White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-23

hurried to the spot. and found MOTH
ing. A moment later we were startl-
ed BY the sound Of hoof-beats going
down the trail. | WAS haunted by
the thought that perhaps someone
had seen us. but in time managed
to drive it from my mind.
when we reached home Frances
asked for her husband. could not
tell her the truth, but. when | was
not near, Joe told her all. He also
told her the reason, which yindieat-
ed me in her eyes and brought me
back her respect. She understood.
thank God. and she forgaye me-
That night you we're born, and your
mother. died. With her last words
she begged me to care for YOU and
bring you up to be happy
VERY soon after your mothers
death ! received a visit from two
men whom had never known. They
were a degraded looking pair. their
attire rough. and their faces Scared
from a hard life in the hills They
/ spoke we'll. however, which surprfs-
ed me. they must have been fairly
well educated and, ! judged, had
( sunk to ~degration in their early man
hood Their names you have heard
since. They we're Drant and Rawls.
They we're the men who had seen us
bury Lawton, and, as a reward a
been offered by the authorities for
the conviction of the murderer, they
claimed blaekmall, which was
forced to pay. They continued de-
mands for money until | could meet
them no longer, and fled secretly TO
this little abode in the hills, bring
ing only yen and Joe with me. We
dug the shaft which leads To the
mine. and developed il only enough
To Weld a living. IT Is as rich to-day
as II it had never been touched. Ana
II Is yours when you read this, for ]
shall have passed away. One-halt
OF the chart is in an envelope that
lies q a this. The other half. which
we took from Lawton's body, rs In
the main part Of the chest. Together
they will serve to locate the mine.
Alone, neither can help. But 4aqui
Joe can also take you there. He IS
the only one alive, after ! pass away
who knows the location. That is all.
Your mother knew this story mp
To the point Of her death. She for
gave me. Can you Nan. dear dangh-
ter of my heart, II not of my body
I ark YOU. Nan. though | can never
hear your answer. | may only live
and die IN hope.
s"Don Carlos Ybarra De Cordoba.
Gwyn looked up from the manu-
SCRIPT as he finished reading. lie
saw that Mans eyes We're filed with
tears. but she brushed them away
and forced a smile. Gwyn gazed az
her. almost mechanically opening
the other envelope as he did 50.
From IL he drew a folded sheet OF
paper as old and yellow and brittle
from age as the envelope which had
enclosed II. Carefully. so as not to
tear II. he unfolded the sheet, until
there lay spread open on his lap the
chart. All of the lines and whiting
that seelned to leod to one side
stopped abruptly as they came 10 the
edge of the paper. II was plain mat
as Don Carlos had stated In his letter
II was but half of the map.
aThis is what they wanted, GWyn
said thoughtfully. 1t Is the chart.
They must have learned Of its exist
enee In some way.
Yes replied Nan. and they
must have gotten the other half. Do
you remember when Joe ran to the
chest after they had left, he shouted:
They got II. but not ALP He meant
the chart. They got half. This Is