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Full Title	The Yankee blade, v. XLVIII, no. 2525, Saturday, July 21, 1888.
Contributor	Skinner, W. E. (William E.).
Date Added	14 May 2015
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1888-07-21
Publisher	Boston, MA : Potter & Potter
Alternate Title	The seer of the Sierras : a story of magic mesmerism and ventriloquism / by William E. Skinner.
Topic	American literature > 19th century > Periodicals. Popular literature > United States > 19th century > Periodicals Story papers > Specimens.
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OCR W‘ POTTER & POTTER, Piibs.. at Federal sl..‘llollon', lilo. VOL XLVIII--TOTAL N0. 2525. ‘ll. , 4.“ l“,.“‘ ‘..‘- ll "Worn. r‘<$. BOSTON: sATUR’nA'Y, JULY 9.1. lass. . - ' - -r A ‘ $52 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. . 5 Glillhl ll Copy at llewsdlhlnn’. FORTY-EIGHTH min. I tor Tn: valrun snann. eonyrirhteo or the l>nnllsh-2-. lite $EEhE mode A Story olkliilglc. llesnlerleul uni] Ventrlloqulsm. I By wliiilll well irnown n --simmer, me Wot E. SKINNEII, Ilnrvrl." the Flmnizl eeazlelan, ydeameriai and Nwmnlhnter. I CHAPTER i. , rust lrlnnr nonsnle. “ RECKON we'd hatter came here III! eondition at the animals. I hurt. o on e mile i.esrer.themtnar brim.-I nan‘! "I: you think best. But in the way no partinulariy davmrana that it requiru dey. E 25 S n an hand beiore h hrther; and to take the hide od'u thet ere horse ol yonrn-same an 1 dl my your Billy-ll ye don't give him e rest ohrly an .- “Well. oneoiaoe In about as [odd as annih. I oppose. lo we rnightas welirnnnd no ii ridht. cnn'n. Whoal" and the oxen ezooned an auddeniy an to throw their driver l yo cede eye: at who Wu at that instant indhltlng in a very vivid dash ntiinhtnin: hnrat trarn lh a rrenlitinna n p.od rom pemh on the heav e em. a to the a nod heneat their 1 Ella men. who was motlhlddtl on a re he ernwled out and isega re- nree d d and nrntrudlnn moviny lha yoire trorn the zhlkll intake at the tongue told plainly oi the h d I)‘: ]aIlr- noar hear a. sy h an 1 r had. a win No sooner had Ben Johnson issued the or- ae he oecamemnrnenra yo .. hy tlid re- der lu hnlt than. that wnrrny sea hlm. . 1 - re! 0: an A 2.’.‘:'.:.:vt. 1: meet atopped short in his tracne. end. his’ legs and tent. but the horseman, Ills rowing hie hudln the air, nllorveil Iron: 1 t. . The equestrian was a iineiy built man or a once. aililoulth ‘turn I in o nlalelllneas. were at moet’enatly mile, and ha been protuseiy ornamented with heareirih lhr and silver no t '1‘heanirhai.too.ae he Iwola with new In] In with pmllleion mew thnt they hid Southern nohht . no land. however. swathad his ankle: and oalvne with Irsvhnl gold: or the sun at some e m r yeare or age. eorang lightly to the n . h, oana" ahe exeinimed "how tired you my ehlliil It hn: been I Inrd III)’: at h w do you and our mother eur travel, o its iatiguee? I am alraid that the joiting ol the old art in 1 our new home and there beside the temiiy hear-th-etnne we can ' y t.I1 ot the lilseomlorre oi unr rney anme three days previona lo the opening or thia awry. e w tha eunventianai etyie wllh rilia. revolver and howia knlle. romeww . n did mo towns; he had. thnnrmeeen xv one name good war not he would turn twenty miles out at his eonrae to avoid a lnnwn dan- ser rather than