Pittston Gazette

              C■ Dv£~ " f - i-lli;- - ESTAiitisincn ixr.o. • vol.. XL.1II. N'O. 15. I Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Villey. 1'ITTSTON, LCZKtiXE CO.. 1* .. Kill DA V. .11'LV II, 18!M. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. i #1.50 PER ANNUM I IN AOVANCE A NYMPH OF THE WEST The old man drained ins tumbler to tlio dregs, set it down on the table with emphasis and proceeded; in si heavy sea. i he i SUMMER TIME IN N.C. trunk, and so he wore my clothes mostly. In'fact, ho had them on when he he was overtaken in Georgia after he had escaped. He was a good old man, hut had been crazy eight years. The Yonkers man thought the old chap would recover the moment he got into North Carolina, so ho did not speak of the lu- 5 dust and flying hoofs lie bad been "Still, all this ain't ntrther hero nor there. I kem to Texas arter tlie war from Caroliny. Marier and I lied got along pretty well back in the States; lit occasionally, ye know, bnt thet's expooled arter the fust two years. Tilings was flat in Caroliny. 1 'lowed to git out whar the kentiy was new; sold out, tuck Cynthy—she was only a baby then —and Marier—I might better hev left her: but I didn't know enough—and kem to Texas and started into the hotel bizness. i done well 'nufT at fust and made nonev. My house was full all the wbilo gan to turn. When Kuckh pended his exertions a few mini BY HOWARD SEELY BILL NYE TELLS OF SOME BOARDERS anil struck a snort HE HAS KEPT, the saddle was upsidedowi id lia {Copyrighted, 1893, by D Applutnn Cfc Co. Pub lishcd by siD«ciidari'auKeiueut with tin* I a j loosely betweor s fo Some Went There For Their Health, and No!" said Bruce tjnii-tl Some, Alas! Reached There Too Late. nacy [OOXTI.Nt KI).J lightly over the fence this interesting jx rforn plainly that Buckshot C1 lie is only ;v little opposed to your 'c ing' the ilankgirtli, But I think I got alonji hero xery well, Mr. Jei The Lady With the Goitre and the Man Some write me tliat my terms are satisfactory if I would provide theurwith saddle horses. I cannot do that. I have laid out a good deal in merry-gorounds and seagide toboggans and am figuring on a tame bear, but saddle horses for people who cannot remain on top of the horse, together with a man to go out and gather in horses that have been deridered, reduces my pay to a mere bagatelle, and I have no special use for a bagatelle anyway. Some of my boarders die in the house. This is not caused by poor food or neglect on my part, but many do not seek a health-resort until they feel the water's of the dark river rising over their shoe tops. Then they go and die on the hands of some one who never did them any harm by word or deed. Is this fair? Is it just? "Waal, let her '-,'Oat fchet, then!" sighed the old man querulously, "so long ez you don't give thet ceutypede time to get to work on my inside afore yer 011 hand with it." With PhthUis. LCopyrit-ht, 1893. by Edgar W. Nye.] Buck Shoals, N. C., July, It is summer time in my mountain home, where the john pine, and the turnip tree, and the sourwood, and the curly poplar, and the laurel, and the white oak, ami the john oak, and the red oak, and tho black oak, and tho post oak, and the swamp oak, and tho live oak, and the dead oak, and the blue gum, and the red Amelia disappeared in the kitchen forthwith and soon returned with the coveted beverage in an earthen pitcher. The glasses were filled and set round. "Thet's a right peart shootin iron o' your'n, Mr. Bruce!" said the old man, picking up tho latter's breechloader as it stood in a corner of the hearthstone and curiously examining it. h»ep and cattlemen—good pay and plenty of it "But bimcby, artcr the novelty wora off, Miirier allowed thet the kentry didn't '{iiite kem njD to her expectations and begun takin an inventory of the quests stoppin at the house ter alleviate her after turkey Mcamvhi is good, and I think I'll sin mallards before the fanii Adios! Drop in and set time you're over our way come now!" he exclaimed, ly is /D-D / zrief at the fact. The fust feller thet ihe seemed to find kalkerlatcd to overtime the monotony of the frontier was thi.s here Captiug Foraker I loaded 'Mary' fur this arternoon. She met him at a 'barbecue' and run with him consid'rable fur a spell. Of course I had suthin to •ay 011 that subjec'.and arter awhile this "Jeewhittaker! It works like a rifle, don't it? Wual, now, that lays way over the 'Silent Marv,' Buck, you bet. Cynthy, bring 'Mary' ontl Sh»Ds stajidin in the corner. I loaded her today, darter,' he added in a low tone of Voice as if thinking alond, "with a hamfrul o' salt 1b case that blasted Capting Foraker comes callin on ye ag'in durin the next fortnight. I hain't no other use for him, and I reckon he knows it!" wind Adios! Many of them use more sugar on berries than i.s necessary. Others put butter on ginger cakes and ask for finger bowls for their little ones to sail their crackers in. Iforaker ho quit callin. It might hev bin bekase I wan right smart at makin warts on silver dollars throwed tip in the air them day's, but I don't discuss that subjec'. Then there was a sewin masheen agent who presented Marier with a masheen, and thereby savin Marier eonsid'rable sew in at nights give her an opportunity of showin her gratitude by playin the piany fur him onnecessarily in the parlor. Others want watermelons for Christmas and snowbirds on toast for the Fourth of July. I hate such people and often thrtfiten that I will let my well go on the mortgage rather than be knocked down and walked on like that. I was born under the most favorable circumstances and date back as far as the eye can reach, and I would not be made a drudge of in this way by rude people if it were not for the fear that my well will be foreclosed at the depth of 103 feet. Cynthia made no reply to this remark •of Alcides, bat soon returned to the hearth carrying with difficulty an enormous muzzle loading shotgun. It was double barreled aud evidently designed for killing geese at long range. "I call her tho 'Silent Mary,' "said the old man, setting the unwieldy weapon between his knees and regarding it admirably, '"out of a feelin of gentle sarcasm. She's alx»ut tbe loudest in argument of any ehootin Iron 1 ever see. And .what she hiz to say generally strikes boine—sometimes both ways. I reckoned the drum of my ear one time was £lnmb busted! But lookin at her by anil irge," he added, tapping the barrel and Burveyinj the great gun, " 'Mary' hez more p'int* and more 'git thur' than anythin I ever yet p'inted into a flock o' geese or wild duck." "About the same time mj' mendin began to be uncertain and periniskiss, and i he fam'ly menagerie was on daily exhibition. The agent fin'ly went east, and Marier languished for awhile, but one lay a julery drummer kem tlirough—a lick chap, with plenty o' samples o' pinchbeck and gewgaws. Her spirt" roso ag'in and never faltered from thet time forward. They roso bo high this timo thet she left town with thet feller one night, and I ain't laid eyes on her sence. Marier never done things by halves, and I never could quite onderstand why it was she left Cynthy here behind, but it was a fortunate thing for mo she did, or I reckon I'd setted my acconnt with a G-shooter during tho next fortnight. Not but wot I'd been willin to settle hers fust, though," he added significantly. v her 1 gum, and the black grim sway to and fro in the clear and beautiful haze. Here and there the sweet potato vine sprawls over the rich and auburn soil or .the watermelon hurries rapidly