Pittston Gazette

              f- ' r " rr'PLlT/ \AT r r Tr. —-. — — ESTABLISH*!' 18RO- ». VOUXLIII.NOD*- » Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, Ll'ZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1892. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. * *1.50 I'EU ASyUM K. v* no are you.' astteo xayior as soon as he had recovered from his surprise. C$fek looked about him, "1 don't think there are auy left in the hills. They have all gone forward to tight off the rush, and before summer is over the rush will have carried every redskin out of the locality," The little party moved off down the valley, every renegade chuckling with satisfaction, and they were soon out of sight. Half an hour later the captain and his party returned and dinner was quickly dispatched and the teams haruessed for a move. By three o'clock a new camp had been formed in the mouth of the canyon. The wagons were run in out of sight, a wall of rock was piled up as a screen and a defense, and in a little «:ave were fonnd water and grantfor the horses for the time being. 1 cum itucif. Uuod luck and goodoy ed a single ray ot iigftt from descending. Nothing answering the description of the dying hunter could be found. He had said, as Harkins understood, "five miles to the right of the peak." Here was the spot. He had described the mouth of the canyon and everything here bore out the description. He Baid that Bridger went up the canyon about a mile and then turned into a smaller one running to the left. The captain had a bright tire blazing against the cliff as the ineu returned, and in response to their looks of inquiry he put his hands on the rocks and said: wanted to iieaU n raid to steal the horses or attack the camp, Bob met him with the reply: NYE AT THE PLAY. "The same question to ye, anil what is it about a cave of gold and dividing up?" calmer and Augostin Daly. The "Fencing Master" is oiie of the prettiest and most romantic comic operas I have ever seen. It is Italian, but not- ef- so. The principal scenes are in A enice, and all the trading and visiting seem to lie done in gondolas. Marie Tempest is the fencing master—a daughter who has been reared as a son bv her old father till she is the most skillful swordsman in the place. She becomes the court fencing master, and during the campaign keeps the royal fences in repair. Fraiicesca, the young swordsman, falls in love with Fortnino! the rightful heir to the throne of Milan and owner of a line of gondolas on Fifth avenue. He is sent on a perilous mission, which it is hoped will result in his ignominious death, but Francesca resolves to go with him, and buying a new Wade & Butcher sword she goes with him, joyfully knifing several of his prominent enemies and asking their friends to send in the bill for same. Fortuino, however, loves another, but not beyond his control, as she seems to be a bit of a flirt, and in fact Francesca encourages her to elope "with a well known Venetian proprietor of a trolley line on the Grand canal. He comes every evening and plunks with his Venetian plunker to a low, pad refrain referring to love that curls up and dies for lack of proper attention. Francesca is in favor of this matter and encourages his passion, egging the young lady on, and yet doing it quite squarely. Finally Fortuiilb agrees to meet this girl and speak to her freely; also to tell her that he is very likely to come into possession of the throne by showing his subjects that they are at that time paying too high a duty on wearing apparel, and that wages have gone down, thus turning the tide of added wealth, called the unearned increment, into the pockets of the rich. Francesca so assists the other man that he gets the young lady just before Fortuino arrives, and pretty soon there has to be an explanation, and no longer cart the beautiful boy swordsman conceal the fact tliat he loves Fortuino and would cheerfully die in his defense, as he had almost doue already several times. Here was help. If the man belonged to a party the gold might yet be secured. He was a hard looking customer —one who would not scruple at anything."Bee this line running here, and up this way, and to th? right, and down and back? A great stone has been set in here and cemented in its place. The work was done so long ago that the cement is as hard as the rock and almost the color of it. One of you begin at that side, while 1 take a hand here." "They drove you out, and I reckon they did right, bnt we don't propose to burn onr fingers to help you git back at 'em. We cum yere fur that gold, and HE TALKS ABOUT THE BALLET (1% He threw the spade anil pick abide in disgust as he unpicked and growled: "1 shan't want ye—leastwise for digging out gold—I'll get it easier. Five miles the other side of camp is the ravine, and np that ravine is the cave of gold. I'll have my hands on the stuff before tomorrow night if it is there, and then let the wagon train look out! It's death to all!" GOTHAM the fust hard work we do will be to look for it. If we don't trouble that gang they won't trouble us." A Graphic Description of the lilsck Crook and How the Actor* Suoceed in Making Their Living—A Comic Opera That Bill OOPVWOMT BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ISO! "Sit down," said Taylor as he made himself comfortable. "I came here with a party camped two or three miles below. They came to prospect for gold, but 1 came to look for a cave already filled with it. They sort o' suspected me, and because 1 wouldn't divide they drove me out of camp this morning." ICONT1NUKP.J There was no such canyon. The left bank was solid rock and earth from the wagons to the spot where the great rift stopped short at a flinty wall a thousand feet high. The mighty wrath had split the mountain thus far, but it coald i;o no farther. Taylor had to he satisfied with that. His standing among them was not pleasant. His excuses and explanations did not go down. He was looked upon as a traitor who had received his just deserts, and he very soon realized that he was being endured for the sake of what he might know about the cave of gold. This knowledge imbittered him, and the hour he rode by the camp hidden in the wagon he gritted his teeth and whispered to himself: Like*. Ten jiinutes' work proved what he had asserted—that a large stone had been fitted to an opening—but the work of drilling out the cement was like drilling into the stone itself. When noon came they had made a considerble impression, but fully realized that they had undertaken a laborious task. fCopyright, 1892, by Edgar W. Nye.] The revival of the "Black Crook" and Lottie Collins in New York has given, as I may say, an