Show JOHNNY L alili ll 11 l l croall ganyou vai ky si il tl arted him in 01 twenty years of IN lk ago age six fret feet la W ono one inch long r ZI F and tho the thin F it no as at t loosest jo in tod big boned specimen av of hill humanity anity I 1 over did BOO in our zouave uniform bobas ho was truly a holy show tho the pair gall dy dross dress hall had at y traded him and being hard find and sound as a pine linot knot ho 11 mu mustered stereI in III color sergeant john reach hoach twice shook good byo with me ino in III fl iw lie ho had hurried homo home to maine 1 after mus ter out wa was hardly ill until 1 til ll 11 ho 0 wit was 9 lack back again more than ov avor e r seemingly saddened sad donod ile ho allowed he ll 11 go west and lio lie wont nearly thirty years later I 1 learned more of johnny roache life and fortunes ill try to toll it story wise it was Christ christmas maA eve aan at sawmill saw w mill ill gulch johnny lived near thero ito ho hall had gono gone to bo be a thiep ralser to so ile ho pro 11 claim la in turkey creek creak canyon built a cabin and led himself to hold down three hundred and twenty acres here lie ho lived with tab as ills his on only I 1 Y companion till tab was in a c cat at ITO ho tall had ta taken ken her in ono one stormy iii night glit it a poor pool starved erva creature ture now silo was tat fat and lazy it was christmas eve and johnny wits was lonesome tab was wai asleep so 80 sho aho was no company to speak peak or af tab ra said aia john johll tit at last st it takes a thun thundering derin lot of sleep to do you but I 1 dont know but as right just then above tile roaring 0 of tile tho storm airoso a fearful cry as of ono one calling for help once twice it rang out with awful clearness and then died away as it if lit in an apony agony of despair tho the cat waked jumped toward her master and mowed mewed as she looked up into his faco face john took down tho the old musket and fingered tho the lock listening intently all tho the while again that shrill imperative yet fill gery cry etwas it was a human voice tho man swore as lie ho thoU thought glit how ho had been deceived into thinking that sail all for holp help the sir shriek lk of it a wild be brait ai L ile ho drew on ills his fur cat cap and treat areat coat lighted iiii hio lantern and lo 10 forth into tho the dreadful night you stay here tab and keep house ho be said r soothingly 00 thing to tho the cat as ho he shut tho the door of hla his cabin down bown tho the mountain ho he sprang sure footed as a cliar chamois the storm increased in intensity every moment and it was very cold ho kept on j u until tic ho raino to a aari uari narrow roi point blut III 1 tho the canyon i here the wason on t track ra ck W a i C row I 1 lo 10 I 1 I 1 into I 1 1 it 0 tire crook and theril was only b tor for a wagon to pass pasa by closest alo 11 looked upon on a scene A buckboard buck board 1 at I thorp thore burned c ver tilt borso to it lay har in III tho water and it 11 bat UPI ight on it hohider avar by norald to I 1 for tour foar of plunging into their and delux life only thill bho c could hiis her or imars gs joli bit rit put down his hii lantern waded to tile fiock liked tilt woman lit in his strong arth aana carried cirr iid tier back across torrent to tile narrow illinois puli path 1 I reckon I 1 can call valk alk now silo sho then said pont dont lie be too suro about diat john but tic put tier down fur for silo aliu is tall and ami aleavy and ami besides it w 3 ve a noman so alear him PD avi Jv JI i i i 0 ia it I 1 blip bill ill III catch bour boit 0 Iti o so lohn i tit uio horse and loail log the ant animal with etli the tto inan 1311 1 china him I 1 ent cn tn pit until tile thu light of his bla window ln dort streamed out upon 1 la MCI that looks comfortable filio abo said llo ile flung tile door dooc open antl she ell evrea and hmood before ta alin to lire fire silo klio was ai a healthy tall wol liall atilt a round rosy face und sparkling slit ava and tier her t kilell n wr i avro en rr re wits MIS noat almoite to prin lohn john was with i air katool jilin a school boy boly 11 nailing blushing will and awkward i kiihl kii nl thoi bonja 11 and sint singled led if I 1 was 13 you ion haiti 1 id I ll 11 sit bit down AO n f 01 0 utter after tile tho horse borso for they lina te aci it it put diore lire alro into inlo tho W mail and sho told golm that ali it sho IRIM had to artl ricey creek call you to talco up tip it ft canini sho had not been afraid to in travel alone but life utonn h fought ber and thanks to ti hini title was s saro hf S slid ho said hviid silo was a now but bill not fron fiam A anillo silo bho wua was betl cont I 1 about herself alion tile cli it ic struck tholo both sta blurted artea und find III bl tied it wit is ing ilig time almo lit in N v and christ was morning at that at birst both looked grave no then they laughed d its no uso use t liking ot lied sald alio so go ive v allay ns ag W MH prepare to sit bit here till nil night and III talk k 1 I f k I 1 f SJ il 11 1111 i I 1 5 I 1 nl ch 1 W A 6 I 1 W MIX hii f yr fyr f vr aw I 1 W C n V jr N 0 f fr ifil Q 14 aate A ite mn at ti DOWN tim MOUNTAIN ill 1111 SPRANG i rorry to roll roil you oil of if your 1 i look sn KLI n c an all I 1 I 1 g contin red on oil ango t |