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Show The Hoy Hero. tl,is before I got fruit tluve years ago, sec- berth a I'm in now, I was ,,can.er bnund tv!V Ii'l LFV i, ' :. . tnc ;,u.tM.. dr.tv. ot .j that ran us late o' that I, altogether in not temper in the world nor tie f'nr the rhici' pn- - t sww-tes- lor n iind mu-- iv ; ill',? cwork.-- As ot extra carro - be was an easy goin sort nut II 111 IS OU Ciiim tuuiu puu ie monun ot the i',if mi o L Liverpool, he third day dowu to me in a precious flurry, loukin' us if snuiethiu' had put him ut ,rom ,.ut considerably. Tom;' says he, "what d'ye think? ik'vt it' we ain't f'ouud a stoway." ,i!iat's the naino you know, sir, as hides themselves wo uive to chap.' as aboard bound vessels, and get carried ,ut unbeknown t) anybody.) -- The dickens you have," says -- Who is I. he and where did you find "I'vatold .you the truth; I ain't . got no mpreip say." The mate says nothin', but looks at hjm a minute, as if he'd see clear f hvnmrK him aDJ then he faced 'round to the men, lookin' blacker than ever. "Reeve a rope to the yard,", he sings out, loud .enough to raisu'the dead; "smart now !" The men looked at each other as "much as to say: "What on earth's a eomin' now ?" But aboard ship, o' course, when you're told to do a thing, you've got to do it, so the rope was rove in a jiffy. "Now my lad," said the mate, in a hard, square kind o' voice, that made every word seem like fittin' a stone a.ltaiiuack Thrashing .4 bone-pickin- g MACHINERY and and WORM into a wall, "you see that 'err rope? Well, I'll give you ten minutes to confess," (he took out his watch and held it in his hand;) "and if you do not tell the truth afore the time's up, I'll hang you tip like a dog." Tha crew all stared at one another as if they could'nt believe their ears (I didn't believe mine, I can tell ye) una then a low growl went amons: i em , like a wild beast awakin' out o' Droppers or , Rakers. - ten-minu- C. EH. I. te -- 0- GROCERIES, HARDWARE & CROCKERY; his head up, and looked my teeth ; "but if ho does, he shall you'd a thought tbe whole go first, if I swing for it." I've been iu many an ugly scrape ship belonged to him. The mate was a sreat hulk in' in my time, but I never felt arf as feller, with a look that 'ud ha' frightened bad as I did then. Every minute i horse, and a voice fit to make one seemed as long as a dozen ; aud the watch regular e jitnp through a ; but the tick q' the mate's a pin. The like ears un warn't a bit afeard he pricked my jMg tuod but there was a straight up, and looked him men were very quiet, full in the face with them bright, precious ugly look in some o' their c!e:ir o' eyes his'n, for all the world faces; and I noticed that three or four if he was Prince Half red himself. on 'cm kept edgiu' for'ard to where Kk did say afterward (lowering his the mate was standin', in a way that voice to a whisper) as how he corned meant mischief. As for me, I'd made "f better blood nor what he ought; up my mind that if he did go for to :md, for my "that hang the poor little chap, I'd kill o' part, I'm rather and take my chance. way thinking myself ; for I never yet him on the spot, !" says the mate, a minutes id common street Arab (as they "Eight 'ill 'cm now) voice breakin' in upcarry it off like him. his great, deep ou might ha' heerd a piu drop as on the sileuce like a toll o the funetbe mate ral bell. "If you've got anything to spoke. "Well, you young whelp," says confess, my lad, you'd best out with in his grimmest veice, "what's it, for yer time's nearly up." you here?" "I've told the truth," answers the 'It was my done as it," boy very pale, but as firm as ever. the in a weak little voice, "May I say my prayer's please?" boy js Jut as btcady as could be. "Father's The mate nodded, and down goes id, and mother's married the again, poor little chap on his knees Mmynew father eays as how he (with that infernal rope round his won't hare no new brats about, eatin' neck all the time), aud puts up his P his wages, an' he stowed me away poor little hands to pray. I couldn't 'ben nobody warn't lookin', an' he make out what he said (fact,my head pv mo gomQ gruu keep me gojn' was in sitch a whirl that I hardly or a day or two till I got to sea. He knowed my own name), but I'll be w I m to go to Aunt Jane at Ilal-- , bound God heard it, every word. an' here's her address." Then he ups on his feet again and And with that he . his hand slipped puts his hands behind him. and says '"o the breast of his and out to the mate, quite quietly, "I'm shirt, w'th a scrap of paper, awful dirty