along to overtake the swift growing vine to which it be- 4'TUT, TUT, WOMAN!" Thin year my vegetables came in late. So did inj* cow. Now the boarders speak of our canned food in the meanest spirit that I ever saw. But let us change the subject. longs. In my vegetable garden I see the tall, graceful growth of the asparagus, which I should have eaten while it was young, but a man told mo litre that asparagus was often destroyed by u.sing the tender shoots. He advised mo to wait until the plants should be in full bearing. I have done so, but with ill success. The fruit is small and still green. I hardly think there will be enough for a mess. I wish at this moment to speak a friendly word for a class who are so far removed from the aid of organized societies that they lead a sad life, even in the beautiful mountains of this region. Socially it is a blot upon a very picturesque and delightful country. I give the closing paragraph of a letter written to his paper by the special correspondent of The Aurora. It is not changed in any way except in the signature, and that I disguise in order to prevent trouble or misunderstanding. Anything in a money way, no matter how small, may be sent to me, and those whose conditions are fatherless may drop in. and receive a part of the money. Below is the letter: On Saturday last at noon, after a tiresome walk, I nsiched the mountain gap which lets tlio traveler out of Golden valley down to the Cane creek section, where Mr. .Tames Andrews dwells, near this gap, in a small cabin, lives Betty Smart and her daughter Susie. Just three years ago I went through this gap on my first trip to Golden valley, and in that lonely home I found Susie, a fair blond maid of 18. Her mother hod gone away that day on business, and Susie was the sole occupant of the home. She wan dressed neatly and talked intelligently to the agent of The Aurora, expressinn a desire to subscribe for the paper. I then sent in her nailie. When I reached that cottage again last Saturday, Susie Smart was again found alone at home. Her mother bad gone out hunting cattle on the mountain. He turned his head slowly garded Brace. and re- "I dare say," the latter replied considerately, "you cau count on that gun for very long range, but I find mine convenient for ordinary shooting. Won't ;ycm try a cigar?" My radishes are very large now, but on biting into them I find them filled with a keen, searching wind, while the radish itself is poor, and our guests refuse them. Our white Swedish turnips also are slow, and those we have tasted remind me of carpet warp boiled with boneset. They are bitter, fibrous, and altogether we have lost two boarders oh that account. "I'd preferred to have left this world with sunthin to my credit. Arter that I quit the hotel bizness and kem here. I lent money on live stock and did pretty well. Buck hero' and me own right smart o' cattle together, and he looks arter 'em, bein foreman o' Judge Reynolds' ranch and sprier and younger. I ain't heard of Mrs. Dallas sence, and now I don't wanter. morning s gray He opened a leather cigar case and held it toward him. The old man took ione as a matter of course, but pursued Ibis reflections. Bruce extended the case to Jerrold, and then lighting one himself blew a cloud into the open fireplace. "I don't allow thet you'll believe me," sand old Dallas, biting off the whole Iowa-.end of the weed before fitting it carefully between his scant teeth, "but I hev t illed geese with 'Mar}-' ez far as 150 yavls. I'd like to git a 'bead' with her on them fellers ez stole Old Spike and them running hogs o' our'n, Buck," he broke out suddenly. Mrs. Tripp, who is spending the summer here to cure her little son of the Lazarus difficulty, says that she cannot promise to come next year if we continue to live on fresh vegetables grown on the place. "It's gettin late," he said abruptly, 'and I reckon we'd better make down." He rose with a yawn and an impatient kick at the dying embers. Cynthia rose, too, and calling the dogs put them out of doors for tho night, after which she dropped the gentlemen a quaint courtesy and retired to her bedroom. The old man went to a closet, from which ho took three gray blankets and threw them down on the floor. , "One apiece,'* ho said with primitive hospitality, drawing off his boots and wrapping Jils ducking coat, around them to serve for a pillow. Ho rolled himself hi his blanket, his feet toward tho fire, and Vas soon asleep and snoring loudly. Nothing was left but for Bruce and Jerrold to follow suit. This tliey accordingly did. But toward morning they were aroused by Aleides rising impatiently and stumping noisily to tho door. A few minutes elapsed and there was a fearful explosion, the bare room lighting up with the red flash. Bruce sat up at once, rubbing his sleepy eyes and inquiring tho cause of the disturbance. Even in liis confused alarm he heard Cynthia laughing to herself in her little bedroom. "Why not?'' I ejaculated. "That's the Mr. Buck Jerrold assented grimly, laying a significant hand or a revolver hC •wore in his belt and tilting his cigar ir. his mouth reflectively. "Are you meeting with any loss ir* t h. •way?" inquired Brn?e, quietly glaruv ■At both. 'Tvo had Vi little trouble ol ihat kind myself lately." "Ya-as," drawled the old man, "there'f •Dob suthin goiu wrong with yer livt ■tock. Ef it ain't cows it's hosses, and ef it ain't hosses it's hogs. Them blaclt »nd white hogs o' mine are runnin free, to be sure, but theyv'o good a good road brand, and there ain't no excuse foi huntin 'em. But they's pork with my brand fur sale down at Ban Marcus all the same. I reckon it's Lent Wickson and his gang. I've sent word to the sheriff, and he'll be over here some day to talk it over. I perpose to hev the law ■ on 'em. among the teal. T'ne bright li fairly gleamed in brown and «. "Never mind," she retorted.- "I never thought that such things could be made as you seem to raise on your place." "Tut, tut, woman!" I exclaimed, rising to my full height. "I plant these things, but the All Seeing Hand causes them to grow. Do not revile me or try to cut down your board because a power that is unseen and beyond the knowledge of man sees fit to fill our radishes with oxygen." 1 hate to board people who come from a small town. They are the worst. They keep telling me that at home they keep a carriage and don't get up till 9 o'clock. Tliej' came from Rossville, Richmond county, and register from New York. Their children at table eat like the Piute Indians. reason you came." uliuC voice. Ho turned in surprise. Cyn4 before liiin—a blushing amber of the sunrise in J With the occasional reck lessn Wo had one lady last year from Elizabeth, N. J. She claimed to be a New York lady and came here to cure a goitre. She claimed that it was a royal goitre handed down to her from Henry VIII. I suppose that it was handed down by means of a clothesline or something, so as not to stun her. I hate to speak of people's peculiarities, but this goitre was the main thing, and she was only associated with it in some slight way, so I speak of it fully. The trio would come down to breakfast together and tell about New York till I got worn out waiting for a chance to tell about a fibrous tumor I had once, but she was here all summer and went home in September, and my fibrous tumor never got the speaker's eye for an sex, she liud arrayed lier "Dadburn the luck!" he broke out sud • denly as recent disasters increased his impatience. "There's them fine wooled Vermont bucks out in the pen. One