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Show The rest still declined, and site was diiven i.fT without them She felt some-wht some-wht cnaiincd when site Icssur-d lau i on that titling the 'duubliiii;;," I. Mer, who had been the first became last in the train, and was mi ill behind; but it was too late now to object, U .iile the noisy vehicle with brakes down tiaversed the Ion,; down glade which on the outward bound trip they had had such hard work to surmount.she pictuied to herself th vaiinui siiades o! regret aud anxictv hrr absence would Ctuse the ditlerent members ot the party, and sympathized with them lor then disquiet on her account. She made her-telt her-telt quite miserable in this way, and when the campground was Anally reach, ed, on a level with the saw null standing there, she was glad to get leave to du s nielliing for her husir, jnst to keep herself her-self fr.m thinking- She was peimitied to hold the ladv'a hahv. w hile the moth- An Overland Sail. (CONTINUED.) CHAPTER HI Amnvaxd Scvid. The first mile was a retrace of the weary steps by which our voyagers had entied the happy groves of Sylan Heights; but whei this was passed, the pilot turned wastwaid instead of east-waid. er helped her husband unload, and pre-paie pre-paie the bed. into whic.t t i : turi- wacareiull tuce.l a vav, Suptier was hall reaJy, aid i ; : f tlemau, Mr Grithth, was in the ;hi burrowing for some necessary atttcle.t-ie two ladies of his party and Yours Truly were standing by the fire enjoying the Eiateful warmth, which the great altitude alti-tude made so pleasant even in July, when all at once a thin, tall, ui. kept man appeared from the outer datkness. halted halt-ed near the fire, stretched ont his right hand, and, in a tone which was a grand burlesque of the ranting emotional speak er, broke totth with: "Yes, ladies, you have been reco'niz-ed, reco'niz-ed, just as they wete reco'nzied who laid down their lives nearly nineteen hundred years ago. and whom we brought down these mountain tops of thri evetlasticg hills to be reco'nized by there ftiends and their foes-and just as the nineteen hundred little children, little innocent childten, ladies, were brought down these steep passes; and every one of them has been reco'nized and sympathized with about the awful deeds of men, who have lived in the wide world and labored and fought and bled for their county; and whose histoiy shames the light of the sun and the moon and stars as they look down upon these everlasting hills, ladies, and reco'-nize reco'-nize a man who would go through fire and water and mnd and snow to serve you, and keep you from hatm; and who knows all history, all science, all arguments, aud reco, nizes the w hole case, and would scorn " To bt continuii. Inquiry from the ladies elicited the explanation that another road than the one by which they had entered Pleasant Valley lay to the westward for part fo the way, and the kentlemen, while wondering that the lumber teams all used the other, could not believe any road was woise than the one previously traversed. They passed through Winter Win-ter Quarters.a single ragged street or ravine, ra-vine, occupied almost conpletely by the railroad track, Irom which, in seeming seem-ing fright, the houses had rushed up the bank, and clung tiamhlmgly to whatever what-ever perch they could rind. The houses out-buildings, fences, etc., wete all one lurid brown color, painted by the engine smoke. Several lines of family w ashing hung almost over the street, and strar.ge to say, some of the clothing were nearly white. The mouth of the fleasant Valley Val-ley coalmine opened its black orifice close to the track, and at short entervala the trucks thundered their contents into the waiting cars. The track was imbed Jed in coal refuse, and the faces of the romping children wore much ol the same sombre hue, relieved re-lieved only by their twinkling eyes. Sev eral little hoys cf doubttul nationality, rushed out and clung to the stern for the fun of it; and audibly conjectured con-jectured what manner of people were within. When their list of guesses had come to a pause at "Be they peddlers?" Miss Anoinette smilingly informed them "Not peddlers but school teachers; w ho ! are very fond of just such bright eyed 1 little feilows as you;" whereupon the future fu-ture citizens in black paint and one sus- penuer apiece, chuckled knowingly. Near the end of the street slood a house rather more forlorn and dreary looking then ;h majority; but just entering en-tering its flimsy gate was a man in poor attire, ueaily black it is true, but he won the hearts of the lady travelers at a