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Show Miss White nt Her Dally Task. Valley, prospected for a tlmo and located lo-cated a number of claims. Young Whlto often wroto to IiIb sister, sis-ter, telling her of tho desert llfo nnd of tho lonely solltudo of tho mining camp. These lottcrs wrought on both tho sympathies and Imagination of tho young woman, und sho finally determined deter-mined to Join him. Sho reached Hono all right, and, with llttlo delay, mado her way finally Into tho dreary Funeral mountains, performing tho Journey across tho sago brush nnd sandy wastes on mulebnek and on foot. On reaching hor brother's camp ho wns surprised nnd overjoyed nt seeing hor. Miss Whlto donned tho rough clothes of a woman prospector, and tramped for several weeks over tho rugged hills, and nt Inst discovered a rlcn cropping. Sho located sovoral claims, and then-called on her brother to helj) hor work thorn. On ono of thoso claims n rich vein wns discovered. discov-ered. It required depth to work It to good ndvnntago. Colo was busy with tho other propertlos, but Whlto assist-ed assist-ed his sister, and, together they aro working tho claim, which, later, turned out to bo vory rich. When considerable depth wns reached on tho lodge, Whlto worked at tho bottom of the shnft tthllo his sister tolled nt tho wlndlnsa. Sho soon found tho skirts of her prospect-Ing prospect-Ing suit too restricting, so alio adopted adopt-ed tho regulntlon clothes of tho minor Now, MIbs Whlto has bo adopted horself to her rudo surroundings, that day after day sho tolls steadily at hor task hoisting tho oro, partnklng henrt-lly henrt-lly of the plain rought miners' food, and sleeping In n llttlo canvas tent. This stems nil tho moro slngulnr ns sho Is a young womnn of oxcoptlonnl beauty nnd roilnomonL Though tnll und slender, Miss Laura In possessed of romarkablo endurance. Tolling at tho windlass steadily, clad In her rough man's mining clothes, n wenlth of wnvy brown hnlr holf hidden hid-den under a Mexican somhroro, hor blue eyes sparkling ns each glittering load Is hoisted to tho surfaco, sho looks tho embodiment of porfect health and happiness. |
