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CHAPTER XII Continued
Two hundred feet from the house
the dog paused and sniffed the air
Then with a yelp lie plunged to the
right made for a rock which showed
dim through the snow and burrowed
frantically into a drift on its leeward
side in the white mttss Blako saw a
dark object and as he reached the
rock it moved The next Instant a
bearded face appeared from the folds
of a heavy fur overcoat and a man
struggled unsteadily to his feet
Can you walk shouted Blake
grasping him by the arm
I think so said the stranger as
lie grasped the rope How far is
it
Not far replied Blake encour
agingly Pull on the rope It will
help you
Once in the cabin the stranger
seated himself near the stove while
Blake produced a flask and heaped
fuel on the fire
Keep your hands and feet away
from the stove if they are frozen
cautioned Blake
Im not frost bitten was the
strangers reply as he clapped his
hands vigorously and pinched his
oars I was completely done for If
you hadnt found me when you did
he said with much feeling as ho ex
tended his hand I should never have
left there alive
At the sound of the mans voice
James Blake started and gazed in
tently at him When the bearded
stranger raised his eyes and offered
his hand the recognition was com
plete
John Burt or Im a ghost Dont
you know me John
Jim Blake
The New Englander is not demon
strative in bis emotions or affections
hut the joy which danced in the eyes
of these reunited friends as they
shook hands and slapped each other
23 FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
Author of Tho Kidnapped Mllllonalrco Colonel Monroos Doctrine etc
COPTRIGIIT 1002 UY
FllBCXUICK UlIIAil AUAMS
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A J DUHXBIi BlDDIiD
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How rich and how badly In love
My strokes of fortune and my love
affairs are all jumbled together ex
plained Blake laughing heartily
Youll have a bad opinion of me
John but Ive reformed and am going
to lead a better life I made my first
strike on the Little Calaveras Talk
about luck That was a funny thing
I broke my neck and discovered a
gold mine and a sweetheart in doing
it
Broke your neck Surely youre
jesting
Its a fact just the same as
serted Blake thoughtfully rubbing the
back of his neck which showed no
signs of fracture I was a greenhorn
then and my prospecting expeditions
were the joke of the old stagers I
bought a horse and a Mexican saddle
and prowled through all the moun
tains and foothills back of the Little
Calaveras One afternoon I was fol
lowing a trail that skirted along the
side of a mountain Theres a lot of
woodehucks in those hills and in bur
rowing around one of them loosened
a rock which came rolling down in
my direction My horse saw and
heard it and shied off the trail He
slid about twenty feet and then fell
and as he went my right foot went
through the stirrup He rolled over
me and we started down the slope
Sometimes I was on top and some
times he was on top
Four or five hundred feet below I
saw a thin row of trees and I knew
they marked the edge of a cliff For
some reason theres most always a
fringe of trees at these jumping off
places We were going like lightning
Just as avo neared the edge the horse
l rolled over we again As I came on
top I saw that we were going to pass
between two small trees A big
rock slewed the horse around and he
went down head first I grabbed at a
tree and by the merest chance threw
Jvll fJ MJ j li i i ii ji m iil iWB n m mmmiil
on thp back was more eloquent than
words
This seems too good to be true
Jim exclaimed John his hand on
Jims shoulder But for you old
chum my California experience would
have been ended How small the
world is that we should meet here of
all places on earth
Take off your clothes and get into
bed John directed Blake as he
pushed John into a chair and tugged
at his frozen boots Do as I tell you
and youll be all right Lie quiet and
rest Dont talk but keep awake
Several times during the next two
hours John fell into a drowse 3 ait
by force of will he roused himself
The reaction after the awful struggle
in the drifts was severe but he mas
tered it and was himself again Blake
exhausted the resources of his larder
in a dinner which John enjoyed as
never before in his life and Dog did
not go hungry
Then pipes were produced and
seated near the red hot stove the two
friends recounted some of the events
which had marked their lives during
the preceding six years It seemed
ages to both of them The striplings
of seventeen were now stalwart men
Biake listened eagerly to his friends