ready!" crumpled up, but with the And then, sir, the mate's hard, on it, right enough. grim tace broke up all at once, like oall believed word every on't, I've seed the ice in the Baltic. Ho "en without the for looks his snatched up the boy in his arms, and m his voice, andpaper; the way he spoke, kissed him, and burst out.a-cryilike fnough to show that there warn't a child; and I think there wasn't one baportho' lyin' in his whole skin. of us as didn't do the same. I know the mate didn't seem to swaller I did, for one. JeJ"n at all; he only shrugged his "God bless you, my boy!" says he, balder with a kind of as grin, much smoothing the child's hair with his "rn t0 old' a bird be great hard hand. "You're a true u with that kind o' and Englishman, every inch of you; you chaff," he says to him: wouldn't tell a lie to save your life !ere mJ lad, that's allvcrv Well, so be as your father's cast you it won't da here-o- me of off, I'll be your father from this day c ait 111 lQe secret, forth ; and if I ever forget you, then m t t( lave it out o' 'em: may God forget me 1" Pint out man as And he kep' his word, too. When y and fed this we got to Halifax, he found out the miy little un's aunt, and give her a lump worse for you." o' money to make him comfortable ; and now he- go goes to see the youngd beart 10 look Kthhl ny 8 ter every toyage, a reg'lar as cao g0d v be ; and to see the pair of them together th,o iitUa chap so. loud o, chap held black-bearde- d key-hol- er ad-w- n 1 ! tw7 te - I - WAGONS, about Liui, C VE GUARANTEE WAGONS e ! ZT m Z. G. M. I. The nearest approach to the hero007 ic coluring given to Indian character d by the poets of other days WE HAVE OPENED IN LOGAN & OC1DEN, BRANCHES OF OUtt WAGON has just been told us by one of the H and MACHINE DEPARTMENT, so .that tho peopU of the Sorthwa participators in a little squabble with Counties can purchase without coming to Salt Lake City. Bannacks one of the & who haunt this vicinity. One day last week, while Geo. Supplied to those points us beiitf the best, after much ttuityiuid exjx?rituce, ho J know tUat Purchaiwt Gohn and Geo. Smith were killing cau rely ud tin TtH'oiiiiiicuilutiuu. bacf at their slaughter-housup the STUDERAKEK WUITEWATKIC, K A X gulch, a Bannack ludian, accompanied by three or four squaws, came ' upon the pcene in search of wood and the legitimate plunder of the the refuse. The CMAMPIOX, WOODS, KXCKLSIOK slaughter-hous- e .Self lordly child of the forest undigni-fiedl- y JIOWEHS, stretched himself upou the ground, and calmly smiled upou his TIIlU SIIIMi MACHINES and SIXKY RAKES. industrious wives as they gathered the trophies. The CJbrtt THOMAS SttftOTiriXU IIAKUOH'. warrant.! to miV the beat iW--t Happening to pass his way, Smith fled ami to t tho heat cultivutur fur gratia, graia, com or potutoo, yut iuvrnteU. Our Uwt Fariur a Harrow on trial. accidentally or otherwise touched the ca.il have These- UrpartmMiti will alo tfve information ami recite ordori for TURBINE WUKXL3, SMUT big Injun's foot with his boot, when MACUIXLS, UR1ST Mid SAW JULL9, or oiunr article uot usually kept iu stuck. , big Injun resented the fancied insult MOSKS T lIATCIir.lt, AQF.XT, UW iX. by laying hold of a clapboard aud the back. swatting George over BAItXABD ATIIITi:, AQENT, OGDKK. More pleased than angry, Smith re8 H. B. CLAWSON, Superintendent. taliated by squeezing the red man's windpipe and shoving him one side, supposing this would settle it. Not so, however, for "Lo" had been insulted, aud his dignity must be appeased, lie accordingly went fyr Smith, and in a rough and tumble fight came out second best. Now right here is where a sensible white man would have quit, and where the traditional heroism of the red asserted itself He had been grossly insulted in the presence of his sunburnt loves, and then ignouii-nousl- y TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS & STOYES; thrashed. It was too much ; and with a voice humbled with shame and a bosom bared to the skies he DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, approached Mr. Gohn with : "Me licked ; me big Injuu, and me no CARPETS, OIL, CLOTHS, You shootee me, want to live. UPIIOIJSTERY GOODS, George you killum me quick me no want to live." CXOTIIIXG, HATS, George remonstrated, but in vain ; tint warrior was disgraced, and wantROOTS SHOES; ed to be gathered to his fathers, and insisted on being killed as he stood Wall smiting his brave; brown bosom before the humane slayer of kiu'e. Chemicals, Mcdlclucx; Failing to convince him that manv a white man got whipped and then had