Show black sheep ah e P s gold by BEATRICE GRIMSHAW 0 0 0 copyright by t 1 itassie A CO illustrations tf by r atice IRWIN MYERS CHAPTER XI continued 15 13 only since she went yester day A boat came I 1 11 i from the west and there acre r ere a lot of men who done well and were colo golm way again nut but they hey mid said rm rome had bod done well an enl I 1 they sald I 1 heard board them I 1 listened like alike a housemaid what mat dh did I 1 hey say I 1 was wa pro pared for misfortune now flow they aid sald that the man you sent ten was drinking and somebody tome body askea them ante be h laRl and the they laughed roost most frightfully and I 1 bear any more I 1 but ut it bounded sounded badly phil I 1 can cant t tell you how flow clad glad I 1 wai that today was visiting day I 1 thought you ought to bear it at once I 1 thought eo so too her inform tion troubled me more than I 1 chose to 10 lay say smithson had bm been working the tile claim satisfactorily enough oufa bold in barlous amounts bad had been paid into the bank for me my partner taking bla his agreed percentage so far for eo so rood good rul but the last lost payments hid been un no very far for paced out and find the written reports sent lo 10 from time to time ere diminished both in number and lo 10 size soil soll tude na Tata tato was solitude no longer the un blazed track vas trampled by scores of miners and hundreds of carriers men froni from every alloo goldfield goldO eld wen were trying their fortune and some were making it bat but no one lad iad struck anything as rich as the pros prospect ing in claim that belonged to roe me tin im sleeping right on the claim at billit alx smithson had said 1 and he tie boys were vere doing wonderful but we to be careful nobell goes and jumps it on us the emperor turned up here a it while ago agol ran another letter 1 I id if not need a translation of that name vairl orl do you think hee hes married genevieve trencher the one they call gin sling baxon axon la Is here too lit it and the he emperor arc are working part nem I 1 think got a decent claim but of course nobody hai hill anything the like of olm send me up a good dog if you can hear beat of one worth a doen dozen sen tries then a long period of silence then v brief letter mentioning the dispatch of another parcel of gold and saying little else after that came silence again I 1 had find not heard from SmIth zon for two months now and on lie the top tol of it came ilas ilias news that be wai was tach it was wag that I 1 felt for the lie filst time the full weight of mj nil chain something was wrong at I 1 knew that as surely as if I 1 had been there to see sm the pot of gold lit sit the foot of the rain how so wonderfully found was in peril alth ith it was imperiled all tile lie dignity all oil the seLu security rity of mj nil future we life al all the excuse I 1 bid for dragging ila ilia down to the lie leel of a convicted felon and smithson whom I 1 had trusted as I 1 would hare have trusted myself in whose hands lay IDY my hole for fortune tUlle was will falling failing and I 1 must stay here stay in the pebbled prison yard and the foolish chicken wire cell work on tile lie jetty walk a few bards ards out and back tack see sef tho white rond road and the blue a before me and know that for nearly foar yc ye ira irs at the verj very best I 1 coul t inot hope to tread tilt h one or sail sill the other not free not free I 1 1 think th tint thit it all the sorrows of 0 9 all the prisoners in the corli floetl flow tl oer mer me in that brief min uto ute when I 1 but silent under rial Is I 1 led eyes trying to pull nil my pelf together ind find think nhat must be duo the rence e was broken by lead lend jailer 1101 H oily ly who vi ith it h many crack ilias ili gs and unfolding of his neopa fir remarked briefly that all we re had to say must be speedily said sald for two es I 1 could hae hale no letter for a month I 1 could see lla oo 00 more if it she wig to do any thing tiling for me vie and it was becom ing plain that by nobody elie 1 could anything ag be done lone theia theu we vie must settle it at once kut put how the lime ilme ans st out head liend taller jailer holly was folding op tip his paper rising froni from his scat seal ila surely the prettiest dInt lest picture that hail bad eer that sad and place wak put ting up a fare face like a sweet pale pole rose tor out last kiss I 1 took it I 1 behl beld her for a moment closer clorer than usual nwe by some indefinable dark presentment I 1 found words somehow at 01 tt last moment words hurried tu tumbling tura oling oer oter one another take ruke out a power e r of at torney for roe me I 1 said 41 the h e 11 let nie tie elgg it inquire about so go and so and so and so 1 I sare gave her I 1 few names and find and which oi of them will take place hell have to go up at once dent dont wait for letters to me write 81 a soon as you can CAIL good goo d by little love she was as near as ta tall II 11 as I 1 but the adjective came come naturally pla would always be idale lt tle 10 angine who loved her tabt TALI we time up tip said sald head jailer more then eer tier did I 1 long for letter day hut but when my letter came come at last it brought nao no comfort with it rather and ind dis may ilia the power of attorney had bad come