Show A LUCKY tho no story of 0 f a 0 glad alad ot at rose ranch HEN 11 EN tho t h 0 long grams was wai green filoso W 31 ranch was ono 11 1 1111 of tho the prettiest prett lest k little in all Nort northern bern but now that it gaspre hii iro and daud elloso ak I 1 ranall loukos glum and drear drcar tinder the pallid no vember sh somehow Sonn tiow the appear a nil 11 e co 0 of 0 things lial had an unusual unus uil rout on tho th loril lord and roaster of main and ho felt plum glum and drear too lie io stood on the front step ot of tile little white dwelling which lie ho had with tila his own ianda mid and loania airall ono one of tho the heavy door posta scowling dismally what a big strong handsome hand somo fellow john ellsworth Elli orth wasl jl it was odd that 10 ie had never married being at liast least I 1 1 1 f 4 HUT BUT ITS TOO fajt foil oil XOU OU TO WALK twenty seven ho was just biln llio man to win all of a womans comans love imi and vasso was so much of him to got lonesome hut but his lideh life hid 1 d been devoted to sterner things tann thoughts of love notwithstanding his indomitable spirit and liis his untiring industry it hai ha 1 taken him years single singo handed and unequipped door johns n waa w as greeted grec tedy by diz 1 appearance of jessio jessie carell the marm mann 0 sassafras as somo some called her who tie lived ul at colonel 18 a mile to tile the north bortl of rose ranch anil and taught laugh 1 tho the sassafras school nearly three miles to tile tho south sho she passed johns homo home therefore every day and lio lie jollied joined tier her and accompanied her to tho door of tile tho bouso this wa was 3 when v hen cephas bludson was not along she was a sweet little woman no ono one could help thinking th that t usually she rode a black pony po ny on oil her trips back arid forth to school but on this particular morning bho WAS walk IDS g john brightened at sight might of her and as sho bo came up and smiled a ff lio lie ill went down tile the path and took posses elon it of her books and lunch basket ilow lows 8 it como come youre walkin this morning 2 ho he asked as thoy passed down tile tho road Wh dros ros the pony 11 doe doc got out among the range horses last night sho she answered an I 1 thought I 1 walt waft till he was caught I 1 can stand walkin today to day as theres no school at all t tomorrow to 0 morrow Thanks thanksgiving givin theta so lint hut its too far ter for you to walk jessie ill see thet you ride back this evening ill have one 0 my ponies down to tho the schoolhouse school house ter for you cephas Is goin to bring doe doc down ho he said her eyes fell as she said this the frown returned to johns brow darker than ever ile he said bald nothing for a moment then he shifted tho the books on his arm and muttered some tiAng to the effect that it amig might fit snow big for or Thanks thanksgiving gIvin 11 sister Car carries rips cominto comin comanto today to day to spend nand and a month with rno ho be j informed her presently comin from ohio yes shell get fret to houston station on the afternoon train an ill meet or from all youve told roe about abou t carrie I 1 think id like to seo see her very much remarked tb 0 young sab ool rn warn maaine earnestly would you said john ill 11 tell you tou pose you depend at rose koso ranch an carrie ill 11 got up a rous indinger in dinner for us as im sorry sho she began paused and continued im m sorry but I 1 promised cophas cephas to go over to galloways Gallo Gallow ways ayli with him tomorrow to morrow 11 seems like you an Cephas aro are bavin a good deal to do with ono one another 0 lato late john muttered in a hard voice tole then le fao added ive been th chinkin inkin 0 you all marnin iho 11 judging from fram tho way ho he spoke this it was not nob unlikely that bis big thoughts ot of her had bad affected him more than the weather 1 I chopo you thought good things she eh eadd id pleasantly t 1 I heard you loa an cochu were gogul to marry lie ho said 11 10 wac A i sho she glanced up tip at him quickly who told that sho she asked tho the subject was sud suddenly donly dropp droppel cl at tit this is point cephas canio up tip and lid bluster iniz saluted them gloomy