atmosphere of earnest yet diaphanous freshly laundered ruffles and firm yonug muscle which pervades all the other theaters also and makes the life of a bass viol player a most hazardous one. I was perfectly astonished a month ago while here with my family, and as I had other shopping that could be done later-1 allowed the family to look casually upon the billboards, while I promised myself that later on I would do the balance of my trading for winter and also do a little Dr. Parkhursting be- The BIack?!rook" is a play which one gets the synopsis of and reads after he gets home, but 111 bet a dollar that he cannot do so on the ground. I will give CHAPTER XVL Meanwhile the camp had a visitor. It was well that they had moved with promptness and made things secure. Before sunset the rain descended in such torrents that the main valley was almost a river. A good sized stream swept down the bed of the canyon and out into the valley, and within an hoar the footprints of the horses and the tracks of the wagons had been obliterated. The storm lasted half the night, causing great discomfort in the camp, but the next day was not three hours old when everybody was made to realize that the storm was bis salvation. Some of the men were still eating their break fa it when Joe, who iiad been down to t..e mouth of the canyon for a look around, returned and 3aiu: IT U CHAPTER XVTL From the same direction taken by Taylor, but evidently coining out of a narrow valley bearing off to the left, aplwared a white man with a gun on his shoulder. He was in view when half a mile from camp, and long before he reached it all the meu were watching hist approach. "Whar did ye hear of that cave?" "From an old hnnter named Saunders."Three times the men traveled from the camp to the end of the canyon, and then all were certain that Harkins had been mistaken. They sat down on a bowlder in the bed of the canyon to rest and discuss the matter, while the single torch, secured in a cleft, hardly allowed tin m to see each other's faces. The forenoon had passed with those at camp without alarm. The sentinels thought they heard the reports of rifles down the valley, but were not certain. Not an Indian had shown himself, and it was hoped that they had been thrown off the scent and would leave the valley.From the first the two girls had been "Who used to chum with a pard named Bridge rs?" ••Exactly." "Waal, I'm yere fur the same pur pose. What 1 got was secondhand front old Bridgers, but it looks straight 'miff. There's four of ns in the ptrty and we've got ridin horses and a te;;in." "These outlaws want me to help find the gold, but what will happen then? They won't stickle to shoot me down like a dog. They have no notion of dividing with me. They own the team all to say." h»j Rittk an oath tha? ifte saw the first sign of treachery in his new found friends every man of them should die by his hand. It was no idle oath. He had a terrible weapon in store for an emergency. He was one of the four renegades, and this was the visit Harkins had heard them plotting to Blake. Tb« captain. Hark inn and joe knew this, but none of the wthers knew that the girl Lizzie was in camp, she o;n ing kept herself secreted iu the wagon. "Well, we have no right to complain, as we have lost nothing," said the captain. "Indeed, if we had not slipped in here not a man of us would now be "That's the checker!" exclaimed Taylor as he bronght his fist down on the grass. "1 want to join you." The ma n't amazement and terror icert pitiful. $ The captain was himself on gn&rd on tJM other aide of the camp, and lieqnick- Ijr eecte op to find out what the confusion ntamt. "This girl is suffering for food and rest," said Harkins, "and must be attended to fint. Then you shall have the story." He qnietly awoke Bess, made a brief explanation, and after Lizzie had been provided with food the two girls sought the wagon and Hark ins sat down with the captain and Joe to tell his story. While certain in his own mind that Taylor had fired upon him, there was proof. Neither of his listeners doubted wearing his scalp." drawn to each other, amkLizzie found 4 deep sympathizer in Bess. When brought into camp by Harkins the poor girl was in a truly forlorn condition, as may b imagined. While Bhe still labored with the grief which choked her every time she thought of the sad fate of her parents, she had been made very presentable in appearance, and more than one of the wagonmen felt bis heart beat fatiter at sight, of her sweet, sad face. "Wasn't the old man flighty in his last hour?" asked Joe of Harkins, who seemed much cast down. The m.iu continued to advance at « leisurely pace, and by and by Ufl was near enough to the group to call out: "And ye know jnat wliar that cave is? "1 believe 1 can walk to it in the "Injuns till you can't rest!* "W here? Where?" called half a dozen men. pight." "Suppose we should hev a row with the people camped below?' "He gave no evidence of it; on the contrary, his mind seemed wonderfully clear to the last." Mr-* - Yy" i "In the valley. A band of at least fit tv has just gone tearing by." The outlaw party reached the canyon below the peak without incident and the wagon was pulled well out of sight of any one passing up and down the valley, and the camp was pitched with a view to defense. They were men who knew the perils of the Indian country and were both brave and cautious. On the morning after their arrival Bob and Taylor set off up the canyon on au exploring expedition, and within an hour they had discovered the cave. Indeed, Taylor scarcely hesitated in walking directly to the ledge and pulling himself up. The opening to the cave was large enough to admit the body of an ox. To the left of it rested a large stone which had been cut to fit the opening, but which had never been placed in position. 'D1*11 do my share of shooting. There's two or three of Dm who will get a bullet the first time I bare a chance to pov- The tire was bnruing clear and making no smoke, althongh it had been built Against the wall of the canyon, in. u place where the smoke would go filtering up aiuoug the trees. Every wan was prdered down to the wall, and they reached jt iu time to see the last of the Indian band disappear up the valley. "What's your opinion'/' asked flje captain of Joe as they stood together. "Perhaps he said to the left instead of -he right of Custer's peak," suggested the captain. er 'em." "Come on. 1 guess the boys Dvill take ye in under the sarcumstances. ftaven't seen outhin of a gal wanderin around yere, 1 suppose?" "No, i am sure he said to the right, but he may haye meant the left." "It's no use crying over spilt tnilk," laughed the captain. As the triq returned to camp from their labors op the canyon, Bess beckftflfvl h«r fatJwvr asido oxwl luurf* "Our friend is worrying and wants to talk with yon," "If we have loat the cave we have saved our scalps. I'm inclined to think the old man misspoke himself. 