fonie made out for fla pla I 1 had won dered da a little but signed it and now the letter tp d i ine 1120 that ill pis had tone gone to Tata tata herach lou w corry me the he ft role there won nothing lse to do from oil all I 1 can bear he if it a roman and only a w qa ha who I 1 wanted 0 to o look after jour your just now pent don I 1 worry about brt the place la Is well opened up and the he warden MM sees that orde la Is kepl kept I 1 muy may be a amid while no knowing hll I 1 chall shall fandl good by my ery dearest give my lne ime tj t the prince if he come along long I 1 w sorry I 1 than t be there to meet him blin lie fie II 11 a perfect duck they say ay hei hes to be married now luky o 0 but I 1 chance change my ray own prince for him I 1 hid plenty of leisure lel nare in the too ion long fighte to con over her letter again and a n d again try to read re ad be tween the lines of it and befi at certain 1 she had nit openly stated only a woman hat could be meant by that the ref arence to the prince I 1 under but it cut barcly despite that saying about her own min prince for I 1 knew that the forth coming visit of one of england En glands best loved royalties would only for me add to the weight of the in visible fetters I 1 carried night and nd day tc to know that the town iowa wae woo holding futural I to EM tee from frow the high fenced yard yard of the jail jall nast n at aflutter with as new archways arch waya built over road roads to bear the pin gun mi salute ate and the ver end and know oneself get set apart from it all not able even to stand in the crowd and tend lead onee ones bat hat and ones one heart op up in a shout for old en england and her prince this hun hurt my tente ten te of empire made the hard state of prisoner in anticipation somewhat ome what harder border cat but I 1 put the thou thought ht away determined not to think about princes and royal vis its which could nican mean nothing to me if I 1 hail had known I 1 7 follow I 1 from ila I 1 la long after all was CHAPTER XII EA R sunset pla ilia came to ill the e NEAH mast last camping place but one before the field of total a she was not alone the government author atles bad sent with her an escort of armed constabulary con since a tain talo number of 0 these were due to go the field in any case else placed in charge of an old and trustworthy sergeant they diel had served ind guarded her faithfully through the rp stages in serge but ame to their salt sal salland tand and on this last night boi but one they were very merry over the near fulfillment of their tak it was some credit to them theta and the sergeant kimol too they felt thai that they bad brought the Sin aboda lady holy safe through all the tile perils and fatigues fatigue of th the wild buh and almost reached the th field kimol did not eno entourage urage wander wonder ing away from the camp the gov eminent had ti talked liked strong to him before he left regarding the ladys safety and all that might be done to ensure it it so when they were more putting up the tenis in lait naping ground but one almol the lady nt at the he edge of busl clear clearing ng called out to her to be cautious cant loos 1 loo ou no go I 1 walkabout elk about sina sins badi he pleaded S biose pose you wante flower me and my ray police we gettem flinty BY bunby aby one big buh buth fig he coming he altogether kal kal eat you there are no pigs about and I 1 don dont I 1 want flowers came 1 plan 18 8 clear voice just a little tired thank you sergeant 1 I am only irking at that funny ligat in the hush bush U hat hot name it light ht 11 1 1 dont inor lnor what it Is it rus like a very big tent some way off and I 1 think I 1 heard but bal ahr tg impossible 11 hat r came you think yon you bear fin em cork replied pla pin corks being pulle dand and 6 singing me think you lie ile re plied piled the sergeant 1 court cour foullY couy using the natla faglon of ex et pressing astonishment then sud del danly ily ll his laigh and leap ing 11 hy 1 I 1 mi roll nn un lie vie bear hearen ern too tm 1 list fa lilon thier enst does this nit mem lin cd ed better go and slid see said sold the girl me and you sou the ser gelant live we go see I 1 beg gle pardie Sinn bada I 1 valk alk farat he lie set his sturdy bulk in front and by tile lie lost last faint elow of twilight began cutting a path through the foret form fal following lolling A few minutes later the two came out on the cde ts of a 8 sand clearing one that to hae been mide for the ale accommodation of a 8 gret grei white tent that stood in to the middle the doorway was wide of it t the doo door flap were re booked back one cou could la see right into the lie tent and sad the he bight for that place A aej nj that lime time was amazing there was wa a 8 table inslee covered with a white cloth on n li it were plates of food tinned delicacies ot of all sorts wild ild boar from the for cst est wild turkey nuts mush boosts roosts its there were glasses there ther cere were bottles youth and PY ety and recklessness were embodied I 1 if f eier hun bun an s 11 them by tile lie limber ex expressed presed for form ni of a girl who red 1 headed beaded egure gaudily cleis dread ed hung bling over a man cushioned deik dek chair chat r 1 ving on A the girl at lit the top of her not en an olce was chant