recital of the events leading up to the
quarrel with Arthur Morris Jim
clenched his hands and leaned ex
citedly forward when Jchn told of the
struggle ith Morris in the tavern
I have sometimes thought said
John that I should have remained
and faced the charge of murder which
might have been made against me
That was my first impulse I did not
kill Morris and it is only by chance
that he did not kill me The revolver
was still in his hand when he fell
though I had bent his wrist so that
he could not turn it against me It
was one of those new self cocking
-weapons and Morris shot himself But
I had no witnesses and Grandfather
Burt and and others advised me to
put myself beyond the reach of a
prosecution in which all the money
and influence would have been against
me But tell me of yourself Jim
What have you done in California
and what has the Golden State done
for you
It would take me a week John to
tell my experiences of the last five
years said Jim Blake tossing an
other log into the fire Most of them
would not interest you some might
amuse you and others would make
yott mad Ive been rich three times
John and in love twice no three
times
my free leg around it I held like
grim death to a coon and heard the
leather snap as the horse went over
the precipice If it had been a first
class saddle I wouldnt be here to
tell the tale I was hanging down
over the cliff It was eighteen hun
dred feet deep to the first stopping
place and I saw that horse all
spraddled out turn over and over in
the aii I closed my eyes so as net
to see him strike Then I crawled
back a few feet and sat down behind
a rock Thats the last thing I re
member until I woke up in bed An
old doctor whose breath smelled of
liquor was bending over me and
near him was one of the prettiest
girls I ever saw She and her father
were approaching me when I started
to slide down the mountain Her
name was Jenny Rogers
Jim sighed and paused
This is growing romantic but how
about the broken neck asked John
It was broken or dislocated which
is about the same thing continued
Blake Jennys father knew of an
old Spanish doctor about forty miles
away and went for him He was a
wonder on bones He was black as
an Indian and uglier than sin He
felt around my neck swore softly in
Spanish rolled me over on my face
climbed on niy back jabbed his knees
into my shoulder blades and grabbed
me by the jaws He gave my head a
quick wrench I saw a thousand sky
rockets something cracked and I be
came senseless When I awoke he
had my neck in splints and was jab
bering Spanish to Rogers He said
he was the only white man in the
world who could set a broken neck
and I guess he was He had learned
the trick from an Indian medicine
man He charged me twenty five dol
lars and told me to lie quiet for a
week Jenny Rogers nursed me and
of course I fell in love with her I
was in their cabin and near by Mr
Rogers had located some valuable
claims
Here is the most remarkable part
of this story Blake went on When
I was able to dress I picked up that
cursed Mexican stirrup to see how the
leather happened to break It was a
steel affair and I noticed some bright
yellow spots in the crevices Blamed
if it wasnt gold I didnt say a word
but when I was strong enough I went
back and climbed slowly down e
place where my horse fell It was
easy to follow it Near the edge of
the cliff I found an outcropping of
gold bearing ore and the mark of
where the metal part of my stirrup
had scratched it I staked out a
claim and sold It to Jennys father for
a hundred and twenty five thousand
dollars Hes made two millions out
of it I made love to Jenny and I
think she would have had me but I
went to San Francisco and dropped
the hundred and twenty live thousand
on the mining exchange I went back
and asked Jenny to wait until I made
another fortune She said shed think
about it I guess she did A year
later she married a man who is now a
United States Senator So I broke
my neck lost my fortune and my
sweetheart all in less than a year
And what have you now
This mountain chateau replied
Blake with a lordly sweep of his arm
and aJiole in the ground hack of it
Then I have a fine view of the valley
a good appetite a slumbering con
science and and Dog here who
never upbraids me for being seven
kinds of a fool
John told the story of the dying
sailor and his map and read an ex
tract from Peter Burts letter Then
he produced the map and they spread
it out on tho table and examined il
by the light of the lantern
I followed the trail all right ex
plained John until the storm set in
and then I had to feel my way Be
fore I lost my bearings I was about
two miles from tho point where this
