and the
white hair from his head.

"Daddy!" It was all that Glen could say. She trembled, and would have
fallen had not her father caught her in his arms, and held her close to
his breast. For a time no one spoke, and Glen's sobs were the only
sound heard.

"There, there, dear, don't feel so badly," her father at length told
her. "Come, let me brush away your tears. One would think that I had
committed some terrible deed."

"But I can't help it, daddy," the girl replied. "This is all so
sudden, and such a great surprise. But I feel better now, so we can
talk it all over. There are so many questions I want to ask."

The storm had now passed, and once more they resumed their seats.
Glen, however, kept her eyes fixed intently upon her father's face.

"And to think that you have deceived me all these years," she
upbraided. "Don't you feel thoroughly ashamed of yourself?"

"I suppose I should," was the laughing confession. "But I have had so
much innocent fun out of it that my conscience doesn't trouble me in
the least."

"And it was you all the time who travelled on the same steamer as I
did," Glen mused. "I thought it strange that you should be going up or
down the coast whenever I did."

"Yes, I was keeping a good watch over you. I must confess that you
behaved yourself very well."

"Was it not difficult to play your part as a prospector?" Reynolds
asked.

"Not after I got used to it, though at first it was a little awkward.
But I threw myself so gladly and heartily into the character I had
assumed that I really believed for the time that I was Frontier Samson.
I might explain that he was a prospector I knew years ago, and was one
of the finest men I ever met. So you see, it was quite easy for me to
imitate him."

"How did you happen to lay claim to me, sir, on the _Northern Light_?"

"Oh, that is easily explained. I was always on the lookout for young
men different from the ordinary miners who come to this country, and so
spotted you at once. I surmised from the first that you were not on
your way up here for gold alone, and so I was anxious to learn the
story of your life."

"And did you?"

"Don't you think I did?" and a humorous expression shone in Redmond's
eyes. "Didn't I listen to your words and study you as you were never
studied before, unless it was by your mother? But when I found that
you were in love with a girl beyond the Golden Crest I became doubly
interested, and determ