on didn't como to time yesterday at Found him lyin stiff and cold In lie morn in—pizent-d on laurel, I reckon! It's enough to gravel the patience of Job, «iuraed ef it ain't!" that there was an observer uj "It's nothin but cows," said Mr. Buck Jerrold, turning over with a yawn in his blanket. "The old man left a pair of good breeches out on the fence to dry this evenin, and I reckon them salt starved cattle hev been chawin onto 'em in the course o' their pryin round. He's seen fit to turn loose onto them the load which he said ho give 'Mary' this arternoon on account o' Foraker. It's a way of saltin 'cm that's quite pop'lar here at the ranch." scene of action more appreciate usual HOIiDXN'Q TIER HAM). When sbe found out I was the Aurora agent who had sent her the paper, she said she had been reading it all the time and liked it very much. She soon prepared a good dinner, which your correspondent relished quite well. While mentioning kindness shown me by others, I will not neglect this favor done to me by Susie Smart. She is a poor girl, and her condition is fatherless, but she says she tries to do the best she can. She cuts and makes her own dresses, which are neat and clean, adorns her home 'fith mountain flowers and blooms almost un- Wen in her mountain retreat. There are many oris who deserve to bo looked after and aided Fo gain a better lot in life. All such'cen find a friend in He leaned back in his chair and took a long, coiiaplatory sip of the eggnog iu his tumbled updth evident zest. All at once the air Wlnfeout was filled with cries, as if all bedlam Wfcre let loose—shrieks, barks and yells tha&Jrom their number and frequency, might1 have proceeded from 80 throats. ted me in CHAPTER IV, ie so' .l me 1 o\ ; r the Dawn came, lacing with rose and amber the severing east. With the first rays of light the cries of wild were heard flying in long harrow toward the river, and also the faint clang of mallard and shelldrako ppssiug overhead. These sounds awoke Bruce, who rose cramped and stiff and leaned against the chimneypieoe in lazy admiration of the pageantry of *airiy morning seen through the shutterless windows of the ranch. "There they go, them dur&gfd coyotes!" ejaculated the old man, turning'J'O listen. "I reckon they're wranglin over the carCcasa o' thet poor old buck. I never 1#,ear • one o' them devil# tune op," ho continued islowly, "but wot I think o' my wife ez was onct an how she could 'hold the fort' instant, She took the top off the milk at first, so wo got to passing it around the other way. Her name was Mudge—Mrs. Mudge of Elizabeth, N. J„ U. S. A. She said she came to our house because 3he wanted to be in a literary atmosphere, so we gave her the room where I keep my Congressional Records. She slept there all summer—she and her Henry VIII goitre. I liked to draw her out regarding Henry and his peccadillos and peculiarities. She would shed tears if I spoke lightly of the monarch or his liaisons and turn the conversation to Your Special Correspondent. Athens, Ga., is one of the most advanced cities, morally, in the state. During the past year the city council passed an ordinance "forbidding the appearance of any female on the stage in short skirts or tights." Cef any one give her a reasonable oppor- tunity. I'd back her ag'in anythin I ever ■een yet. Thar was times in my fam'ly," he added, sinking his voice almost to a whisper, "when I fust come to Texas an started in the hotel business, an the frontier not. so to speak, exactly jibir with Marier's eccentricities—thar was times in my family when nothin short of a menagerie at feedin time could ekel it. I nseter sit by them times tryin to conaole myself with the idea thet I hed the biggest domestic circus in the Lone Star country. Thar wan't much comfort in thet somehow. But I'm hero yet," he concluded triumphantly. "Marier ain't, though," he added after a pause. "Is your wife dead, sir?" inquired Bruce, with all the gravity ho could assume. Cynthia glanced up at him with a pained look. He glanced down at the tumbled heap of blankets at his feet. Only one of his companion bedfellows met his eye. Mr. Buck Jerrold had already arisen, leaving his disordered enwrappings in a tangled coil, very much as a snake casts its skin. The old man, his hands folded upon his breast, lay flat upon his back, snoring dismally. It seema rather a rigid law, for sometimes a very good juvenile entertainment might be cut short by this ordinance. Think of little Eva in long dresses or dying with her boots on! Athens is a moral place, and in fancy we can see what a stride has been made there when the lady acrobat has to go through her tedious double somersaults and flying leaps in a trail. New York. A suburban prig with a wen on its neck will not bo taken at our house any more, no matter what be the price she pays for her board. Moreover, her little sou ate a "loaded" watermelon from my patch the first day he was here, so I had to ride in the night for a doctor, and yet the boy lived to chase my cows over the lea in the summer tide and get their milk all het up, so that his mother threatened to go and board elsewhere on account of the milk. Bruce regarded him a moment with an amused smile, and then true to the sportsman's instinct drew on his shooting jacket, caught up his gun from the corner of the hearth and stepped out into the cool, clear air. Even the female elephant will have to drape herself or keep off the stage. "Canary birds and trained fleas," says The News and Courier, "will have to be careful." So will trained mice and dog shows. Possibly Athens means human females, but even then what of Littla Eva dying in evening dress, with her trail hanging over the footboard, and Lawyer Marks in the wings weeping into the ear of his lady donkey, who is dressed in a Marie Antoinette basque, with probate court train on same. in a heavy 8tDa. t he result was soon otD- Aulas felt. 1 think. Ho is not in the hull com: of i..v natural hie. Lz it is , rib s, rc\olver.; and tennis racquets ' Kernochan. smiin. C n a-sunn- lv at the vious. Amid a whirling vortex of blind* habit of meeting a goddess before break- I've hcd two 1 n -,.:a's already tin ■ w-k,1ta.st .fully arf.w: • . cad grouped. A ; the youn'« lady ov.'r whom been ing dust and flying hoofs the saddle be- fast. It, disturbs the calm equipoise of to say imthin o' these rumors o'yours guitar lying cnV-oVs-siy among a heap of sympathetically C ■ d i vi r since his (ran to turn. When Huckshot sua- his mind." ' i about ; 'alia and bo-1 Uin, And [cushion;; w.u C .jiiortablo lounge be- departure' "Oive*me baik inv camio ]tended his exertions a few minutes later Cynthia ghmced at him in embarrass- 1 now .i I was jump a in the saddle trayed by i. i 'l ,«• and yellow ribbons vinaigrette this iastanu" The idea of and struck a snorting and indignant tab- meut, yet not without a certain adinira- to ride over hero 1 got Word tin-t the tho' adormnen c of feminine lingers. A your being so fooli ' dear1'' leau with fiery eyes and flaring nostrils j tion. ' j road agists have Is-guh «g'iu between large Stuffy oagle with extended wings, ' MLss Edith Stafford bui'-uidly extend the saddle was upside down and hanging »]D.ar sbe sighed", "you're so; Lamp; as and Belton. Thet means all at the end ox the hall, typified tho far- *1 the article in question- an 'exquisite loosely lietween lijs four feet. dre'dful liiirh toncil it most m.tkes my 1 kin swiii:; to fur fonr wcrks certain, reaching destinies of llio American re- blue trifle carved to r*-: resent a crested N'i! said Bruce quietly, vaulting headache to see what you're drivin at. | things go on ; t this rat*', they 11 liev public. grebe, and a relic of l'hil Kernochan's lightly over the fence, after witnessing if y0n're goin to talk to me, Mr. Bruce. Ike M.