rlek hiallle or Lhl! llvee or may 0“! in rrownn we pay this chlrnclet nartlsnlar attention as he will he oureontrnntsomnaninn throoah m:i’l:tTe‘f:el:lnd the pulled deimllled tolled x-Ienln II! C journey. elx you were in lead while one hhelnna pnllxlh IIIDD. lettby I ropalltuhed horns. toits . on thn tonne. Ihdbr lhs panting and than an In I irom aide to title. threatened mnmsnurlly to drop lrem exhnuetlon "1 think t w an an early hnlg rensarlrea the honemsu. r oilight huret noon the vision with almost hilndina eneet. s Ben Johneon had dniehed the task of Iwllhlnu his llnllu. and blslllu tonreoare the evening meal. 'i'he little party were an gathered Ibnnt in mm group; the mal on re driver oi the oxen aseieted the nnide in his culinary labors. Old Ben had Just cnmnietell the trolling or anieoe oleteax that had It null or th exh to heenobilred In kill that mornlnt. when: dash a! lightning, more piercing than any r - ed it. etrhex the whole hllnd. to recover (rem its removed Ml hands from hexane his eyes, a scene awaited him which sent hie heart lelplnz into his throat and nearly lroze the marrow in his honee. with polhtlmi not over t n. stood tor a moment petrided with horror. The nthell (allowed the tllrectlon of hle oulatrewhed arm and the too. lrenl l wlth tear, 10! there, Itanlllnlx out hoidiy -1 n elgliar rollo! ehclped I-he llps 0! the whole party. not the guide Lialzly nut to the eerth h I r . us the hiazihg horseman of the -- hat do yon lrnow or this etrnngd horse- sster. Iln he one lsenr" Isl: near the guide and the driver who were c ‘ Very llttle,‘eIp'n. exeop’twhal1've hoarn I met I 1=sts.ahont two yenrr IE!) on in r. d is tell by them ay hae tell an with him, 'i"hhnderln' stlilwoler Geno little we hiie ei- l.hl.‘., L -at I s u vthu!-‘nu. U‘:- tlnr on a non (and he done lset thanrrm 1.: ha one ii Peta took no notice or him. out kept his head a ointed to -av hnuzi do home the minus. and an Pete e bloodledt name he ever dt he h he red doviie w t ohhd hie voles w u. n; on an earneat converntlnn in auhdhed n aid. one ol the ad rrghtthere suttiu’ he . .- sier. hicturesdne vaiiey around the Sierra ill the lmaulhg EIIIDIII By the aid All a eitnliln ‘n wliree table, the interior I)! A be Dlnlnly rlasdrled. ii smoothed down, while the at in t 3 n n -u S 1 may miles I the font hiiie ht mm the eeene r. oiihe llrallzllt and the dam wh was burning u the room 5 ; southern lane was vere's "secr:t’e or Merle." S!-hnlay I3rli'noe' hlulnerln “Medan: Mysteries. eonetant yet caleth Pheno Coniuriny," and stinher's " Ill 1 huge. mena." E beam)! min! of At the iahie. and vourlhlt over one oi these vnl suatatnann very old. but hll me n so orleetet-hiaek enrilnz hair and heard were w 1 en turned In ow, venerahie en a i whloll have him a the bright. daxhing eyes. and straight. vigor- rame. 4 and I when introduced to the r we hnvd dome in: in a yr o hll hodl In-I with tender ta teiiowa upon one of the Thou (011.1: to a rl....s::4o v email been that conned (or mine home under. lulu apnaruntiy Ieeolrlius monlewh t w ted ilinl eeveral timee II 23 . t ding. n A- window he no. eronnon hangs a .t7.