1 believe those renegades gave this place a thorough looking over and are uow in the canyon below, if there is a canyon there. If the cave is there they have got the gold ere this, and that ends it." "Yea, J want to ask you about my mother," added Lizzie, "Waal, saddle np," Au hour later Taylor was in the camp of the outlaws. When the men learued that he had been driven out of the camp below and that he had received minnte particulars regarding the locality of the cave of gold they extended him a warn) welcome. "No." "I am sure I saw father lying on the ground, and have no doubt the renegades killed him as the first part of their plan. Mother and 1 both got away, and she was not overtaken. What would be her fate?" assassination had been intended inless Taylor broke down and cond it what could they do? Moral "They are hunting for ns. They've got word that we are in this valley anil they are trying to locato us. They prob ably exacted to find us at the other camp." ' well, I hope they'll keep right on aD they are going." :y is not proof. what makes the thing more to me is the fact that he must d a strong motive." said the cap- Harkins sat with bowed bead. He had felt 60 sure that old Saunders told the truth that he hated to give np the search. There was deep silence for a moment, broken by a whisper from Joe, "Great heavens, but what is that!" They were near the wall which formed the end of the canyon. All raised their heads and looked into the darkness and saw a faint light shining out like a star. At the same moment their ears caught the sound of inauy voices chanting in low tnries, and a strange, weird music filled the heavy air. "It is hard to say," replied Harkins after reflecting on the matter. "If she got through the night all right she may have found the trail of the wagons in the morning and overtaken the party. We must hope that she did. It may also lie that vonr father was only stunned by the blow, and is ere this all right again and with his friends." "Whar do ye make ft out to be?' asfced Bob, ae leader. "But they won't, captain. They know that we left that Vamp about noon yesterday. They picked np a dozen proofs of it. The believe we went straight nj. the valley lhey'11 figure tint wC conldu't h;.ve gone over ten i*-elvt miles when the storm broke. Five  abovp this they will be looking for our trail. If they don't find }t they will ride on five miles farther. Then they will discover that we did not go that way at all," Saunders had said to the right of Custer's peak. He had been mistaken. Here was the cave to the left. "And we can't gnes« ii," added Joe. Then Harkins told thetn of the death id revelation of the old hunter, and the stive was plain. Taylor was deter ined to possess the secret alone. He Id them of the renegades and their ernd—of the girl he had rescued and bat had happened to her, and of the oiaaary who might be expected Uj up ar in camp next forenoon. It was tybreak before they were through talkg, yet only the two men and Bess new of the arrivals. "The first thing is to dispose of Tayr," said the captain in response to an inliry of what should be doue. "The an will aoon be astir, and Harkins had «lia low tor a couple of hours. As on aa breakfast is over I shall ask lylor to head a party to the place he neribed. Let us see what he will do.' Harkins sought one of the wagous, id when the men roused up, one after Mther, not one had a suspicion that lything unusual had occurred during ■a night. Breakfast was prepared and lien, and the captain and Joe, who are watching Taylor very closely, saw r his demeanor that he was restless id ill at ease. He seemed to have lost a appetite, and he glanced around hiin i if expecting some suddeu danger. Bessie came from the wagon equipped D for an expedition, and, walking up Taylor, ahe said: "Five miies the other side of the wagon train." "Not" AT THB BLACK CROOK. « brief epitome, so that tboar The men hesitated to enter the opening, although provided with toiohes to dispel something of the inky darkness. In spite of their wicked hearts, a feeling of awe and reverence held them spellbound for a time. By and by Bob shook it off sufficiently to say; "This is the plaoe. Thar can't be no doubt of it, for it's the locatiou we both got from different men. I'm now a-wondering what's inside." equally'on  "That's what the hunter said—five miles to the left of the peak." "And tins isn't the canyon?" "It can't be. It's below that camp HI stake my life on it." to understand the play itse " 117io arc youJ" tending it may do so, "Howdy, strangers! 1 reckon 1 kin come in, being a3 1 ain't a hostile Indian."srenic ami incidental parts "Do yon think there is even the faintest hope?" she tearfully asked. The quality of the ent, thus saviug a great The captain returned his salutation, and the renegade came to a halt in the camp, looked keenly around him and continued: "Then, doggone it, we've bin wrong all the time. We located this as the place. If it's below the camp then we don't keer a button whether they move or not, though they'll likely be going up the valley today. We'd better hitch up and be going." "I da" for the commei. "Thank God for that! 1 shall almost cease worrying under that hope. And now what of myself?" an idiot school. If a blind "And then whaty "Hnsh—sit stilir whispered the captain as Harkins seemed about to spring up. come home alive after "Come after gold, 1 reckon, and from the looks o' things you've been fooling away your time fur a hnll week. In course you was green and didn't know or you wouldn't hev stopped here two hours." "They will come back looking into all the biding places, and we shall have a fight with odds of five to one." 