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BT EDWAItD S. ELLIS.
'Well, I reckon Ibis New Year wil! be
a mighty sight more pleasant tliau the
Just lew have been. Things have gone
hard since I left, and (lie old woman Ims
hint to work early and late to keep the
little one at school; bnt brighter daysar*
coming, as they'll find out before they're
much older.'
Tom Whitnev, a shaggy, iron-limbed
and begrimed miner, was tiding a cadav
erous mule down the western slope of
the Sierra Nevada mountains, on his way
to San Francisco.
Tom had been among tho California
diggings for over three years. lie was
in good circumstances at home, when a
sudden reverse loft him and lie
started for the land of gold, leaving his
wile and daughter Annie al home. The
latter was a girl of tliirlocn—swcot,
ing, intelligent aud beautiful. It was the
ambition of her parents to give her the
best education possible, and every nerve
was strained to that end. Tho mother
was both industrious and ambitious, and
the father cramped himself to the last
degree that he might send homo his pit
tance now and Mien by the steamer.
The muther and daughter did not sus
poet the privations and sufferings he un
derwent in the wild, hapless regions of
the extreme West, because lio carefully
avoided all reference to it. He npofte
hopefully, but at the same time was un
moved in his resolution to remain away
until he had gathered enough of the gol
den treasure to restore him and his fami
ly to something like their former social
position.
The success ot Tom had been only
moderate; in tact, scarcely that for a
couple of years. He drifted about among
the diggings, forced at times to consort
with the most desperate characters, but
able to hold his own with any of them.
Ono stormy night he saw a miner in
Grizzly Gulch set upon by a couple of
ruffians, and Tom went to his defence,
Tbe fight was a terrible one, but the as
sassins were boaten off, leaving their vic
tim so terribly wounded that he lived
only throadays. By way of grattitude,
he told Tom, Just before be died, of. a
place up among the mountains where
there was enough gold to make him rich.
After the poor fellow was decently
buried. Tom mounted liis rickety mulo,
with his tew indispensiblo traps, and
started oil tho hunt for the bidden wealth
that the man had told him about. Good
fortune tavored him, and ho struck a
small stream, where the washings were
of the richest possible character. Iu fact
it may be said that Tom for a time aclu
ly scooped up solid wealth. Only a few
weeks were needed for him to exaust
the "bonanza," but when ho had done so
there was a consciousness that his wealth
was triply as great as ever before.
And he was now making his way
through the mountains toward the me
tropolis of the State, with the purpose of
getting home in Philadelphia for Christ"
mas. He calculated that lie would reach
the city so as to put himself through a
"civilizing" process iu the way of appar
el and toilet, and then go homo by the
Pacific railroud before the now year
should open.
' They dou't expect me,' he muttered,
as $ pleased smile lit np his brozed vis
age, *aiid, therefore, the surprise will be
the greater. I'll coine down on them all
ot a sudden like, and won't let tbcm
know anything abont my wealth till New
Year's morning, and then we'll havo tho
jolliest time evet heard ot. It's more
than three years, and it seems like thirty,
since I kissed the old womau and liUlo
Annie good-bye. 'God bless 'em I' he
murmured, as he took a small locket from
his pocket, and gazing through, misty
oye9 at the figures, touched his lips to
tbom again and again.
Tbe picture was of a handsome lady in
middle life, with a girl as beautiful as a
rose sealed upon ber lap, reading .the
Holy Bible. It was a raculiar picture,
as tbe eyes were entirely concealed by
tho act of residing, a'though tbe features
and contour of tbe face were admirably
displayed.
Hundreds and hundreds of times,
among the wildest fastness of tbe moun
tains. in the gloomy depths of tbe wilderc
ness and tbe solemn quiet of tbe forest,
by the lonely camp-fire and when gliding
in bis canoe oyer the still water of tbe
inlaud sea, bad he gazed upon that pies
ture, touching his bearded lips to it again
and again, while his eyes filled and bis
beart went out to tbe wife aud little one
thousands of miles away. .. „ ..
Whitney had been toiling and digging
into oue of tbe most secluded spots in tbe
mountains, so that he bad a day or two
to travel betore he could expect to mee|.
any human beiugs. Like all the inhab-
GRAHAM, N.'O, TUESDAY JANUARY 28 1879
Hauls lu that part of the world, he was
fully armed, carrying his rifle, revolver
ami bowie knife—the last a weapon so
terrible in looks that, as Colonel Crock*
ett said when ho first saw it, it was
enough to make a person feel faint.
•I don't doubt.' he said, ns lie drew up
for the night,.-that if it was known how
much of the yellow stuff I've got about
inv clothes. I would have a whole regi
ment of desperadoes aud robbers after
me: but then nobody can know it,
and I don't sec tho need of worrying over
it.'
lie had halted in a deep ravine, whore
the rocks threw jdeuse shadows and wall
ed him in from the lest ot tho world.
