The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-06-18
An ingenious
Mark
By EDITH v. ROSS


b. in very excited state A couple
/. of men standing az the bar noticed
him and heard him ask the landlord
for writing materials. These he took 10
table and sat down 10 write letter.
@Do You know what's the matter
with hlmY' asked one Of his observers.
mo. don't"
He's struck bonanza. There's
n0thin' else In this here country to
affect a man like that I've seen men
In that fx before and know the symp-
toms
~wenY'
wen. think there's somepin In it
for u.s."
-HowY'
I'VE can keep an eye on him. see
where his claim Is located and jump
IT,"
At that moment one OF the conspira-
tors noticed q man reading a newspa-
per by a window and put bis snger on
his lip. The two emptied their glasses
and went out. As soon as they had
done so the man reading the newspa-
per arose and. going to Hartwell. said:
My friend. / overheard those two
men talking about you. and wish to
warn you Then be told Hartwell
what he had heard Hartwell appear
ed TO be very much affected by the In
formation He thanked che stranger.
but said nothing about the truth or
falsity Of the consplrators' surmise.
HartwelI had struck a rich vein Of |
ore and was writing to bis daughter. |
Mabel. In the east to announce the /
fact
One day Hartwell was found dead
near the hole be was pretending %
work Not long after his death two
men laid claim to the place where be
was supposed TO be digging. but. and
ing nothing. they soon abandoned II.
Mabel Hartwell had been posted by Il
her father as to his fears Of losing
bis property. and be had given her
some idea as to the location. But the
exact spot was unknown to her. her
father not daring to state it. fearing
that his letter might be interrupted
AS soon as she bad been informed OF
her fathers death she determined 20 {
go west with view to claiming bits
mine.
When she reached the scene Of her !
gather's efforts she FIRST made Inquiries /,
for the conspirators. but they had left
and no one knew where they had q
gone Mabel had the good sense 70 !
realize that IL would be difficult to
Ind and punish them. and even If she
lid 1t would not bring her father v
,ack to life She knew that be had {
,een very DESTROYS that she should :
AVE the property be bad discovered 2
md set about to End IL.
Alone she visited the location that
Ie had given her. She found Il In a ),
anyon shut 10 on either side By high :.
Mountains. There was house at the u
youth Of the canyon, where she OBJ I.
Iined lodgings and set out 20 try :.
D discover the mine. But she had :
tile hope. for. knowing that her ia %
ier had been watched. she inferred r
tat he would not mark it Neverthe 4.
SIS. NOT long before his death Hart a'
ell had written Der that be was ..
ying 10 find some mark by which In
Ise anything should happen TO him
; might show her and her alone the
.act spot under which lay the rich
In Of ore be had discovered, for he
ID obIiterated all trace OF his mine
Mabel hoped that her father bad hft
on some mark that only she would
derstand, but had been stopped from
1t to her by his sudden
ding away. Her experience bad
Ide her suspicious Of every one. and
; dare not take any person with her
II was summer. and the
ather was Gne. She made daily
riches Ia the canyon, which. though
. n mile In length. was very rugged
hard to get over.
me day she came to rock on which
was much asfonished TO find her
D name. Mabel carved ia rude
ers. Beneath was an arrow and
eath the arrow a date-Juiy IS.
re was no year given. only the
nth and day of the month. Nat.
Ily Mabel turned her glance In the
.cfion the arrow pointed. The FIRST
ret 10 line was a perpendicular
{. very thin. It's outline being like
Iigar loaf. Indeed. one side OF II
an edge like an ak. some parts OF
ch were not over foot thick. u
abel fell TO thinking ON the prob
The arrow appeared TO be In
led to direct Der attention 10 the
side Of the rock, which was d. a
" in line with II. What did the Il
mean? The day Mabel found the III
was the 10th OF June. Her fa- n
had been dead nearly year. hay z*
been murdered on the 18th Of 81
three days after the carved date. Il
Ell examined the thin rock careful. IL
nd fDuBI that hole half an inch III
iamefer had been drilled through II
nlnnent rarf. Mabel Mt once infer III
init this bile had something to do III
the date Inscribed with the arrow We
her name M
e date carved on the rock would
around In two weeks, and Mabel
we'd to walt and look through the
d hole on the day mentioned. She
ut need 70 look through II. for on I'M
day the sun sent IFS light through g
akfng spot on the ground some W
I feet distant Mabel. hopeful.
ed the apDt went away and hay e~