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Show A mass meeting of the citizen met at the tabernacle last evening 'o consider theea.ieenf t .e floodsthatforsomeyeais b..ck have been destroying theproperty in the settlement ad to take steps fa lessening the danger. Quite a large as assembly was present when John 11 Uongaard called the meeting to ordei LouisC, Kjar was elected chairiraii and John!Kid secretary after which. a resolutiOJ was presented by Fred Alder as follows; . Rtisolredthat It is the sens, of this meeting that the sheep are lb. cause of our auimrl floods. The qnes Hon was debated for some time, and u vote of 93 to 7 favored the resolution John Lowry moved that the sheep owners of Manti city- keep their herds from the tributaries of the creek, on condition that the non-sheep holders keep the transient heids out. Tbe motion was amended to read that all stock and sheep bo kept.-ont of tie mountains, and an amendment to the amendment was to strike out the motion and amendment and that a committee i( seven be appointed to take nrcesscry steps for. framing uieasutis for the protection of the settlere, which was carried aud Win. K. H-iil. 1 W. For. Fred Alder, ff. n Richie, Vfm. Luke and L. C. Kjir were appointed. Tai meii.ing waa then . adjomutd. sine die. HER FATHER'S JIuTIM jorrows, muuc they only too plainly reminded re-minded him of the threat sin of his life, lie never spoke of his wife during all his illness, anil it appeared that he had forgotten her. All his talk was of his daughter and her mother, and over and over again he accused himself of his neglect of tliem. "Thank God, thank God," he said one day, "I have been spared to meet my child and win her forgiveness. Thank God that I am permitted to die under her roof and with her face near me." At last the end came, and the poor old man who had wrecked his life through a terrible mistake, slept tho sleep of the dead. Whatever his reward re-ward beyond the grave, we know not. He went into the hands of a just God and his reward was in accordance with justice and right. He had suffered tho tortures of a thousand deaths in those few days following the terrible awakening awak-ening to the wrongs of his life. - There is not mucb. more to tell, and a few more pages will end this story. Paul and Louise were married shortly short-ly after the scenes just described, and set up housekeeping in a home ol their own next door to Dr. Kascom's. Paul went into the old doctor's practice, and being a kind, sympathetic man, succeeded suc-ceeded from the first in making himself him-self a popular physician. To-day he is one of the most successful physicians in the west, and has succeeded in laying by enough of this world's wealth to ! place his wife and two children, a bov and a girl, above any danger of want. Dr. llascom does little practice now, btit lio still takes a great interest in rani's Tvi-irk and often spends the evenings even-ings with Paul's family, and he and liaseom Mnrkham. Paul's boy, aro (Treat friends, l'anl and Louise are always :' frlud to have the old doctor come, and ! no matter hou'Mften he calls ho is sure of a smile of welcome, from both ui them. Nc'iiiggs, true to his evolve, soon found a purchaser for Green's land, anil v.hii the proceeds, wlii-h was a neat lit 1 ie Mini, John set up in business at Magic i'ity. John was anxious to . tea w 1 lie favmfor though the -seasons became more regular and crop failures almost unknown, he felt that he w as not designed for farm work, and his past experience with it gave him n thorough distaste for it. In his new occupation he succeeded suc-ceeded fairly well, and was in time quite well to do. lie regained his old time life and energy, and Mary became as bright as cheerful as a giri.j Gradually the remembrances of those old 'bitter days, when they contended ngainr.t drouths, pests arid mortgages, faded out, and they could look back on t he past without a shudder. '.-It was a long; time'before they knew ,. the great sacrifice Louise proposed Ui?ihig for their sakes in those old, lark diiys, an.l when finally the knoiv-L-.Uc camp t- tiwm -.,i,i . pih-.c her a litlla more highly as a precious pre-cious jewel, the. brightest and best possession pos-session oi their lives. Scvagfrs continued in his old occupation of selling real estate and booming his town, and much credit w as due him" for the wonderful growth of Magic City in the years that followed. The-personwho goes to Magic City now- may see a little old man, wiry and nervous, sitting at his desk in his office surrounded by a fine display of agricultural products, , busily at work on some scheme for advancing ad-vancing his town's interests. That, man is Seraggs. He is always at work, and his work is always for his town. To Seraggs, and men like him, the west owes much of its prosperity. It is such as ho who make booms and ctiuui towns and cities to spring up like magic. They turn waste places into gardens. :iud deserts into prosperous It transpired after Jll atchf ord's death that he was imle'cd broken up. All his western securities were carried away by Pearson, and into these he had, upon Pearson's recommendations, turned nearly all his wealth. His property in tiie cast was heavily mortg'ag'ed for money to send west, and when the news of his deathand his western losses became known, his eastern cred- itAv; el,, toil in nn.l nmM-thlmr inr-ln.!- inp- his residence, was sold at trustee's sale. jirs. Itiatehford was thus left pennir less, and suddenly she aw'oke to the realization re-alization of the fact, and came up face to face with the most abjt-et poverty, Sarah is a sadly disappointed woman, and full often she si;;hs for her fallen grandeur. She often recalls the dtivs when she was mistress of lUatehford's house and when she with all her rela: lives lived in ifi-eat plenty and comfort on Bintchford's bounty. She is, indeed, receiving the just rewards of her actions, and i$ tasting the bitter draught she poured out to others. P.ev. Whced-ler Whced-ler has long since forgotten Mrs. Itiatehford. In fact he lost interest in her when she lost her position in society so-ciety and became unable to contribute to liis salary. Mrs. Blatchford has never forgotten nor forgiven Aunt , Mitchell, and it is probable that she never will. Put that matters little to Aunt Mitchell, and she goes her way finite a-i well satisfied as though Mrs. Blatchford was her best friend. And now, haviug disposed of all the other characters, nothing remains but to account for Harry Pearson. - He went to the mountains beyond Denver, and though Seraggs made every effort to apprehend him, he was not heard of for some months after his escapade. The report that came then was to the etTeet that he had drifted into the mining regions, and after gambling 'away all his money undertook to raise a stake by robbing a mine. He was caught in the act and alter a hearing before an extemporary ex-temporary pioneer court, was taken out and promptly hung to the nearest tree. And now our story is done. Years have elapsed since the events recorded, and the great state of Kansas has outgrown out-grown its early disadvantages. The fertile soil of its great plains produces wonderful crops, and its people are among the first to respond with their rich products to the calls of other suffering suffer-ing lands. It has become one of the first slates of the union, and but for one thing its people would be the most prosperous ou earth. It has escaped the curse of pests and drouths; but, alas, the farm mortgage still has its deadly fangs buried deep in its soil. When this curse is abolished and the homes of the west become fi-ee of the greedy Sliyloeks' grasp, then will the ! land blossom as the rose and the struggl- j mg people enjoy the full fruits of their labors. Mav that time gome quickly. . |
