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While Bate Wood began preparations for supper, and Cleve built the

fire, and Smith looked after the horses, Kells and Pearce stepped

off the ground where the cabin was to be erected They selected a

level bench down upon which a huge cracked rock, as large as a

house, had rolled The cabin was to be backed up against this stone,

and in the rear, under cover of it, a secret exit could be made and

hidden The bandit wanted two holes to his burrow

When the group sat down to the ely, they were all soolden veils, ulch from

the broken ramparts; and they seemed so brilliant, so rich,

prophetic of the treasures of the hills But that golden sunset

changed The sun went down red, leaving a sinister shadow over the

gulch, growing darker and darker Joan saw Cleve thoughtfully

watching this transforht the

subtle htness, the golden glory of this new Eldorado, this sudden

uprising Alder Creek with its horde of brave and toiling miners, the