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Show S(l. Mini: MAILS. I-OHTAI. (ritVICK l Tin: iuickv SIOl'.N. TAiiAHAaiTarritiiJi. Hcalllo JW Jnltlllngenctr: Tho rr.ot welcome of all lu the mining canirarup In thu Ilotky MounUlii iieaka are the mall carrlera. llravo, hardy fellow they are, that climb II, o la-nka on nuw-tlioe, dellvirliiR thu mall and many preclouataickai that ulna) a fill Ihe laiuoli. Delivering the mall In the mounulni In mld-wlnter la at dltlliiilt and daugerou work. Hometlmea the carrlei la awept awav by a inow.llde, ami moutha roll round ' Lerore the brav e fellow nnd tnallaiucli arefouud. About llfly t-f theta. mountain moun-tain mall carrlera Iota their lives )ar-lyon )ar-lyon thudangerouatralla lu Colorado carrying the nulla on uow-uoe to Ihu frontier uiluliigcamj- In Utah. Idaho and other Ada of Ihe Wint In llio anmu manner they force their way over the lofty rangt. Homo mountaineer arn mowed lu for the winter, and It I lmolblc to naclitliem; but ua far at ualbl the remotiat aettlemcnU lu tho vallc)aud on thu ml of thu Ilotky Mountain have tho mall tent them, The carrier lu thu froulli r or the Kinky MouiiUlna ilra the mall tack, uaually a No. 4, on lila bai k, laita on Ida Norwegian tiiow-ahoi , and with a long gill. ling, polo atari on hi weary climb uvirtho ratigu. U.uilly tin re la a itoHdat th lltllo frontfir inalottlcu lo wlih Idm good luck. Only linn of known atrength and courage can do thl work, for U pound of (tiler, iikt aud lockage Iwcome very heavy and bur-delieomu bur-delieomu III climbing thu nioUllUlua. Theae carrltra kuuw the (aaka, jtaaa. caand trail a well a th dty ear-rlera ear-rlera do th itrctU and number of their dl.trlcti. Hut eomtllmea thu atormaareaoaevvre that even the old niounUliiivr grore wtak Willi Ida heavy burden and ilnka aluiuat ex. tainted In hla obacuru Irall. Willi a cumpaa In hla hand he tartfully feela Id way nloug the pretlplct and tlau-geroui tlau-geroui plinie, aud often tho itorni la aoiovcruand blinding Hint lie la com-tailed com-tailed loilndaheltcruiidtrKiniufileiid. lyrlift ordlg for hlnuelf a bed In thu mow liank. If un fuel be handy lie mint kotpawak all night, fur lie. ii would mean a rtt from which ho on Id not awaken. Although Al-though their gnat overcoata and cloth-Ingmay cloth-Ingmay look rough, jit thelrundr-wear thelrundr-wear would pleaae the fancy of the icalhetlc Thu moat of them have allk underwiar, coating from tM to $10 a lilt. Under Ihu rough-looking glove aru handaomo allk outa 'Ihu allk krei thu cold out aud reUlna tlio.heat, and, If hard u. it luounlalu mall-carrier mall-carrier will buy t heap outer clothing to AYu money hr a liaudaomu and warm u!tofa!!k underwear and glove. Un reaching thu tununlt cf the mouuUlii the carrier thouldtr thu iwle, and t lacing hi aiiuwaliot (loae together eglnahladeacent. TlieulJ Minora on Ihu trail will go down the mountain with thu awlllnoM of tho wind, a mllu minute. Hut woe to the one who la liiexirlvtictal, lor outallpalhe guiding ule, up come muwAhoce, and thuuufortuiiateLarrlcr, niall-wuk and all, goea rolling down Die mouiilaln. Homttuue tho Ice aud mow aru a hard and miooth a glaia. Thocarrltrvof the Itocky MouiiUtn are aa exiairt aud agllo a Ihu chaiuol liuuler uf tho Al. nud Ihe man who can not ke n hi Hiulllbrlum, ruthlug with lightning wil down the mountain moun-tain I hardly woilli a iHialtlon under Unci Ham, for th! work lu mid