Show THE MINERS RETURN never nevor get rich this way wd baur abner landon looking gloomily at 1 bix wife it takes nearly everything wo we can make to pay oui out way and thores e nothing much arld iway ita zen TIO no tise trying imy any longer with this old farm its worn out and ho end of it 1 dont talk that way abner replied hb hi wife whose palo pale checks cheeks and thin form plainly indicated that ho she p performed roomed her share of work to increase the family wealth 6 you make mako me uneasy and restless when ou talk liko like that we lve havo have plenty to carry UL along with and that better than many other poor mortals yes you ro ra richt mandy but that aint the question there aro are many better off than thin wo we arc too that ol 01 old d jacket of joure yours aint fit to bo be worn wom an other scar car alongside of that now af dill bill jencis s wife sho she hadaa and a new ev bbb on tho the other day and one no was all stuck up in her fine feathers you aro am just as good ae as eho she ie IS every mite and you aint made to wear poorer clotem cl alner shook hie his bead discontentedly tend and looked across tho the wido wide open fields ae as he puffed away at hb his pipe ho ile would clothe bis his wife who had tolled faithfully with him for a dozen yearn yeam ae as well as any woman auld wish if it the funds wore were oily only na nt but his ids labor and planning did not seem to yield him more money than was needed for current expenses abner I 1 dont want a new jacket 11 his wife replied coming closer cloger to his aide side 1 4 I can fix over the old ono one this winter and mabo by another year well be better oil off no no we wont wai irmi tho the discouraging bourn cou raging ing reply its the same old tory story we wont be better 03 07 on this place it goes ba bark baek ek every car and there aint ro money comina in but wo we ought to bo be satisfied sati eBed wit with what wp KP have bave we havo each othea oth and iw ing no a help you on the farm the tte proud father cast cut a look of ad mir at his young son who was growing up to bo be the very imago ool ol 01 himself but his amilo smile soon boon left his hui face ae as he be thought of how poorly ho lie could provide for tho the education of such a eon 11 chats it italin ita aaen ain handy mandy its wg mother 1 rei why wo we should mair cilc a more money iata need needs a better cJu Ou cation ration chmaj anzi can eh c him film ho ile must mu st eo co away to 1 a wo must make noney money afu gujt pet got rich ile did sot not fotica tho the worried expression on the pale face before jr A but after a i hort pauso pause ho he continuo tt 1 I 14 e been thinking of prospecting for money I 1 might something rich in the minea mines who can tell I 1 might be ono one of tho the lucky fallot to pick up a fortune then you woul wout nt int chavie to work any more and we coula solli thU old farm and live in comfort bo be fine wed bo like another compla then and wed cc of the world tho clouded face brightened up wonderfully ae ho he described tho the picture of his future existence but mandys did not reflect ue le expresion the j troubled look on her hers deci ened andin andini and in I tenal Hed fied oh abner dont dorit pet get such silly notions in your head r am contented with my lifo life and never grumble 1 woi worked along together so far and let us keep on mining is more uncertain than farming ill wear all of my old clothes for years to come and never cover think about them come cheer up and dont let such thoughts thou 11 abts come a into a our bead the way with women they dont want to change or let a man a change but nothing naked nothing gained 07 abner landon was net convicted by his words although he had bad i found ter advice profitable many times i he now felt that his own knowledg knowledge dc 0 o of i theca the ca was far supe for to hen bem lid ift wanted to make money f so th thil thit it he could a good comfort comfortable ablo bank account mid groag his wife better i As be he returned to hia hn work in the fields he thought over tho the post past dozen i bears and evolved in his hl mind many plan plans and schemes for tho future i when he hp narried married mandy he hod had promised on her wedding da to mako inako her rich oct but ho he had ha h ad no neer er redeemed his prom promise lse it was ino bo fault of bis his for ho he WOK I 1 an honest bardu hardworking ork ing ajon oa of lallan to ilami d heil hail done donee er thing m in ba lil pe to th M maitti ilia old farm farm fold i mom uit wi wa ham hurd work to td lay anything aside and the work of got aing i rich was elow islow and discouraging I 1 alip PAZI 9 aft 41 th e eg ft bd hu f I 1 ant nt ake h mut maki air ja a cl kisro it ii hie lits jochi t tida M PO e pd ind bark pew ow ACT ri and to fo fortch rtUH it 10 within hie his power to do tho the sam tho the thought of Itu leaving iving his homo home and tm travel in to tho the mines was not plea ant but the prospect ot of getting degil jL e rich blut div that night ao MK ho to road read hla pa por aj ly lamplight but be he was really turning over in hij mind tho the schemes of making a ile looked round on tho the poorly but neatly furnished room and thought how ho he would eoon own change