'Black Crook" he would "Yon aro to remain with uh, of course," Taylor thought this a fitting opportunity to decide a matter which had worried him not a little, and he said: useless for other purposes. brain on his asparagus bed. Then from the face of the solid rock issued forth a strange procession of strange shadows—shadows which moved in double file right past the trio down into the blackness of the canyon toward the wagons. The one who led the procession carried what looked like a banner. Behind him was one who seemed "But for how long?" The general literary ton© reminds one of the works of "I'm afraid so," said the captain, "and this time we cannot look for a rescue by the soldiers. The party vhieh passe*: down yesterday has no doubt been butchered." "We cannot even guess. We may head back for civilization in a week— perhaps not for three months. It depends on onr luck as gold hunters. It is more than likely that some of the party to which you belonged will be encountered soon, and who knows what good news we may receive. Yon are' thrice welcbme to all it may be in our power to do for yon." CHAPTER XVIII. "In case the gold is here do we five share and share alike?" or the persiflage of Mme. "What's the matter of this place?' queried the captain. "Sartinly," was Bob's prompt reply. lifts the horse at Huber's "Yon go first and let's see if we hev cum on a wild goose chase." And yet one does not gi alone, and at 10 a. m. coal "Nuthin, so fur's grass and watei goes, but if yon want gold you must go wbar it is. Leastwise, the rest of u? liev had to." "1 think the reds struck into the valley by a pass farther up," answered Joe. "There would have been fighting, anil we should have heard the reports of rifles. We must get ready." seat by the man who pla Taylor knocked his torch against the rocks to make it burn up more brightly, and holding it ahead of him passed into the opening, slowly followed by Bob. They found themselves in a rock lined room about twelve by sixteen feet in width and length, while the incline was from six to eight feet in height. Nature had made the cave, but man had enlarged and improved it. in thb orchestra. I sat ov to carry 69 urn. Then came four holding a large fat lady wi "And wiiero is that?" shadows which bore a bier, and thoee who came after had their faces upturned and were wailing and chanting. gator nock and tuoss green "A matter of twelve miles up the valley. Thar's plenty up thar to be had fur the digging, and only a small party has got onto it yet Never saw such richness afore. 1 believe ye kin almost load cue o' them wagons in a mouth." The mouth of the canyon was about one hundred feet wide. Seventy-five feet up it narrowed to fifty feet and made a bend. The yvagpns were injjai* bend and a wall had already been thrown across a portion of the fifty feet. Every man now went to work to extend this wall to a distance of thirty-five feet and to make it l"C»k like a landslide from the bauk. Dirt was tlirown iu among the rocks, and bushes pullwi up and set among them, and two or three of the men brought annfuls of vines and creepers and trailed them over the wall. and a gent on her right, but the gent on her right got weary, and taking a lingering look at the ballet he went away. At first she rested The men saw and heard and realised. but were and pQW6*"'®88 move. Can the dead come back to earth? Do the ghosts of those who have gone before gather in the shadows and the darkness and hold reunions? Meanwhile JJess had whisperingly inquired of Joe what chances the mother had of escape. "God hefp her—none!" he answered. "She was wild with fear when she ran from the wagon, and she would grow wilder. Before morning came she was a maniac, but 1 doubt if she lived to see another day." ♦tJndtansV" gasped Bees. « GAVE THE RIXG TO THE GIRL. By and by all is well, and Fortnino wonders how he could have ljeen sueli , an ass all along, and the audience cordially join in also, having wondered for some time why he did not know more. Then Frfenceeca goes away to her rooms ind returns in a long dress made of - - — -«- _• it i ■ - - - - Count Wolfenstein is a character in the play, and lives on his title and eleven dollars per week. Rudolph is a poor artist, who paints campaign banners, and so cannot get anything only every fonr years. But while he is in the hands of his enemies aul chained to a large pillar of the dungeon of the castla he is approached by Hertzog, called the Black Crook, a man who lives in the mountains and has dealings with the devil, ever and anon swapping him a soul for a milk cow or a town lot. It must be remembered, however, that all along here rapid fiddling occurs, and beautiful girls, relieved of their wraps by kindly hands, come in and dance in a sprightly way. which reminds me of the Jardin Kerbiff, in Paris, where I was once at. There were murmurs of admiration and exclamations of astonishment from the men. For a moment the meq looked about them in wonder, and fearful that a grizely or puma uiigjit be there to receive them. The place was untenanted, and- Taylor moved to the right, thrust his torch into the darkness and hoarsely exclaimed:Chant! Chant! Chant! Out from the solid wall—a wall is which the sharp eyes of the gold .hooters bad failed to detect a crevice HrrgC enough to conceal a squirrel— poured the »trange, queer specters, and uown into the darkness marched the procession. Italian red and yellow plaid with a "I belong to the party np continued the stranger, "bat 1 don't g'i much on digging oat the staff. Ratliej be moving around, you know. I kiu guarantee that the boys will welcome ye if ye want to come. Thar's enough fur all." ready. We are to find and rey father's body today." \ "No—wolves. At that distance from the mountains a man loaded down with firearms conld hardly have kept them off all night. Encourage the girl all yon can, bnt don't hope in your  heart that there is one chance in a million that she will ever see her mother again." "So you've ffOt gold in the rcngonf" I will send two men with you,'' The next three days wpro full of strange events. The party whiuh set out from the wagon train to hunt for the canyon were certain that the one near which the renegades had encamped was the place they were looking for. "We've hit it—we've hit it! Here is the goldl" Jj "1—1 can't go—not this morning!'' ctammered Taylor. "I'm sick. I'm almost too sick to sit up." "Do you still say that the Indians shot my father down?" demanded Bess. "Do I? Of coarse I do! You all seem to be agin me. Do you think 1 killed It would not do to close up the entire width of tlip canyon, as the Indians probably knew of its existence. The wall made a strong barricade, and as the ruen.surveyed it from the other side they pronounced the deception jDerfect. March 1 March! March! Their feet kept time to the wild, weird pliant, but not the sound of a footfalj came to the ears of the living. Eacli ghostly figure) stood out separate mn] distinct, but not a face could be seeq Yes, the gold was there, and silver as well. It was in crude lumps and pigs, each a heavy weight for a man. And there were crosses and spearheads and anklets and bracelets, all rudely fashioned from the precious metals. Bob did not trust himself to say a word nntil he had lifted half a dozen of the pigs and cut away at some of the smaller articles with his knife. Then ho said: li Hi* Own OmmI Time. "It