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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1882-11-10, Page 6THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY NOV 10 '882. Til DB1C011'B STRIKE. The deacon had struck womethislg at last, And, though the secluded gulch had been miles away from the nearest post, the news had spread. The wind, rustling the green plumes of the spruce above the descou's head as he bent over the glittering quarts laid bare by his pick, may have whispered it abroad. At any rate, the de.c ou'r strike we. • secret no lunger. Then the prospectors came, and fol- lowing in their footsteps came the boom. Then, as if by magic, Mountain City arose, full of dug -outs and canvas a.ntt, straggling up and down the narrow gulch and terminating in a nucleus of rudely built log houses at its head. The deacon, whose discovery had called into existecce this city of a day, was in no way elated at his success. He altered not a tittle of his ways, but pur- sued his daily task of opening the lead with the sante patient endeavor with which he aright have followed the plow over the rugged hills of his native New England State. Regarding the deacon in some sense as its epunsor, the camp had not been un- kindly disposed toward the morose old man. It had made many effurts at affili- ation, but•being alwaysl repulsed, desist- ed, ae it became tacitly understood its life and his held little iu common. Naturally the deacon's self -elected isolation drew upon Many comments. Many were the wild and improbable con- jectures as to his history, but a 00 one knew one iota, it continued to be a mys- tery inscrutable. A little thrillof excitement ran through the camp, therefor", when it was rumor- ed tl.r. tt..at., ., ''Green M•.lIllt.l,.• •. l J...••. Nor was it allayed, ' when one morning the deacon packed his tent upon the gray burro and ti uk his departurel from their midst. Away from the haunts of ratan, in the solitude of the (till, the deacon seemed in a more congenial clement. His tent was finally pitched near the summit of the range on a rugged mountain side, scarred and furrowed by the hand of time, like the deacon's face. Here daily he prosecuted, in his slow, deter- mined way, his search for the hidden silver vein somewhere beneath. Seated near his camp fireone evening, he was resting after the labors of the day, distributing, as was his custom, bits of bread and bacon to the gray burro. Suddenly the burro pricked up his long ears, and the deacon glancing around, saw a man approaching .lowly from below. As lin drew near he recog- nized, with anything but pleaacre, a young loan who had been the liveliest in the camp. His dress, different from that of the ordinary miner, was stained and torn, and his Lace, haggard and sunicen,was turned upon the deacon with eager expectancy. I ani famishing, he exclaimed, abruptly, dispensing with any salutai.ion. "Will you give me something to eat ?" For reply the deacon pointed to the viands beside the smoldering fire. The other waited for no more, but set to at once; and as the deacon noticed the avidity with which he ate, something like compassion crept over his features. "From the camp 7" he asked at length, as the other had somewhat satisffed his hur.ger4 "Yes; I left there three days ago. I have eaten nothing since till now. My departure was rather sudden, as you can thrown out to shift for myself, for ay mother did when 1 wM s child, a t� my Rather—" ".Your father I" sa'd the deacon, in- quiringly, as the other stopped. "Do not speak of him !" he said, ve- hemently, as he ruse up and walked abort "'Like father like son !' that's what I have to remember bin by ; I ne- ver saw him, and dou't toow much of him ; maybe, after all, be wasn't u bad as I was told," he added in a softer tone. "I an nut one to judge yuu too sever- ely, young man," said he, as the other satdown. "What's your name r "Amor Sethwell," the, other reed, and a be raised his eyes, he fancied he saw • curioiis spam contract the rigid line of the deacon's mouth. A,luug silence ensued. The young mac gazed despunduutly in the fire, the deacon at the gleaming peaks. His thought+ wandered back to his native land, and it seemed but yesterday that he entered an empty house and took up a note lying on a table which told him that his wife had left him forever, and that she did not wish his unborn child brought under his evil influence. Perhaps it had needed wine shock, sharp and sudden like this; W check the downward ciiurse of his life and rouse his -better instincts. He was not one, however to steer a middle course—he must be one thaw ur the other—and, as he shook the dust of his native place from his feet, so also he cast away the shackles of his ill -spent life ; and be- came instead a cold, silent man, shut up in his shell of stern self-reliance. Perhaps the sight of this young wan, already on the downward path, stirred the well of human kindness hidden so deep in the old deacon's breast that no sign of it ever reached his impassable face, ' for, when he at length spoke, it was in a toue very different from his usual harsh one. "Amts, go into the tout and lie down on my runs. I will join you present- ly." "Deacon," said the other, slowly, as he arose. "I didn't ,expect any such kindness from you of all men. I—I thank you—" and breaking off he hurri- ed into the tent. It was late when the tired sleeper felt a hand upon his shoulder the next morn- ing, and starting up saw the deacon