-sely's lnde by the time o' the A young girl to the generosity during his extravagant courtthis interesting performance. "I see now you mttst cut somtD of those words, or spring roundups." door and looked out over the broad val- 8},jp. plainly that Buckshot does not buck, jj-jj interfere with our getting ac- "Bn its mi;hty dry talbin, lies'vl h*j, shading her brown eyes against the "Do you think, then, he isn't dead'?" lie is only a little opposed to your 'cinch- Climjntcd " abruptly, glancing at. Dallas withasiiA glare of tho sunlight with the fingers of she .inquired sittin» i.p with sudden ani ing' the flankgirth. But I think I shall looW t him in bewitching "»» i'vo come all tjw way a jeweled hand. 8he was tall and state- mation. -I was c«"tain of it! Oh,'dear! get along hero xery well, Mr. Jerrold, pt,rpl,,xit„ The level rays of the rising from Kan Marcus to look into thm yer lv, and tue simple folds of her cloth I shall never get us. d to the dreadful ununtilmy partner, Phil Kernochan, looks sun shone full in her eyes, and she drew bizw* D.,,r,rn- Hmv Clid that ll,luor 1 B«Dwn 1" her feet with a certainties of this primitive country. I me up or something favorable happens, down her hat briui with an impatient Eecommend.-dto J«S turn qpit.'" gi-aciousacss ana case that betokened po- r. as quite positive some awful crime had He knew that my general direction was ■ dimpl. 1 hand. "L reckon it s pretty near all turned s; ion. T he .amity wnifo collar at her been perpetrated." Then, springing eatlio Colorado river, and that 1 was out i Thus besought in reference to his ont • ?epb- d Ah-ide.-miei ally, somewhat tiiroatwas last ened by-a single diamond pevly to her feet: "Let nC ride for him at after turkeys. Meanwhile the hunting t mythological quotations. Bruce made j disc.oiislti-d by th •urgent bn-iness iinui- str.d that fla; hcd. as if in rivalry of the once. Poor fellow, he maybe starving is good, and I think I'll shoot a brace of h;-U« to explain brieb f to Cynthia the serof tliesheriff. "Ameelyer! he called. i h'ar eye . above it. I. er brown hair was to death! I'll put on my ruling habit mallards before the family is stirring. • fable of Aurora and Tithonus. Sho lis- what's left in thet tliarbot- gather, d m tb- simplicity of the Grecian right off." Adios! Drop in and see us the next trued with amused surprise. When he **e.' a.m* a or Ik", knot the sol t tresses waving about her She dashed away to the door with a time you're over our way. There they ; had finished with the lamentable old age is Mr. i.:iicc, of the iiesquito val- t.'aoles wer lil:1 spnn silk. From the haste that contrasted with her recent come now!" he exclaimed, shoving a con- j that overtook that unfortunate lady's ley ranch, stopping with us for a spell, k»i , dark lashesthat swept her lieauti- feebleness. pkt of shells into his gun, as he marked 1 husband, she sighed and expressed her- ke concluded with a grave look, intended luleyes to tne heavity bowed slippers "One moirent," said Kenochan, catcha small flock of duck coining down the self- to cover all u.iusion to the ranchman s th;;t p - ],cd 1 cr. at h her robe she was all mgup a lekthcr quirt from the veranda wind. "Adios!" -So he turned out to be a sras4iotD- 1,"t C ■ lc«lal("'1 to impress the refinement and grace. And the small and flecking his bc-t with it. "I thought no saying ne turned ms oacs Tipon the t j.1Ht h, Th t rdeasuif ehPnIt wllh 1 ' that Brnce was a handkercnief she rar-e.i to her parted we'd make a hunting trip of this search discomfited horse trader, and Mr. Buck yerve(1 her ri"ht thouch for wantin hiKhwayman in disguisr-. hps breathed that faint atmosphere of and kill two bird* With one stone: Ha! Jerrold sprang at once into the saddle. , . . f ' on„i.to,t tn "Yer hand. Mr. Bruce," said Mosely, odor which seems to identify the pres- lia! starving to de ith—that's good! You Before he was fairly seated the vicious on a„v man to thatWtent- steppirg quickly forward, vnih. a keen, ence of beauty. catch Henry Brr.co starving to death Buckshot essayed to repeat his previous fore£.r „ an aw-f„i ionK trip' A—-s- P«netr • rlanw from under bis shag- fene stood quietly a few momentfrja with a brefecWoading shotgun and exploit, but ho reckoned without his host. hoT1Tlf)p ' \i„i,i,„ , £.,T„"r gy brows and a grip like a steel claw, the corner of tlie doorway, gazing out matches enough to stock a ranch! Not Mr. Jerrold had improved the interval , wheil lu, matterinonv has "Ah, Miss Cyntlua! Or is it springal- dreamily over the limitle s prospect much! Well. v.hat do you say? There to lash a small stick back of the pommel, niuch to do with 'kickin'"' She readJ"- ai!d are the bluebirds with us at'the vast billows of prairie stretching ire lots of wild turkey hotweaa here and and now, braced firmly by his viselike „lanced inqnirin dv up at Bruce The aK»in-" he remarked with ca gallantry 1 fore her like an emerald sea. Her eye.i .lie Colorado river. We might take the thighs, he drove his cruel spurs into the P ., . A f ' as his eyes fell upon Cynthia and her .voreanexprt -ion of wistful tenderness. . , flanks of the horse at every bound and ' .., "aV VV't 1 D l muslindiv-3. and there WaC in them a shade of disap- and course any that came our ruthlessly applied the heavy quirt. ' 'V-1.. ".V.'U ■r " Ho doffed liis broad sombrero sudden-, l ointinent, as ono has seen the water of "Everythin's fair in a boss trade," lie ! ",i, i i' V i. i-i." « + ■D ly, exposing his high for. a ;.! and scant :l liquid pool darker in the shadow of Oh, that would bo charming! s cried shouted, apparently enjoying the ani- . „ "? * V ' V' hair. His hard, blue ey « wire restless ome overhanging rock. Then she came Miss Stafford, turning back to flash her mal's gymnastics. "I swapped this crit- ; V, ' ' ' iV,!'V,; ' " and cold, lil;e c' :lied '.-l. He twitched th ly forward and sank down upon Rratification upon Kernochan, with a ter yestiddy for a iDair of leather leggins \ "'.{li''.' 'V' ' his Ir.r C• inn t. D ur, ue lie l-.i-linhrg chair, nestling in the soft '"evelation of radiant teetn and eloquent and a hoss hair lariat to boot. Theiioss 1 ".j' 'I . i" . 1 "It'd 1-ea ]Dretty held bluel 1 t. • shali' obis C r the warin rolie with a little com- ?mii''s. Come, Kate, lets hurry and I got rid of, though, hcd the tampers, an " I, hand- 1. •• this with :•D i-.-r hawk!" •■rtab. • fl.add.-r. Her dark lashes swept get ready! We won t lte a moment! was dog poor at thet. The fust time the - . ' replied Cynthia with dimpl"ii audacity■, e r cheek half hidden in the long fur. And with this feminine estimate of other feller attempts to put him iDn grain • c..'iuing qui. ly fei ward end holding ent b'f b.'.n.ls 1. Id :i vellum C"py of verses 'nat indefinite period allotted to matters he'll find lie's got a losin contract." lam «• a little hand. "Glad to see you, sir' i1 had taken from iho chair. But she 'he toilet the ladies rushed from the He clapped his spurs again into the ' a lew minnt'-N in si How are all tieD birds down yonr way— a not reading, and the eyes she lifted verail''a-  discomfited Buckshot, and wheeling him ence, vitn gat are. skirts and a on kites, road runners and .4 iier jail birds';'" disently from the bet k strayed wearily sharply around by a jerk on the bridle *Jrn '' ,1! " 1,11'' , "n\ .. "Ho, hoT laughed ihe sh-rili", "ye're t-Way to the valley. Screly.it was very was off like a thunderbolt. drooping ashes. A p.eased smile lin- after me thi ■ lime, ar n't y -? Guess ye wrly in the d«y for reverie and medita-  Bruce was already far away in pur- gcred on bet must- hev got tip early this morniny p. A GREAT MAN. suit of the flying mallard. He had 'Hovv is it tnat j-ou happen to be oul "8he did!" said oli'Dall: - -uphatical- the• vd.