continent. conti-nent. The erlloui trip trlnga htm to tome little mining tamp lieatl.il In thu mcuntalna. What a Joyful greeting he receheal There are ieoplu therufrom the 1-wt, far away New llngland. and the tilliuy Houth. Humutlnita, he la delayed de-layed by Ihu atorm on the range, and alrtady the men of thu tamp havu lneu aearchlng for lilm, ftarlng tliat he had been loat or awept away by u terrl blelollde. Where la the pint olllcet I ii tho toruer of the lltllo atore or rude hotel. The villager! collect, and all are eager to learn thulatcat iiuwa auJ read their Mien. I'erchancu tho car-rkr car-rkr ha otlur tiotnt to reach. The IkiucIi laojienedaiid ttio mall puurcd cut on thu floor. Thu frontier jmat mailer pick out what tehnga t'r lili olllce, and the rut I put tin k Into tin pouch, to be larrrlcd itlll further to It. dtdlnatlou. Hwau Mluu, the Hwtde mall uirrltr of the Han Juan, u-a lt In n mow allde December "1, ISot, and waiiiot foun I for nearly two ytara. HI route waa from rjllviitolito() Mr. Only the tiraviet would allcnnt the Irlp through thettorm tNlltoii waa warunl againat making Ihe altomft. A tirilbletlorm aa raging between Hllverloii aud Uplilr, aintlhoiu who had Uvu the longeat ill the Itocky Mountains told him he could not nach Oi.hlr In that mountain temjeil. Hut Nllaon would not listen to Ihelr warning!, and even If ltwererlloualiomuii go. It wa two da before Christmas, and hi inill'pouoh waa larger and fulh r than usual. lleiokeof the old ('lirlltmtu tlmelnfrirHrteiiAnd how people nf every (lime IovkI to ivlebrato It. He knew hi mall pouch contained Chrlitnn present frum the cast, anl the o loofOidilr would eagerly look for hi coming. "11 will not be ('lirl.t-ma ('lirl.t-ma at Ophlr," tald llm canler'unlesa I gel there with this old mail (touch," AtOihlr tliu iiilniii of the camp were walling and longing for tlio ap-iiearaiK ap-iiearaiK of Ihe faithful leitcr-iarrttr, t'hrlstmaa eve catnti, lull allll Hwau NIImjii liid not la-en espleit nu the luuuntalii trails, w here many an anxious anx-ious ejehad lieu turned. All thus, whllu those at Hllveilon were atixloua, Hie inlucr atOjhlr were becomltig apprebtntlvu at the delay. ChrWuia (anio and went, and still nothing of the luall carrier. Hearclilng ivtttlc went out on th trail, but there wa nothing to be tttu or heard of the lost carrier. During the summer the search continued ly one or two frlenda, but still there wai nothing learned of lb fate of HwAu. Another year rolled round, and during Hie ummcr nuothi r search war made, and on llio l.1lli uf Augiiit, IhSl. at Ihe lottoiilofafeliow-laiik, thn Itk and shovels of the searching imly utifow r l the l.ily of Hwau Nllwii, Aud still strapped bi lila luck was the old rout h with 0 Mr Christina mall, 'the lot k waaruilr and theoucli ha,to betiit ou. The waxuii thutiirrtiicy ick Age had rotted a hole through tho gretnbAcka. Home of the mall was moldy, but n finrt of It could be read mille easily, ltcceiitly I waa looking oyer the old mall-pouches that have liern stored away lu the luiprctor'a de-lairtuientof de-lairtuientof thn Deuxr aisloflliH. "Hirultl,"uld thvlmpcclor, pull-lug pull-lug out from near th ladtom of Ihe pile the old mall-iioinli ofHnan Nil-son. Nil-son. A card had Iwell tied ou tlio loiicli, uiur thu old rutty lock, on which was wrltli u tlio following: "Thla mall-iHiucti waa In a snow, slide on the dead carrier' lack for twenty months, near Ophlr." |