Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
FIFTH STORY.
First Dny.

Leila Austin, during her twenty-five
sheltered years as well-to-do mans
| daughter. had never known an un-
Eratiied wish. Poverty" and 'strug-
! gle" were mere words to her--woris
| that carried no real meaning.
/ Perhaps that was why she refused
| Halsey Bren, and accepted Tom Car
/ ter. Brent was rich and was grow
ing richer day by day. Carter was a
mining engineer. houndlcssly rich in
energy and hope---and all but bank
rupt in everything else.
Mrs. Austin spent long and profit
less hours in pointing out to Leila the
ADVANTAGES of marrying Brent and the
hardshirs she must face as the wife
of man who still had his way to
make.
Leila listened patien,ly-and married
Tom Carter
Her fathers wedding gif, to Leila
was Il check for $4,000 more money
than Tom Carter had saved in all his
hard-workinE life. She Endorsed it owe,
TO her husband. and with IL Tom bought
the controlling interest In an Oregon
gold mine.
! This investment was no, aS rash as
i-eilas parents and Brent thoutht The
mine was one which Tom himself had
helped 70 develop. and IN which he had
houndlcss faith. BY rare luck he was
able |" buy in the bulk Of its stock at
/ moment when the original promoters
+ were hard pressed for money.
ITS n gamble, dear" he told Leila
"Eut then. 50 is everything in life. I
know the region and know the mine
There's lot of pay ore under those
graz rocks. and it's only a question OF
TINE when some one will strike H. I'm
gong out there and be my own SUPER
inicndent and manager combined With
/ the money I've laid by from my salary
b can Keep the pay roll going ANY
day We may strike the right vein. And
when We do. Well. little sweetheart
EASY street will look like n Stun com
pared with our quarters. I'm going to
fechristen the mine. too. I'm going to
call II the Leila A."
!.ei!a's eyes danced Already She w,.
beginning to build air castles as tho
VIE OF n multimiilionaire mine owner.
The naming OF the mine in her honor
seemed the most delicious commitment
ever paid her. Tom saw the glow in
ner pretty face, and he went on rnor.
soberlv:
us only fair 10 tell YOU that it'll h..
nara shedding for while. dear Life
gu; there in tho wilderness is in tho
'0GEh. III have to work early and
late and live IN Il two-room cab,,
mostly or bacon and beans and sour.
dough bread. II you como out there
with me. that must be your life. TOO
We wont he bic To keep n servant
even II We could get ono in such a
place. You'll! have to do all YOUR ow,
work. and"
1T Will be Just like one long nicnir,-
Il, viii he one long period OF grind.
ing. lonely drudgery." he corrected
With only our love for each other to
brighten IL. Think careful!,. before
you decide. Wouldn't II be be,,er for
you TO stay here. comfortably. and l.,
nie send for YOU when I've made my
strike? i"
stay here and let you go on, there
al! alone she Easred in dis,nav
Why Tom Carter, do you suppose I
married YOU TO be a grass widow
where YOU GO ] 70. Besides. it will
he wonderful to have our own dear
!'tt!c cabin and keep il bright and
homelike for you. and TO be waiting
az me door for YOU every night: and
10 fee! I'm doing my share toward
helping YOU win your fortune. We're
going out there together. my darling
And It will be the happiest honey
moon any CIR! ever had. Just think
no" Jolly II will be 10 look bacx NJ,
"hen we're millionaires, wouldn't
miss IT for worlds. How soon can we
start"
The Westward journey was n delight
10 them both They felt they we're
nearing The promised land The two
room shack. half-mile from the mine
, mouth, among the towering Oregon
, mountains seemed TO Leila tiny para
disc
.'h Il VIII Sh" set herself to learn
!nG ncr new duties ns frontier house.
wife. II was. as she had nred;c,ed
one long picnic" The mountain air
:, gave h"r an appetite that could dtces,
even her own first efforts at burned