-..Dnn. i„•'••itig. f r,horsostartled M - ~~ . „ _ „ , marked them down in a long water hole to s"° ,h« ,n!,h uf ho the ,yC # ..u.in;(: t BniCt _..f .yt, r {ll. n l v„ r. She uyc-, i,g to h.-r ; • I abruptly, ' " the n° »* Ordered by low bushes As he crept y Ybvik totnra 0»e bucks out w sk I1'" 5 ' northpr' lo. l\\T afd I heard an animated conversation goup to the edge of the pool he caught a ' „j i V " 4 J start. 1 'em was thet - : beat ram bucks aL asnig her neck vnh blushes, an elo- ing on at the farther end of the car, but glimpse of the "green head' drake, a tlie val'-v and tbt'n 1 bird vou morainI,h"t;i:' ,urnwl ,m out T & :^u dark eyes. !ls i wa8 reading i pai(1 uttle attention startled silhouette against the misty { thou-ht I'.lcome out and see orof!U,n f,,,:ltn-n '!" n : »™h}up ■ sen 1 horse st cod . at the „ntil an old farmer, whose wife sat just bask, with neck outstretched and eye '» ' ' m the (;r, ,C in them n w 'n ;.•C! got her the ran.ao, In long lariat behin(1 meD came back from tho )u alert. His g lossy mates swung Silently ' * -i i , . , for the t-up Eail. »• :u#re iailiii:; from tne sadCL' how, his mane „ll(i upon the silver mirror of the pool in the have dreamed from aer oa for a young gal, Mosely—strange' ' 1 "•'■ lock tosstd and disheveled with ' "Sally you orter hear what that feller morninir's jrrav maimer that her motive was aiignt but ilAl.,e ° ,Ls long wandering. , . ,' ?? orttr near w nat that feller In an instant the wary bird was up eTOty But there was the testimony .%sl!„r Rai(1 the shf.riX i.,nCUing. The girl gazed r.t him breathlessly a ntes than I ever knew in°all' mv^hfebe and away, but Bruce stopped him with of th" elaborate toilet, and young men .. Tl.ivt ( Vt.rD (lay tht a j lookfa ,riC f moment: tie next, the rosy flush fore » J his right barrel, and he fell with a heavy :ire periaps moi»» oiscernmg . tian tne voung feller'round to get up for, is it. a,: d from 1. r chteks and she stood "Who is he?" sho asked plump upon the farther bank, his red enemy The linage of b,mty jrit. Cy, ;biaV If they were all old and '• bite neighboring wall, her hands Ms'nSie but he's smarter'n legs straddling awkwardly as became |S' was C~"u~ gray headed—like me and your old man ',:sl ' before h r. aa reeled a little a steel tran'' down. The next moment the air was o1 a tI m his owni esti- couldn't blame ye, ef ve never got nd sat down a. ain in the nearest chair "Wliat's ho navin'^" full of flying teal, rising with frightened n I"T to recover hers. if. it's about sciences and clamor and whirring away to the left. * 11 ".s D.ilL mil aris. 11 m tlair ab- Dr,. glanct a ar • .nd to note the effect .A few mc.mdms sD sat thus, trem- tj,insrs He savs the sun is1 ooo ooomiv^ Bruce let the other mallard go and gave *®ce and nat upon tho door-tone of the of his words bia Cynthia had diaap- bling violently, her bosom heaving, re- the e?rth U uiltoT'' the teal his left barrel, thinking of Cyn- T"'J- T At: .•• lb t«:ll • : ,n t , la r . arly gaming tho motionless horse at the gate bdkS'U ' sS Wnmlv ro tliia and her damaged bonnet. Three cnam-tensticas t., impre , ,„„mi.-gr. . , !C . Vhad s: .r ; th with blanched face and agonized eyes. * ,Iont bel,e%0 U' shft blnntlD re dropped to his shot. He picked up his y.uuig that attention to fawn e.nd C: ; , re 1 away in put uit. Then the sound of footsteps p..^hat, .,, , Brotested «„ game hurriedly, not without.a little in- 'avails ,.i i,at as of the toileter. cer- ;My turn d .A sla t a a, '"'1 a ,a l. handsome man, with bronzed ™.Tntn I heSd him ward exultation. There was one drake t;u'l,vwith- Bn,.. II D '• "Hi ;v ! !• • • nmi- laco-nnd flashing eyes, came striding md ii«Si " fairly gleamed in brown an.l emerald— ,|10WC '1 '• raw in.l. »MXDts were -bony. Anv aa, b- .reig a fu.;ey mixtnr- P ' , , , ,, "Tint von orter Th« «.tD h™ n his head a banded flash of color, bis wings sti. ptfonuing th ofbee of whidl ,, liio- a. milk "N\hy; what s the matter. Lilith? \ou L to I Vo a fluttering revelation his pillow. Bis lour, gray loess strag - pma h. int . tup: r-i his il . : hs. ire n. t ill, I 1. Dpe, ho said, coming rap |»cap t do with onr farm, 1 ~Do Bruce stood still a moment, regarding -letl ov,;r 1,is a|J,|!l" ' fiendishly -n ,h ;un ,j„ y a . art),r h(m l-lly toward the young lady with an anx- ta£atb™ 7°W admiringly the beauties of the dying "f'' "l':' 1 with In vionn. Ibs p rform- back r.din, sab!" cx.-laim.-d the gable "-us t.., 0 as lie observed the apparent ln. ., bird. Alight film was setting on' the' a»cow:»softher.:,ialoo! Tons character. Hebe, banding the tumbler to the sheriff. c.f her attitude. "Of co™ but he'll tell vou iest how flashing rye. He could not help thinking Is th re any pu , DC ular name for tb.t -Dey ain't nothin w. t ... - .p ite so fur Ub. nothing Phil.-a sudden faint- f™" tVthe totS^Tthh^ what an improvement lie might make in rm":r ' 1L"™c" of Cynthia a- the ..rrril -.juit n..di de sr It ntim- lhat s:lH- tho j™ng girl answered, 5 \^»d^n?^^bnw^W Cynthia's appearanco were he enabled to Jarring discords fr. insult the i„t. C de functions an W i!ate: de sys- *D « fi«nt color like the [ ai-C1. \ .Ddmt know howfur preserve the beauty of the plumage for trampnl serenity wl « a.-early mommg. ten, of d-. a a inc. ;h! IV ide«,''sl„ flush of dawn stmggling to her cheek: J to JlT'an l rods You don1 her adornment. With masculine i:!f turned her head a moment addcLwith a cfcTty u-! . i .• in'wan' Wie put her hand to her head with a deft, 0 ° ™I m' confidence he aspired for the moment to «»d listened attentively. She might to'scaro yo'nohow wi.l .!• slate olD dat won,amy gesture. hut he dL lie kin tell v^^^ become her milliner. - have be. n a mocking bird, so character- i.oitle arte.- de . g rn g .lis'pation oh d. 'll » so very warm here tins morning a" ™ teuJou ex^tly "Ain't he a daisy?" siii.l a musical 'stio was t.ie netum. las'clteninF' i can scarcely breathe, and I sat down to He knows morein a minit than onr st" voice. ' 1 clean forget.' she said finally, "Let you alone. Amelia, for takin care rest a moment." lie Knows more in a mmit than onipest- He turned in surprise. Cynthia stood "whether father calls thet the 'Hus- ,f nie!" retur d Jib ely, draining the She laughed an anxious, nervous little . 111 a wtH oine a on0 an before him—a blushing Aurora, tho roses hand's Lament' or the ' Texan Honey- mixture with a grateful si aC-k. "Thet laugh. . of the dawn in her dimpled cheeks, the moon,'but it don't make much differ- put-, a h- •: in a man d'l.ctlv. Now, The man regarded her with grave sobc- . { , , \ '^'U "Jul. ,a Dr- ramber of the sunrise in her golden hair, ence which. Father's play in is pretty Al.wiafsallthisabouth.. and ho.s ,sr" Undo. With the occasional reckh ssnesg df her much alike, and if yerememlter thet bis he i;, , ■-,.vd. ,i. in : down on an adjacent _""i ou don't eoem as Well lately," he , , " / 'J'" hll.S sex, she had arrayed herself more with !nned all to do with laar- nail k'with a t ar. ! l:a::d iijiou the *ai tkI iear yon find this wild life of ln/wm ;-ivii 1 *' s an eye to pictures, pie effect thani com- r)"hi you cant be very far wroug.no bait of a.6-.