The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-21
 A Turn of the Earth.
  4 Case of a Modern Miracle. By JEFFERSON FORT .s,....-.-rs-As N,- Rr--a.af-rv, E,rsaua A eena
By JEFFERSON pORr
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It was desolste country which Clarence Ives was traversing with ing gard feet six weeks before he bad started from Rnsenada with two pack mules snd a prospecting outft Nov the mules were heaps of bleaching bones among the ragged Lower Call hornla hnls, snd the vuitures bad sailed away to other banouets. Ives wondered if they would come back Co oparuel over hls remains before long.
 Ahead of him was s Goicouda of riches--of course! Had not that haH breed Mexican, Fe,lpc urtero, hl'ed his ears with tales or the gold to be picked up in that canyon down in Lower CaiiforaIss True it WIS that Feline had not been Co the coan,-y NS- vond Rnsenads. but his story sounded nassonsble. and he bad Substantiateo his assertions with rude map oi the country which bad descended Co him from bis grandtsther, who bad been a man Of many sdventuneS.
 Ives wished success tn this adven' fure. He had been thc owner Of prospereus vineyard and had iust his years crop by a mysterious Ere which ned swept down and obliterated every vine on his acres rhere was a mort rsre on his ranch. aud it was held by the man wnose daughter he wanted to marry.
 ~If you can pull yourself ont of thls hole. ClaneDce.' Norman Royce said erimly, "l'B cut carload Of orange blossoms and you can engage tne padre ft you cant make 5000 what's toe use ot your marrying Cora now and entsurrng Der in the meshes Of your didicuiues-ehyn
 Clarence Ives bsd thrust out his de termined chin end informed Papa Royce that one year from that date he would caH upon him to deliver Cora into his arms. In the meantime he shut up bis ranch house. bsde fare well Co bis pretty, loyal sweetheart and set forth on this expedition into Lower California after gold a wild adventure iuto wild, uninhsbited country. undertaken by man whose crestest assets were youth and cour nre and the love Of a woman
 The mules. one after the other. hod each proEen a leg among the cUevices of the foothHls. That was why Clar' ep,e was trudging along, weary, spirit, .sSs with now and then inference to the old map he bad received from the hall breed.
 Near nicntfaH be came to the en, trance of a rOcky canyon, Scr0bhY c5eStnuts and pecans clothed the rim of the curlIke incicsure. Across one end a smaIl stream ct sweet, pure water mcandered snd was loS, among the rocks Near the stream was hatch of coarse Ercen grass, and here tYarsace rnsce bis littie camp.
 Ane~ wgPrer be compared bis map with the canyon and grew dizzy when b, reslizea that this must indced oe the treasure house or which FedPe hsd tod him. To verify this beliet he sesrcaed the beetling rock that hpnc over the source ct the spring aud was rewarded for his etort by md ing rudely carved thereon the image Of s serpent placed there hundred vears ago to guard the spring.
 oRoorayY" yelled Clarence excitedly, and the echo was borne back and forth across the rscsy canyon unti t seemed to rau at his feet in frisht' eued whisper.
 When a new dsy dawuea he was refreshed and set about delSsng among The rocks at the bead oi the stream where the map indicated that cold nuggets might be found.
 pay after day passed in a Uonoto- nous succession ot dlssrPointDents-
 At lasA "a nffez three weeks of deiviHg in the rocky soiL he lifted bis pick and threw W far from him with a bitter exclamation. Then. because be recol ler,ed that other treasure seekers had found god many times when on the verge ot -ahsudoelEg their projects he sought his pick once more and again annlJed himself Co the tRsk. but it was ouIy a dying spurt of ambition. and at Supset he once more tossed the smpie- mept aside end aung himself on the ground in bitter despair.
 He bad stsked bis future and Cora's on tbe rare smile of the goddess Of for tune. and she had chosen to frown upon him.
 eve paid my tribute Co labor he said grimly after awhile He surveyed his bruised and bllstered hands and the turmoil of rocks snd earth he had tossed up In the canyon. Be took stock ot his scauty store of provisions and marked them together. Then be turned bis hack on the canyon and rounded the rocky entrance and climbed the heights 10 the fringe of ehestnuts and pecans.
 Re made h's way through the grove of nut trees and was once more on certain rocky tran when it occurred to him that night was drawing in and he must make camp Untl morning. So be returned to the nut grove. ate sCanty