Show 0 00 00 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 6 0 when khz indians 6 9 wore wora sa s1 veaters 6 9 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 a ao G 6 when ned dalton married una per kins the village gossips re reaped aped a 1 har ar vest every ono one had something to accy rik y except tile tho man whose heart was smarting under the ft wrong long dealt him by tho the friend anil and schoolmate of his boyhood and the woman ho he had loved over elnko she was vas a wee lass when some borne of oe ills fits friends canto cania to him to offer sympathy tom reed need met inot them with an impenetrable reserve lie he turned with renewed fervor to ills r war upon a wonderful invention W which lie never navor ceased to believe would one hla his floreu fortune ne una anti and nod went to housekeeping in ill 1 1 I cozy little cotlage on the edge of lim village and for a time lima it seemed its 03 it if the lark dark prognostications would prove false then nod ned atit at into bad company and neglected his ills wife and homo home after tho baby carno it was wai worse una en treated entreated rebelled they quarreled quan elod bitterly and one dark dismal november night nod ned took the I 1 midnight train lain to greenfield Green nold and tho the next morning waa speeding away aay on tho the nord biern lia express to seattle the gold tover fever in ills his volna veins and tile the a dazzling vision before ills his eyes lie he left idt a letter for ura uca goro cono to inace my fortuno fortar a in the gold fields it if I 1 never conic como hack back marry mairy tom Us always loved you awl it will b lj sonjo somo amends for tho the wrong vo ve loth both old lid hull him i 1 NED NEB una read lead the il noto note bilth blinding teab and rancito Janci wl her 1 I ehat was bro can but as the months pained anil and grew into duara aud and no goril came fro etyla hir hufhand hut hand it was tom ebe of most ip pr boar r after hor bev hns liand ebb Tat cheh dery aery mall hoping wl 1 I 1 amrid batok her har aanie mesBa gc fefie N oars had goilo anil and she eho biad i n ill it oil liopo inq att as aa elio cadio homo hoino from work or fr molher met inet her ber tit at diio uba uan we havo have hard hean at list last hiitt ai ewd us its rho ahli put a western paper caper an in lor ler claugh slaughters hands anti poInt ocl to a sault marked tn III b bauo luo p jsn n cil 11 ill ln in denver Ilen vcr amny tny 18 edward dward E Dit Itou vr annd 32 cunn conn gleaso copy now new toni tom will surely come una Ought tl tt buti bile lio lie did not one day sho learned that thai lie ho was wag III in diro poverty in n it 0 city she went to the address that had been givot her awl and stumbled up tip the aba dark ill stairs to tho the wretched cheil hall that ho occupied knocking timidly tit nt t ano ho door she received no sho she opened the door softly urn ile he had awakened anil and rm rec tier her I 1 una why have bavo you come to ask your tom you had that long ago do you think I 1 dont doat know what you have hava suf scrod then why have you stayed away all those years tom can you ask look around what V X f llull una read the note with linth blinding tears learo have I 1 to offer tiny woman youva hall had orough enough of at poverty my girl I 1 J but your invention surely tom you can call interest some ono one in thit that t ive arvo tried una every friend I 1 know but havo have you yon tried out our manager mr norton lie ho made a fortune in oil all last year and has plenty of ready capital why do you think lie he would help me from his cvito told me you know she has been such a friend to me tom that was the of toms toma good fortune mr lr norton was interested in his behalf and advanced funds soon toro tom had bad rega regained ned liia ormer nad and wag wa worl 7 ad it lay iny a tit lung long into the knigt fac ory cry boisi baj ala na nane rr oi edico d aco T una aril and tom were 0 on the lay that the factory rheala d tu run and even tho the g KOS os sips admit admitted tOd they would sur surely ely 30 liappa at last and so eo abey were vero until tho the title turned A wealthier firm than norton roo co ind caps tit nt prices with which they net to comp compete etc tom was n dos dosiia pair lr for again ruin stared him tn in the rice i ons ono drizzling ling