| Show 40 A talo of ta the 10 people of thi A ROMANTIC NOVEL NOVED W by y i BRIANT YOUNG r i i tes 1 l i righted 1801 1904 by delant gha in Young 11 t 1 i s i ie nt 1 4 SECOND installment y i u i continued continual from lait week I 1 heard t the lie iro logna to ali i a tory lory nad and I 1 would fain have published the ills seq eq ilna il nd had bad hunted for OLIO yours id the golden bolden state tat to try and find and voina manter manner in I 1 lo 10 maht 10 gilt ark it comply but hall bad been utterly battled lot in z 4 very every atiat apil and ud aj ain p no nn kope hope had bd gly atten en we way y to deblair deu deb pair f for or strangers stran coa geas t baay s leeni cent it baij never I 1 I 1 occurred to to itie to seek Cuartin glista and nd try and something get from froin hira him some two years ago wilile while al through on of the state tt for lunacy in tile the stanop tat of II 11 1 I will not giver i ot 0 the institution liere here for obvious reasons I 1 w wit 0 go o ted by a wild atran go mu I 1 try swarthy who bog fed nr to to hl t ory the warden laughing ay told me that chrt the tb tepron person pron 1 ill question floj floa fl oj in ill regard to hirthe bis the having killed some borne on one anti that tile world w WM with erold and id inch uch other nonsense aud and we wor were passing io uj when I 1 fred ills lil dime my fly was unbounded when the warda told luo ine it was wai julin john 1 1 my quest immediately resolved it olt ill my minds and the of tile lie wardeh tu to continue dinue the ills asted to a the cratil was wa ioviti il viti find I 1 was iida la 10 with him tile atlan nian app appeared earod fd to be very ill a rod nd waslo was lo io mr jur aa entirely as a sane saile me M lie began a I 1 conff ang recitals reci realta re olta tall the be text of if which hiiva forgotten but la in the I 1 he end he asked me to take still and keea the lie story of his lire life a bixl id lit ida ilia promise kg as long ni he lived ll til never to divulge illva it I 1 promised and took tick the MH home mind and that had tile tho of perusing tho most thrilling I 1 have nver liver resil I 1 was wa called tu ili alie ill a ludd otin man mail A wook week later aud and found bilu dying lie rembe red mo 1110 but str Irn tige alige to imy to have forK ottin of the to lot laa lie died a ts few hours luter litter wid utter after seeing him properly interred Idl erceil and toil being train my lily promise I 1 aavo v the MS to clifton lid asked hill advice aud anti lie utter after ieru aln it nir 1111 hesitatingly euid gliatas that as long ax as the was given loin to in to lo hava it published I 1 append herewith th thip tory will without ono one single ingle alti rallon it li Is lit at tittles flit rely improbable and was wa rt at slmaa no doubt this baneer wa Dar ing ofa demoin ted iii iiii 4 in the maln however I 1 in ili its entirely iti in tl tit tipa he of children or tile deila mon artay do rive comfort furt front from it ian perusal peru aal bud aai way learn to some extent client what had become ufkie of the long ions loot loit aivar avues aue til title while no doclot ilia ilc ivan derlaga of crazy with toile pre life dui aln ing idea ill goltl lil in jet 3 at but ii 1 dot not judge of it its ur dinand alf it entire improbability la Is chait appeals to au wind anil nd tills coupled with tile taut that soine truth Is i lein w t it 11 frocil tilt facil feci that tile the indians of jegou to the effect eliat spirits haunt tile the lii in alt all chastas and that UK fk it ji entirely hollow in the inside ansidei llop will lualle it vi rord rd matter the language lao guage as 8 at iwon thoroughly with ilia lie loread of the theirry story ory but I 1 alyin if ill mr it KB A as given we uie ot or des dc polling ajr b my y ra t TIIE THE AUTHOR tip CHAPTER 1 I 1 fel that I 1 am near benr my deal death ille blind of ole great arat unknown ri Is on oil mv mc I 1 write dili my dying con fe in tile the hope hape that if tile lie