T U E TORCH OE REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. MARCH 30, 1899.
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you had the chance.”
coming irritated again.
•‘T h a t’s so — your head is level;
“ No offense m eant, I ’m sure. \Ve
may as well talk this m atter over and if you’ll assist m ein getting on
calm ly, Mr. Rice. You see it’s ten to Piney-woods S tation in tim e to
to one th at you are im plicated in catch the run-aw ay
for she can t
; this business. Been very atten tiv e very well drive eyon t lat s an n
to Mrs. Page. Made several trips - I ’ll let you ofif
“ Y ou’ll wait till I ’m on, I reck-
together.
Let her handle your
You have carried th e tin ts th a t arouse
g^ a t
horses, so she could take them out on. >ly horses can’t go on th a t
For th e ’b a n n e r’you flau n t for “ T h e K ing
R u t M ra p
(b(| not insist. of the stable for them thieves. Bu- errand, and you d a rsn ’t take the
You have’p a fn te d g re a t pictures by m a s - 1 She whispered Sam to open the ried her thieving gam bling hus- j „p-driver’s team . P u t .h a t in your
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t „ ach door and quietly took a seat '» » d »o' ''<*•
Y” u
" > * « « « I p tp e an d smoke it, old sm arty! -
alacrity of m anner when he re-
„nested the etranger »ho had tak-
An In fidel’s C h ris tia n ity .
Jn the box seat t„ yield it to a lady,
The stranger’s .meal seemed uncon-
BY IRA AC A . FOO L.
g e n ia l, f„ r" h e .. ........... I to abdicate,
8 th e lig h t, over b rillia n t, hu t .lax- in tim atin g Ihai there was rnnrn for
'go the* u m h r lg " o 7 ’. « n t a g un- the lady b e tw e e n himself am i the
driver, if she insisted upon an out-
covers the sta rs.
K<»r th e Torch of Keai-»m.
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’X i o n ^ v e r T u n u ^ a . wdh h i ^ «nc.ined lo think you’ve ju s , been | f i l i n g s , though his face wore a
gjving )he made a tool of.
I know she’s a fixed expression of sm iling.
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ttan n vrtll
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Till invisible heavens
appear
the ,a8ll in a m anner th . a t sm art one. FP,.
1 a I m r,,» t zif
o fte
y o u firm
hnd
Upon • inquiry
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was ascertained
sk ie s.
1» n n p s m a r t e r ”
th at horses m ight be procured a
T h e historian tells w hat no m ortal has gP( th e m o ff on a keen run.
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n .i „c .ffx .r. h i« tcflin
Sam s eyes
oscillated.
He was
seen;
he i had
gutter his team
j
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. , mile hack from the station; and
In to rom ance th e C h rist sen tls a hallow- the i time
»i mood
m/wvd hud
nasHpd strongly
the outside while the baffled officer and such
mg
cooled l l down, the
had passta,
» j m i nded t<> pitch
1
ing s m h ice,
een;
F o r Apollo, th e poet, th e church m ust
j()|lgi„ g returne<J to hear passenger off the coach. Ih e s tru g - of the passengers as could not wait
And “ the blood of th e L am b ” be th e Hie sweet voice, and watch th e 'l? '6 ’11 his breast between conviction until next day went in p u rsu it of
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, b r j g h t e y eg t h a | ,,a d . m . a d . e . hjg . h a p . | a n ff resistance
to
conviction them , Sam m ounted one of the
gong
the I.,.«
lyre.
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From the p u lp it you pictured th e hor- i p jneS8 on funner occasions. H e am ounted to agony. He conjd not ucayu8eg» an(f m ade w hat haste he
in th at suprem e m om ent discrim -
after t be coach and Wells,
Till th e su lp h u ro u s pit gave a horrib le w a s p u z z le d
a n d . p a i n e d o y t tn
s smell";
m e ll;
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, , evidence
he
bo uessed . of » her
con- inale between the anger he felt at Fargo & C om pany’s express box.