ns be the CAI ill 06 while the man last ing t revue success dropping dropp lne item from his to n empty glass t fingers d louny loudly and nl inter ant mi ninab n a b alli t 11 hat 8 t cf of the send mentally t n 1 d drunk r u annl laurie bw black outside ilia AAM to pis t s a way off within the shadows of tile forest me the whole strange range scene looked like aroe some virid cinema picture ber geant kimol cutill t hit hi e Ps i almost started from I 1 heir pr sockets acts gave a orth hia opinion candidly 1 ul I think fils one loo much port puri purl cigic nu mi Kic gic SIn abada shada mure better iou me we DO no tup iliad hunt ere tra cannibals the ambush and the never hook shook the ilia iron time ene of tin thi old fatich things were in the alays lay work ork of eny any Dol iteman men hut but sorcery was aas a matter alush sir geant warned the girl 1 I want to find out about this hi for into her n in lad had crypt crept a 11 conviction born ahe she anew I 1 new not how warning her that ibis thing bad to do with the object of her JOur journey fley ho la is the white maar the whispered blinow pulled himself together realized allied re that here there wa no sorcery here and benie at once the smart non 1100 laslo ned olner of every day 1 I think he mild name belong him SI oh ser genut are you surer me savvy me lie too much damn savvy ilee bee fore some time orn him tale take away one girl belong my one could see right into the tent and the sight for that place and that Time was Wat amazing village fashion belong him sina bada it Is hie his way allai too much aillem girl libern plenty bot hot tie goodluck bottle of whisky 1 I 1 know sard pla PIS musingly that phil thought he was sober and reliable allm all algi L Sin abada suppose no body shoich girl along him showyin goodluck along him suppose ose girl goodluck showery this man he be another bind kind Un trans datable idiom suggesting tuse esting change of chars character acter hes lies not the only one con COM society spot pe t child 1 I think I 1 know who the girl 11 Is now I 1 ve feen her before only for ahll hill she the would be at the bottom of the tea now sergeant you and I 1 are going to talk to these p people ople me and you we go answered the sergeant swelling out his chest be he touched the be long bain et knife that swung in its sheath at his hip for infighting sergeant sirnoi loved the bay onet to the pair p clr within the tent drinke drunkenly nl outing drunkenly ca one another the sight of ila ilia in the open doorway ila pla slim erect rigid as a young soldier in loor deporting Ep tp orting ortin 1 kh akl ha Is falth ith cold fes beneath a heavy pa arol helmet fame came as a disturbing vision from bome other world they bey prang apart and stud II 11 would le be hard to say my w whether hether the man or the girl uttered the foulest words you head belong you bellowed sergeant felmor enraged what lame bame why yon YOU talk bad alons along my SIn abada I 1 by ranby n by me break ou froal front alone along bisonet bi bl enough serge serse int warned ilia unit alt outside for me she stepped into the tent and fixed a a fusing gibe on smithson nho ho suddenly bad risen to his feet its the by he muttered leaning one hand on the disordered sit e table and staring under his tattered locis of hair mr listed osted PLO with cold cour court v nih till 00 oo OU kindly tell mn by you are not at my lombind bui binds a CJ cliar 0 I lenty 0 of f time retorted aleth 9 son on picking up conge onder under a lacret nude nudge from jinny G go ng back to to it felten I 1 get BOOI good and ready 1 1 believe yon you are ore a frold gold miner don t you know inow that a claim is for felted if ifft left without just cause for thirty daver ile aint binl need you to learn ham 1 came canie jinny a shrill voice ila ilia did not ignore tier her she turned toward jinny and sent her a glance ib fr which pity kindness and a certain fear fearlie the chiste wo womans mAlls Irre pres sible sibie fear f the be un unchaste chaste were strangely mint letL 1 arc are mr belcer the said im vat sorry to 90 you tou en encouraging cours ing thia this man la in neglect of ills duty mrs salcer as much as mr mm AnY anybody bod said jinny more mrs aim spicer than youre mra amory by all accounts she plu laughed glied coarsely ignored that she was feel ine ing for her feet la W this strange medium she remembered jinny remembered wel well how the 9 girl irl bid altered since those day days 0 on n the Is reat grest liner I 1 now how her beau ty had nars coarsened ened how the slim orin orta spaces races of ber her A anre had slackened into bly linest so 60 thin was jinny alwais am that per reel condition was lir ter only chance of grace it had gone the race grace ass as going with lt it youth and beau ty loo soon were pl pissing issing away froni from Gen esteve 1 trencher Tr odier in the crt frit moment ila ills could not account for or an great a chaam hut but jinny uncomfortable beneath that pitting gaie gaze seized her cahrm glass and em emptied pilled it at a a gulp hoarsely hian cly crying trying as a she took it from lier her tipa lip h hits its airl airs drink hearty well moon on be deall and ila ilia saw that tile lie vic of jinnys kind kod conj ion sol avoided ded bild ata lier her op tip at tatt last bhe was |