The Washington times., 1914-02-25

| began to drop on the mountain Rob felt
he was lost. The white fakes blinded
him SO he could not make out the trail.
| Tired out he sat down to rest. There
Gme lust then a luIl in The storm, and
| Rob noticed that the tree by which he
| sat was of peculiar shape. II was
| bent hallway up, and all the branches
overhung 4 shallow gully by the side OF
| the road. The boy stood UP ir his ex-
| cipement. and leaned far over to in
| spect the ground.
| Well he exclaimed. this seems 20
me like the very spot for which father
| has been looking. Uncle John said the
claim he once worked was jus, below n
bent tree. but father had been search
| ing for it on the wrong road. am sure
| that right iiero is the very mine that
father has a claim to. for Uncle John
! left it to us in his will.''
Rob forgot himself and in leaning
! over too far lost his balance. With a
cry. he tumbled out of the path and
landed on a jagged stone, which cut his
head and made him unconscious. There
he lay I'm the snow. the darkness wra.e
near. while over him the snow came in
thick fakes. which would soon have
buried him from sight.
Poor Bob was at loss what to do.
He shifted about his fallen master.
| licked him in the face and howled dis
mally. But only the distant ciifYs echoed
the sound. II was growing late and
getting colder each moment, but there
lay-the boy motionless.
But Bob: even IL he was a dog. knew
a lot, and he formed his plans Drag
gine the sled down into the little gully
by the rope. he pulled IL until tt was
just by the side OF tire boy. T.,en. taxi
ing Robs jacket in his teeth. the dog
jerked and ierked till he managed 20
roll the lads form onto the sled.
He pulled SO that Roy lay across the
sleigh, and the box strapped in tie
dog licked his masters face until he
heard a groan of returning conscious
ness. But before Rob came to his
senses, Bob had taken the rope in
had gotten tha sled back into the path
Then it. was easy pulling. for the trail
was packed with soft snow.
Neither the darkness nor cold wor-
ried tn. dog; With tie rope in his
the fiSht against the wind and grade
making him war;. Up. up. up ne crept
slowly. taking an hour to so a mile.
But he was gaining. Rob back IN the
Up the trail the dog tugged, behind him
the sled. At last the glimmer OF a
light in the window and the dog dropped
the rope. letting out q glad bark:
In moment the door was thrown
wide open, the light streamed out and
Mrs. Ford caught sight of the dog, sled
and Rob lying almost covered with
snow. In few moments she had him
ty the fire. his head bathed with warm
water and a cup of hot tea TO his lips,
while Bob capered about in mad giee
well, father" said Rob that night
as they sat cheerfully about smoking
supper and listened to the wind howl
ing over the trees, Il have found that
niTe you have been looking for so long
the one Uncle John left us in his will
IL is right where | fell down"
And so il was As soon as Mr.. Ford
vas Well enough to go out he :nvesti-
gated the gully and found that it was
in fact the lost mine of his brother
John. a mine full Of ore which made
him a rich man. So they named II in
honor of the brave dog that had saved
Pob's life. and ever after il vas known
az the Bob Mine.
Tomorrow's story, ''Polly's Prisoner"