During the afternoon, some miles bark,
ho h&d delected the sinohe of a c..mp fire
on a distant elevation, but after surveying
it through his spy glass, he concluded
that it came from a party of Indians, so
fur off that ho need not think Inrther
abon* thorn. :
So he started his Are in tho ravine at
the base ot an immense rock, cooked ids
antelope steak, smoked his pipe and
stretching out upon his blanket., with his
head resting on the saddle bags, he lay
for two hours, with tho locket in his
hand, gazing at the faccß as the firelight
fell upon them.
It was liis purpose to make different
preparations batore going lo sleep, bat as
is otten the case hp became lost in reve
rie, with his eyes fixed upon the previous
picture, only rousing up at a late hour
to place the treasure with the precious
gold in the saddlo bags.
'l'll put It there to-night,' he muttered,
'but it's worth more than all tho rest.'
Tom Whitney was tired, und fell inio
a heavy slumber which lasted beyond
midnight, when he was suddenly aroused
by the dropping ot bis head soverul
inches. He had roughed it long enough
to collect his senses on the instant, and be
knew what this meant.
Some one had withdrawn tho saddle
bags which served as a pillow, and which
also contained the rich yellow washings
of that secret stream where ho had spent
a month. His entire wealth was hidden
in thorn.
'Drop that, or you're a dead man I'
calletiout Tom, catching up bis rifle aud
leaping to his feet.
The moou was shilling, but it wasdnrk
in tho ravine. However, heard the
stealthy footsteps gliding up tho gorge
aud the enraged miner dashed after
tlicm, as he would have done had there
been a dozen desporadoes engaged in
robbing him.
Tho quick cars of Tom fold him that he
and the (hiof were tbe only occupants of
the ravine, and he pursued him with the
fury of desperation. Both wore fleet
footed, but the fugitive had the advan
tage of knowing the ground belter, and
the exasperated miner lelt, after he bad
stumbled and gathered himself up sever
al times, that he was losiug ground; but
he continued forward with undiminished
resolution.
For a quarter of an hour this strange
race continued, aud then the thief ianup
a sort of ridge, where for an instant he
was seen on the crest, as he was brought
in relict against tae moonlit sky beyond.
Whitney saw that ho was a tall man
wearing a Mexican sombrero. His dark
figure was outlined so sharply against
the sky. that Turn saw the saddle bags,
which he held under his left arm, while a
rifle was grasped in his right hand, and
he sped forward with such long, tremen
dous strides, that it was easy to under
stand liow he had made such swift pro
gress.
Tho minute Tom saw tbe singular ap
parition, he brought his rifle to bis shoul
der and fired; but lie was panting, and
his nerves were so uustrung trom his
severe exertion that tbo shot went wild,
and the tall tbief aud tbe saddle bags
inJtautly vanished trom view Over tbe
ridge.
A tew seconds later, Whitney was on
the crest, in which dangerous position he
paused, that his ear might tell him which
direction tbe tbief had gone.
But all was still as the tomb, only . the
soft sigbiug of the night wind through
the pines ou his left reaching his ears.
Wherever the tbief was, he was either
hiding or fleeing so quietly, that tbe
ear could not defect him. Whitney
waited a half-hour and then slolo softly
down the ridge, and stayed there
listening and on the alert uutil morn
ing.
But the sua brought .no mrre
knowledge. The thief had disappeared
for good and left no trace behind.
Whitney could not follow the trail lor a
hundred yards, and ho turned back
where his cadaverous and rickety mule
nibbled the grass aud awaited liiin.
'Every dollar" was in those saddle
bags,' he muttered, iu bitterness of
spirit, 'and it's gone. Wife and
daughter won't see me this Ntfw Year.
I ain't going home a poor man if I must
die here—and back again I strike for
the mountain. Oh, Heaven I'
Just then he recalled that beforo going
to sleep he had placed the locket in the
sadrilo-baga with the gold, so that had
vanished also. His talisman as he had
come to regard it,'had departed.
Mncli as ho needed Iho gold, lie would
have parted with it a thousand times
over rather than lose the picture of his
wife mid only child. Tho cold perspira
tion broke out upon liiin, as lie stood by
the smouldering embers of Ms own
camp-tiro, aud thought ot the over*
whelming calamity that had come
1 upon him. With a grim, Iron resolve
ho mounted his mule and headed him
back to" the lonely brook froin which he
had taken liis' rich washings, only
praying that for a fow mouths he
might forget everything else but bis
search tor gold.
And for weeks and mouths the mail
toiled aud delvod, from rise of morn till
set of sun, in his quest for metal. Ho
was not working for himself, but hi«
family.