is very generous indeed of you,'' replied the captaiu. "We came foi gold, und of course we must take advantage of your offer." Of course it was evening. The man who leaned fondly over the woman playing at the piano was no longer young. Neither was the woman. Taylor and one of the renegades prospected down the valley and found a canyon which Taylor was sure contained the cave and its treasure. As the pair stood together apart Harkins observed them with a start and whispered to himself: ' Are! that we must," shouted the men. The test was at hand "We are doomed men!" groaned Harking, as he covered his face with hit hands to shut out the sight. They were yet at work when the advance of the Indian party was seen returning down the valley. They knew that if the wagon had youie inD the valley they h«d dodged in somewhere. "Well, well, but I do really believe that my Bess has taken a liking to that cbapj PQW flueer!'1 He might knore truthfully have said, "How natural," and he might have used the word "love" for "liking." And when the man looked upon the sweet face of the orphan he had so gallantly rescued at the peril of his life, and felt his heart beating faster, he might have discovered another queer thing—that somebody else had "taken a liking." "Plinkity, plink, plinkity, plink." The man tenderly turned a leaf and sighed. w many Indians did you count?' often." "What brought me ont this morning, at least this way," observed the man a;' he carefully noted everything in camp, "was a calamity. One of the boys uji tliar brought his gat out yrith him. The Injuns got arte- us and skeart her clean crazy. Since that time she's bin tryin to run away, imagining that the reds were arter her scalp, She got off last night and might hev cum this way." "Aye! We shall never leave this spot &live!" added Joe. "Hush, iuen|" whispered the captain as he raised his hand. "They are dead, true enough, but they are the dead of a thousand years ago—of the cave dwellers and the Aztecs. 1 have seen them twice before, and they brought no bad luck. Here they come on the other ~ide!" AU at ouce the orchestra opens with a «ort of bugle call sounding like tummy ila ila, tummy da da, rat te tat, rat te tat, tummy da da, tummy da da, and then some more girls come upon the stage aud cut up so that I put a corner of the fat lady's Paisley shawl over my head. Next came a view of hell, and the old lady removed the shawl and told me I could look now. It was a beautiful sight. Dragonfire runs this department, and when he cracks his knuckles the sparks of electricity snap forth like everything. Both parties were working in the dark, but the wagonmen had the advantage. They knew the renegades for what they were, and also discovered that Taylor had joined them. Some of the men were for attacking them and wiping out the whole five to revenge the murder of the emigrant and bis wife, font this the captain would not approve, fie would lose a man or two at least, even if he won a great victory, and he did not forget that the Indians might make their presence known at any moment did they attack you?" 1 a volley at us and then began "Thar's no room fur doubt! It's treasure!" The woman played two notes which were not in the scors and sighed also. • "Plink, plink, tumity, turn, turn." "Every inun to cover and lie low until I give the word," ordered the captain, and in a moment the gloomy mouth of the canyon was as quiet as a grave yard. yd are sure they yelled?" ire! They kept it np half an hour." was odd that 1 heard no other D but the single report of your Mid a voice behind Taylor, and keeled about to find Harkins con ng him. "And it is share and share alike, remember!" cautioned Taylor. "Hannah." "Of—of course," stammered Bob. "What"  Avarice, doubt, selfishness, thoughts of murder were creeping in before the discovery was ten minutes old. "Tumity, tumity, tumity, turn, tam." "Ib it, Robert?" The man averted his face to hide his agitation. CHAPTER XIX. "That's awful!*' sighed Harkins. 'Tve got a gal of my own down in the wagon there, and I'd rather see her dead than The three were seated on a rock in th« center of the rift. The head of the spectral prooesaioq had gone dowf) the canyon several hundred feet and then turned to come back on their left, passing tliem again within a few feet The captain had given the men to undprstau4 that he was prospecting up the canyon for gold, but had said nothing of the discoveries made. When dinner was finished and the trio were ready to return he renewed his caution about keeping a steady lookout for danger, and ordered that no one was to leave camp on any pretext till his return. Then the three set out for the scene of their labors and began work immediately upon their arrival. They had no fear of their fire being seen or their blows overheard, and men who work to solve a mystery do not tire. "The fool—to expect us to divide with him!" growled Bob to himself. "Plink, plinkity, plink, plink." The woman blushed a rosy red. "Hannah, I've"  "Tumity, turn, ti, tam." "Yes, Robert." i's amazement and terror were crazy." "Let 'em lookout! I may take all!" hissed Taylor as he held up a lump of gold. iL He essayed to speak, bft, the i would not come. He nelp from side to side and trembled a." "The wolves would be likely to pull her down hunt night," mused Joe. "Two or three big fellows were around camp just before daylight." At the second visit paid the canyon above the renegades the wagonmen penetrated far enough to be certain that this was the one described by Saunders. They would have investigated still closer but for the approach of a storm, which made them anxious to reach the shelter of camp. He is clothed in medicated red flannel from head to feet, and in face reminds one of the magician Herrmann. I met Herrmann once in Tiffin, O. We played against each other. We stopped at the same place, as regards hotels. He asked me to sit at his table. I said I did not mind doing so if he would not play any tricks on me. He said he would not. Before we got half through he begged my pardon—he is a very polite man— aud said there was some foreign substance in my lettuce. I said doubtless. There always is more or less foreign substance in lettuce, but I could not ignore the fact that there was indeed a diamond ring. I looked it over with a sigh and gave it to the waiter girl. Everything that one finds that way he should return. If I were to go to that house again 1 wuuId get two pieces of pie and a hearty welcome. March! March! March! Who had placed that treasure there? Men of the race who peopled the west before Columbus landed! The ores had been reduced and metal turned out in crude form, but the wealth