her knees, peered down into the dark
depths below. The black sullen wa.
tiers OF the rising stream boiled and
Kissed among the jagged rocks and
crevices. lashing madly the legs Of
man who stood insecurity on narrow
ledge fully halfway down. He was
ciinging In terror to a jutting rock
above him, which threatened 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 thisr' he screamed,
I'll try. Nick" she called back.
But how was she to do It? She
looked about hopelessly; then her eyes
fell upon large coil Of CASTOR rope
near the broken windlass She caught
1t 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 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 ly-
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.
Pm 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 l would go
away without. but l couldn't. l felt
that must look upon your face once
more before 1 gave you up to him."
Nick heard the tremor in Olney's
voice that told Of the emotion he was
endeayoring to control.
just once more. Faith" he went
on. 81 should not go if you could love
me. but know how it is. You have
known Nick all your life. In the de-
lirium of his fever 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. ard Nick felt a 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 me
would 60 on unbroken, unbrightened
by him. He was slipping away from
her forever, still she could not utter a
| word.
And Nick knew, too. that II Olney
went now his own chances of some
time winning Faith were better than
ever.
Hold on a minute. Howard!' called
the rescued man, sitting up.
"What is IT. Nicky' asked Olney.
turning back. though he did not trust
himself to look toward Faith.
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 thafs
lust what | ana emery big liar. l
lied to you about Faiths lovin' me-
and then l lied to her about your leav-
In Deer Fork to keep accounts for MI