sailor claims to have found gold I
kept near the edge of the cliff until I
could go no further and then curled
up behind that rock in the hope that
the storm would cease
Blake studied the map with grow
ing interest and excitement With a
splinter from a log as a marker he
traced the trail
I know every foot ot it he ex
claimed resting the point of the
splinter on a round spot on the map
Here is Fishers Lake You came
that far by stage Here is the creek
which you follow for seven miles un
til you come to the old Wormley trail
You take that to the cliffs and go
along the cliffs until you cross four
brooks and come to the fifth one You
were within a hundred yards of that
fifth stream John Now lets see the
key to this thing
John handed him the letter
From the east face of the square
rock on the north bank of the brook
at the edge of the cliff read Blake
I know the rock well Lets see
Thence east along the bank of the
brook in a straight line four hundred
and twenty two feet and then north
at right angles sixty seven feet to the
base of the tallest pine in the neigh
borhood
Blake rushed to the dcor forgetful
of the storm to verify his suspicions
He pushed it open an inch but a
solid bank of snow blocked the way
Where do you suppose the base of
that pine tree is ho demanded
Without waiting for a reply he found
a hatchet and tapped the clay floor
until he located a spot which gave a
deadened sound Then he chopped
away a few inches of packed dirt and
sank the blade into a solid substance
Theres the base of the big pine
tree described by your dead sailor
and Ill bet my life on it he shouted
And here are sections of the tree ho
continued pointing to the logs which
formed the foundation of the cabin
Im dead sure of it John Its about
a hundred and forty varus from here
to the edge of the cliff I know for
I measured it And its about twenty
yards to the brcolo What is more
conclusive this was by far the largest
tree anywhere around Thats why I
located the cabin here Lets see
what comes next His eyes glis
tened with excitement
The instructions were to measure
three hundred and eighteen feet north
from the base of the tree and thence
east to a carefully described rock
which Blake remembered This was
the base of the incline Within a hun
dred yards of this rock the key lo
cated three gobj bearing quartz
ledges
To be continued
HAD EEEN CHASING RABBITS
Naturally Dreamer Had Not Enjoyed
His Sleep
A man down in my country said
Representative Clayton of Alabama
saw a dog sleeping in the sun The
dog was twitching and starting as
dogs sometimes do in their sleep
The man said Id like to know what
that dog is dreaming about
Easy enough replied an old chap
who stood by You just put a chip
on that dogs ear and leave it there
until he wakes up Then you take that
chip and put it on your chest when
you go to bed to night and you will
dream of what the dog is dreaming
of now
The fellow got a chip and put it
on the dogs ear and stood around
until the dog waked up and brushed
it off He put the chip on his chest
when he went to bed that night Next
morning I saw him coming listlessly
down the street
Whats the matter I said What
was the dog dreaming about
Oh he answered Im clean tuck
ered out I was chasing rabibts all
night long
Public to Own Telephones
It has been announced that the
British postofiice propose to exercise
its right to buy out the Great National
Telephone Company at the end of the
present year This action by the
government is the first step toward
breaking up the monopoly which has
shackled and curbed the development
of telephones in the United Kingdom
With low rates and quick service the
public will be provided with a system
such as has heretofore been undream
ed of The postofiice has already
provided a system for a great part of
London at a charge less than 40 for
90 per cent of its subscribers
LS EASY TO EOEGET
HINTS TO EDITORS AS TO THEIR
OPPORTUNITIES
President cf the New York State Re
publican Editorial Association Tells
His Brethren of the Press That
They Must Keep Vital Issues in the
Foreground
Due appreciation of tho importance
A the Issue to be decided in the cam
paign of 1904 was shown in the an
nual address of William A Smyth of
che Owego Times as president of tho
New York State Republican Editorial
association at the meeting of April
13 Rightly President Smyth admon
ishes his brother editors of the grave
and far reaching consequences of the
questions to be decided this year
rightly he warns them that Repub
lican editors of the state must be
prepared to do their share of the
fighting if we are to keep in power
the party of protection honest money
and prosperous times There is no
