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Show H II " ONJJMMP. HH I li t I Tbs Southern IarU1spreei teat puflloir, jHHfl I l fjl i through the Botaloioepnereof ILeArlsoo SH I El M drttrt, between Yuma ami Ileoion. TL fl I V g beatwaa iDlente. Even tba taUatlr baa HflJ I li FrabHaco drummer bad eollspted la a flflR II'1" teelterlDB beapou th Dil ftat Totht flfll bV tired pattens-era th hot houreaeeired end HHJ I li I ' Irnly long. Hudritolr tie brakctnaa ta B 1 l! I tared, IrlDirlBHwlta rjlmaeloudof black flflj i"; , amoki and alkali dntt. With one haul he flfll I r i abut tba door, wblla with tha fll.tr ha HHH I III I . tlraeied a heap ol rage Into tba car. flflH I Jj i, "sfo you war ineakla' a rlda, war? 7011? HHH l.u ii Wall, you b a lough aut, aura enough. HHH I Ir r Got earthing ter aay feryertelp" flflji i naDgtirawllhlalhatatltraatraliibtrcail flfll I T . Ittelf up. wiped tli atksll duttlroin III flflfl I ill eye, eeiayed to speak, then pointed loth D I 8 4- Urn walar taak and sank heck to tba Boor K I l U eaheuited. flflH I I ' j Tba poor critter's 'bout dona up," aald flfll j 'I tLe man front Tesat, "nbcra'anir llatkf" flfll 111 "w here'djou yet tht poor cuttl" atked HflJ 1 1 I tba Sen Fraoclaco drummer, wiping bla HeJjWJH I Jj I replrlng brow. HH I J . j "round blm oo tba braka Warn when wa H l(, I atopptil at tba walar taak'aald tbt brakf- B I I 1 u,in H If I "Orrat baatanal roa doa't mran toiaf H that man'a lnrldlog un'lrr Ibla car,1 B I J, ( tlaculalrd Ilia ilruramrr "Oh, IrJI and H II rvabttollttlngharogrnmbllnffabouttha HHH K , btat aad tba Incao dKrrta of lata. loor flflH 1 j -i 1 111 f 1 "lla'a alt rliibt 'tilt wa gal to K1 Paio, flflH I Jl I ' now," rrmarkrd tba conductor. (ialnt b i tba law to put a mao oil al thla part of tl t H Q, road. lut a ld liar ntT onca, found hla flfl l!)t pack and aflaaakclttoaa wrtk lalar." FflB I t Tba tramii at lait rrinlatd bla brratfa'. Ir i andtbatrntlrrhrarltdTcxaaaatutelhlm TSflJ Mi I ' loaarat. Rufll :i Ma wat a man ot rnldlla agr, with a jfll fl atubUa baard aoil a araat arar runulnu H II j J diagonally acroat hi forahaad, from tba flflH III' I acalp to tha right chrtlc llliclotbri, or flflH Jj ' tl tattrra, denotad him tranip a wtittrn flflfl li ' I ' tramp at that. B (J1 it "Hungryr'aikrdthaTttan, flflfl Min "lladnotblo frr thirty all honra" flflfl Hi 1 "fltnllfinto," remarked tba Taiao, Ma flflfl Ir ttrangtr'a at yer door," H l 1 "Yer all white," aald tha tramp a tail H i bour later, aa ba pulled a match out ot hla flflfl ht pocket aad ueedli (or a toothpick. flflfl if J "(lentlemea, you'd harillr think I owned flflfl II' M a baina by ray looka, would yerl but I do 1 A aad a good oaa at that. (leorgo Caltert B 1 I t I ainytltla. Tblrtryrara nil ago luol B i.' la aay that haadle cama to ma from Iird flflfl I lleltlmora, tha Jamaatown l'drllaa, but J flflB 1 If ) ' never aaya It bow," flflfl 1 1 Ir "Thal'aa party tough wlpa you'aa got flflfl ifi tbar, partaar," retnarkeil tha Taiau, re- BBBBJ I)' j Hctfullyaylngthaauir acroaatbalramp'a BBBBJ li' J orabead. "Ualharan Injuu atory tbarf" BBBBJ I 1 BBBBJ I j Abdthatraniplookadoutodhawlulow flflH 1 1 !f with awliUul aspreaUea on hit acarred BBflH (I u' faca IWora prorecdlatf BJ ill' . "That arrapa inter coma from an Injuat 1, etcotnafroniaOreaar, and hit bonea bet I ' Ueu picked loag ago by tha cayotat out li t vlbar." 