-.ie. our he Mare lllmeeif more the nnrl-llllg loge, it llgbd or whet mlallt hav heen taken tor a sign in Ilesii hrrdy-evves us hereon and 1 pa r in inte." he aomlllrtdbln eurronnclingr. hro e murmured. cnetlhg ward to deer. study oi yeere and the minhty mesmeria vnwer vnnnhslllad me by God. 1 In: pmvlded wlth arlne va quieh iegionsi Comlll” Ind the hm, nnelnu out 0! the ub- :- :7 xi n the onnlnl I! ll 11 e reaehed or traveled a. they hastened. down the side at the the summit at which 37?: o an ex the heinieee trave :1. Soon they re ohed the vsliny. through e which wound the treii to be toliowed by Mr. t l . Full. "-17 Ian." haul: the nldar ol the val nd hate or the hand, the two are men nnrted. ' HAPTEB HI. ’ nu errernhroue wamtmo. doh‘t want you tn thlnl that n the 1 :9 l t“.Ili.l'k.cGLD‘iA!to)z: the orennirlg heels o the wniull. and 1'llhetyour.x ridstnapiug ol tohndco that there’: lame varmiht out lnylnz on our trail." " nnneensel my hearing and eye- ailrht are as good no any men's. and I have neither nor seen any nl; e alarmed at," returned the leader or tho iittie h< no dohnt yon ooniri but every word the Dlreon SW e In meetln’. Ind nee wh nnl not on n the heads at the dehd Xnluus wee herei ehrd you notthntl’ 11 that‘ .an en t e seine ry h reema wIrll'tthadl'DPDln’of deb tto ack- ceme teeringright down hhroLsh e ti)lcl- n1nni :1 up the cattle. 1 and eat at the howling sava who. e l; it let he through the [Isles Is quick a n kin. turn is n the plain. uutot eight Jest as quick as he did la.- “ .- “Thlil ie eerthiniy very stanza, out It as or way. we on eounttloon t nesletenes oi thia Flyln Dlltchinnn ol the Want." Idded M P. E S 2‘: 3 o 2 oamettoh thntan agoe ht creeps up Ind own my mm . 1 '0h.1 don't think that our viaitor mm at all at a enpernntuvai order-" "It was or a ehpernnturei order." cm: a voieelndeep, sutitlllhtnl tones. ulll Inpu- e e ontn ol one til the oxen. which was atendinz ehletiy. tied lo one ol KIM out our Iron: th the wheels oi ii threemen sprang to ihelr reetwithawe and cllneturnltlon etlmlpell upon each tree. or some time the [map etuud petrluod wit dlamhy. when the guide More on : “'l‘wan'l-Y yalrl I've haul mekln’ heck Mad 2.- 3 F . - ". : & good man hoe b lllllh Ind lllk. Thu dlavll t be In II Flt! at thii country. Ind VIu'd better hlwh HP llght IWIY I'd In her tulle the nloilntlln DH! In the nllllwtlme thin tar IIIY beta I min Ill! lnnnr." "Yam arerleht You on the e-ma d we‘ll onsn lir. Lemar. who Il hogan to share in the Inpomtli-li7ui tear or his oernprnlona. - Qnlerly the heavy wires were reolaosd o Mlou t to t eeavaze and to white who have nheeln ovei" ‘CHAPTER ii. r short; or run run are burned hrightly noon the hearth at h A allhle rough log units whlch waa nlltle a I never Ilnlll Delmar awaits your every movei Beet tothe handle or eivlilnllon. and leave then h toned to the door whlch he threw wide open. The Itlunli of I horse’: lee: upon the ranks in -ilhont. aoorn-ohing th tnrhsd hll meditetio soo . held (M ed the win the doorway with a ea heart an aitection teredthonahin. ieavin h on way to a lit would I“ n- anoe lrom you. a e oai>n,had d . e e had work to do iear will avail nlllnht without lurther eeeiet 1 have one m utmost warn the nnwary. bet they head me not. and 1 mm mo and to lzhlt' “WhIl, ire there etranaore attempting the “Yas. Alimll-I party. but three men and o I omen. iy he let heard him ad in e D d etranlrer P" e is. lather.’ ‘ And they needed hl ' he or “They mllathaluolatncuma by tllle roule en t- oi?" t him. and pressed raster on hhelx journey in ll to avoid the ‘ap- Dlrltlnn. " "0h.theIullhllty and wliihihese oi ho- manaaturei saw you an lnws?" r’e lime the me n 1 ght oi the ant. ey are attire lerther end ot the P. E e him like den and the woman nvtlves to the out- In luvs. unless they Kiwis “Thnt Ieel ye an they Ihlll rooelvo ' a cameo loraid. and sailed up-7n hlni In vain. , -- ‘ eynh nd‘ls1"lhlInlm1tho you on t nee would t he no et want your oiexoieer your man. ow welvvnl bl h Itllnet Inch hddlf No! Thlnh to ill! G007 at the danger which he knew wan lurking sund- Sudtllsnly the two men clms to I hdlt. Ind hlcll bnrsi upon lherr vielon was r to etertie. it not horriry. the bravest heart. path n hesr a voiee apparnntly eome xrom between them. Dleregard not the third Iurhlnx. " Dm- go hassle your '1‘ X. a use ininnr or nag ollhuinltlln rohhers. to e hothin' ol the devil though it appears as i tieieanin‘ toward our o it the: wealth. nmo he . a u dannen 1 know It tho [art It In llld thlt no lndlhnd hddheeneean in thll locnllty xor many (or road agents there on be hnlliitienlurrdertotempt them lnlo these nr: hot nevnrthelerr we wlil recniltldn and halt tor the re- W. - yhadlhn wheelaot the lnmiserln; r vevointlohr, as the tired yolrea. when the I may home. no hand nnidly Iphmndhlhu in the rear at the lmla party. 5 . S =: .. n-rty. and t ey llnlnhdlntely atarlad upon . trnlaionr the nallwhlch led through the moon Rev ll alter resort XIII] out in night air. and the hnllele lhlrwd ahont the some twenty horremen tearing towards them ont or the narrow. a rattle had heroine wholly nnludndar ahle. and twhtlnnad their nrlar sass, thdlr not not n an way lmin ad hy the shnrp sting 0 >1 errows along their lr and shut: hldol. etrav le could do rhhlnr em hut lreoo heel e l elvneon readyto delendit ltl nreslona rrelgnt to the Iaecx “We wl Ilsh to m as iangaellra noide nnl." almost Kmhnetl Csptaln Laator, aa he ed! hlee dale and dlechdrg h min It the lnremosh hareemnn hehinrl hltrll ‘ otha danIl'i.I:I N thn hm vo- . hll eorn et on these etonee here- n mlnce or me or lend in their they sit through wlth old -1-used by on invoi- 'i‘he attu.-hing party, uhhst with inner- etitions terror. xelxned in their steeds wllh to throw the animals Ilnlout heir hannc n hlm, and hand lmltd the Itlenet oi the llentonanr or vssoner. when the inoiltltein pirate. with a elilien yell, ninngod headland rrorn his hnl'eeI corpse The apparition dlrl not pause in In work the plain-. with the close at thnlr heels. [The aontlnlvlllnn or Ihl: very Nmalknhld aleierun horseman Jilly re. alum or III newroealera. nu WW-I AL 1:: db. "George, rlid mullet-elve my helethanlrinsr n tor the henutllill (I mnnoayon elsnt mt?" eea as lnnahle young lady is the )nuLh whom she I'll all n 2 . Y c ra, isotyollrnoto. Ind you will ucllse me it i call your aw-nlion In a llula mletnka you the e in llynlllllg,‘ war the reply. "WhIt la 1‘. GM)Ilb?" "Y u all diehlunds with no hrs '1 "I did thnt purpotely to preserve the uni- 5,. ,.. i w nted Io malro my Ipelllhx none-pond with the dlnmnndh. it the diarnahds had nnld have spelled thom with nine Illnxdyl‘ whll, yeed shun em. Arllh-alto. i'l InInlIgI. one ABd one mhle line: In dl‘ votes. one (min and ism. two -rhea. IturyeIilhclmIlla in re: Vanna HLLDK or near. a ,

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