story la Is known that thai I 1 fully exploited my cri crime tine slit forth hereafter and ail that tn widow still and children of tile ilia titles carsi 11 1 I 1 dare not say ay itha it ha tie willows widows and tea of the will never came back lalay know thinie af if the dear ones of theirs their who I 1 may say nay ht ilove e roue to that great undivided place no ill otie one may ever nee aee tile the etory and the journey of ii life if nay inny leavo lave been com completed plated whoever sany may read tills athla late will doubt it I 1 do not nil cli clotill till ally anything thing for it but bill that it ik ali I 1 see guldon guld goll on oo ili the bruus of tills llila hateful prison where I 1 atil lying kohv arn am I 1 liere hm what dill did albry put twits hers herb for my mind wainder wait derr der where was 12 I 1 I 1 call hardly see aco tip t write but what enatt mutter e r those chui who read will suy it is 14 1 4 nut ut may blayde he not they a ly I 1 am crozy arnz i chalis lerliN ps I 1 min am lout hut my lily mind Is 11 ila as clear as ai A bell und anti lily iny mental slid faculties are und yet yel yet vt l I 1 do not T ot sea fe why fihs ihs t ila people wit kerp keep n 1110 alto will haveko much guld lying about cannot they that some orie will come and atrol ll 11 but they dare not for ll it la Is mint mine this LIB la Is nil HI mine itla golliff kol liff they tire aki ng it AWRY but I 1 rhall get it when wilen when I 1 ito do ns as I 1 did to gaii lying there why dont you cloia your eyes doze dote dont you know that you you tire dead clone clome them loae close ilia ham I 1 all ah odd god tills this li Is killing nid ilia I 1 L ree ee gold with will wide open ryeu wa ine ilia a 1 tile the time lime I 1 thank are g no ne and an d I 1 may write fur for it short time lit in peate ahl they y will not lot comi again for tome 1 line mo MI I 1 will hlll write ualle tv title they tile are not luok looking big I 1 wail waft born and raised conmy on my lit in dear old iet s whore agrow I 1 row ti under ills ilia kind kand and gulding care was waa fir me all a bellig biln tin in only child my mother having died wj aben I 1 was wag a bube babe every thought wile given iven up to wr me and now I 1 a are lul but low foj line rince that ito bail all lucide in order I 1 1111 glit more enjoy life fie tind 1 to my lay vry very hearts core ouk souk ii 16 oil all afi even without reveling my lily fathers meta ry iry when I 1 grew to when I 1 alad arlivea ut tit I 1 wag dent to college cital nt dl aljy in ani mind wanders but 11 als ll enough I 1 grad wit tied with at hollers hoi iera I 1 than p lied fur for to the bar at dear old cambridge am bridge while a tend lending iny coll cg i I 1 had met albert forst forat it rood whole so lillI follow feli nur HUI anti lit prid onda 1 ellb occurred at ai tho ume time jotted forces anti and a law ollice I 1 will hill annn pa my lilo tory now rapidly but will mil imy any list lil both lie ha bui ulla I 1 illet our anti and werm wei inart IQ I 1 lit tile hie same time everything went on smooth iv with tile iho of inlaw low which v nut not very stange sti alige considering icat we lye yet ye lacked Ivec sArY ciper lenca to to disko uial Us ua gilld not 11 we to tn make it star we vu were at our wits enji we could not hopu hope for a harg time to to wake male A when oue one day ilia whole world llad ali d at the reports ot of tile the wonderful ilia on verj a nf gold ins in a now new states slate just jul front from mexico und lying across tile tho whole country ell called lied CAI forst aud I 1 resolved to togo gi to 10 leave kave our little and try und arid find our fortunes in ID tha ilia new lievy Y gu was my pas pus I 1 have evell eve at imea kept a cent front from my poor difo ifil while blie bile was even cru w j that I 1 hoard board it I 1 lived for gold alone could I 1 hilve teen seen what aay passions pa silona would bave led nia me to I 1 nut not have cared so jimh fur for it but eiliot