T U E TORCH OE REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. MARCH 30, 1899. 2 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 ' “" ' u m ’iu a rt ? ' . / 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. A ,, ’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. _- — ~ - t«. in tt.x. the ,4 ttan n vrtll • •. ...I.. ^..2 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 it ________ 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. By . i n .i „c .ffx .r. h i« tcflin Sam s eyes oscillated. He was seen; he i had gutter his team j . , . . , 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 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. | , i • 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, h * j 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.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 j . X 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 . — t ------ --------- ---------- a T was 4 o’clock in the m orn- . . 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 > a ft • * _ . f a asa r -1 A . an 1 /" J a> _ 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 • ft ® ft clapped 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 -d!” re tu rn ’ “ Arrest and he < 1 - one.” dav ft when I CUO sa w ftft.a.l that W sweet UÖ V W A TIVVV woman ed Sam. “ If you had done your an(J ber habe at the farm-house ............. — ... ........... .. ............ “ It strikes me j you’re ............................................................. 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 l ft * a 1IT 7W 1 lif t/» IV O l l i n n . * u u i -