-l v a i I ■ h id one side s lei. a.ial than wo anticipated, „n . "'-n'i.-ilS nr ™D. •« «r • i mon prudence. 8he recognized the fact matter what you call 'em. I reckon in tlie ;:1 titudf . '' ni: . or peri-aj . l.eith, you neglect your ex- ... , . ' • f"_' , ''10 that there was an observer upon the mother didn't give him very much va- "Th; .k ! That's my ize every timer pr, i" • vD " D - * go today for another * * " scene of action more appreciative than riety in her hotisekeepin, for it's had an he r marked as Bnu rD • his feet, hn'S ] i .e cantcr. Let me call my . . « . '. ' '' 1 '• usual. ' awful monotonous effect on his music. ri. him a . i--a : ! -a ; wife 1 . year as istance." that a 2-horsepovei cngin would do if Under the circumstances her defiance Don't sjteak to him now, Mr. Bruce. 1] hit th. end oft m ; dividy. He fumed back to the door of the rn" ay Uignt tor 1U ywirs . uiontns of season and climate had a touch of He's alius easier in his mind if ye let htm ... raricho and t all d "Kate!" twice in a * VV.S 1. 1 Vv .' !' ieari ~7T sublimity, Sho had donned a pale blue play a tune through. To stop him short "Ye needn't go off n il. There ain'i. loud, imj rative voice. There was a „ t*ood lands, mj I \ e seen t nat; feller muslin dress, exquisitely becoming, I in the middle is harrowin to his feelin's anytb.n private abont 1! :sycre bizness musical reply, the sound of a closing 2,r,e' int^rruP,tDd t.ie fanner s wife, grant, but a relic of the previous sum- and gm'rally crops out arterwards. —i» there, Al';" the slicnli inquired, gaz- door, the hmrying of slipperetl feet Ihe great man turned to see who liad mer and of a much higher temperature. Come in right aw jy an.l have break- ing after tin ranchman as he sauntered across the b. re hallway, and then, with J311' a" H raised her hands and The hat on her head was of straw and fast." away. the sudden revelation of a pale blue c'.. supported a whole parterre of roses and And without a word to her sire she "Not much! The more'public ye make morning wrapper, fluttering skirts and .. " s,ure ot hy. he s the a long, curling feather, and she had on a piloted the amused Bruce past tho al- U. the better I'll like it," returned the flying golden the advent of wlio cum along abou. • air pair of high heeled French slippers.' Borbcd violinist, leaving him stjll fid- elder Dallas. "I want ye to shoot them "Kate." weeks ago and not only cn r.ted me m They were quite wet through, and the dling violently upon the doorstep. Aulus fellers or liev thin marorderin stopped." "Just seo the state that Edith is in!" weignmg tlie papei b; .gs, bn. ae so A .ue embroidered stockings, which a charm- stopped at the door to lift his nC«« to the Bruce did not reply. He wasalreadv said F'.il Kernochan pityingly, directing 11r.ec' lu 11 f ' ,, Dcr 10 ing sense of consistency in dress had im- sky and .utter a long drawn, agonizing out of hearing. Ike Mosely glanced the gase of this blond and radiant ap- w™1raor,,.lo^J V • • pelled her to wear, were beaded an.l howl of protest, with which canine com- critically at his oroad shoulders and Well pan tion to the figure in the chair. j.1!3 *!'"n 1,4 ' °T! flashing with dew. mentarj- upon the u'nmelodiousne s of proportion- .1 limbs. In the repose of "What had we better do with her?' tnat 110 was guilty, and a.l turneo away Immediately after addressing Dnuc the old man's music he, too, abandoned his youthful strength he s-emed the He turned as lie spoke. 9M lett Mm t-o ins disgftiee—aU but.t.w she glanced down at her feet with some him and went within. very incarnation of tho sturdy live oaks "Hello!" he shouted, his eyes falling pctnn oi ms wiles . no crooked liei solicitude, her light skirts gathered The day wore away into the early aft- umong which he strode. for tho first time on the sorrel ponv °y^nu®Cr a mi an uu. . daintly in her left hand. She frown, i *rnoon. "The northward shadows of the "A «*«y young rener," fiaia Air. standing by.tbe rancho gate. "There's ine™l«n3 was Jeven cents apiece at the slippers, already turning purple live oak's were swinging gradually to the Mosely, smoking violently and chewing Hal's pony! When in the world did he mime «o ctn s. at tho toes. * east. 11 va „ just after dinner, and the fhe end of his cigar nervously. "Some arrive?" He glanced again at the re- Ho counted out the change, an 1 fhe "I reckon I've spoiled 'em the first wintry tamlight on the southern wall of how I rather like his style. In a row 1 dining girl. A light seemed breaking pl" " n, C? r ljagamong tlie tn.-1 cakes time I put 'em 011," she said. "How- the ranch bC at softly down with a grate- reckon you could count on him. Al, if in upon him. ' ana noiieu eggs, and as siie sat dow n tieever, there's lots more where they came ful and checriug warmth. ypu'ye lookir for a eon-m-law thet d 00 "Whj% it can't lie," he said in amaze- ,fT. c5 .lus. *uu h R ■ from!" tossing her head with the general in the eunniest angle of the ranch yon and Cynthia both credit, you'll do ment, "that his horse has walked off and t us Happens to stop ms .-horsesuggestion that French slippers are a Bruce and i is whit , haired host were well to encourage thet chap. Ho has left him, ana lie's been obliged to lay out P°wer engine 110m workm, 1 can t ti. ip gratuitous donation from obliging shw- «ated f-moking. The old man, enjoying my licst wishes. He's got-sand." a night or two on tho bald prairie! Well, |. consarnea tin jied.tlers twv makers to the fair sox-an attitude quite the aroma' of oa . of the ranchman's ci- And with this official summary of a that's rich. I -declare!" Din cwann me nir 110 last aa! carefully preserved by womankind to- gars, v bich lie mumbled at a very pre- husband's requisites he addressed him- Ho ran hurriedly down the steps of the J".11 wi". pV1™.'. 1 nu luVr'' ward eligible bachelors, along with a bo- carious angle Ix-tween his scant teeth, self to the business before him. veranda and strode away to the ranch • « . . O». vt" f n coming disregard of tho necessity of cap- was in an expectant frame of mind and gate. He threw it wide open, and the „ i t"511 in w en'. i.uinD. ■' lu' ital. "Is thet green wing for me, Mr. unusually genial. Cynthia was seated CHAPTER V. pony, with a whinny of welcome, trotted ee rcss'  Bruce?" she inquired, with a politeposs beneath a live oak playing with a fawn. It was still early morning at the M. 3- gladly within. An Millionaire, of manner which seemed quite as un- "Do you reckon them folks o'your'n'11 quite valley ranch. A calm tranquil- Kernochan regarded him critically, There are a 'nuaiher of eccentric rnillicn seasonable, in her own case, as her fault- be anyways anxious about ye?" old Dal- li-ty rested upon tlie limitless prairie, taking his meerschaum pipe from his aires ia New Vork, hut not one whose ee less attire, and in a sense to have been las inquired, blowing out a cloud of Tlie scattered files of trees that every- hps, an amused smile accentingthe curves eentrieity a.