| Show t tp t 1 11 tl h a A S I I M in f mm v r 1 f I A WOMAN m I I SHack s Dack Hack oer the tho path of the pioneer Bad Back ncr ier o r the desert derl lone lont The endless endle a span pan Auld And nd caravan canavan caravans a sea s unknown I wan wait all lost once on said mid Id a young tel tet tl Un r of the Teton basin buill us u I I be sat t among some Il mo old pioneers pioneer plon re on Pioneer day dl were going the rounds of or all nil assembled dating tack hack principally pall pally to ro that bygone byon pilgrimage In quest quett of or a land by b a IJ i crystal Ma sea Our Oar young or Os pioneer the true trull son EOn of his fathers father tad Lad something to tell of hta hili hi own on ox ex experience and continued I au a aa on my m way war tc te the burin basin with witha a load of al freight for Cor winter and running somewhat of 01 a risk rik to 10 be traveling teUn over oer that toot great r t waste wille of or country fo so late In the th frill fall I bad had a as I thought escaped all storm and called myself lucky aa as I J came game into view of 01 our beautiful valley all and nd the Teton peaks peak kII I crowed too soon oae I guess CU Just Juat Justas at as n dusk duik waS waff coming on and nd I 1 neven mites mile from Crom my InT claim dalm n 1 slight alight w storm began whirling about bout I 1 paid paki littI lit it tI heed to It at tint first so 10 o sure ure wan waa I of ot reaching r my shuck shack In good season It w was not long however before the around ground was nae 1 white the Ole road obscured and arid my m guides guide and the th tow to towering ring ering peaks lost to tn view I 1 jogged Jon 1 Hong flono cheerfully enough my horses horte 1 knew krew every step 1111 of ot the mU so 10 o many times time hail hall they covered the distance Put rut by b and by b they stood Mood till 1111 looking about through Ih uh the whirling moist they the ther t were rte Ill puzzled bewildered and so 10 o was waa W I It II ua was then I realized I WM was U and ard a d M l near home too I 1 dM dl the het Mot I t could rould we Wf traveled tr for hours hour and nd miles mile ml without reaching r anywhere I Anally gave cave f up cared for lor my horae horses end nd nII crawled beneath Ih my tarpaulin an con n dei the Ihl A bright bt morning light I ht awakened ina rne and I stand Muriel up to find thud I J had ramped camped within a few tt feet of my m myown own cn Strange nl It M A near home om and 1111 yet et el H III as 1 J trawled traveled about In that thai whirling world orld of while whits t I never felt fell M so completely east cat It adrift In an un unknown unknown known ea fIR never ee alone af and yet tt et never so IiO o rear near 1 my m Maker This tut lut aa as put pal ru me m to t sleep leep I pipes up me Ulf IN veer neer Alone and Ind yet get not nett alone A n nI I crossed the plain plains tn In thud And that Mil out That great t silent desert 11 where nothing but bat tied remains t Hark Bark la eer 0 the t path of crI the tM Off oer the shifting Bach tn to the h bent t tor Of or weary feet t Into the tile land landI 1 I crossed r ih till the plains plain when I 1 wee was I Ii i 7 i years old Aid raid II W a wo we woman weman man nl n a I little beyond HOnd the I middle age m s sand and I think what hat stand MIN o tilt out In hold bold el sal relief that wretch fit M f h hot fI shifting send la is I my m III poor feet t trl Yr Yes rl I 1 walked a part pan or T the Ihl way vay 01 a I gaum JU torn Mother would run rui and j Au the lb III of ni nl arc tiny tint ankles kl after prayer Irara were mid Id rod f 1 Minn n became la In healthy health sleep 1 and early the Ille 1 I wa war a a Ill always I way ready t tt start out nut i un n m my days daya day tramp tamp again One Oil I rl ie I J distinctly remember however how Mother piles piled me m kite Imo the wagon n with the baby Nh ibis was waa sleep urto A As wP I I crawled alo alI g in Is I he the dual daM lIa and hat 1111 t i ithe the oxen with thee thone of f he the Ihl i entire train 1111 aster ai r rand rId and Id naturally stampeded Aw w j whirled heiter pel 1 bump B R aryl and pi ill i i s l flew fler n in r rr ery IU like A n ri I U lr I wa was 1111 bounced Up Mp and anti I loo 1 soA shaken n k ii up rep but bul I inn Isar inna HII l I a sac e l to tr hold tn to h the baby and the si sit tl i ii I If i if t f th Ih wagon n till rill we came m t II to nn if I UIt t roll Pause auw In n II cold Ift stream rum It ItAI m AI I r Irma arm that needed i that right Ith I I should hould rather think I t do It makes me tremble Ir stow now I J never fX c x to find and my m children alive 1111 Yet Vet ft i I did and 1111 that hlll night set ct my m tr bread l i Ia aa se a upset t though thou h I J was Vc Yf al after litter upper supper f when the chil hll dren ere ero In lf bed d I set It the tho bread for that entire company I and ond while hll all nil allWN were WN Rt lit breakfast t next net morning the breed bread was baking And never did III ne bread brend forth Corth such rood good wholesome odor to the till desert air said the tho th sweet faced aced woman How than InAn loaves Ion grandmother lilt Ilion a you ou I never had hod h time to count them my nu nl dear II besides the men en Here nert fir im impatient ilent to 10 start Back oer o r the path of ot the lute pioneer track and nil trail The prairies hutli built And gray use Ilac to our waiting smiling vale tale As 1 I lilt aft here bore tonight hl Mid 1 a very Cr old resident of ot our smiling vale Hi Ili tenting to tn the tho whir and hum of 01 the this trolley car and automobile the plain l loom looms out of ot tho the p past PUI like ilkI a vague fU dream In III tho the silent ll mt I of 01 the night when wh n the hush huah of 01 the prairie emr d unbearable that aWe aw vs i fun ful hush huah words MellI iv I would tit lt t within th the circle of or our wa wagons alOn ont a 8 lonely lon ly little company compan talk lalk i Ing In of or ear nur hopes hOIl for tor the future rf of a II beautiful city elt by bJ a II salt resit It tea sea lint Hut 1 In Inthe the Ih when h we would turn oar nur suet I westward rai ard facing fach that gray ePa Pal I I I of Ir sagebrush a 1 is far III as a our rye i I reach perhaps some of 01 u us UI At d of or ever lr those UIO hopes hO A and ami I dreams of the night before Yet 1 by that light that never ner wa war AI on In land laud i or ea sea our band like n a 1 ship on ml III an unknown sen en tar sure enough I I I reached port and here h we are lire In th Ih J midst of ot that very ver 11 city thAt lo mN up lip out oat of r the hush huh and silent mid midnight night watches of or the h plain i iRack Rack Hack oer the path It of 01 th tM the pioneer r flack nack to 10 oar our c h MA MI MARack Rack ak to 10 our Mil a 4 And the Ilif breath of GC lei freedom eternally LADY LADT LD RABBlE RABBIE I C |
