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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1884)
THE WEST SHORE. 114 . 7, i , f nnt invo starved. I tell before long, his smile was turned into a frown, as he yon, I'd Imve n m.g npt to JfP! to henrd Vida saying: Jo I don't M "Hthonyh nny ft mt clnim belong u Bracebridge, you must fly once more. Even me. K it w..H't Mtt(.m .ly m J' "1" tlumgb you decide to go back to New York aiul brave the !'' '""- '' 1,1 ''tf it '.S h o " A i" would never do for him to drag you there. the chin.. w k 'd t Jg,3 )(l m be rm iB on your trail, and we on y reached Poverty Gulch be- ... - t's not altogether V'K J fore him by a liberal use of money in procuiiV a private , to , ,, u,no :r "" J J. "g ul knocked conVeyance. The stage was'only a few hours Behind us; Tim other gave vet to a short lnnf.li, ffie neftrly three (UyB, jt gafe the luihiw nut of Iiih cm n ip . , , . h another night." ''TiS !r I" i--"-y-.-l "If I doit will be for four sake, not mine," he an- 2 ti, u'h 1 .-tr fi.ll.iw tl.au I expected to find you. And as they stood there arguing their cause a sudden I), n't ,,u HnpiHwe I remember you, Hrnce Martin ?" . interruption, m tne snapo or tnree men, who, Having 'Ami who in thunder are you?" exclaimed Martin, crawled up unheard, dashed into the circle. At their iMiDinu to liitt feet, ami peering into tlie tnce oi ms com- iiemi cam """" V . " r.rn.'ohrnlorfl Martin, surrender T arrant vnn flm "'in Kilwnrd Hunter, at vour sorvico. You UHed to name of the law." .... 1m. UoIi'h friend, at Dr. Innian's, but from some little In an instant Martin seized Howard s arm and dashed hints voii've given, I fumy you've dropped to him as away down the secret trail that led to their claim in the thoroughly m I did before I ran awny." gulch below. Robert Hunter glanced quickly around "And you've kept this to yourself nil these weeks? him and caught a glimpse of the retreating figures. As Well, I'll be hanged !" he clashed away in pursuit Jiidwnrd Hunter uttered a cry " Don't mention such a contingency. It's so likely to of warning, but it was unheeded. Imimen to nnv one out hero. But now tlint the murder is There was a path to be seen, narrow and dangerous, out. Hit down nnd uive inn the news. I'm just dying to but Robert Hunter knew nothing of it He had marked ........ n. ..... Li . i i i i , i . . . talk oi olil times ami nil unit. tne spot wnere tne men una disappeared, ana leaping Aftr n few more expressions of surprise, Brncehridge forwards, as he supposed, into the shadow, he bounded Martin did as lie whs hidden, and each told more or less straight over the edge of the canyon, whose sheer wall of his story. went down and down for a straight two hundred feet "A linnl tune Well, yes, you might consider it such. 1 IhiIUs! because 1 couldu t stand the wav I was treated: Ktnmmwt of nil. tlia man was not immariintftlv killer!. mid, for a time, 1 thought I'd jumped from the frying Several projecting trees broke his fall, and they found imn inui him me. jm i (;oi out nere mm wont to wortc. mm living ana not altogether speechless. I've huen rich two or three times already; and then, whon When they gathered round him, lying prone under KnU' knocked me down, 1 jumped up mid went at it again, the full moonlight, ho knew his cousin at once. He I've got ho used to my new mime I imve almost forgotten muttered, brokenly; my old one. Now tell us nlx.ut yourself. I know you " This is your revenge. You remember ?" must have got into a snarl somehow, mid maybe I can " Heaven knows, my poor fellow, that it was no act or show you the way through." faxxlt of mine. I forgave you long ago." . .... . uiiu-u noun wiini on nm guaru, tow the " Kevenge all the same. Xou will get all of mine ana WllolO HtorV of Ills WllHWll life, down tn Hin fima r.f 1.,' H...4. T 1 1.1 a c .... 1 T.4.: l T leiiying; and the reason for the abrupt departure was that forged the endorsement and gave him. The true note is lUilMrt Miinw liiul t hreat.MiiMl loin wit i i-iiin f,.r.,Hnv;,. :.. n. jv .: T .... n S nguu into that i.i . i . . . - : ... "in i nil; I 111 111V SiUO. VIUUU-DVH. J. 17011117. AL 1 n i.ii.uir i it nt 111. i. ikitun. r..M. i ' . o . o- . - . f"7'. V ' """V,,B"" ... lie said no more, but slowly drifted out r . .... V " ."J V 1,1 .! pa" 1 "imK111(S for 1 got the check other world, where such as he fare badlv. 1 1 "Just like hi,... The 1h,v tht woU ir. i ' W Vida stood leaning upon her iv.ii!i.' HIU.L i u.. i i ' . , ",H omibi- s s.iouiuer, wuo ueu no larcner. ine two gum I Tii hIiV n j.?v'y W0UW n"U ? Wp.IM,.t hiB foe had brought with him washed their hands of the r?.V""hr..' affair-thev l,n,f v,A anrnac hr since mi iiiivn you in ms iMiwer. u 1 , . i ir. " lie Ulll. 1 llll: used 111. PV..rvH,i T ...... ......... . .. 4," " " "T-1 "l ""J wuiuu. . was over there were a dozen caoins in l's cabin, and every foot of pay dirt was Vidii hud lilile f ,.. . f i .. , . ,ul . .e.wro week that ii,, ci'uidnHdo ,;;thw;i . fr U. re,,,, her though me. To made but little (liffereiiee now to the two . i .1 .... ... . i i . It wiw just as well that the tu-n l.ml H.io ir.ltin,lH "8 tney desired to sell out anyhow, iney naa no for it mud' still more I Z Z t nZ7Tmh Th Hnger there' nor did they- 'heir hmaau them. In addition, it pr" ZJ F, ?v H gfHtwr') lllremly turnwl out e". ey sold for much more, ImppeniM the following d.iy. for wllnt n,ul then tiv.e persons wended their way eastwanl ah mey w,.rt. t.ikuiir their fni"nl Km...... :., n , . , M' "nIK)8e a long story upon the reaaer, w- dusky evening fell, Ml, were startliT I v-'i I !, )nilSe Martin's innocence was now susceptible of abun un.1 of Home ne approm-hin.' M. rl Kt i :!',f? T ( llut lr.CX)f- ns was Edward Hunter's kinship to the when 11,0 new-winers came iUi HiL'lit H iZ . B I I !fc;ft8,e(l- He was the nearest of all, and to him came tliero were two ,uj(., nml R j that the inheritance, though much of it was really that fortune l,en .,ne oftl,.l1uli,.!,PXl.iHil7l(Ml. 111 11,0 l'"rty. of his own of which, through so many years, he had been "Oh. Urnivbridge!'' mill t,imu. , . defrauded. UU Martin whom his m.pn no hn K nZlt of h?r brothpr beca ter friend also-aud after a the evening U.fore, ,m(l "peaking ime somothine nearer. HhA i .till Imnnv as the wife of He washed Uia inoHiuu with n...l ..i , . hm who ran awav to win ravBnm wl.r. failed, and yet ' i'unsana yet, 1 was revenged after alL W. R. B.
