Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 904 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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~~ Deadwood ‘'That’s what et ar’,”’ was the approval. “*We owe ther sport our favor, fer the way he dumped Grudge & Higgins, an’ you kin ‘bet we ain’t goin’ back on him ’less we have ato 9 “Thank you, boys,” said Deuce-Trey, “You'll find that I'll prove up all right, in ‘the end. Now, you fellows, I warn you not ‘to run up against me again, for if you do you will hear something drop. Your little ‘scheme fell through this time, but 1 am on to you,” lf looks would kill, the looks of Clancy and Terrell must have struck the sport dead, cas they turned and left the room. ‘* How long have those men been here?”’ ‘Four or five months,” answered Berg. man. ‘* And Terrell is in the bank here?” ** Yes,” Hurston answered. ‘*A relation of yours?” | ‘*No; but he came well recommended and IT employed him.” | ‘* Where does he hail from?” ‘** Chicago.” ‘That place not good enough for him?” ‘* He set out originally in search of health. the tells me, He wasin the Lake National Bank there, as teller.” ‘* He and Clancy came here about the same time?” ‘* Nearly so, I guess, But, they were Strangers to each other, and have only re- cently become friendly.” ) ‘‘Yerrell was well fixed, I take it, by the ‘way he put up the good last night in the game ” ** Yes; his father was a rich man, and his | estate has just been settled up and Robert | came in for quite a plum. As he had con- fidence in my bank here he decided to de- posit with me.” pi ‘* He is all right, no doubt.” | | ** But Clancy is not, sir, and I am sorry to see the young man so friendly with him. I am going to speak to him about it, and I hope the lesson of last night will open his eyes.” ‘¢ Tf it hasn’t, it will be likely to yet,” said Dick, ina mysterious way. ; Just then some men entered to announce t: that the tunnel had been completed to Sam- uel Bergman’s cottage, qh -**Then I must go home immediately and see what is in the larder,” said the mine- ‘manager. ‘‘ This snow may keep us shut in for a month,” ** And with your permission I will go with you, sir,” said the Five-Spot Sport. ‘I want to talk with you privately.” ieee ‘* And you want to see ther gal you have \.- got a mortgage on, too, hey?” _ ** Well, yes, 1 won’t deny it,” replied Dick. “You are welcome, of courée,” said Berg- wan, with good grace. 7 lt could hardly have been otherwise, for dh ace be sport was virtually owner of every- EE eh in | ‘They left the saloon together, and Berg- | man iloted the way through the tunnels in : Ce ee ~~ a ee weg ee -¢ a ’ . / | | the direction of his home, for by this time ‘the tunnels were numerous, | _ .* Nearly every citizen had burrowed his oj wg (Ou of his cabin, or his way to it if he ‘had been out all night, and the camp was _ like a mysterious labyrinth, in which the -. gtranger ‘could be easily lost. the mountain is snowed under, and some- _ times fatally for the luckless inhabitants. | ‘One thing I wanted to say to you, Mr. Bergman,” informed Dick, as they plun- - 4 . Z vs he ee heaenrere Chan that gambler,” _ “Tam ready to believe that, sir,” was the @arnest reponse, and Bergman stopped and } concerns two persons looking so nearly alike, ‘ 7 <i¢ e/ : : : - ~~ . Ay a sit ay ap CORA Ae ARE aPC So oo RCOE ea impossible as it seems. The man, however, 4 i ry erm ' Seats . . + “a1 , ve a fa. ‘ a t pe ‘ . 3) - Ka Spr y rs pe a as [, 4° , a Vata 62 rg We i a ‘) ye. \< " i | >, : ; J hel ie | Ar wes ryt Ie P45 . ae re ty UC, Re), ’ ‘Ws Cy al . ’ This statement is no exaggeration; scarce- ly a winter passes but some camp far up in ange me nn 0 a en ty slong, ‘is this: Do not imagine that T | am going to push you to the wall, or try to pe so, for that is far from my intention. ‘This I will prove to you iggewing § I think you will find it well for you that I won your what a sight it is!” . — ee Le ok? ~ ry Dick, CHAPTER XIV. DEUCE-TREY SEES LILLIE. THE mine-owner found that the tunnel had been burrowed to his front door, after two or three false starts, and he found the door unlocked. He opened it and entered, inviting the sport to follew, and a glad, girlish voice was heard from somewhere up-stairs calling to ask if it was he, to which the father gladly responded. Bergman, and his visitor likewise, removed the snow from his boots, and while they were thus engaged the daughter came run- ning lightly down the stairs, coming down from the very top of the house, as it sounded to Dick, but at sight of the stranger she checked her rush. ‘‘Your pardon; 1 did not know you had company, papa,” she said. ‘That is all right, my dear,” Bergman re- sponded. ‘‘This is my friend, Mr. Trey. My daughter, Mr. Trey.” Dick smiled at the manner in which the mine-owner got around his peculiar name, at the same time making his bow to the young lady, who was certainly good-looking if he was any judge, The light in the hall, however, was only dim. ‘* Permit me to welcome you, sir,” said the little lady, gracefully. ‘Papa, I will light the lamps in the sitting-room immedi. ately, so that you can see. But, you really ought to go to the attic and look out— Oh! | ‘‘The whole camp snowed under, of course,” ‘* You will say so, when you seeit, Why, there are not more than five or six buildings peeping out through it, and it looks so funny to see the smoke from the cabins and shan- ties coming up through the snow every- where!’ They had entered the sitting room, and the lamps were now lighted. | Dick had now a good chance to see.the face of the young lady, and he almost gave a start. | It was the very likeness of the one he had. seen—the photograph which Frank Douglas had shown him, allowing, of course, for the changes which four years would naturally bring. , : ‘*You will pardon me, friend Bergman,” he spoke up; ‘‘but 1 am sure TI have met your daughter before—have seen her before, at any rate.” ‘* Yes?” said the girl, “Did you not live in Virginia City four or five years ago?” The girl glanced at her father, and Dick thought he detected a meaning expression in their eyes. | | ‘‘ That is our permanent place of residence, sir,” Bergman answered, ah “Then I have certainly seen Miss Bergmar there— But, hold on, for that cannot be, | either; that was not the name of the person I have in mind.” ‘‘What was the name of the person?” asked the girl. ‘‘ Her nume was Delia Douglas.” Again the girl looked at her father, ‘*‘ Papa, there really must be such a per- son,” she spoke. ‘‘ That man was not so ret after all.” | ‘* Tt certainly \doke that way, now,” Berg- man acknowledged. ‘‘ But, it seems hard to believe that there could be two persons look- ing so very much alike. I cannot under- stand it.” ‘To what man do yourefer?” asked Dick. ‘*A man calling himself Frank Douglas, BID, "2." eer -“ That was the name of the father of the lady Lhavein mind. She was only a school- miss at the time, however.” ) | _ **Then there can be no mistake, so far as Jr.'s, Trade-Mark. re 3 De 5 ie was crazy in the way he insisted that my daughter was his child.” “Tt ,sounds like a romance,” assumed Dick. ‘*And it is like one; too, sir. The first we knew of such a man was when he met my daughter on the street in Virginia City one day and publicly kissed her, almost | frightening her into fits. Then, afterward, he came here and urged his claim, and we had xlmost to drive him away.” ‘‘T cannot blame him for the mistake,” said Dick. ‘‘ Indeed, it is hard to believe that youare not indeed Delia Douglas, Miss Bergman,” ‘*T hope you are not am she, sir.” “Ob, no, T’ll not do that. I fancy it would be quite useless, for undoubtedly you could pile up proof of your identity in a way that would speedily convince me.” ‘‘Tf you are open to canviction, sir,” | ‘* And certainly I am.” | “a ‘Mr. Douglas was not.” “Do not say that, Lillie,” chided Berg- _ man. ‘I think weconvinced him, although he found it hard to yield the point.” | ‘‘The proof certainly should have con- vinced him, anyhow.” ‘* Well, Mr. Trey will take dinner with us, ae so you must see to it that Dinah gets up the a right kind of repast.”’ ‘¢You can trust Dinah for that, papa; but, she or | will have to go to the store, if it is possible to get there, and 1 want to go, for it will be such a novelty to walk under the snow! But, we can both go, and then you cannot object.” are: ‘Yes, you may go, Iwillhand yousome — money when you are ready.” i area She tripped from the room, and Bergman turned immediately to his guest, addingin — low tone: | Nehi yg: “That is, if you will lend me a little for the present emergency, Mr. Trey. How do you like the name I have bestowed upon ou?” Sigh Leta ‘ ‘‘T will inform you of a better one, ere long.” Dick lightly answered. ‘‘ Trey will going to insist that I do for the present. As to money, here is Es what was won from you last night, oras much as came my Way.” | tee | He, took from an inner pocket a package = with Mr. Bergman’s name on it and delivered ihe 4 it. P Rae ant" u ie ~~ Tap ‘This is more than I had any righttoex = pect,” said the mine-owner. aii | ea ‘“When you come to examine it,” Dick ~~ added, ‘‘ you will see that I have retained = only one paper.” OSC Se a ‘* And that one—” . ” ila ** oA a ats ‘Your written promise of your daughter's Be ic hand in marriage.” a ats ty ag Mr. Bergman’s face looked dark, but he : said nothing just then. He took some money if from the packet. Ng ae i i ~* = ’ J . His daughter appeared at that moment eel and he banded the money to her, and throw- _ oi ing hima kiss from the doorway she disap-- peared and left the house in company with the colored woman, ; : yeaa | ‘I hardly know what I was thinking , — about last Light,” Mr. Bergman then sald oe a reflectively. ‘‘1l wasicrazed with the passion = of gambling, that is certain. I feel like a monster, now, as I think of it. But, 1 felt | sure of winning, and the bait was a big one — vis for Clancy,” q | Melua Adar ‘‘He had been seeking your daughter's d ' “ “4 ee Yes. ” ; a he Aarasy 2) By the way,.y ! hand?” | | yh eek | ‘Well, he will have to bid- high for it = now, Mr. Bergman. you need mF not let it be known that 1 have restored this money to you, and the other papers which Ta you put up at the game,” YA eg RNP \% a is Kt ‘*As you wish,” iA i. VS 4 it kept secret for the ‘‘T prefer to have | present. May not be worth the effort, a 210! again it may. Now, Mr. Bergman, you will = | answer a question candidly?” i Be vg 4 SU ies. os teas