He found that the stream which in&
once made him wealthy was now ex
hausted, and wliou the almost intermina
ble yea>' had rolled around, be hart not
more than two or three hundred dollars
in his possession, barely enough to fit
him up decently aud send him home.
The wear of tho year had told heavily
upon him. He leU used-up, sick and
weary; and he had finally come to the
conclusiou that ho would go home and
die.
'I can make It by New Year,' he
muttered, as ho drow up where lie bad
encamped a year before. 'I go back to
die a wreck a complete failure]'
His moditations were mors gloomy
as he was encamped upon the very spot
where ho had boon robbed a year before
A more utterly wretched and despairing
being could not have existed than
Tom vVliitnoy as he stretched out before
the «unp fire—although there was a
certain tenderness thrilling him at
intervals, as lie recalled tbo visit lie had
made some weeks before to the nearest
settlement, where he found a lettor from
the loving wife and daughter, begging
him to come home, no matter whether he
had secured any geld or not, aud he had
decided to do so.
As before, tbe hour was late when he
closed his eyes, but his sf«ep was sound
and he nevor awakeuod until broad day
light and then, when he roused up and
looked about him, he met with tbe
greatest surprise in his life.
What did he see?
There, directly beforo bis eyes, were
his saddle, bags, and on the top of them
lay a letter directed to hiuuclf.
It was several minutes before Tom
could assure hitnseli that bo was not
dreaming—there was something so un
real so myßteiious about it all. Finally
bo reached out his hand and took the
unhealed letter:
'About a year ago, I robbed you of all
your money, and a picture which i
supposed was that of your wife and
child. 1 once had such a wife and
daughter, but they are both dead; and 1
promiso l that wite I would be a better
man, but I forgot the promises untill I
saw this picture. These facos liavo
haunted me ever since. I haven't been
able to sloop peaceably for mouths, not
uuiii 1 made.np my liilnd to try with
the help of beaven to.be a better man.
As a step toward doing so, I return you
all that of which I robbed yon, when you
encamped here a year ago. There
is no need of my signing iny name.'
Tom Whltnoy examined the saddles
bags. Yes, there was.all the gold, and
there too was tbe blessed picture, none
tbe less precious bocause since its loss
he had received another from hone.
Ho looked aboipt him, hoping be might
see tbe writer aud grasp his band; bnt
no living being was iu sight. Taking
bis battered bat from his head, the miner
reverently raised bis eyes to heaveu aud
thanked God for all his merciee.
An hour later he was astride his leath
ery mule again making bis way down
tbo mountaiu side In the direction of
San Francisco. Ho guarded the treasure
with the caro of one who knew its value,
and wbo could not forget the lessou of
betore.
There were several times whon Tom's
over-anxiety really increased his peril,
and there was more tbau oue cut-throat
wbo looked as if he suspected the csuse
of bis agitation.
But they saw at tbe same time that
Whitney Was a powerful, active aud
courageous man. aud it was not tbe most
healthiul thing in the world to attack him
and so ho was left alone and reached San
Francisco iu safety, with his gold iu
tact.
Injthat city be turned it into bills of
excbipige to the amount of over twenty
thousand dollars, aud started homeward
wondering all the way who the man was
who had repented in such a genuine
fashion of a great wrong committed.
Remembering his stature aud peculiar
appearance as sliowu iu that memorable
night when lie caught a glimpse oi iiiin
by moonlight, as ho went over the hill,
Tom scrutinized every person resembling
him with iuterost, but he never heard
a lytbiug more of tho mysterious
individual. i
Aud on New Year's rooming wife and
daugLlt-r were clasped iu the arm* of the
husband and lather, who had come back
to them after so many yoars or watider
ing.
And iu the great city of Philadelphia,
and indeed iu tho whole broad land, tboro
was no happier and more grateful family
than was the little ouo which returned
thanks to heaven for tho manner in wlifch
tliei were brought together after- many
days—Golden JBra.
rpA. Birmingham (Conn.) farmer recently
lost ins wiic, aud there being no Under
taker iu the place ho was obliged to go to
•a neighboring town to procuro one. His
errand accomplished, conversation wa»
pursued on various topics, during which
ae inquired if the undertaker had plenty
oT walnuts thai year. The answer being
iu the negative, the farmer agreed to give
hitii halt u bushel when he drove over
with tho hearse, and said he uiuld lake
'hem on the seat with him. (Pi the day
of the funeral, whoa tho rooms were fill
ed with trieuds who had come to sympa
thize and when everything was hushed
and still, the farmer wont qp sfairs toful
till his promise, and just as he was about
to descend the stairs the bottom ot the
measure fell out, and with a terrible rat-,
tling noire the walnuts rolled down the
uncarpeted stairs, alarming the people
below. They rushed out to seo tbe cause
ot the disturbance. The poor farmer
stood holding the bottomless measure,
not knowing which way lo turn. The
triends assisted in gathering uo tbe wal
nuts with as good grace as tfiey could
muster, inore than ever convinced, no
doubt, that there is" a time for every-
I thing.