question of honest money involved in
tins years struggle The Democratic
party will not again overload itself to
the sinking point with any 1G to 1
foolishness That issue is dead for
ever dead But the issue that is alive
to day as much alive as at any pre
vious period in the countrys history
is protection and prosperous times
In his address President Smyth said
This year the fifty four anniver
sary of the founding of the Repub
lican party promises to be a memor
able one During the past year an
off year in politics there has been
but little work for this association to
do We are now on tho threshold of
a very important campaign and prob
ably none that have preceded it have
been so important and far reaching to
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steadily persistently faithfully kepi
in the plain view of their readers Uig
principles the facts the conditions
the underlying causes of our prosper
ous times How many have constant
ly made plain the reasons for our
prosperity and the dangers attendant
upon any departure from safe sound
Republican policies Not 10 per cent
wo venture to say They have had
other things to think of and they
have thought and written of other
things far more than they have
thought or written about the elements
and causes of prosperous times Our
people forget easily Undoubtedly
they do They forget between elec
tions because they are permitted to
forget It is up to Republican editors
to remember all the time and not
merely for a short three months once
in every four years If they will do
this our peoplo will not so easily for
get and disastrous lapses of memory
like that of 1S92 will not be so liable
to occur
A Most Pitiable Journal
Says the Springfield Republican re
ferring to Controller Grouts proposed
bond sale But it is quite possible
that he Controller Grout should
look for a slump in the money market
because of the conditions of business
which give no assurance of maintain
ing the level of the so called prosper
ity under which the country is suffer
ing That slump is as much to be
expected if Mr Roosevelt is elected
as if the Democrats by some fluke of
fortune should defeat him
This so called prosperity under
which the country is suffering this
of course is a concentration of pes
simism sarcasm and a gangrenous
condition of gray matter Let us see
under what so called prosperity
Springfield is suffering In 1S94 ten
years ago the bank clearings of
Springfield and Holyoke were
WHAT WOULD SURELY HAPPEN
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Uncle Sam Are we to have that kind of cobwebs once mere spread over the
doors of American facto ries Heaven forbid
the American people as this promises
to be
You can always trust the Demo
cratic party to have a paramount
issue When thiu association was
formed the Democratic issue was free
trade eight years ago it was free
silver and four years ago militarism
and imperialism with free silver as
a side issue This year the paramount
issue has not been sharply defined as
yet but you can rest assured that
our Democratic friends will have one
It looks now as if the brunt of the
fight will be in the state of New York
that the two opposing candidates will
be sons of the Empire State and that
we are to meet a united Democracy
though not united on principle but
simply for the spoils of office It will
be no easy campaign the battle will
be fast and furious and the Repub
lican editors of this state will have
to do their share of the fighting The
voters especially those in the country
districts will have to be educated and
aroused to the necessity of keeping
the grand old party in power the par
ty of protection honest money and
prosperous times Our people forget
easily Many of them have already
forgotten the condition in which the
Republican party found the country
seven years ago when they returned
to power Soup houses were popular
then but they soon gave way to the
march of good times The merchant
the farmer the manufacturer took on
new courage the closed manufacto
ries were opened and running on full
time the promises of the martyred
McKinley were quickly fulfilled and
prosperity was again an actuality
True it is that our people forget
easily They forget past ills escaped
from they forget alike the cause of
those ills and the means whereby
escape was made rossible Republican
editors not alone in New York but
in all the states of the Union are ex
ceedingly prone to forget What won
der then that their readers should
forget How many of the members
of the New York State Republican
Editor il association are blameless in
this regard How many of them have
