New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17
HARDPAN & co.

Each night he saw Eve Waters, and each night 1t was
the same old story Of worshping ner rom 'i ",|l
ever-qroving admiration He could not tel lroI noi
attde whether ne was to her than mere lOei
ostino man Of the mountains, whose liic habits anu
methods Of speech were different from any that she du
ever known He suspected that this was the sole cause
for her interest Yet, on the night Wileh nc r.
qualification at the receipt OF the forms ana etel S
disnlaved 4 personal citation that puzzled him.. :.
81 am so glad those forms camel she declared, LOOKING
r his sb6ildcr 81 have been watching for an otlcai
envcop and today when 1t came was certain II c9 e
contain nothing else suppose you VIII 90 back ana ne
them Immediately that is do whatever you nave todo
about all that consists of, in the first place. Is 10
substitute them with the same witness SignatureS,.Ior
the that have already placed on the stakes III
said after that fancy can take my time to record
He did not tell her that already he and Iardpan were
getting so low in funds that they were economzi8 Oh
every possible dollar and that the recording tees Tor
documents such they had to file would run INTO quite
a little sum, from their viewpoint.
He was almost on the verge of explaining this when
a heavy footstep almost behind them caused nm 70
turn Harcs was there looking out over the gloom OF
the lake and apparently absorbed in his own thoughts;
but Jim had uncomfortable feeling that ne nad Dceh
there for sometime, and wondered how man OF ms
weight could move around nOlsecSSy as ne seemed
TO do when If was his desire He thankful that
nothing had been said that could be Of value to the
promoter; but lest his tongue slip unawareS ne rose
and suggested to Miss Waters that She accompany MN
down to the beach.
He pattcd the envcop in his pocket he went; for
now it seemed to him that all their troubles were being
swept aside and that nothing remained between nm
drain tunnel He could not refrain from vocing his
happiness and his hope. It had taken months OF ac
craftsmanship to bring him. retlccnt as he was by
nature 10 point where he dared confess the magnitude
Of his and Harlpans dream
ONLY q few days more, hes said as they walked along
~ the shore and shall know what IS beneath our
lake There is no reason why II should not be immensely
l. a.. ,l4Hnf Igf al
deposits In such hollowS She creates her savings banks
How much will YOU get from it," Eve asked, and he
was compelled TO smile at her ignorance.
THAT can scarcely be ioretoId with any accuracy,
he replied. &C.,
put would it be as much as twenty thousand dol
lars" she persisted.
1T might contain much more than that. II might be
as rich as the lost Arch mine supposed 10 be, AMI the
PRESUMPTION Is that it deposit such must have
been formed hcrc-a hollow where the gold drftcd and
washed. and collected until 1t was a tabuIousy rich
Where is the lost Arch mine She asked thought
fully. 81 never heard Of it.
81 wish knew where it was, he answered ut is
one Of the legendary things ike the Pcglcg a dozen
others that they will tell You about The Arch mine
was found in the 'SO's bv two men named Fish and
Crockcr when they were searching for water. fish
found 1t. He stopped To- rest IN the shade OF great
natural arch in the mountains to the northeast o mere,
out on the desert section and suddenly discovered that
he was in q little hollow. and was sitting ON what might
ls well have been pure gold. He could scoop Il up by
the handful II was coarse, ana IT was III JuH ru,I Il
place s our little lake might be If suddenly dried up,
and the country around It dried up and the desert ccpt
IN over the dead forests. CrOckcr believe. died on the
way out or very shortly after the two got 20 water
AMI other men Then Fish tried for years % find i.
until he died. s., did other men, by the score. Joe
Lord down IN san Bcrnarlino could tell YOU Of outfit
after outfit that has turned away the north never 70
come back. 1t is still there, somewhere, under its arch
that drcl-up lake whose bottom was Of gold Ourlakels
here and we shall Law bare all that il has stored for
She seemed for the first time % grasp the full sig
nileln.c Of all this work meant 20 him. and unhcsat
ngv voiced her hope that II would prove great As he