The daily sentinel., 1913-06-14


Wen find his mine-weve got the world by the
tail down-hill road Red cried, insaneIy
"Hush' said Bill "Hushl This rock never COM
from hereabouts. He just brought l. here with him.
Red threw his hands imploringly. Don't
don't he whispered 81 wanted you to have it, and
take her The girl was beside. him clinginp 10 his
arm, her eyes ryeted to his face He looked down
her. "No-noH he burst out. Its true-its got to
be be true found found it l tell you He took the girls
the trail Were goin back there" he shouted you
an me an Bill-were gon to find the mine Bill
took them. after him. down the steep mountan-side,
plungns ahead. while Bill helped the girl the
great leaps.
The yellow moon sailed with sudden dizziness into
the pale sky The dsordered skeleton CLEANED fan
arm, dragging her forward. She shrank back, terri
Here" said Red, 4 found him. And this money"
gave them to her And these" He laid the battered
tFinket and the gold cross in the other hand.
The money fell, tinkling, to the sand The girl stood
staring hxedly the baubles her breast rising and
falling swiftly with her painful breathing.
trnket jeanne" She laid ne tips of her fingers
on her breast Il am jeanne she whispered 1T
Then she looked up at Red, glistenqg tears yelling
quaint gesture And they came and took away.
from the man who would hold by this" She looked
up At ked Peadingly. holding tbs lOcket toward him
Who took you away, dear?" Red whispered.
Indians she answered trent Ing suddenly. 1t
the first time they had heard her say the word
For the first time words seemed to come easily to he
and they stared at her wonderingly Il never came
back here. Always Indians"
did the Indians tie you to the ground?" Red de-
manded hoarsely
She nodded, and broke into a storm of strange
"Hushw said Red. quietly "Why was t~
81 would not go-go with man." she said, brokenly.
Tall man-so-and keep his camp and cook She
shuddered and the tears rushed to her eyes And
when | would no keep his camp they brought
days in the red sum- and put alive horses into deep
hole and covered them with sand-and tied to the
ground in, and @ LETT me EN- n the the red sun until died.
"They would not put me in the fire to die, For
Ge Ge@ from the sky would come dow" and kill all ii
"lnjuns got her when she kid and when she got
big wanted her to marry some Injun. They put blind
folded live horses to carry the dead to the happy hunn
ground Bill repeated, rapidly.
pere mon grandpere, said he would come back when 1
most needed him and kill all If they die me. Mon
grandperc was tied in fire when he held out his two
hands above his head and told them Mon grandpere-
she held out the indicating the initials Monsieur
Louis lie Feyre. Ma like you-not French But
no remember tor she was not here. Mon pere told
often of how she died, come away and left her
back-somewhere. Mon pere, indians took away from
"Her grandfather" Bill glanced down meaningly at
the scattered skeleton. Her father, maybe we saw
tIas dead "'' u'S OS 's "'u'' foF inuns burn their
s ysanne stood looking helpessly into Reds face
little child into this Wilderness" Bill cried.
And them Injuns back to see il she
died: for they was scared of the curse" Red argued
The girl started forward, suddenly, and clung to
Red "Gold-godp' she cried. and stood swaying on
her feet. Then with a sudden bound she broke away
from him. flying down the canon. They after her
She darted down the narrow gulch intersecting The
main draw running heetly as one familiar with the
path She disappeared, suddenly behind huge
Red plunged forward She was climbing before
him, up winding trail that circled sudden hill He
called to her, but she sped on, unheeding her feet
moonlight she like shadowy dream drifting
on before him, eluding hm-ius beyond the call Of
HE rpt~a Tho. Oh Il 80 4
Beyond curve in the trail he found her waiting
for him Before her, gaun and lnheraded the s<ele-
against the hills She stopped and lifted an old sieve
from the ground. In the clear moonlight hundred
nuggets CLEANED as they rolled to and fro in the
Many more. she said, softly pointing the tripod
and nky shaft Mon pere ct mon grandpere dug
Red stood looking at her; making no move to take
them ITS dream, he said, finally; we amt
found that lost mine" He took the sieve wonderingy.
Red he said. there's two THOUSAND dollars, worth
OF nuggets panned out here. He-took up handful
and let them treke through his fingers. fall chink-
ing against the PAN And we been in two miles OF
He He went toward the tripod. IT'S true, he cried
There's more ore rock; rock" His words were lost II
trail here" he called back. 'Red-Red can ou-
camp-fre!"
swerved and where it the side of the hill and ran
in white, unbroken line they could the distant
campfire glowing like great yellow coal on the bite
This here trail leads straight to our water-tank'
Bill said "I seen it one day, cutn along the bae:-
bone of the ridge. calculated it a Sleeps trail
cause human could climb like that"
The girl stood silently beside them. Suddenly she
gave little cry and clutched at Reds arm. She
swayed uncertainty Bill stretched his hands
NO said Red, quietly and he reached down and
gathered her up in his arms.
Bill touched her dress. Give her to me, Red" he
demanded. I'm goin' to tote her camp"
Bill, you're the only friend got or ever had but
if you don't that hand. III" He broke down
suddenly; 81 want to carry her tonight Bill he
said brokenly