enough jall we sold our small and started for the new country I 1 hall had resolved it to take my wite wife and little two year old belisle with uio ine but furst good frillou fril loi that he was gunerus gune ruu to it fault declared his hia do termination or of leaving this bis wife at the dangers of tile the boutney jou iney I 1 would not for wo we had lint but enough rosney money between us to PLAY pay our nud anti nothing more inore unil and took her with ine ilia in ili order wees in ea unit that she did no loot spend too ton much of uly my nj money ollay W started alart cd thero there were tearful good byi by a between forst foral and ilia wife and child hut bilt none f fruin tile but my alfi bif vif anti child how they lid did cryl they feared to tip go and even entreated tile mauu on her bended kneels did my wife nut not liar I 1 wah lugod I 1 had not we struck out aruin cambridge one beautiful city att ivill alili tilo ali aull mill ning slid aud latt I 1 lit hird bird sin all though idere a day tile th the more frog frail rent and as I 1 stared star rd I 1 hulf haff 1 eil my poor wire wife from her ito loiue tue tu lufi gaea iia much buch danger dai baiers ers ris n I 1 knew we would wit bui I 1 would ld for a illo molit to lu such auch thoughts alt all was us ready roc for the tits ra and of air r we wool went taking the train to where re we dis embarked disembarked and having bought ourselves onra ours elvei complete com outfit for started ull tile the overland route 1 I would say any candidly thattie that the rea sw son we were coln overhand ove mild tak iak illia the ri alil IN of no au much danger that liht M a knew oud bealore uti us on oil ayery bililc wait all owing ili li re isio fr r as a esaldo I 1 raid 11 1 ovett gold tin the curse curau of my lily existence i still and would not list consent conill to laking tile the money to go KO arlund the cape 01 pa by water an aa I 1 d that hy he alnina no could eiyo the lj money lolley that we gonoud anuj had to fur for tuenis nieu Is and other exe by kill log ing game enough frough on oil tile wily to du us u all went well ivell cs as long as a wo we were within the pule pale or of civilization but huta as soon aaion ai a we struck the less lea p papu pu anted nye no were encompassed hy by troubled len elt will we carub know how to burmie Bur miu u Olit outlaw lawo und and lawless men of every erry levied on UK lid for something or 01 iother it ler and when I 1 saw them taking w my our thuen which I 1 1 it ald tit lit litlie lid buy my lily iro ld I 1 would fald have ha ie resisted but vomit aliva A cool luthe inthe face of danger arr cool ond and collected in spite of hungar or rubbery alway a stolidity that bat I 1 NY would bid il have fain accepted as I 1 should I 1 have lave conr hut but I 1 could nut not to think that all pi wait at ih the of tuai thusa inland pirates pira tei prayed upon my lay mind I 1 grow silent mid moody tile thu light witt und till kallin try if forst toward 11 my elfr t ceru loit upon tipon till tin prattle of my little child and the neet trust or my now beloved wile olivem spent 0 an ne cieply air so ao fur at us an I 1 dav wa concern rd nothing could interest in but the be grid gild that I 1 was losing conlu but which I 1 hoped to ee in tho the naw ariy 0 c autry we were bound bould furi fornum alid title wool waa wy luy only loosa wo ve hall bud d through th the resper live tive nefa and tit f Mis kan kanief colorado it ant na some kind of a long tun lake lit in what wits known ax as utah tie the water of which wua was very tery bully aud lid then till nn tho desert of Nevil nevado a wild waste aste for I 1 tin it lit inott ob t purl part of ange brush slid aud plain plit lil we had heard hint the indians indiana in alil tho country were veru ing troublesome anti and brew from lorm form er reports of returning parties that they were numerous so hall had juel lucidly cily provided pro ourselves ours with a large supply of guns pistols pi piti