ohof thle too ile old family heirloom no n longer logger had bad any ally attraction for him they teemed poor libor nod worthless corn com P with tho the articles of furniture wh icliNe RAW saw in hb night divaris and day visions onu one day ho he walked out to hi his fields its ie usual but perhaps with a more than usually affectionate parti tig with alandy and jack jaell A tear dropped from his 0 acs es aa as ho he strode ei odo rapidly vapidly towards tho the north aca of iho the farm hero bo he pick adjip ban dlo that ho bad in a night before WOM was i really bound for tho the mines mince to beck his fortune ifo ife left a noto note behind explaining to aland taut ho lie would bo be back vatic when his fortune woe was then ho be would como come and make hool happy and pleasant I 1 for her ile left all hie his money th her amounting to several bun huna dollars which would pay cx parses until ho be returned if it ho he did cot rot como come before thai that was exhausted eho sho could mortgage 1 a the farm blinde but abner waa gone 1 jour heica on tl and by rau rall toward the distant mince inloes hero here ho he was to calizo lib his fortune ile was prepared to meet moot with failure at first and lio iia was not casil discouraged ed life in tho the poo mining camp woe was rough and laborious and ad uy a night abner landor landon iong longed ed or the quiet farm lie struggled alope thi bee could hardly making cia enough ugh 0 to o suj lifo iio could not send any funds homo home arl ho he had not tho the e foai bourage age to write until he found better luck from ono one camp calup to another ho he drifted follow in every story and rumor about rich debco crie tho ile once sturdy strong limbed farmer degenerated into a lean hungry looking miner with ion long hair and beard and staring wild eyes they moy said he halt half stu stan ed himself to hoard board up be oon maney W which to purchase pur chise 4 6 er i 1 ina he ile prospected loto late art 1 exam I 1 e acry cry foot of ground around iho oca mp lifo life was becom lEg dup rate h him I 1 nil and hie hit chances of making a fortune were dwindling liLye 1 pe lad he no v was still a 0 52 anine V wae was nearly bokor n h cot trige waa was oozing out slow 3 llo longed for fora a bight of hi his wey emey home ana abe aorel ones in it and in ills his dreams ho he alca and spoke of mandy and jack huf his pride kept him irom returning return ng in a poorer condition than when ho oft mccral d w wro ra by him valta v lan ha hi hard earned and cire carefully fully i hoarded money but taci all praed pi oice falu fa luca rm vone of the precious metal could be found ihen 1 ho returned to hie his old labor and saied and for mother another venture r ills ab steal strength gre gradually dually loit leit hi hl a under the intense mental e nad wid atrain the una tine came tue when fortuno i teemed i i to cla change Ange he lie had saved enough 0 to I 1 j maho rano one more vc ve icum ho ile mhd th ground carefully before purchasing tui carlm for ho he felt that ai everything cry thing dc depended tupou bis his final effort I 1 kill him hinl ho ile felt it in hia his bones r nd ho he shuddered ebud derod at tho the thought when tho the tr transfer was finally made ho be went to work fc verhl worked almost to exhaustion xv signs of tho the precious metal was found and his spirits spirl its began to fall ho ile rett med to his poor cabin and rind wrote a bettor to mandt tellin telling her of his long iong struggles and failures this wt to bo be mailed to his wife if death carrial him away unexpectedly As a laba ast a st effort ho lie returned to the claim and to hs lits work lie labored mechanically and without a purpose hut suddenly hb e c ef es opened wide th astonishment and ho he leaped up with tho the exclamation kurela ho ile had triumphed tho ile mino mine was a fortune in itself und and his long anticipate ed zenith had at last been realized tho the fearful coet coat at which it hod had been purchased sod was nothing now to tho the j joy oy of rc returning turning honc howe and carrying tho the good news to his who and son beeam i could not carry the halt half frenzied miner fact enough ond and ho he was far ahead of the tile tars cars in spirit at lost last bo he reached tho the homo home of his boyhood and up tip to his old farm housie alch wae was now as dear and nod PM C ous in hiu his baht as asit it as bo lv ore i unpleasant strangers and aud neighbors i were coining coming in and out of his home and iio tie wondered at it he ile hurried on across I 1 the e hold field ile was in lit hn rough rul miners ners clothes und his old friends did not him ila pushed his ids way phroh h tho the small crowd u iud tho ifie atif of the a comly I 1 i why bian knan itt IV death desh 1 la don replied a stalwart farmer i r the pale roding ro an ali at sulo hu ho continued why bluse fiut rou its abnor Abner landon himself himi elf bilissis tho the roughly dressed miner could n it ta ion n 9 jar whilo at 1 lim it t eyrtal in in t tm ARM veloa rf a olford cred ho he remal n quiet stupor nef neaph gh tore bors with him 11 but uey could not lift tho the weight from hie his heart ills his fortuno fortune h had A brought bin him borrow her dain pi akil ikil |