was there. When assayed at the Denver mint later on its purity was a source of wonder. Why should the treasure have been left? may be asked. Who can tell when and why the At zees went? The ruins of their cities are found all over the west, but the race disappeared off the face of the earth before the Pilgrim fathers touched these shores. The woman was playing many notes not to be seen upon the score. Her hands trembled as they glided over tho keys. not the dead come back," said , "but the living. Your bullet led my ana. 1 fell into a gnlch on fired upon me. There were ns there!" Cbant! Chant! Chant! "So ye've not a jfal o* "Jour own?" queried the man of Harkins in tones which betrayed doubt. Soft and low and sweet came the notes—like the murmur of the August freeze in a forest pine. The feeling of awe was crowded out of the hearts of the living, and a feeling of sadness and reverence crept in. "Oil, Bess!" called the latter in reply, aud the girl put her head out of the wagon and asked what was wanted. "Plinkity, plink." "As I was saying, Hannah, I've been coming to see you a long time." "Tumity, turn, tam." "Yon have indeed, Robert." 'looked from man to man. Each i hard set and vengeful. Strangely enough, the other party was just as firmly convinced that the other canyon was the right one, and on the forenoon of the third day,it was decided that they should move. Bob had told a big story to get the other party off np the valley, and as they had not moved the renegades did not know what to make of it. He could not see why they should question hi's veracity, but Taylor made the situation plain when he said: -Too are a! AortCi "You want to drive - want to take you -If—1did the Indians,' -Ton know ■aid the cap voice. "Tht rada moat diC -I—I didn' "No, yon Ton mut go est of camp will be fired Totnrn a giving him to certain caught at the opportunity -HI willingly - " ' deed i don't wai agin me and I can take all my "Certainly." Taylor had ammunition, spade iag utensils. These np and strapped given food enough His "track" had end of a wagon hie going simply of the party onf to ride awaT "It's bar law we all right to ahoo the camp." i made a big "1 hope „ and meet with -And I!" -And ir 'And II" Even Hark ins and with a off. Her as he went chuckled to "It's your turn row thought i I'm planning pack. Not one ▼alley alive!" Half a mile to the D. valley hid him from vievar flwl a mile, ana then t small valley leading off ie altered it, followed i ode and then diamountec C camp. "As for Agin me!" he finally /re got insd at ine auCl me away! Why should I "Waal, I'll hev to look further," said the renegade as he turned away. "Poor gal! How 1 pity her! And when will ye be ready to move up the valley to the gold fields?' It was the dead burying its deadl "Great heavent, Imt what ts thatf" March! March! March! Never the echo of a footfall, never the touch of skeleton foot to the flinty rock. The ear caught no sound but that of the ghostly voices chanting in unison. After three hours of hard work the crowbars secured such a grip on the stone that it moved. One united effort would heave it out of the opening. It was then that the captain stepped back and sat down and said: The touoh of the trembling hands was becoming feeble. "Plink, plink." Harking' life?" upon me, and here is to prove it," said Har "Most fifteen years, Hannah." "Plink." "Yes, Robert." "Don't yon think, Hannah"  "Pli"  The hands dropped nerveless. "It would be all right, Hannah, If r-i"— 'Today perhaps." answered the cap- The Indians were, in truth looking for the wagons. Both parties had a narrow escape. Their presence in the valley had been detected by scout or Stroller and information carried to some point from which a war party of seventy liad lDeen dispatched to surprise and annihilate them. This party had come in by one of the narrow valleys and found the camp abandoned. The severe storm had obliterated all traces, and the Indians had gone up the valley to pick up the trail. As they returned they were riding at a slower pace, and were spread out the width of the valley. "Better not lose any time, as thar will be a rush in yere from all directions So long to ye." tain And of a sudden he who headed the spectral procession swerved to the left and disappeared into the solid wall and was followed by the )ong lii es until the last had been swallowed up and lost sight of. And then, as silence and dark ness reigned again, the captain said: "Bring along a chunk to show to the VtPyi." said Hob, and each selected a specimen and made haste down the canyon. then I' wa* scartxl of—of stammered Taylor. the law of the plains!' "Harkins lias no donbt told them of the cave, and they are making a still hunt for it. Depend upon it, he Lu given the secret away, and they'll divide op the staff if they find it" It was decided to hitch up and move down the valley at once. It would not do for Taylor to be seen, and he was to hide away in the wagon. Bob cooked up what he thought a very plausible yarn, and about noon Joe, who happened to be looking up the valley, saw the wagon a mile away. The rescued girl was at once hidden from sight and the seven men in the camp quietly made ready to meet an attack. "Let us take a breathing spell now, and let us prepare ourselves to be disappointed."*in to Taylor in a liiuty man who murders a com himself!" When lie had cleared the camp Harkins told hj.s story and the man's object was made plain. Markina did not keep ItfU'k the secret of the cave, but told it just as he had received it and suggested that in case the content* could be found there should be an equal division. The discovery was hailed with delight by the three outlaws left on guard, and plans were immediately made and discussed for. loading up the stuff and getting out of the valley. In the making of these plans Taylor seemed to be entirely ignored, and when he put in his boast of finding the cave Bob took occasion to remark: "What do you think is behind the •tone?" asked Joe. At this point • we see by our programme that it will be continued on Host page, and that Lyon & Healy'D itruss bands are used exclusively in this theater; also that members of the ''Black Crouk'v company wear the celebrated Vuila self heaving chest from Paris. Buy no other one. We now turn over our programme and find that the Runarcmnd railroad can receive a few more people if told in time, and even go over to Brooklyn fur people who are well connected, Then the next scene is a rocky pa*s. It is over the Rnnaronnd railroad, I presume, and expires the day before you start. "Ye-yes, Robert." did not, but the man who ler must be pmiished In one hour you must be and should you