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neighbor ' failed to recognize, him as th e sg u a w m an’s brat, andyd^y.,
fered surly greeting s at meetings on the trail. At these times the
impulse often-came to the yOU-ng; half -bree'd to kill ¡as- he would the
prowling beasts of his hills,, but an indescribable sp-mething^ a sùrg-
ing’of his Puritanical instinct's, overwhelming the cowardly treachery;
of his'Siw ash fraction, forced waiting an ^ p o r tu n i^ f d H f a ir fight, i
^ « ^ qw it?Often happens in.thè^Còéur d^^fenes*,1 th a t fortunes' are,
madè;‘é>ùt of mines;; thùs, Trigger gained wealth. ; After the big riofiM
of ’92, ifi©ney©d men calne “to the Cóèùr d’ Alené'Sun searCh^M oppor
tunity to ’ìn^'èbt,“ and 'thdt^p^ote, having an-excellent* showing;-was
one of the first tp>gp.. There^Omm^nced afpfew life for the half blood
youth.-. Faultl^|sly tailored he went into the plac'^'ótf/'his father’s
birth'; met "welcome from his “o wn people; and for a time, became
one of* them. He Showed, little o f the Indian and was xièyer sus
pected by Arrangers pf being ".other than a man òf exCeptiOnallyf/lark
com pletions Siwasl&.olqbd could not exist where; blonde „curls, and
blue' eyes wéfe thè predominating features/?!,
Then Trigger won himself a white Io n ia n —r dainty little,P ur
itan, w ho’saw'only perfection in the dark, mysferiops W esterner.
' A short time after th e'h eart affair wàs- definitely Settled, new’s
came, $rom a friend, that Bates was about %> die of a fe,Wr. Trigger
fairly sweat from fear that his game should-escape him iw'lb?sneaking
a m a n n e r , W èst he flew “t-ò'cure the enemy. .Acting in” secret, he
saw ¿that the besf o f care was given his man and awaited recó-y'ery,
resolved that the’long standing grudge should bei brought to a, cli
max.
,'TÌ qw thè feminine one knew little of her finance’s early life and
had no knowledge B the fact that he was from theiCoeur d’ A lé n è s^ ’
he had always spoken of his.hom e in an indefinite wày, fearing
inquiry “that would disclose the; secret of his birth. Hence, when,ttóè
girl aecófUpàniètT hér father on a visit to his miriésl;she had no idea
she- was tracking young Trove tq h is p id stamping -ground. After
a week of inspection i n 'thè larger mines; pff hurried’ thè father to
the further gulches, intending to "buy a much héràldèd. new claim,
thè Melbourne. The daughter, bent -on sharing all the ekcitVmè'fot
of the* W estern trip, followed. T rigger being quartered at his old
cabin on the Coyote, if came about that they spent a night in shout
ing distance.
- | The following morning càme’*còrd ; fùrthèr peak's of the high
Bìtter-tOót,range- were,'tipped* with points of glistening? silver where
thelbriO'W reflected sunbeams, and below, in the autumn brimmed