bending over him. "I see you have rested welL Come, now, and have some breakfast." Their meal being over, the deacon addressed him again, speeking slowly, as if ho had some preconceived purpose. "Amos, mine is and has been a lonely life for a long time ; but such as it is will you share it with me 1" "Do you really mean to give one a show, deacon 1" asked the other, with a brightening face. "I do, and here is mj hand on it." From that day the two worked togeth- er on the hill -side, the deacon setting the example of patient, preserving labor, which the other was not slow to follow. The old man fluted this with silent satis- faction, and saw how the exorcise in the bracing mountain air filled out the hol- lows in the younger face, as it erased the the marks of dissipation Gradually the two were drawn to- gether by a bond of affection, all the stronger for its undemonstrativeness, for the younger man became imbued with the silent ways of the older, and uncopsciously fell into them himself. Yet there were times when, sitting by the fire before the tent, the two spoke of the results of their labors and their hopes of "striking it," and of how, in that event, their future lives should be shaped, for -it was tacitly understood duet were to be spent together. "Ah !'' said the deacon. "Ames," said the deacon, one even - "I might toll you it was a case of mix- ing, "I am expecting the final payment ons lesesed that it MY cruet awl that his expected package had been taken with the rest The loss burs had upon the deacon, fur it wu all he had save the little now in his possession. This he now spent in psovmiun., and set oat to join his com- panion. Arrived at the spot where the two had parted, he found no one. Vainly he shouted and waited ; there was no re- sponse. "He has gotten tired of waiting end now." returned to the tent," thought the dea- con, and, so thinking, hurried on to the tent also. But he was again dsappoint- ed—there was no one there. Mechanically the deacon drew off the pack and released the burro to graze. Then, fur the first time he began to con- nect the robbery of the ouch with his partner's disappearance. "Heoould not do it—he would not do it!" muttered the deacon as he walked to and fru, shouting at intervals, and listening vainly for a reply. 'And yet for all his protestations the thought would obtrude itself, causiug him to walk about in agitation and mut- ter again sod win.— "He could not --he would not!" And still be was wore shocked than surprised when, at uightfall, a party came'up the little trail with his partner in their midst. "Deacon," said the epukesntan, as they gathered about the little tent, 'we brought him here at his last request --for it's a clear case against him. He caught skulking about the trail morning and we found this on him," the speaker extended a package. Mechanically the deacon took it and saw it was still sealed, and saw also it was the package he had been expecting. Then in a dazed way he looked at his partner, standing with his eyes fixed on the ground, and the old, sullen, despon- dent look on his face. Raising his eyes he met the deacon's for an instant and The Chicago, Burlington Quincy teed the horror in his face. Railroad Company has just issued an illustrated treatise"The Heart of the "I see you, too, have judged me," he Continent," describing the wonderful said, in a voice so low as to be nearly in- 'growth of the six Great States. The book the leder of the little patty .udderly i " he sz lei sed, abruptly' "what will the camp say to all thie' There was a moments silence ere ane replied uneasily. -- "They will say we're a lot of—soft- hearted fouls!" "Let them!" defiantly said the bluff voice of the leder. "Let them say what they please, fur, boys, there ain't auy of this crowd going to pari them two But the tamp, didn't say so at ►11. The camp, instead, worked itself up into such a state of enthusiaaan over the dea- con's pluck, and drank so many and such hearty health. to the deacon and his newly found son, that the resources of the "Miners' Retreat" were well nigh exhausted. For, upon their return, the real culprit had been captured, and his last confession revealed the truth. Magically, Mountain City had sprung into existence—like magic if faded away. The "Green Mountain Boy" had proved to he a "blind lead," the mines had failed, and the camp was abandoned The tents have long since vanished, with i their tenants, and only the mouldering tog -houses, their dirt roofs fallen in, quark the site ofthe once prosperous tamp. With the rest the little camp on the mountain side has disappeared, and its inmates have gone, no one knows whith- er, most likely to follow the beacon light of Fortune westward of the mountain tops. la Oemeret mauspede• N• ver MOO elich u i Onh made for any Dru < Stow as m V alit Wilson's for • Trial Bottle of lel iia's New Itiseuv- er fur Cussttsupu•au. All ie mus ellieled wick hs and Colds. haw, lkton- chitia, Ree. miens., de aia Camelia, er any aff.ctiftu of tbw 'limed and Lentos, an get a Trial Bottle td Utile vr,et ramo- dy that, by cAlliug et atnmee l.rug Store. (4) judge," he added, with aforced laug "Had some trouble, then 1" "I was invited to leave for the of the community by the vigilance mittee." h. good com- was this and Mrs. B. M. Gifford, of Port Rowan, was for many years a sufferer with Liver Complaint, and a serious complication ot diseases. In a recent letter she says that she has only two bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters, and has nearly recovered her health, and authorizes us to use her name in advertising to suffering humani- ty. 2: A Coed a seri audible. Well, so be it; I can die like a man, and an innocent one, t"; for dea- con," and he faced the old Math an wi steady look, "I found that pakage lying un the trail this morning. I had grown tired of waiting and started towards the camp to meet you. When I picked it up I knew something was wrong, and it flashed upon me to keep out of sight, es- pecially.after what had had happenedbe- f ore. I asked them to bring nie here that I might tell you the truth. and that I appreciated your kindness. 