WIXES, EIQUORS, AEE the audacity to want to live Gohn had to lead him away. Sewing Machines, On Smith returning to town and cabin in the evening, the noble BanShoe nack again came and insisted on be- RcNpoke iicnt; and finally persuaded ing killed, Findings, Beltings, &c; Smith to perforin the bloody deed with a "little axe." Stoically stood C5RAIX, RUTTER, EGGS, fcc; the chief under the shadow of the PRODUCE, blade, ready for the sacrifice, and as SCBtTTLER AYAGOXS, BOB SLEDS; it descended with a crash Mr. Indian sprang one side, and you couldn't MACHINERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, &CM&C. have seen his heels for the dust as he struck out for his "wakiup." , , t, 7 , pale-face- h, step-fath- In-- . -- him?" 'Well, we found him stowed away and ten to a nap. :;;nonir the casks Ward ; "Silence there!" shouts the mate, ha' never we'd twigged him at DC in a voice like the roar o' a northsniffed had'ut all if the skipper's dog easter. "Stand by to run for'ard!" Sitch a Van out aud begun barkin'. ! I could a'most and with his own hands he puts the little mite he is too in my baccy-poucpoor noose 'round the boy's neck. The put him he looks be to a little feller never fliuched a bit ; but but little beggar, there were some among the sailors s,mi1 plucked one for a' that." Lid') j, wait to hear no more, but (big stroug chaps as ha' could felled and an ox) as shook like leaves in the deck like a up on wind. As for me, I bethought mymistand a no did see I there eight lad at of my little curly-haire- d self o' man the Jack ake. Every crew, be how and it 'ud if few and what any one passengers we had on home, for to and at the hang him; tvard, was all in a ring in the fore- was to go all on't I in and middle stood the the over, tingled thought vpry nsic, and my fingers tingled theirselves as lirst mate, lookin' as black as thunder. Kight in front of him, lookin' if they wa3 a grappin' somebody's them big throat. I clutched hold o' a handa reg'lar mite among all fellers, was a little bit o' lad not teu spike, aud held it behind my back, ragged as a scarecrow, but all ready. years old with bright curly hair and a bonnio "Tom," whimpers the chief enginlittle face of his own, if it hadn't been eer to mo, "d'ye think 'at he really But bless means to do it ?" n) woful thin and pale. "I don't know," says I, through your soul to see the way that little sky-rocke- (Han. . - aud Paper, Rorlcriii, Decorations; Patent Drugs, and PORTER; iu Variety; Singers' Root and Depart Leather Mun-tnaia- n. him, and not bearin' him a bit o' grudge it's 'bout as pretty a sight as ever I seed. And now, sir, axin' yer parding, it's time for me to be goin' below ; so I'll jest wish yer Chamber's Journal. good night. Married. Wholesale Purchasers and Visitors TO sXjT laze citit WUl find tbe Largest AmorUnmU Z. C. M. I., as aboT, tLal of Merchandise in the Bererol can be seta in lh Weet, and all at fair prices. H. B. CLAW80N, al-t- f At St. Joseph, Mo., Saturday, May 3rd, 1873, Mr. L D. Swigert, of this city, to Miss E. J. Sharp, of St. Joseph. of auperfcUadent. Died. twelve o'clock In this city, at half-paa.m. (9th inet.) after an illness of eight days, Harriet Emma, daughter of Wm. T. and Almira C. Baser, aged G months and 15 dnys. six a.m. Oth inst. of inflamAt half-paGROESBKCITS BLOCK, SECOND SOUTH STREET, mation of the lungs, Julius A. F., son of Julius and Henrietta Kiesel, of thii city, aged nine nonths. Tbe funeral will take Saturday, at S p.m. place On Friday evening, the 9i.h inst, of JUST RECEIVED A LARGE AND VARIED STOCK OV puerperal fever, Sarah Jane, wife of JJAVE Thos. W. Jones, of city. Deceased was the daughter of Thos. B. and Catherine Foy, was born at Warsaw, Illinois, Feb. 6th, 1840," came to Utah with her parents ia 1800, was 1M. married to T. W. Jones, April 8rd, 1856, and was the mother of nine children, seven of whom are living to mourn her loss. Her last child was born April 13th, and from the effects of parturition WKieh. they are offering at lower prices than she never recovered. She was a faithanj ther house in the eit.. ful member of the Church of Jesus A fttock Christ of Latter-da- y having been baptized in her childhood, aad contina ingfirra and steadfast in,tha fokh to tho ' OT AJJ. KINDS, AT end. She was a devoted and- affectionate wife and mother, aM was loied and respected by all who knew her. The funeral will take place st G. F. CULIEB & CO., st SALT LAKE CITY, tis Groceries Window Glass, Iarzc Sait, - Sunday., at 2 p.nu of English Vamislies F&s4a ire, invited. Orders frcm tov&trj: Prompt!? FlQ&d. U$ |