niehl a stranger atranter alighted at tho the station tool took the thornly thoun anly ly ah ab tho the village afforded and told the driver old dill bill streator Streak or to tale him to thadas reeds reads on tho the way they conversed did you know a follow who lived live hero here area by the namo name ol of nod nd dalles dalian I 1 met him out WOOL vest the stranger said did I 1 knew nod ned well I 1 guess I 1 did every one know knew him him gool hearton ho arted cs as tho the day was long put ut just about broke una por per atins heart and played tom heed a mighty dirty trick tom and axed ned chums chuins till 1111 tom fell in lovo love with una ana then ned mod cut him out darned if I 1 know how he did though even tt it lie ho was vas a handsome cuss cusa but she got her re reward all right lah 3 w F f V t Z I 1 X Y mm IW Sw I 1 aff 1 r 01 J it maw i j I 1 ng I 1 4 qi betl te I 1 tl kralf NV A I 1 ali tv 1 z ax R I 1 under the window ho he raus paused and coaled in 1 site and ned lived a cat and dog life and one aria night lie ho sneaked on olt to tho the goli gold floyds flo lils he never soa see hido nor hair of him after that till one day ibn heard lio lie yaa vas dond dead then she elie married tom That just about a year ago thoy they were happy as aa clams at first but had mighty menn mean luck hick of late into poor as aa a church chinch mouse monse they say when they got in of the house tho stranger gave the old man a dollar and dismissed the cab lights gleamed from tho the lutlo little cottage the stranger stood a long almo leaning over the tha rate gate smoking ills hla cigar then lie ho throw it aside set his law aw squared his shoulders opened tho the kato gato and walled walked up the path under tho the window lie he paused and looked look edin in tom sat at the open fireplace staring r in at the fire una sat eat at his feet loaning against his knee her hei boy sprawled at full length beside her blaed with a kitten unas faco face was turned toward the window and it looked wan and whito tit la the firelight toms hand was resting lightly on her head A cald december rain was falling but tho the drops on tho the checks of tho the st rarer were warm then ho he turned atul an rapidly away in the dark A week later mr norton came to tom his hia face radiant with food news an order for 1000 sw sweaters enters caps and ancl leggings logging logg ings 3 from Bless rs lucky strike co chicago chiago total tom I 1 after that orders poured in so rapidly that tom could hardly fill them and with every order came a check in payment pay mont other firms seeing t the le output of tho the factory gained conal dence in them and gave them their orders and in a few months tho the bustness business waa on an a paying basis then ono one day tom read the following article clipped from a seattle paper the pr proprietor tor of the lucky strike mins mine on the upper yukon who Is said to have taken out some of gold in the last three years owes the discovery of this rich claim to the tha indians indiana lie ho has repaid them in the following original ro manner anner every man I 1 woman and child of tho the entire tribe kas has received the present irom from him ot of a woolen sweater cap and leggings these theae garments are of as many colors colora as jacobs cont and the tribe la is not only tho the most comfortably clad but the most picturesque indiana we nye have in the far west tom took tho the paper to una can it be ills lips tailed to speak the namo some few months ago a san francisco paper printed the report of a steamer lost en bouto to alaska among tho the passenger list was the name of ned med colllns collins who was tho the proprietor of ct tho the duelcy strike mine anil and who was known as aa lucky luchy nod ned colllns collins ile ho had bad squandered a fort fortino trae tri in wild plunging on tho the new york stock exchange and was returning to alaska to his fortune lie was wag said to have been worshiped by br the indians who would met erect a monument mou ment to ills his memory on the alto ito of oc the old mine mice now deserted they did and though the tha inscription on the rudo rude stone only commemorates the generosity of lucky ned colllns collins una and tom toad lead between tho the ilacas ive made amends to you yol helen heleh farr lr ir poston globe d |