1 have nothing more to say," he added, wearily, and his despondent face fell once more upon his breast. Still the deacon never looked at him, but covered his face with a hand that trembled to spite of himself. "Well, deakin," at length said the bluff voice of the spokesman, "You see how it is—a likely story; but then, of course, he wouldn't confess it. This is the second time, too. Tbe first time we let him off easy. but now—"and the speaker paused ominously. A low but determined murmur of assent came from the others. The dea- con heard it. and his hand tell from his face and grasped the breath of his flan- nel shirt convulsively, as he turned and faced them. "Now," he said in a low, firm voice, "you know one. You know that never once have I left the straight and narrow path to join in the ebominations over there," pointing to the camp. "That's so. deakin,' said the epodes man, a little taken aback at this abrunt address. "We all know you have fol- lowed the straight trail, and that your ways wasan't exactly our ways." "Yes," said the deacon," your ways were not my ways. For, men. I saw the felly of it all, and had long agoloundout that life was not given es to he frittered away like that; that it was a terribly earn- est thine to `be fought ami conquered and tramped under foot and he made subservient to the end." "For twenty talo years," the deacon continued as the others were silent --"for twenty odd years I have walked as straight as it was in me to do, keeping steadily on without friend or companion until lie came. Then I saw what a wreck he had •nsde of • life, and though I might set him right and stand his friend, and may be in time he might- he might at least be it friend to me " The deacon'., steady voice trembled slightly as he paused, and his auditor still kept silent, held not by any eloqu- ence in his speech, but by the grimearn- estness of his manner Stili facing them, he moved to the young man's side and laid his hand on his shoulder. "He is innocent," he said in the ease steady voice. "7 feel it --I know it, and you shall not harm him. But if he were not- ---and the deacon threw one arm shout him and shielded him from thea with his bated breast—"if he were guilty of all you say. you should not harm him taken identity, but I won't. I have got a bad name in the camp, aanl my part- ner was strung for stopping the coach, but they couldn't prove it on 1110, ata they told me to skip." ''They couldn't prove it," said the deacon ''hut did sou—" "No, I did not !" the other broke in fiercely. "i had been had enough. but they would not believe it. and i ,io net expect you to. I have eaten and rt• td, and I will go now," he slid weenie as he rose, trembling still from exhau: lion. Go ? Where 1" "1 don't know, and I don't care "Sit down, arid let me think," said do: • t ..w ...r r.,,.rw•.- -eI.• .Ma Int beautifully printed, and numerous en- gravings of high merit .adorn its pages. Any one sending their name and address with two three -cent postage stamps tt ill receive a cupy by return retail, by applying to Perceval Lowell, General;+ Passenger Agent, Chicago, Illinois. 5t A BgatTlruL Haan or HAIR—There U nothing more pleasing in theexternal ap- pearance of women or men than a beau- tiful head of hair, and it is possible for eve on the "Green Mountain Boy." It ought to oome on the coach day after to- morrow, and as we tire running short in the grub line suppose we go to tho city, get the money and then ley in a sup- ply 7' "As you will, deacon." And so in the m arning they set out with the burro. :Towards evening as they drew near the city, Antos began to be uneasy. "Deacon," the said at length, "you have never thought that it might get us both into tiouble if I waa seen in the city after --what %t told you the first night, you remember r the deacon, quietly. "True, buoy, i had forgotten abou• t The other fell hack into his pia • by it." ,It would be beat, I think," said the fire, and for a time neither apse '• se Amts "for me to cam to -night ,n the the deacon continued to feed the 'mere. Amos "Deacon," said the young t,t. . fat little,ulch of the trail. You can go to length, "it was kind of you to let at sit the city, and.1 will await your return nn here and eat, and 1 wish you w•aetl•l tea the morning. lateen innocent of this last." So they separated, and the deacon "Why should 1 not ? Rat pe. Mr evert ea by himself. It was late when You now see young teen, the folly 1 ' an he arrived, but the express Dies was life you led in camp." still opus, pendia( the arrival ofi the "Don't moralise, deacon- net to 9e, coach. After having waited some lime FO R RRv r NATISN neuralgia. Sciatica, Le nbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Bout, Quinsy, S'ra Throat, Swell- ings and Sp. 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