¡hway
of
prom
ise
triu
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p
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Then th e archw ay
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- - accused and the grief
being falsely
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W ithin a m ile or less of Piney-
antly
show
ed,
n e c tio n , 1 in ,1 so m e W w 11 a V y , W w i t ith
t h e V v 1 ic-
As th e term inal poin t of your narrow -
Q| ]y n C b )aw> t h a t se e m e d like and rage at being so horribly d is woods S tation, he met the keeper,
image road.
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illusioned.
T heir com bined a n the grooms and an old m an or two
You have kept to your te x t over thous- a d r e a m in t h e c le a r , s u n n y a i r ot
auds of years,
'm o rn in g , while the more hliss- guish paled his cheeks and set his th a t chanced to have been about
Though the “ blood of th e m a rty rs out-
m easures th eirs te a rs ;
ful past asserted Hs claim to he teeth on edge; of all of which the the place, all arm ed to the teeth,
But the beauty with which all our lives 'considered reality.
Not a lark, outside passenger was coolly cog who, when they saw him, halted in
have been crammed,
w arbling its flute-notes by the way- nizant. As th ‘*y were at th a t mo surprise.
H as been tagged with th e m otto, “ Be-
bj <>f h e
ment in sight o»’ the first station,
“ W hy, we reckoned you was
Iieve or lie dam ned.
o iu c,
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dead,” said the head man, with an
Now I th in k it is tim e to give H um ans a ja r la n d s c a p e , n o r g lim p s e of b ro o k he resum ed:
“ Let her get up here if she wants air of disappointm ent.
If y o m '^ r s are through with their that leaped sparkling d o w n the
“ D ead?” said Sam. “ H ave you
h orrible dance.
¡ m o u n t a i n , h u t r e c a l l e d s o m e c h a r m - to; I can ri'le inside. I don’t want
I»«t y o u H e tw h aside, till WCWipe!r° m ¡¡n g u tte ra n c e o f M rs. D o lly P a g e , to be hard on her; but m ind, if you seen my coach?”
“ T h a t’s all right, down to the
The rank iiiflam ation, th e fear and sur- a s lie firs t k new h e r ; a s he c o u ld breathe a word to her about my be
prise
not n<»w recognize her in the pale, ing an officer, I’ll arrest you hi sus station; and tlo* plucky gal th at
Let every tub stand on its druv it told us all about the raid
T h at have come from th e horrors you nervous and evidently suffering picion.
p ain t for the goats,
own bottom.
If she’s guilty you the road agents made on you.
W hile the sheep into Zion an* borne by woman, sitting closely veiled inside
can’t help h e r, and don’t want to, W b ar’s the passengers? any of ’em
your boats.
the coach.
For we know it a soul can in h a b it th e
Occupied with these thoughts, either: if she’s innocent she’ll come killed?”
flesh,
T hat it conies from a principle an cien t, Sam felt a disagreeable shock when out all right, never fear.
Are you
“ Passengers are all right. W here
not fresh !
is Mrs. Page?”
T h a t if one be im m o rtal, th en all shall the outside passenger, in a voice on the square, now9”
“ Have you got a w arrant? asked
see life
“ She cried a n ’ tuk on awful
th at contrasted roughly with that
W hen they pass from th is struggle of
other voice which was m urm uring Sam in a low tone, as he wound the ahout ye; and borrered a boss to
turm oil and s tr if e ;
lines around the break previous to ride right on down the road to meet
T h a t the facts of C red u lity —R eason, or in his ear, began a rem ark about
Doubt,
the other stage a n ’ let ’em know
the m ining prospects of Luckv-dog. getting down.
Not a fiat e tern al could ever rule out.
“ You het! hut I ’m in no burry w hat’s up.”
“ Some rich discoveries m ade in
Nor a change could he m ade in im m u ta
ble laws,
the neighborhood, eh? Did you to serve it. Piney-woods S tatio n ’ll
“ She did, did she?” said Sam,
By th e fancies of m an with a m ighty
do just as well. Telegraph office very thoughtfully. ‘‘W aal, th at is
ever try your luck at m ining?”
first cause.
You should sh u t up your tem ples of
odd. W hy, she ran aw ay with my
“ W a a l, no.