A WAimOK COURTESY.
I was onco walking a short distance
i behind a handsomely dressed young lady,
and thinking, as I looked at her beauti
ful clothes, *I wonder it she takes as
mucb pains with her heart as • the dees
with her body?' A pjor rnaji was com
ing up tbe Walk with a loaded wheel
barrow, and just before he reached us he
made two attempts lo go into the yard
of a small Imnse, but the gate was heavy
and would swing back before bo eouljl
get through. 'Wait,' said the young gfrl
springing forward, 'l'll hold tbe gate
open.' And she held the gato open till
ho passed irt, aud received his thanks
with a pleasant snile as she went on.
She deserves good clothes, I thought,
'for a beautiful spirit dwells in ber
breast.'
Gleanings*
The most beautiful may be the most
admired and caressed, but they are not
always tbe most esteemed and loved.
The most benevolent intentions, and
the most beneficient actions, often lose a
great part of their merits it they are void
of delicacy.
A wit asked a peasant what part lie
performed in tbe great drama of life.
"I mind my own business," was the re
ply.
He is happy whose circumstances suit
his temper ; but he is more bappy who
can suit bis temper to any circumstan
ces.
The class in German grammar is of
the subject of gendera. "Miss Flora,
why is 'moon' masculine in German?"
"So that she can go out »lone nights, I
suppose."
Latest from the seaahore: Break,
break, break on her shivering limbs!
Go sen! She's surely going in with her
striped stockings on. Goodness, gracious
me!
A Woman can no more help wanting
to know what is inside of a trunk that's
locked than she can refrain trom trying
on a new bat whenever sbe sees one.
A wag suggests that a suitable open
ing for .many choirs should be, 'O Lord,
have metcy on ua miserable singers.'
He who wantß goods sense is unhappy
in haviug learning; for he has thereby
only more ways of exposing himself.
Most men spend the early part of tbeir
lives in such a way as to render tbe
latter part miserable.
It ia easy to pick flaws in other peo
ple's work, but more profitable to do
better work yourself.
There is something nice about the
balance of trade. A wortuy farmer who
comes to town loaded with new wheat
almost every day goes home loaded witn
old rye.
"laSigh for one glance of your rye,"
warbled an impecunious fellow as he
wandered into a leading saloon a few
dava ago. He got but a •"glanoe," his
range of vision being suddenly transfer
red to the outer air-
NO, 46
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"Take away women," asks a writer,
"and what would follow?" We would.
Give ussomething harder next time.
An Infidel is generally one wlio wints
to get Gol ont of tlie way, ao that lie
can have a good time all to himself and
no questions naked.
The stock liar of the Tribune lias Ms
ha listed himself on the cipher dispatches
and that pajier has re-engaged its old star
performer—E. V. S Jalley.— AUa,Ua
Constitution.
An old Irish soldier who prided him*
self upon his bravery, said that he had
fought at the battle of "BuH run."
iiVhen asked if k* had repeated and
made good his escape as tlie others did
on that famous occasion, he replied, "Be
jabers, those that didn't run are tbeie
yit."
During the latn war, some children
were talking of their fathers and broth*
era who bad been made prisoners of war.
Many tales were told of the Buffering* of
their relatives, the youngsters evidently
priding themselves upon tl Ono Ttny
who was silently listening, at length said:
"That's nnthing; I've got an uncle in
prison, and be ain't been to no warneith
er."
Sometimes God calls ns from onr
dream of life to go out and battle for the
victory before we are crowned; then
agi.in; amid the hurry and rusb of othei:
feet hastening to the conflict. He bids
as wait with patience. Though it seemi
to us that others will carry away all the
prizes, tho twilight is radiant with the
wings of His angels bearing to as . the
richest blesnnga.
To every man there are muy, many
dark hoars when he feels inclined to
abandon his best enterprise—boats when
his heart's dearest hopes appear delusive
—hours when he feels unequal to the
burden,- When all aS|riratiot>s seem worth
less. Let no one think that he alone baa
dark hoars. They art the common lot
of humanity. They are the touch-atone
to try whether we Me current coin or
not.
f**
An admirer of Caleb Cushiag says
that the less to the world by jhia death is
like that which would be felt upon the
burning of a magnificent library of rare
and unduplicated books.
A Cincinnati preaoher declares that,
the earth is getting better. The gentle
man baa reference, doubtless, to the
•oil. . T m
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We ask all to call and examine, as we are Bare
we can make it to their interest to boy of ns.
Dee. 84th 1878. riRU>3 & CAUSEY.
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