White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-29

You are still working MIRACLES
Natalie told 0'Neil an hour later, while
he WAS showing his visitors the few
sights of Omar. miracles of kindness.
as usual
Dan and lis sister were following
at a distance. arm in arm and chatter.
ing like magpies
mo, no. That cottage is nothing.
Miss Appleton had 10 have some place
to stop"
This NJ seeui like magic Natalie
paused uni looked over the busy little
town And IL think you have done II
in a year
1T WAS nui ! who did it. the credit
belongs L. those boys Of whom | told
you They are al here, by the way
PARKER. Mckay. Mcllen. Sheldon. Doc
Gray-te has the hospital. you know"
And Aif Slater
"Oh. We couldn't exist without Hap
py Tom No. the only miracle about
all this Is the loyalty that has made 1t
possible. 1t Is that which has broken
all records In railroad building; that's
what has pushed our tracks forward
until we're nearly up to one of natures
real miracles. You shall see those gla-
ciers one of these days. Sometimes !
wonder IL even the devotion of those
men will carry Us through the final
test But-you shall meet them all to-
night-my whole family"
Il cant. The ship leaves this after
noon"
I've arranged Ia send you TO Hope
in my motorboat just as Mr.. Gordon
sent me on my way a year ago. You
will stay with the Appletons tonight
and help at the house warming. then
Dan viii take you on In the morning.
Women are such rare guests ut Omar
that we refuse 10 part with them. You
agreeY"
How can | refuse? Your word
seem to b. law here. III send word
TO mother by the ship that arm de
tained by royal decree"
She spoke with a gayety hat seemed
d little forced. and at mention of her
departure y subtle change had come
over her face. O'Neil realized that she
had matured markedly since his last
meeting with her. there wns no longer
quite the same effect OF naive giriish
ness.
This was \ very Unhappy yea for
your loyal subject. Mr.. O'Seil-"
I'm sorry" he declared with sucb
genuine kindliness that she was moved
o confde la him
Mother aud | are ruined"
VIII you tell me about itY'
Its merely those wretehed coaI
claims. have n friend In the land OF.
flee at Washington and. remembering
what you said. | asked him to look
them up. knew 10 other way To go
about Il. lie tells me that something
was done. or was not done. by US. aud
that We have lost all we put In"
II urged Gordon to obey that ruling
last spring" Natalie saw that his face
was dark with indignation. and the
knowledge that he really cared sci her
heart To pounding gratefully. She was
half tempted TO tell about that other.
that greater trouble which had stolen
In upon her peace of mind and robbed
her Of her %girlhood. bur she shrank
from barring her wounds-above all. a
wound so vital and so personal as this
Does your mother know be que.
ried.
NO. | preferred 10 tell her I'm Mr.
Gordon's presence" Murray noticed
that she no longer called the man III
Gle. But now that the time has come
I'm frightened
Never allow yourself to be afraid
Fear IL something false; II doesn't
exist"
lit seems to me he was-unfaithful
TO his trust. An | rlghtY
THAT Is something you must judge
for yourself" he told her grnyely.
You see. | don't know anything about
the reasons which prompted him TO
! sacrifice your rights. lie may have
had very good reasons. | dare say he
had In building this railroad I have
felt but one regret-that is the indirect
effect II may have upon yon and your
mother. Your affairs are linked close
y with Gordon's, and the success OF
my enterprise will NEAR the failure
Of his
You mustn't feel that way. I'm
sure II won't affect us at all, for we
have nothing more TO lose. Sometimes
| think his Judgment is faulty, erratic,
wonderful man though he Is Mother
trusts him bllndly, of course. and so
do |. yet | hardly know what TO do. 1t
is impossible that he did worse than
make "A mistake.
Her dark eyes were bent upon Muir
ray. aud they were eloquent with the
question which she could not bring her
self 10 ask He longed To tell her
frankly thai Curtis Gordon was a
charlatan. or even worse, and that his
fairest schemes were doomed TO fail
ure b. the very nature of his methods
but instead he said
Pm dppply distressed. hone things