-sumes a more peculiar phas. assumed with the gorgeous hat, |She smoke as if the chief luxury in smoking where straggled across the undulating -d' his' mouth beneath his light mustache. xVJZL glanced eagerly at Bruce as he stood was it forcibly. plain and gave the locality its di tin- There was no sign of violence or acci- U-in" the largest, «tc*klH»!CI«-r separating the bright pinion, from the -I hardly think so," Bruce replied, guishingtitle were mute and motionless, dent. A few cockle burs clung to the in thkt railroad company, Mr. Hart owns a duck's body and flashing the gleaming lazily tilting his chair against the side of as if y t in awe of the recent sunrise. A mustang's mane, an acquisition of his re- t,reat amount of real estate. He has sev plumes in the sunlight. tile house, with his hands clashed behind few plover piped mournfully from the ' ent travels. Tlie rolled blanket still tral valuable pieces of property down town his head. He had thrown his hat on thf uplands. Tho quarrelsome cawing of hung from the crupper of the saddle. *hich he has permitted to remain unccciiground, and the whiteness of his fore- ravens, holding a stormy conclave in Kernochan gathered up the lariat and pie.', and unproductive for a long stretch ,»l head contrasted with the bronzed hue ol some remote treetop, at times rose an- slung it on the pommel. years. It,is Ins persistent mdiuerence to cheeks and the luxuriance of his grilv npC.n the morning air, and grazing the condition of some of h» real estate tlia . v „ 1 -1 »r . • . 1 , . P ' p excites the wonder and expostulation ol W r"# wiuare enrhng la-ard. "My partner o. casicnally, at n, • rvals raising bis hU friends. Mr. Hart owns a substantial fj/Jjflfi' rj K» th oc.b« 111, uiid(jr.snind8 me pretty well head to 3» \vi .. and qniv- building on Park row, just alwDve the bridge 1H®. y y thiH tillie aiul kl,ows 1 generallj ering nostrils-the iDrairieH-.oforo hiiuf.1»ut entrance, which bus tieen untenantetl for 6 \. . ■ come out all right, so he won't give him- pursuing a divct C •■ur-.- fer tie-distant from 15 to 13 years. It is a valuable pieet ■ .jj* . self any uneasiness. There may be a lit ranchhouse over the nHiriniH level a property, but all of these years it has tie fuss when my horse turns up at th. large sorrel horse, saddled and bridled, Vi Kfk- served merely as a storehouse for a lot ol Mf, ' A ranch, though. 1 shouldn't be surprised but riderless, came shrilly neighintf. 1 »,, I material of small value. It is Mr. Hart's •afj m thj/ft A\ J if Phil rode over here tomorrow." The house which the hors, was thus 'Mf 1 wh«m to allow the pn.perty to idle, Jut?* ...'A r\ cv fi-lf '■ ..-itt , , , ■ ,, , ,. , , . , , •' •'«&/ 1 although he could easily couvcrt it into a Dljl« i Waal, you re takin it pretty easy here, approaching was h-.rge and substantial . /tfA source of revenue. f $llM «eeinezthey hain't the least idea wharyc and built in the faslnonof rami as of the • f " l ' M w Another building near Chatham square V /l \i he,"returnedAlcules frankly. "But tliet'f- better class. Square in shape, it yet •' /. D [ T| owne.1 by thiseccei.tii.MuiIlionairehaslH-.il ' dtwd'Swant to hev ye do, though,*1 looked from tho -ojioii .prairie a Jiiere box, /J J neglected for a do/en years or more, Its only *. Jrf/V wfltYtfr"1', ',T 1 he added after a pause, fearing his mean- rising ab' Dve the v. 1 monotony of the '- tenant, being a poor woman who never has 'fnj!'. I . ing might lie misconstrued. "Visitors boundless plain. But the curious visitor, V j pahl a cent of rent and never has been ask with agreeable manners and go.wl ter- who remarl d it fiom a nearer view- ; t'iVi e-1 to pay anything. One day an energetic "irt-ri-r riv. .1.,, . £ , ,, r backer is all firc-.l sc'a'ce in this com - point, found it commodious in its ap- giung lawjer otleiwl to take cluuge of Mr. 1 reckon r it nntllca cm the ft rut time I . .,. . ... ,. , 1 . , , , , ' Mart's real estate in this city, guarantee put 'em on,'-' the mid. try, he continued, with the general air pomtment, surrounded with a strong, • Mm #85,000 a year mom thai-the pmperty "Oh, what a lovely httlo duck-—a ban- of paying a compliment. barb wire fence and flanked by out- -/D -s was producing and take the balance of the taint" she exclaimed, with a sudden fem- He rose from his chau'wit! 1 an effort buildings and corrals more ambitions in "There's Tlnl'v pony!" revenues as full compensation for services inine intuition of ornithology. "Isn't lie due to rheumatism and the uncoiuj.ro- structure than the dwellings of m • 1 "Rube!" he shouted, turning Ilia head rendered. Mr. Hart said that he did not cute?'' Then her eye fell "upon a blood niising character of his knee joints and ranchmen. bread, sunny veranda ran in tlie direction of the neighboring cor- care to make any'such arrangement. The spot on the breast, and sho looked' sud- "wept the horizon with an anxious eye. the entire h - 1 li. f 11" h. ; ... command- rals, where a thick iC t an.l sun tanned young lawyer remarkctl subsequently that denly grave. "Do you reckon it hurt him "Dum my skin, ef diar ain't the sheriff, -ing the \ „ - i-ftii. ..allying val- ii'dividual' was la ■ docdorin-some ail- could have made *:.'. »,C*•() a year for binv much to kill him? she pleaded. after allr ho exclaimed as a small man. ley. im. . b,-p, "giv-: f hor- e a fee.I of corn "JPZ^;nne^-Vo.fvLrK "Not any more than Was strictly nects- mounted on a sorrel horse, rode up t' C'vert'l.e t er i • ]■ when,11 nd :,i 0111 hiia :. 1, !■ Take his saddle Times. tho gate at a fox trot, and throwing him- s nidi, at lay in is.' 1 • . I off ;:nd turn 1 tin h . ■ a tlie dooryard  sary under tho circumstances,' Bruce solf from the saddle proceeded to tether patch s, a b If C• 11 ?■ m ..ei'e r 1 tei.a.rrow. 1 i.'t hippie him!" he Reason in Each Case, replied,withthosportsman'sindifference, the animal by tho lariat which hung w. re ir«- ti • : bri.il s -lung upon lit- -t.-.l «s th- jiimi approached in an- Judge—Why did you not return the (tood morning,.Miss Cynthia. Yes,tho from the .pommel.' Hisnimble fingers tho cir ; ir ]•.en-el . ti- ir J.n- d Mir- wer to the Hiuanio. pocketbook you found on tho same evengreen wing is intended for you, but I were quick at tho task. He catpe toward rup 1 iil.ej.- pi'ier. eue and t nils» -ed. Ho turn 1 back toae veranda, laugh- ing? hardly expected to soe you at so early an them with ft rapid step, his revolver Whip and 1 ;i... v. r lying about, ing quietly to bins. If. ;e; if some pleas- Defendant—I was too late. houn "ion look like Aurora, I assure swinging in their holsters and his spurs Several ciio .1 ' -in c'aair.s ait revelation ha-1 dawned upon liim; Judge—Why,then,didyou not deliver J"011- clinking as ho strode. • the t'o a I. a a : . 1 air of fhe fragrant wrt . 1" tuuoko from his it in tho morning? "Likea roarer!" queried Cynthia, kpit- "Waal, Ike Mosely, ye"ve got over hC n proprietor, nip enhanced by their un- p 1 n D above his h ad and brooded in Defendant—No use. Nothing left in ting her brows in puzzled surprise, at. last, hev ye?"'said Alcides. stumping wieidy : k; A n di e buff-tlo t';-still air. it.—Fliegendo Blatter. •'well, now, thet is a compliment—lie- forward eagerly to meet the newcomer, -.a car. :• --iy ovC r :i lei, re- "Well, lab..," be said, coming tran- •— fore breakfast too! And 1 haven't said "I've beena-worryin about this killin o' cliia-a; chair i 1 warm with the rays of iiaillv up tho steps, his recent amuse- She Knew nim. hardly a word yet. I should think I was my stock. I reckon ye'll beleeve me the s- 1 in\ -;1 at.-.uriov repo e. ment -till b.n. ritr, in hisCy s, "it-seems Cicely—What a charming girl that Aulus. Did ye hear him bay when I first when I tell ye I'm right glad to see ye." Th" wide . uti.-aa 0 . it; D rancho stood ntrcai^le-s iricad,.Brace, has seen fit to Miss Lucy Is, A.lolphusl came out this morning?" "Ain't long to stay nuthcr," returned bivi-in; iy C ; tit • babuy morning !