atols luul aind did nut not fear n it groat deal the do of these rd r d faced roseila ra ras seila culs our fully was soon bonn apparent for one 1 I py wo we were surprised ou on bacle back ti I 1 sea aed a great cloud of dust duit approaching i und anti we could only conjecture fur for the moment j tile ho balue ut whatever oj ajr I 1 a man inan wits soon aoun been to fru frum in ll it riding up it tous coveted with dust nal lid dirt from frim heild to in foot forst who was driving qt at lio ila time stopped lopped short und tile tho soon irow draw af u mild I 1 a long drawn of tile word in of ians dropped on the alie horn rf ills saddle lit III a i dead t iliin 0 tit forst dropped drop pd quickly to 0 o tile ground nud and approaching the holse 1 und ind man mail anti and then commanded gnp wl wilh ait that klel abid yet u tout 11 it ills his to to I 1 bat a to t 11 e all jo v U 0 order me die around and in tild not lot byjah to ae any of MY brandy wasted un illich a dian so an refused point blank bl abill to u comply with willi ilia lit my billy wite a poor oft litiff COM pail ion ate crest alf arwe atud ud getting the bottle it tu to forst I 1 was iva insane LAlle with willi rage ann instant ln lind il of what forst t 0 think anil and lit lite edicts iless of at tile the crime I 1 wa col it iia I 1 ia in the brutality ot of my nye rained my arm and hit her in the aba face telling hor her to the ground god help thiel with a keen glance of reproach sho she arose alino it immediately and stepping out oat of the aide of the wagon llie lite side ilde of forst who looked it tile tiie to lu such a manner that hud I 1 been baena a coward I 1 would graild have ared fared f the of my rauh set act till IM of retaining 01 man 66 in n ill DI 10 lo huld hold my peace I 1 sold to h r til macli you 0 0 touch luy illy goods and theu then loank down in ill tile bullum of uatha the fur for be ba it known I 1 ats wh reilly really ashamed of myse f anil and yet jet would nut not give five la in li earb for or our own safety lad had been leette if during tills ahia time aud and the he in arison a revalued ills his wuyu ho he 0 cuned ills his eyes es thu the first words ho were for gods uko sake git this tue the re rel wooed dl vill ura are cum com ing whole of lorm cm 11 forst foraci who blieu lid h sw that tile the mail inan ww was till oil right quickly mounted t to 0 title the drivers itami slid nd giving tile ihu cirei led a beattell fe attell cut lh the whip they started kofl we were somi racing fut fur out 0 r portion oi if rock wid we aaa aw that the ilia man who was following judit behind hat had I 1 pointed out to ly ui aul and alth a crowd of yelling ind latis closing us ua As aa WB vre wro were thus thu gall eidly m adly altug I 1 heard beard a iong hlo hailo hal iu 19 11 froni from me stranger tranger fl and heard haard a balut turning my illy head saw baw hlin him beckoning to a mui moin ou oil horse back bacat who was wa flying from another hud till I 1 reckoned dlUd reut baud band of aia thought ought bli I 1 another one I 1 to 0 help int tha fahl pur chei with ray lay but I 1 will kill him b beauro tf ur a h he 0 ahall ciatu jaye any dufft 11 I 1 hal had no chance to further or evem rr fr that matter for we wion binn roundel the rocks we hold bud dea cried and wore were followed not after af by tile die hors ho corinn rinn inam our guide iball I 1 tall illin hi in so no reservedly tile hip called to t wilen we wa were i ro io o for our lives an aa as aa we were wera within I 1 had time to hill the bica p aab ivan w in ill till im side aldax walli tj batrow 1 row liport urit where here we hd had anter ter it b laing alig the point af greB As aa an aa v is had Ital halaj tile the stranger we ve haq had picked up tip uie quck qu ck tind it 1 ili 1 ands which w atre III effiel t 11 i bidock the llie eui entrance rance to our aur re 1 will tile wyroa null pu put t rity IT lav ind and olillie 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