glance, because he carried a whole armful arm-ful of pure, sweet, mountain llowers.and led by the hand a htile girl who carried a little nosegay, and danced, and piat-tled piat-tled to "paua", with all the graceful freedom free-dom of healthy, happy childhood. The poor little house and II its dingy sui-rouudings sui-rouudings were glorified by this gUmpse ol loveliness. The railroad presently left the ravine, but the wagon road, beg patdou, the schooner rouie contiuu ed to follow it; crossing its clear beautiful brook a dozen doz-en times on tha worst bridges mat ever bore the name. Built of loose p iles or lum ier that crashed, flew up, "bucked and reated,"and acted cianky generally, some ol them wee actually dangerous. A bov with a fishing r .d over tiis shoulder was accosted with "Hellolsii; where ate your ti-h?" "They ate in the water yet, 1 am Sony to say;" he responded res-ponded with all the grace and ease of a soc eiy beau. Trie ravine, stream and all. finally concluded to c'.iinb the huge mountain, instead tt looliii aluii; al an ani;le t.l only about 40 drgrees;aud our parly con eluded to try a climb al.o. The little stiosni brawled and foamed, now on this side of llie road and tww oil that. Gteat beds uf violet leaves, there were 110 flviwets now, chin.-; low. ugly to its banks, and the columbine, tor-get-me-nots, larkspurs, bluebells, and gentiaiimiugled with the wild oats and scented iliiubs to form a wildeinesi ol beauty; and the lad iei stid "Why ahoulu the tesidfnts of PleasantValley cultivate flowers, when such lair Hower gardens only ask leave to bloum. The timber of the tc runtain crests ven tured nearer and nearer to the ravine till like a pack 4 wolves which require time to eucuurage each other, it finally closed iu completely. Now the travelei began to understand under-stand why the lumber haulers always used rhe other ruad. The deep dust and all the chuckholes were not so hard on wagons or teams as tins terrible zigzag zig-zag over rocks and fallen timbers, steep pitches and yawning bridges. Se vera! other teams overtook the It-nam It-nam paity in the canyon, and the ladies and pan of the gentlemen walked in littl knots and groups. The walking was not smooth nor easy, but far moie so thai) the diiving or tiding. The teams had to be allowed to breathe brea-the every 'ew rods, and in places the duvets stood on the felloes to "hold" the wagons. All this was nothing to complain of, but when at last the slope became so steep that the panting teams had to be "doubled" before the lightly-loaded lightly-loaded wagons could be brought along, and the gentlemen who had been walking walk-ing with the ladies fell back to give assistance, as-sistance, progress was slow indeed; and the ladies on foot must either wait, or go far ahead. Miss Antionette had fallen in with another lady no older than herself, and they two kepi in advance of all others. Yours Truly, engaged in conversation with an agreeable middle aged lady did not observe the widening distance between Miss Antionette and herself until in the growing dusk her light summer dress had entirely disappeared. Knowing that these mountains are the home of ber, mountain lions, lynxes, catamounts and other wild animals, she feit annoyed by t. e imprudence of the young gills in thus separating themselvs from their friends. Sue raised her voice nd called to them, but could not be sure whether they or echo faintly answered ans-wered her. Tne other lady had a small child in one of the wagons, and was obliged to remain near; but Yours Truly pressed on until stie overtook tne culprits and lead them a lecture. She insisted that they should wait f r the teams, for several sev-eral teasons; one of which was that since they had passed the lastsumm t, and were again on the down gtade, the teainsteis would want them aboatd so tbat they couid diive faster. They waited; and presently, the first team passed them on a trot. Having left their own wagon in the van, she supposed suppos-ed this was it and that Captain Mer had actually p sed with ut seeing.them. Tne oinets caint pone by one and C .1 me I 01 wcie C'tsiiaied lv I ie i le-p le-p t:ivt oassen ers, liui M s.. An ioiiet e a. id Youts truly wcie still on foot and talking bnskly. Presently they found Major Alpenstock Alpen-stock ai.d another gentleman seated on fallen tiee, wailii.g veiy Composedly, Another pasii g leam drew up and n-vntd n-vntd all the .ravelers 10 jump 111. Tuey '1 ltd lo .led tie witii iliai ks. hut wete S i )tetfd trial at ' i .is i ;ul . J: ll. ii'.'d'-i itv- 'injurs '.11 1 '4. ue I oAt'tein vas ..ht j, t'ii'!it't ut-st to accept the invitation, and ciirnutd in. |