White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-30

whispered. with a catch in her voice
4 viii 20 With saG and begin asain
xlth you. Do not leave N =
Darling n murmurezt pressing
her hznd Ia his -. Dear heari-do
goG mean II:
@Eeauor. Seymour voice cut TIE
4arknes, IKE a knife.
-Y@ came EzeauurS xaice III Of
RE night a. she 5ained her step1afher.
The souud - foofheaIs grew fainter
ami finally died INTO silence: Ihe SIT
batter - rain 81 III chesfnuts AMI the
lsv val of mourning fnam the negro
quarters formed ne only requiem over
m funeral pyre Of the house o. Max
sell
John drew nearer TIE ruins and
looked " At the fr0wnins majesty Of
tie * huge chimneys. They u
come doan.- he murmured. and made
3 mental note Il 20 10 tosn and get
The dynamite n~eees>ary for the blast
ny
ant . the grove = trees Iaele
Jakss felee caule. cracked with emo
ton. ~3larse john. Aunt sally Size done
elar outer her cabin an Is sweetern
honey lah 30 comfort. sab y bed
an Iot 81 things Irom thu hiz house am
therein. Marse John.
Maxwell forget his own troubles in
allay inz the .rief Of the Old servants,
Int when the gray morning dawned
and az sill lay awake IN his new quar-
fers al the comfort and hope that
EIeanors promise had awakened In
him had departed.
He would b. q cur indeed 10 snatch
Tho d~elieately nurruTed girl from her
l5ne auI let ber slender shoulders
BenI beneath tie hunieSs that The wife
~ q fssr mau-a i-ggai. be Thought
bitref5-musr saHer. IL would not
bind be- - "a PROMISE 4.ea pefaaH ia
lhe frs warmth IS sympathy. He
nan - aua r-and s. maur
could haEe the easefsi nlndt
stern IN This resolution he rode oysr
TO Lee,bur- thai afternoon AMI pur-
chased a quantity III dynamite. and the
following day. viii the help Of the ser
wants. he prepared To RAE the menac-
ing chimneys 10 the ground.
The women servants carried all the
precious crystal and china to a place
Of safety. and then the work OF rmoy-
ing the ehimneys wa begun.
one by one. they t0ttered aud fell in
clouds Of choking dust. until there re-
manned only the great central chimney
the hearthstone around which .ener-
ations Of MzxweIls had gathered In JOY
aad sorrow, in prosperity long ago.. and
now In bitter ruin. Better remove this
landmark OF n dead raee of which he
was doomed tn he the last.
SO unused Maxwell. "a he stood alb
sorhe1 in bitter thought while uncie
Jake. ne~ar-sighte=I and half blinded by
tears. recklessly prepared the last
blast. The fHSe was laid and they
Withdrew into the shelter 81 the chest
nut roy
Il done leave cherry stick oh dinna-
mite there. Mare John. muttered the
I'D man with ~reSentful triumph IN his
grumbling tones. There won't no
folks PM in here an say
Ms tod. Jake WHAT
Johns words were drowned in a
deafeniug roar. followed b the black
ness and silence Of death itself.
When h. regained consciousness his
eyes opened on The sunshine stream
ing through the window ~ Aunt sal
SIS chin all around him were famil-
lar articles Of furniture and above him
bent Eleanor Lee.
What happeneB-Unele Jakef he
asked family.
Uncle Jake's snOw-croWn ned head
bcbbed above the foot &. the bed. his
lips stretched in q toothless smile.
Here / Is. Marse John be chuckled
softly dem lazy niggers done left .
fodder bald yander Ia de grove. an
when d. splOslon came this Niger fell
on the bed an amt hurt a mite, sab.
You was de only one
I'm glad Of that. Uncle Jake"
smiled Maxwell. and then he raised
his eyes to Eleanor's. what did the
0O'thr ~aE
THAT you Will be as good as new In
"A few weeks" returned Miss Lee
promptly. evading his tender eyes.
Maxwell groaned. The devils own
luck. he muttered desperately. Nell.
darling. | can't hold you to your prom
Use To go with mel am penniless. l
am not selfish enough 10 accept your
sacrifice
A soft hand covered his mouth and
Eleanor's bright hair touched the pill
low beside his head. I've set my
heart on making a rich marriage.
John. don't disappoint me. please
Llsten-two weeks ago | heard my
stepfather telling that man who bought
the Lesson place next Dor that he
was positive that there was a vein OF
coal beneath your place that meant a
fortune to the nan who acquired the