• t. hi- horse c. uw. 1k.ii;.' without him. I Adolphus—Think bo? I never could "No," replied Bruce. "I must have the sheriff, grasping the proffered hand iar. Within t r- 111 I, 1 re hallway, ■ tij.|■.Ds-■ the only thing we can do is to bear her. She always treats mo as if 1 been intent on the mallard." He held of old Dallas with a hurried shake and with its adjao at: do as upon either hand nd- out and hx k him up." were an ass, you know. up the bright plumaged bird by one leg dropping it again immediately. , "I nev- opening into various roonis, was dimly "There. Edith Stafier.1,1 told you that Cicely—Indeed! I didn't know she as ho 8tH»ke. "But I understand how er struck secha rush o' bizness in tho seen. The walls were ukturesouo with was ail it .amounted tol" exclaimed Eate knew you.—Chips. As lie did so he beheld Mr. Buck Jerrold saddling his roan cow pony and evidently making preparations for an early departure. A man with phthisis also hoarded with us two mouths aud four days last (summer. He did not mind Mrs. Mudge when he wanted to tell about his phthisis. lie went right on, and so our JDreakfast was about as chatty as any meal we had. Ho coughed an $18 bedstead down, and I put it in his bill, aud Mrs. Mudge thought it was inhuman. I told her to shut up or I'u stop her cracked wheat on her. "Don't git A1 started on married life— don't, natch'ally!" interposed Jerrold hastily, with a warning gesture. '•Where away at this hour of the morning?" ho inquired, sauntering up. "Back to the ranch. I've got more'n 50 young lambs to look after, I reckon." "You're not going off before breakfast?" Bruce inquired, leaning on the gate. But tho train was already fired. "Dead!" exclaimed Alcifles Dallas. "thet'B wot I'd like to know. Mattermony," he remarked, deliberately stretching out his cramped legs, burying his hands deep in the pockets of his ducking trousers and gazing dejectedly before him with bent head aa if consulting an unhallowed past, "inattermony is a lottery, my friend, whar tliar's : more blanks than prizes, and, understand me, I'm capable o' jedgin, fur I lived with Marier nigh onto 10 years, and hevin graduated—not with high honors, but all the samo bavin graduated—I'm tol'ble well up ou the subjec*. "It's jes' ez I say to Cynthy here. She's : a good little girl, though, and don't gin'rally give me any trouble on thet . score—not to say thet I wouldn't be glad ' to see Cynthy hitched in double harness, purvided her pardner was an honest «3rt C o' hoss, warranted sound and kind and not likely to kick in the traces. But .thar's alius thet risk, and nothin's more uncertain than marryin, I allow, unless it be sw8ppin hosses. My old granny ■useter say to my sisters—and God knows why I didn't profit by it, I heard it all my life—'Gals, don't bo in a hurry, fuef you git a good husband you'll be well paid fur waitin, and ef you make a mistake you'll hev plenty long enough to live with him.' I kin only repeat the same thing to Cynthy and hope she'll hev more sense tlian I lied on the subjec'. Still Cynthy knows wot I think a'ready." eg*- rSr. i - C "I reckon so. I don't cull 10 miles afore breakfast any great shakes." "That depends on the rider," Bruce replied pleasantly. "I don't think any one could hire 1110 to rido 10 miles this morning without a cup of coffee at least. I feel as lame and stiff as if I'd been dragged at the end of a lariat through a thick chaDarral." Boarders are hard to get along with, and as soon as I get my place here paid for and the other installment on my well I shall not take any more to board, l oo many cf them think that they suffer so much they ought net to pay for their A -D ow Light. "Oh, I've bed my coffee, you can bet yer life!" Jerrold replied. "Amelia's up already: she ain't the woman to let a man start out without suthin under his jacket. I say. pardner, ef you're in any great hurry to get bai-k to the Mesquite valley, bein ez you're turned foot loose and without a nag to ride on, ye can hev Buckshot hero fer f2.»," indicating hia roan. "He ain't handsome, but he's good for twice thet distance, ez smart ez ye want to june him. He's fast and sure footed both and don't buck nulher. Ye needn't keep yer friends wait in and anxious. I kin rope one o' the old man's •kaveyard' and get off easy with half an hour's delay." board One elderly maiden lady could not go to sleep unless I held her hand. And she was plain too. She was trying this climate on her face, she said. I could not see that it did any good. She wanted to go to sleep just at the time I wanted to do my chores at the barn and bed down the team. Her complexion was the color of a soft shell turtle's stomach. Of course she was not to blame for that, but I should have made her board $2 per week higher. She was from Fislikill, but claimed to bo a refined New York city belle. Once she wanted to tell me her history, but I told her that I had promised to wind the clock and go to bed by a qjevarter of 10. So I escaped. One drawback about keeping boarrl- The Fiancee—No two persons think tlike, I suppose. Tiio Caller—You'll not say that when fou see your wedding presents coming -Life. The Tulip. The tulip was first made known to botanists by descriptions and figures made by the Swiss naturalist, Conrad Gessner, in the year 1559. The plant from which Gessner niiide his drawings was growing in the garden of one .John Henry Harwart, at Augsburg, the seed or bulb having originally been brought from the Levant. The date of its introduction into England is somewhat uncertain, but horticulturists usually set it down as 1580, probably on aec-uunt of a passage in the works of Ilakluyt (1582), 'v Inch says, "Now within thess four years t here has been brought iBto England from Vienna. Austria, divers kinds of flowers ca 1 (I'd Tali pas." Linnaeus tells us that the tulip is a native of Cappadocis; also that he believed it to be the "lily of the field" s|KDken of by the Saviour.—St, Louis Ktpubiic. He paused, bringing the much lauded Buckshot smartly aroprid by a blow of his quirt as ho did so, at the s-ime green wing is intend hardly expected to see hour. You look like you." 1 f( you a time stooping and tightening the flanli girth. ors in a healthy resort of some notoriety is that more or less medical attendance is called for with the board. I can figure on the victuals, but I cannot calculate on the wear and tear in cases of heart disease five miles from a physician. Once a casual acquaintance from Yonkors asked me by mail if I could take his uncle, who was needing a change and country air, 1 told him my rates for rooms and meals and a week .later got up at 55 o'clock a. m. to go and meet him with the team. Ho failed to get his Like a roarer uen Buckshot, a large, raw boned, spotted horse with vicious eyes and Roman nose, laid his cars back in protest; then ho sprang clear of the ground with back arched like a cat aud rigid legs, striking tho earth at every bound, as if there were no such property known to matter as elasticity. IIo varied this unique performance at intervals by a plunging movement fore and aft, like a stout ship ting her brows in puzzled 6 " Wcu, now, thet in a compiim fore breakfast too! And 1 h hardly a word yet. 1 shf Aulas. Did ye hear liim caiue out this morning He paused and glanced significantly at " Mr. Buck Jerrold, who pulled his hat ■brim over his eyes, as if to shade them iroui tuo gtare or uie ore. I'yntma moved uneasily in her corner, Mushed ■crimson and stole a glance at Bruce froui under her droQuiutc lashes. ild t bay wl h a ru h o' bizness in the ruci walls were tiietur a a it an