1 ' . J "Taint often I Ullt ray woaa, 'cauie no. ll -tl ) j i tody betletee my atory. AVouId yon Ilka ; to know why fin wearing ragt and rldla' If 1 J af on car truckaf BBB AiV" i "'" ,h " 'M I " jounit wan BhBA 'Jl'jlrl aludyla'lawlalloilan, wltkeiKooil pr BBBfl J i ! Icla ahead eaapyiaautter bed afore him. BBBfl f I HfJ 5 Ibedjuitcoraelnferflte tbouiaudby tha BBBfl 1 . ' I dealhof an nncla, tha lait of kin. One BBBfl 'It 1JJ taulng.ataaoctaiboci.IniatMary-doo't BBBBJ t li natter about bar other aama-an l-wall, BBBJB , U1 ' 'twaa a oaaa af Ion f rani the word go, fibo BSB3 waa a rich uan'e daughter; my wealth BBB If 1 didn't go fer much Vlatl lha gottrbor'e, BhBB I, ll' tut then 1 had proipNta. BhbBJ I'": "Thlngt went on ei allele at inaalbla frr BSUB I J a time, wben my health failed, and tba BSQ I doctort ordered real and change. Tba gold BhMQ i feteratruckme.aad I mada upmymlnd BBBfl " one Jar to dig for a fortune lu Californry, BflBH ' aud get my beallh In the bargain. 'L'ourea BflBB 11 In Mary crlrj, and 1 Kite up tha trli twice, BBBBj " tl but finally got atartaL BBBB . K ( "Oenllrmcn.Iloredthatgalefaterinor. BBBfl III' "' I"1 aDy rthliT on UiHl'a green enrthl BBBB '! 1 uanl to lla amlerlbe great ky roof on BBBS ( 1 1 tba iiralrla at night, wrapped In a blanket, BflBH 1 atarlu' at tba alare, building great big gold BBBBI 1 I uetlea, and uany'a ll tibial turued my BBBBj I ! L' head round to go back to Mary. U BflBfl I !i. 1 bl geba back I'd uater been here. BBBBJ ' j( J I "Wall. 1 reached tha digging! Anally BBQgB f J andIocatedaclalmctio'dllll!,andlnal( BBBBI nil' ' I moatha laid aaayqulta a blla, I waan't BBBBJ ' I much on drink then, and I didn't bev the JHJHJI ' Y l led bote! ha' bow, BBBB , I "One day a letter coma tellln ma tha BJBJBJl ' I goeernor bed dropid all be owned In tha BBBBj ' ' I luaa of tbret ablpa. Thla didn't bother ma BBBBlT a 1 I liiuch. 'llout tbrea montba aklpwd by, I1111" and another eatae wblcb maila me wild. l.l Tla letter waa all full of Iota and tear I ' alalut, and eaul that tha man who had I $ aateil the goveraor from completa ruin I '! wanted to marry her. She objected, 1 I , courae, and lha old man cuaicd and I I atormed.and tha new loiar waited, nkt- j fulllke, . J ' I wae for golo' home, but Mary aald bo, BBBBBRwaaBi li . . at M .ill my cliancet. BflMUj li ) "Wall, tba and come at laat Phaman Bf Q .. rledblm. Thanewadaie.tiueetflnt,frl H j 11 I couldn't gat et through my head. Then 1 flflfl ,J I j' , la't tha lUiuluga for nowhere, and ended H I up-well, I Oballylnil a party otacoula, HHHB '1, and eanderetl over lha wtttern countrr H Mli llghtln' Injunt. EBBBJ f IIS "Two jeara later J waa one of a party of BJBBJrl 1 Jf j 1 1 tr proipeclln' la lha Wahaatch luoun- BBBBI 'llS! talne, In Ulan. We bad tallied fer camp BBBBj) ( K one ereulng In a ulural caet not far f roin B 'i I S) a precipice, from wbar wa could look la BBBBlj f, f 5' the ralley and orer about two mllra to tha BBBBj . I ft atage coach trail, wlnillu' In an' out 'tween BBBBj f '1 1 1 the mountalua. H kii! "Iwaaatandln'on a rocklookln'at tha J li I II valley underneath, wben 1 aaw tha ataga. jj V fh way upon lha trail, roundin' lha JB f! ,1 bluer. Icalledlhalioyttocoaieandaeaet.frr BBBBI twaaaomathln'totealatbemdaya. Wa BBBBj I Kiulntadthmukboorglanea at lha coach, BJBBBJ .11 I ami wared our hate, though wa knew they BJBBBJ 1 i-oulJn't aaa. Suddenly 00a oft be boya aald BBB I u.uan aicludway. 'Uoymher'ra golu' H l ,j toboattackedtteelliem forma ilodglu'ln t ,' au'outrouud thetblulIC 'Sura auougb,' H '!)j .1 aaldlbawbolecrowd.'buthownrawegoln' H I f'j lowarnlhemt' Wa ttood lhar healutln' BBBJBJI :, U '"" ' w "w lha coach atopi then wa all BBBjBJ I1. maden ruth together for lha trail. BJBBBJ k, 1 I I "lookuaoterau baurto get lhar.and BJBJBJJ , 'J fund the women huddled agalott tba H J 1 j, CHIT, tba drlrer and two menthol, ami cue BJBJBJU J' I i'I woman gone. They'd Uen attacked by BBBJM "il, ' I ! Molva, a .Meilcan halfbreed, and ble gang 1 ' cuilhroata. The