day aint it ellsworth b ho 0 ifopo it wont snow aford I 1 goeback pot buck from tho station coln own tod today to d day ay joh john n to tile stati station 0 n yes this nf ter john answered qui fitly dillwo ill wo you thorf there babbo it he muttered 1 I reckon it must bo so mo that afternoon lie ho wont went to houston staLlo nf which was a good eight milci from ruse ranch and when abo train from the north camo came thoro there was citric car alo as ail radiant and gladsome as of uil ud As an tho the two started in wagon maeon for fol tile tho ranch john noticed co cc ahas entering tile tho stations liquor in company with two youns young follows who acro notorious norr io do wolla wils it proved that this tah was tho the bf ginning of is a tit thanksgiving drunk on the part oththo aconis like alko hoa hes forgot hll to tako take thu tho black pony fur for jessie john J hn thought t and sister worn wore I 1 at meriting meeting again after tapir long icca apa ration and tho the miles etro traveled quickly i tainy ahad harlly hardly left lct 10 lo station Bt illon when ann julin it paar pAi lr it in it grim kobul Ko cold lul und and was howerin lowering 9 lod 84 a ewrin was near if llo up the horses and alicy sped along rapidly rip lilly I 1 darher and darker grew tho the john thought tie lio had k knuch a 0 ewrin to approach so ao it became bitterly cold an anil d th jbf IN wind I 1 blew from tile north Sud suddenly donly and ADLI snow beann to fall ami 1 1 kaow alv that ilmy were in the or nr divot of those terri terrible blo blizzard i of u the west ile hu finajo carrie am COM fordable for table as alpos with s lib his big bliff alo rola shawls and up tip hini solf all lio be buts ti I 1 they stillfred Bui stil rond lOred fromi tho cold ity tho the they reap lipil sassafras Sansa fras school worn two tw of snow on tile ground and I 1 it t was waa failing jn in a blinding nood flood tile abo was HS de deservio and led jolin john t of oplie in th alio 0 biloon tit at tilt tho station alit lon and condl rod I 1 if I 1 t fur for tho the black pony thoy wro still muro than a mile from coln roke kr ranch 1111 when a 11 linian a ft hlll los I 1 in tile snow 81 1181 sv tilt borss to shy S and J brought i all 11 arf h farthi is sea ni t 1 a ll 11 n sEiri 01 mv bmw wa victim burcat heavens carrlos Carr Car riol lot lio lie cried its jessio abo 1110 babool idnani 0 sassa kassa frasl carrie did ant hear hini stung by tile anil tho ballog lillini lill iii vold and friable nod liy by their mastor M s spring from his tile horsek had plunged furar fir aril dand anil lindi lindiner llin lini nir no restraining band nl at the llie blia for fir hands were and numb with alin cul cobl they dusted anay over tho leaving jolin joint standing ly in tho snow over din Imin finato tonn form of 0 tile toa chert jolin john lost not a t in ili idle con tump lation of tho situation Ua tho little in liia his strong arms anus and holding li oldin lir her close against ills his breast lir past that flint blia anig glit al ali fiore sonio sonic of tho atin brij nati itom hiim lili JIN owl MI person pc rion lio lie boldly struck ih alir snow in the wako tf of the la aich hall hail now entirely roly disappeared in tile storm at lastRo sn ranch was reached d and alii ru at tho patu gate stood tv run runaway A N vily tram team with beads dawn and davir bodies luil ps walh cold and nt it tile was cirrio carrie and half jl ft warmed armed by tile tho alre which in ill the guile and in tho the act of di dispatching hing tile tho herder bordor to julina relief john did not tell her where choro cephas was but lie ho that silo bo could not go to galloways Gallo Callo ways now and after till all would bo be their thanksgiving guest sho she was glad gild of 0 it silo sho said tho the two had a long talk the next day 77 A 7 1 WM ma rl IV A 5 VJ s WE inq ITS SCHOOL MAAM 0 6 while carria was that rousing dinner cephas told it ho be said in answer to her repeated question well it is not tho the least lit bit true abo informed bam 41 IM d marry arry cephas Blud sool I 1 honest boy found ox ex then tho the big tor for hla hia love at last and ho he wn WEI electrified by the mee aness of tier ncr an asom abor |