1 own some stock, there.”
m erciless lies,
Mr. Rice was not in any haste team — th a t’s what 3hedid; and it’s
Or bestow them on science and try to though,” a n s w e r e d S a m , c a r e le s s -
this morning, being, as he said, all a hoax ahout the road agents.
grow wise.
lv.
ahead of time.
He invited-M rs. The passengers are hack at the
“ In what m ine?”
For th e longer you ponder th a t w onder
ful hook,
Page lo take h e r usual place on the other sta tio n .”
“ In the N ip-and-tuck.”
w hich for ages on ages th e churches for
g a m had suddenly become “ all
“ Good m ine, from all I hear box, telling her the gentlem an had
sook ,
So th e fa rth e r at last will you pass from about it.
to go inside;
and t hing? to all m en” to a degree that
Never did any prospect- concluded
u i e r rules
u ie s
,
th
T h at were only Invented to c a p tiv a te in g ? ’ a s k e d th e s t r a n g e r , in t h a t brought her a glass of water from gu|prise(j him self. He was wrong
\\ bile he was returning a hout the horse, too, as was proven
h*’1*'- v u 4* u
i *i.<x to n e w h ic h d e n o te s o n ly a d e s ir e to the bar
O r, perhaps I should sta te , though th e ;
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return to its owner four days
sta te m e n t seem rash ,
m a k e ta lk , w ith a view *o k illin g the glass, the passengers, including by
Y o u ’ll escape free salvation and save all ^ ,n e
him of the outside, being b u sie d a ^ e r
B y the sam e hand came the
your cash 1
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assuaging their th irst with some- foi|()Wjng letter to Mr. Sam uel
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“ No,” in the same tone.
<<r T h a t’s odd,” stuffing a handful thing stronger th an w ater, a rattle j^jce.
Sam Rice’s Rom ance.
of cut tobacco into his m outh. “ I of wheels and a c latter of hoofs was
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w oa!
“ D ear .M r . R ice :— It was so
a WESTERN STORY in THREE chapters would have sworn twas you I saw heard, and 1<>I M rs. irony 1 age wa
o{ y o u j j th an k you more
j wj8h I could set .
swinging a pick in the canyon east discovered to he » practicing her fa- {ban
luail * j can
vail 8av
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vorite accom plishm ent of driving mys»df right in your eyes, for I
CH A PTER III.
of cam p last nig h t.”
prize your friendship dearly — dear
H E hour of departure from
“ I ’m not much on picks,” Sara 1 six-in-hand!
pi
hut I know a || th at
cannot. [ wa,
It
I.ucky-dog,for Sam ’s coach, retu rn ed , with a slowness th a t well
W hen the “ outside” recovered
mv I tall|,.
You have filled u p ^ th e language
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was 4 o’clock in the m orn-
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ing; and its driver was not a . little
surprised when about to m ount the
box to discover Mrs. Page w aiting
to take a seat beside him . After
the adventure of the previous night
it was with some restrain t th a t he
a addressed
a u r e s s e u n her;
e r ; a and
n u there
n in i r - n was
a.-, w
« o ant-
u t-
j ug a i80 som ething of his cheerful
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counterfeited indifference. ‘ I was from his m om entary surprise, he ^ a r r W b , a |,ad. bad m an when J
■ a a a f lady
t ft f last
t
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ft
L. shoulder
I . an waH o n | v fifteen.
* * has’ ruined
aft
his I hand on A
the
He
visiting
evening,
which
is a kind of prospecting more in of Mr. Rice and said, in a voice n)y nfe j but now he is dead and I
savage with spite and disappoint- need not fear him. I will hereafter
mv line.’’
live as a good woman should live.
a Yes, I und erstan d ; th at lady ment:
The tears run down my cheoks as 1
“ I arrest you, sir.”
inside the coach.
She’s a game
write this farewell, as they did th at
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Arrest
and
he
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dav ft when
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sa w ftft.a.l
that W
sweet
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A
TIVVV woman
ed
Sam.
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If
you
had
done
your
an(J
ber
habe
at
the
farm-house
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devilish free
in your rem arks,” said S a m , he-1 duty you’d have arrested her w hile, gate and knew what was in youi
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