men, herded by the H J butbandcf Ihanomaa Mola bad atoleu,' 4 !' lJ followed Iba band In moult The 1 I butoand of tha woman, the women laid, H Jtm about craiywl' grief, aud ted he'd flnj H , her If he had to blow lha mountain tky Hl high to do It. H u "Captain Walton beaded ourparly, and Hl bo knew entry nook In the range, Jl "'I'll bet my boon,' told lha captain, BBBBI 1 '"" they'te goue oler to Uoar'a Head H I I canyou.ef wa can't llnd Ihem lhar well H iK, "vUat.iLicutvaUauttluiitlopc, " Wa didn't lea nclbto' tutplclont et the caayoD, and, after a hard pull, rearbed tbt care. Wa were climbln' along the top o' tha bluff, wheo tba capt'n tuddenly wblt pared a ball, and we all laid low Twaa a atarry night, an 1 tha oipt'n bad rnn acrote a bole In ilia lurf there emoka waa comln' outlnclouda, Tbia waa tha chimney of tha cave fifty feet below la tha blnrf "Tha women aald thtr waa fifty In tfte partyt wa 'lowed they were mhtakeo jtfler aome parley tha capt'n bit on a plan which might work. Tbar were lea 0' in; nine war to lUy on tha hliilT while .the chimney wat being choked, while one, which war me, wat to crtwl down to tba entrance 'o the care, and when tha crowd tuehedont t wat 10 tklp In and grab the woman. Tba bnya above would lira on lha crowd and gel tber attention to that (mint "The plan worked. 1 wat all tare behind a rock at tba entrance wheb four or fire of lha gang tome out wl' tbar haodt to tbar epee, coughln' The boye on top begun flrln', and toon tha whole crowd come out In a hurry Took ma about two tecoodi to get loalite the cave. The tmoke near ttlfled me but I crawled It wbar I could hear a winan coughln' Didn't lake me long to get her out The woman waa hangln' on me, half dead, and I waa Iclllu' tip the tide of tbohlulT, wben all o' aiuddenwe rnn right agin the llg Meilcin He grunted aometliln' In Meilran.aml felt fer lit. Ilia btnd touched the woman Thenwecloed. I tried 10 hit hint with the butt of my re. volter, Itutadowawatd alrokeof hit arm knocked It flyln' Then 1 rrathed fer my bowle ami, while doing eo, got Ihlt wipe acroaalheface I waa abunt bllmled, but Igutloalungeon him which fltr-l llm llotlmyhead then, ami the boyt fuiind me lying right mi the Greater. The woman waa gone, uo one bad aeen her. The Inye found fer tha neat day lyln'et tba foot o' the bluff-dead, rtbe'd run ott lhar In Ibe dark, I wat lying In camp wben the boya brought her In, an' I mutt ha' been party weak, ftrlhemloetl taught tight o'lhat fare, all bruited and cut, I fainted dead away. It wat Mary, I never told lha boya. Her huthend carried her away; but not 'fore I touched my tin italned llpa to here. Iledldn't anffer mora n I did, fer I bed to bid my fealln. Iter htitband waa a wealthy mine owner, ILty told me, and bed taken hla wife with blm on on of hla butlneaa tripe, "All Iba money 1 hed hoarded upwrnt Ilk inlttarter that S.iii,.llinrt I'tdaen on ray feet tlace, but bot fer long at a lime I.uck't agin me. I Ilka lb Ufa though. I've been In many a ecra, but allueiomeouln,k. l'rhap Ibcvn'theil enough trouble to pleaae fate." "Mind telling me tha nam of the mine owner!" atked the drummer. ".Vo FilaeUrkla'antweml lha tramp, reUlifff hla head from bla Laoda. "Of Ibiatonl" "Vet." ' One of the richeat men In Ilottoni know blm well," rrmarkrd tba ilruinmer. "lly tJeorgel I'll write to blmt ba'll put you on your feet In goodebape" Tha tramp raited blmtelf proudly to bla full height. ; "i'arlner, yomay U a whll rnant ao be I, and I don't want no help from thet quarter, quar-ter, I'll tttrve fuit." "Hi I'aeo," called Ibebrakeman. "W liar ye be goln' lol" atked tba Teniu "I'm raakin fer Urleana." "Iloya, chip lu," loultvllla Courier-Journal. Courier-Journal. t |