return you murder him!" "Men, we have a treasure here. Examine that wall and you will ttr.d &o opening to a cave tjehind it." "A cave of some sort." "And what shall we find in the cave?" asked Harkins. "Plinkity, plink, plink." She struck the instrument as one in % dream. "The shriveled bodies of dead Aztecs. That lost race always buried their dead in caves, and when the place would hold no more it was walled up. I have helped to open three or four." "If I should kiss you." "Wow." '•They want ns to move tip the valley in order to let them out," explained the captain. "Therefore our plan will be to remain where we are nntil we know what there is in the story. They haven't found the cave yet and there is a chance of our coming in first. We shall certainly do Borne# looking for it. We'll let tliat chap get well out of sight and then go on a still hunt." CHAPTER XX upon!" iiKI '•We didn't need yer help in the least, 'cause we had the hearings aij o. K., hut it was white in you to offer yor services, an we hain't the men to forget it." With a sudden resolution born of desperation he pressed his lips to hers for a single ecstatic instant and then ran wildly into the open air to recover.—Detroit Tribune. mi oat in that locality was to a hundred perils, if not ath, but Taylor eagerly Would they look into the mouth of the canyon? vJJut why gq to all this trouble to open a cave of bone and dust?" petulantly queried liar kins. "As the Indian of today places the property of the dead warrior beside him that he may have an outfit in the happy land beyond, bo the Aztecs placed the wealth of their dead beside them in these caves. I have seen many ornalaenta of gold and silver which came Jrora such caves." The query was answered five minutes later. Three warriors turned theifponies to the right and rode in to within ten feet of the stone wall. They rode its entire length and halted in the gap and looked up the canyon. 40," he replied. "In- It Often Happens. ttortay You ami. 11 couldn't be easy here. I traps, I reckon';" "But I'm to have my fifth of course!" hotlv exclaimed Tavlor. "Why is he called the star hoarder!* he inquired anxiously of tire landlady"! daughter. The wagon came on, three of the renegades riding their horses and the fourth driving, while the horses of the latter and the one belonging to Taylor followed the wagon. The vehicle could have passed the camp by fifty yards, but it drove np and baited within ten, and Bob called out: The men looked at each other without replying, but presently he was ordered to stand guard at the wagon while they went up together to bring down the first load of treasure. Two hours later the captain, Harkins and u man named Andrews set out in company under the guidance of the second to seek the canyon and tho cavc. While they are fcearching let us see what befell Tav!or, who had made a temporary camp in the small valley. 4 hone, blankets, spare and pick and cook- Articles were pack.' ! to his horse and he Wu . to last him a week Deen stored in the renr owned by another, a;sd decreased the strength ■j man. As he was ready the captain kindly said: Wd lines, Taylor, but it» the lire by. Harkins had the Ton the minute he en tore 1 The men were lying flat down on the sarth, each clutching his rifle, and horses and wagons were just around the bend. There is also a "ilanse rustique"' ami some coryphees. I've sean a good many coryphees iu my time, but I never saw one that I would care to place in charge of the infant class at Mount Calvary sjabbath school xvhere I live. They seem too frivolous to me. They do not live for a purpose. / "fm sure I don't know," she answered sweetly, "unless it is because he is sucli a favorite of Mars."—Detroit Free Press. Could it escape the Indians that the wall was artificial? Must not their sharp eyes detect the figures hugging the earth? It did not seem that the gold hunters had one show in a thousand to escape detection, and yet they were not detected. After a halt of not more than a minute, though it seemed a quarter of an hour to each man, the trio cf redskins passed on and the moment of peril was passed. "They think they have caught a fool!" hissed Taylor as he looked after them, "but they are mistaken. They are playing with a tiger!" "Then let ns to work!" exclaimed Joe as he seized a bar. Advice. "Hello! to all of ye again. I reckoned ye'd be up at the diggings by this time, but ye dou't seem to keer for gold. I come out to guide these boys, who hev made their pile and are now headed for Brule. Didn't see anything of the lost gal yet?" Servant Girl (to doctor)—I have such a pricking and burning in my face, doetor. What ought I to do for it? When he caino to think it over lie condemned himself for having acted so rashly. lie was now alone and outlawed. Khould he succeed in finding the gold how was he to bring it away? He was and would be in constant danger from the Indians, and if given a team and the gold loaded up for him there was not one chance in a hundred of his driving safely back to civilization. While he coveted all be realized that he must 1« content with a share in order to get any at all. "We shall find a cave of dead if not a cave of gold," added Harkins. [TO BE CONTINUED.] The Grotto of Stalacta is a good thing. Imagine a beautiful cavern lined with rock caudy and faced with neapolitan ice cream, then stalactites of pure lemon ice and stalagmites of tutti frutti, lighted up with powerful eleotric lights, toned down with beautiful prismatic tints of every hue, and a torchlight procession of coryphees carrying a large wife banner! "Just tell him to shave himself better r—Breslauer Morerenzeifnno- The bars were inserted on the left hand side of the stone, each man drew a long breath and at the word each threw his weight on his lever. The stone trembled, moved forward, hung a moment and then fell to the earth with a heavy thud, and an opening appeared into which a horse could almost have walked. The Man and the Bicycle. "Were we awake or asleep?" asked Joe, as he rubbed his eye#. "Very wide awake," answered the captain. The stone fell to the earth. Se6 the man on the bicycle. Is he a funny looking man? He is an almighty funny looking man. The B—d—c H—■— Again. Yabsley—Do they set pretty appetising meals at your house, Mudge? The captain being absent with a party, Joe took it upon himself to answer. Is the man a hunchback? No, he u not a hunchback at all, Mudgo—Appetizing? Oh, yes. A fellow gets up hungrier than when he sat down.