Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-02-26

meet aunt and the people at the dub
I'd like to sit here and think q while"
well" said Rodney, ~good-by." He
shook hands with her. "Good-by. Felix.
If you ever find this place too lonely for
Things do happen there sometimes, though
not such things as here In Alastsir."
We shook hands, and ! caught 6
glimpse of some passing regret beneath
the smile on the surface Of his eyes.
As had watched Duponceau, watch
ed Rodney disappear into the pines. The
cheerful man in tweeds. like the mysteri-
GUS man Of the sea, had said farewell to
tho beach, but each had left a trace OF
himself there which ! should never for
get.
/ turned back 10 Barbara.
IT'S all over" zhe said. They've all
come and gone. and II might have been
. dream"
Here's the Ship" answered. riding
at anchor. just ~ she did before"
THAT makes II seem more like q
dream" she said that after all that has
happened. the Ship il just the same as
on the FIRST day / found her. and the
beach she turned to face it-''is just ~
sunny and az desolate"
''Yet the pirate came" j answered, "a
real pirate, a lineal descendant Of Cap
tain Kidd. and he brought treasure and
hid II and dug IL up again, and fought
like the thorough going gentleman adven-
turer be was. Monsieur Pierre Dupon-
ceau was no ordinary man"
ftfTQl1 mo what Won kuoW ohouf him 1"
she commanded. and settled down, lean
ing against the mast.
''He was an uncommon man" ] began.
but whether an uncommon man becomes
a hero or a scapegrace depends upon the
luck Of time. Duponceau had ideas that
were far about the heads OF most men,
ideas that some one at a later day might
use to great ends. OF which be himself
might have used 80 had he been given
time. He planned gathered his cargoes,
launched his ships In search OF the Cold
an Fleece. and was on his way 10 win
ming II when a quartering gale drove his
craft upon the rocks. Had the wind vser-
cd by needle-point, he might have won.
He was planning to make the poor Of
France well-to-do instead he made them
hAbth PVoi ci AuAH inc1 WSltf AA1 1Ct
those same plans pushed on may succeed
when It's too late for the poor investors
or for him. That's about the way Il
stands"
Barbara was silent, her eyes watching
the distant glitter OF the sea.
There's 90 much LUCK IN things, isn't
thsref" she said finally. ~ llks him,
anyway j like him for what be tried to
DO" Then, after a pause you were
always sure something would happen
hers, weren't youl 80 was i. Somsthlng
had TO happen. Do you suppose he came
OF his own free will or because ws had
wished 80 hard for an adYenturef"
Wishing hard can accomplish almost
anything Tvs been told"
What are you going 70 DO nov that
everything u oTer3' she ASKED presently
shook my hs0d dlsconsolately.
u have barsly yet faced the possibil-
~ Of 40 more teas Oh Che beach, 40 mors
sunssts from chs elf. no more adventures
on fAe ship, ~ NOT . Ysry pleasant
PROSPECT, y ltf'
but do beach and ths ella aDd ths
ship Will stil be hsre,' shs aasesgsd
] followed her sac seaHard.
Esek eso discovered . curlous
fhins For ysags had Lived hers and
found AZ fhe psAuiy ! NAnfeo NJ Nafch'
rs ~ olenglpg colQfs VI fhe naFss And
~ golden gQN through ~ Foods ADD
fhe daHn ppsf VI 40 ssad, and yet All
VI . sudden found iAsy LAD sbsolufely
,eplshed, iaei eeplepf sesslpy aed