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000 Last year the bank clearings of
these two cities amounted to 10V
000000 an increase of nearly 70 per
cent As the Republican well knows
the bank clearings of the whole coun
try have more than doubled since a
protective tariff displaced the free
trade measure of the last Democratic
administration
The Republican seems to get mad
der and madder every day simply be
cause its long predicted and hoped for
panic docs not come That editorial
under the caption We Told You So
has been standing so long and yet
there are no signs that it can be used
for months or perhaps years to come
What a comment upon pretended in
telligence that a once great American
newspaper will not be happy and sat
isfied till adversity takes the place of
prosperity
That Tariff Plank
It becomes more and more evident
that the ingenuity of Democratic plat
form builders will be taxed to the ut
most when it comes to fixing up the
tariff plank at St Louis The people
are rather used to free trade straddles
they have even been deceived two or
three times but not again so soon
after the experience under the last
free trade law The best thing the
Democratic party can do is to skip
the tariff plank this time By the way
is Parker a Cleveland and Bryan free
trader or a Hill and Murphy protec
tionist
In Spite of AI
In spite of the free soup houses of
1S93 to 1S9G the smokeless chimneys
the closed factories the idle work
men the want and suffering of that
period of depression and in spite of
the prosperity we are now enjoying
there is still a cry in the Democratic
party for free trade By what trick of
logic or oratory the Democrats will
attempt to persuade the people to
adopt an anti protection measure is
at present not very clear but there
i3 no doubt that an effort will be
made in that direction Kansas City
Journal
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Mere Suggestion
I believo Ill lay out a golf courso
on the farm father said the returned
college youth sweeping his gaze over
tho Kloping pasture
All right my son responded tho
gray haired muu an while youro
about it let me suggest that you turn
tho old home into a clubhouse Ot
course Im a lectio too old for a
but I could net as janitor au
your mother could do the scrubbln
Indianapolis Sun
The Mules Placid Smile
Is that your mule asked the man
who was going fishing
Yassir said the colored man who
was sitting on a log by the road
Does he kick
Deed mistuh ho aint got no
cause to kick Hes gittin his own
way right along Im do one dats
havii do worry an difficulty
Not Beating His Way
Indigent Ike Dis housfcleaning
gag wounds me proud spirit in a new
place every spring Dis mornin a
lady asked me ter beat a rug for me
breakfast
The Retort Courteous
Miss Bizzey I notice youre clean
ing house Mrs Newcome and I was
afraid you might be tempted to throw
your rubbish out on the back lot I
just wanted to say that we dont do
that sort of thing here
Mrs Newcome I burned all our
rubbish in the furnace this morning
Miss Bizzey including an old book on
Etiquette which I might have saved
for you Philadelphia Press
His Method t
Your grandfather is nearly 100
years old How did lie manage to lira
so long
Pure contrariness
Contrariness Hows that
You know there are rules pre
scribed for people who want to live
to be old Well ho never follows aay
of them
Rural Opinion
Mrs Crawoot They do say that
Fanny and her city husband have a
comfortable parlor
Mr Crawoot Nothing comfortablG
about it Why when I sat in my
shirt sleeves and started to smoke
Fanny objected
No Malaria
Is there any malaria around hero
asked the tourist
Nope was tho prompt response
Theres a heap o chilis an fever
but if anybody gits to callin it by
high toned names hes liable to git intc
difficulty
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Mrs Bossim Wright My first hus
band died a hero in the war Il it
hadnt been for that battle you would
nt be here to day
Mr Bossim Wright War is indeed
a dreadful thing
Pretty Close to It
Now that phrase said the teach
er is an idiom Does any little boy
know what an idiom is
Yesm piped little Tommy
Skrapps Thats what pa is when ma
dont want him to have his own way
and he does
Indispensable
LaMontt Some of the greatest writ
ers tell us that matrimony blunts a
mans imagination
LaMoyne Nonsense Why a mar
ried man must have a superb imagin
ation to get up excuses when he is ab
sent
Almost a Confession
Your husband seems to be getting
bald very rapidly said the family
friend
Yes answered Mrs Naggsby
there is scarcely a good handful
Ie Hem Er yes he certainly
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