—Indianapolis Journal. reckon be bad, though be mistake in accusing me." you'll keep clear of Indian* ' " good luck." "We shall probably move this afternoon. The wagons had to be overhauled and fixed. So you've got gold in the wagoni" A bit of natural philosophy stood between the gold hunters and discovery. The Indians had turned into the gloom and shadow from the bright sunshine, and their vision was shortsighted and uncertain. Had they waited a little longer they must have seen something or other to arouse their suspicions, but they seemed impatient to get on. "And was it a procession, and did we hear music?" asked Harkins. Is the hump on his back not natural- It is not natural, but artificial. The man is only trying to look like » professional. "Yes. I saw and heard the same thing once in the Rocky mountains, and once again in an old ruin in Arizona. I have met several men who have also seen and heard." CHAPTER XXI. Champagne Appetite; Water Income. "Gold 'nuflf to bay half of Dakota, my friend. Sorry we can't let ye see it, but it's kivered np fnr the journey. Meet any luck yet/'' The girl Lizzie had beau cut loose from the tree to which she was bound within thirty feet of them so carefully that Harkins had her a quarter of a mile away before she was missed. A rush and a search was made, and no one questioned that she had got off alone. They consoled themselves with the thonght that the wild beasts would have her life before morning, and when Bob •trolled down the valley it was with the expectation of finding some evidence of her death. And how fared the renegades? That is all.—Detroit Tribune. After the appearance of Fielding, the wonder, who has no connection with the play, the four young ladies from Paris some in and oblige*. They dance nimbly about at a great rate, standing first on one leg and then on the other. And yet ihey were once poor girls living on the Rue de la Bastille, with very light laundry bills even then. It is wonderful how other nations succeed in this country. These* four poor girls are now able to earn a good salary in a few moments playing leap frog and cutting up at a great rate. Then all day they can go and see the city of New York and the pleasant animals in Central park. They lead lives of ease which come as near that of the Pullman car conductor as anything I know of. The most unhappy people in th« world are those who have aspirations, education and tastes to enjoy a $100,. 000 income and have to shin along 01 $865.—Medina (N. Y.) Gist "If 1 should go back and tell 'em of the cave it vould make 'em feel all right," he soliloquized as he looked up at tho rugged aides of the valley. An Experienced Hand. - wave of his band Taylor was rode straight tip the valley, and echoed the sentiment, "There is no openiug in the cliff." #aid Joe as he he}CJ the torch aloft; "not a crevice where they came out—not a hole where they went in. We have been fooled by the darkness." "I'd like a job, sir, as waiter," said the applicant. "You have had experience in waiting, I suppose?" queried the restaurant proprietor."Fool! fooir he exclaimed after a moment; "hasn't Harkins already told them of it as the reason why 1 sought his life? All know it and all will divide and leave me out in the cold! I'm the biggest fool on earth!" "Only so so. Where did you get that bay horse?" "Thank God!" whispered more than one man as the horses were heard moving away. - X V *  Jje smiled grimly and jimself: "I was jiat goin to ask ye if ye had ever seen him afofe. We met a chap named Taylor a conple of days ago, who was headed for the mines. He allowed he didn't need his hoss any longer, and I bought the beast for fifty dollars."Van Arndt—She told me it was her first year out. Maid Marian—Why, she's been out four seasons. Her Way. In half an hour the gold hunters dared exult and plan. Two men were left at the wall as lookouts, three or four others were held as a reserve at the camp, and the captain, Harkins and Joe set out tip the canyon to search for the cave of gold. When the darkness became so intense as to interfere with their progress they lighted torches and a thorough inspection was made of both walls. - this morning. Tomormay be mine. Yesterday 1 had to kill but one. Today to wipe oat the whole of yoa shall leave this "You and Harkins return to the wagon for crowbars, and while you are gon 1 will collect wood and build a fire to work by," answered the captain. "Indeed, I have," "For how long?" "I quite agree with ye!" said a voice not five feet away, and Taylor sprang np to find the renegade who had visited the catnp below standing almost over hiin. "Why, tir, I've taken meals at a restaurant for twelve years."—Exchange, Van A.—Ah, well; she counts four seasons to the year, I suppose.—Kate Field's Washington. His seeming confidence inspired them, and without waiting for a closer inspection of the cliff they headed down the canyon for the tools. Upon reaching the wagons all was quiet, and the queries of the men regarding the aee the crowbars were to be put to were made light of, as it was deemed best not to raise hopes which might be disappointed. . . " "Yea, that is Taylor's horse, and 1 was wondering how you came by him. Was Taylor all right?" weuu, was iqr me girt ana tne wagonmen that Taylor had been kept in ignorance of her rescue and arrival. Had the renegades known she was in camp they would have shed blood to recapture her. Having no suspicion that she had been seen or heard of, they had no particular animosity against the gold hunters. When Taylor, burning for revenue. A Warning, east a bend in the He rode on discovering At right angles up for forty vnd prepared Featherstone- - What do you think of that cigar, old man? I went into my tailor's to pay a bill yesterday and lis gave me a couple of them. Had His Season. "Saw yer bosses' tracks leadin in yere, ye know," said the renegade in explanation. "liattier xiurus to nna a wmw man prowling around alone in this kentry. Yer scalp must be nailed on or ye wouldn't chance :'t this way." Mrs. Dix—I was ashamed of you, Ephraim, to dust the chair you sat on at Mrs. Henshaw's. I saw her little boy watching you. Dix—I saw him too. I'm too old a fish to be caught on a bent pin.—New York Evening Sun. "Seemed to be as pert as a cat. So ye are going away today?" "That's what we expect." The canyon extended into the mountain for a full mile, winding and turning, and long enough before it ended the pine trees met above it and prevent- Ringway—Well, old fellow (puff), if I were you (puff) I would be very careful about paying my tailor's bills heroifter.—New York Herald. The Casino has come forward and reformed, hoping in the bright and glorious future to greet the good and great and occupy the parquet along with Mr. "Waal, I'm goin on with the boys fur about twenty mile and I may see vou as Indiana." he mused, an he