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1 w - .;. VOLUME XII. jBUsnnsss cards. Oa, this Space Pour "Weeks. Something IS" 15 "W Coming' I ,. H. HUMPHKK)' Tlln33 ' JOHN BRIGGS aKE3Tnrs oppohtitxitt to inform i 'hla friend ami the public, generally, that is now settled in uis NEW BUSINESS HOUSE, oa taoldtattd next door to P.C. Harper Co , where can be fond its great an aHrtinent and at latere a slock of Stoves, and Uanges as can 1x3 found In any one house this side of Portland, mid at s LOW A PRICE. I1X1XXIS C3 3E3pOJ3, Custlron, Brans & Enameled KETTLES, in great variety. Also, Xln, S!ieet Iron, aaUaiiizc-ii Iron, ami foppenvarc, w-av on band, and muil-j to order, AT 1.IV 1KU KATES. OctXX on Aflwnj-.Oetolier 52, 1875vfl CITY DP-TJG STOHS. Corao? First and E11st crth. sts., ALBANY, OKEGOS. Ha asnJn tnlteu Ciiargc of the City Drug Store, bavins purchased the entire intercut of Ct W Hhair.aiicraMor to A. Carol hers & Co., and la now receiving a Splendid' STcra Stock, which, added to Vnv lhrnir, renders it rery complete l all the .lut-irent rteparttnan I . Feeling assured that all can be suited in !otn Quality. :;Ba4: 3?rioa ' ha eor 4 billy invites hi old friends and enstom cr u ve'uiiu a call , : -, ' x i-V 4 i Will receive itumediale and careful attention at all tMUrit, Ony nil utIit. , ; . ; ?! p . .':' , TvT V3. ' CUT Pare Vfln and Uiuora f niedlcina parta. RALT31 BMttJ Out. tft. T7-Svl .i.'"!'!'i " CITY 31AltIiET: First atroet, S door, west of ferry. SOIiACUSS ?5 G-G3TS, Prop's. w-w ! mn-hiiw:! thi Oltv Market.! will tf MnAtiksit.lv ftn liAitlallkiitlAOf Meat. Toi-y lot tolw o'laind in the market. I wiil .trfVa at ail f itne. to meet the wtalie. of ll Ho mar utor m wi.n iireir ,.ivF.iii. -vft. MhitsMiMHKtlviLre ininted to cnil at in v .nWr, 1 want of meats. kisTT llM IttifiieHt eato9riaenaldforPuRK. 51v.l013 . New Goods ! New Departure t r'lLaJmt AHD DHESSMAKIfli. MRS! 6. L. :PARKS; TJAvrxo prucriASKi thk mixLixkr - tt a.nr taiPlv nnl bv 5Irt. I'. IWytn n having jam added tlierctoa nw in voice of lute Cosies ixmittsxy,, Tmaruags, Bonneto, Bats. e., take, plearas-e in invitine the iaii-Aor Al'wtiyand vieinity to call a;d innrmrt for I bcmiv. All iff xi will be Mld at prinea that defy competition. v ; liavinaaeenredtheaervlcesof aflratelasa Dressmaker! I am nreparml to cut, At, and make drossc in any tyle slswlred, at abort notice and laasat ia- ... ..nr.- ("lothlns for children a "pecia It Store on north aide of rirrt.onat Aljliiwort .treeu Too are Invited to eali rAEK9 17. 1879- t Isf allilli 'Xadi Eeaeiies, - A Sure glotiFor 1 Dcrtiva A toxo rksti:nCK amoxo th Indian tribes of the coast andthe inte- rtor. I have had the srooa iniw i , ' v mn if theneveral triles. and frotn oti?r .urce. a nnmtet ot romodiea -r MMe. l.diint to tnta eoaniry.iwnnwi- " a7trr i .. iM.rlc.aiMt navlntt been H'Ji t'v t""pl thi vaihy who 1 . A. . nnnnnni'lnir to all that. t..- have made an eitend- d oM . fi.,i-b .iw mountain, and vallf-ya. wturn "-sa.ureeTiriJii- . t , ? " , it A -' ' deslra to bo J ,' ,, ,. , r ni, Mr. MronVforeon -re i j facr.Nh the '',: Miciueorlwili demand no i to A;i,1 a, Maa6 "f .TTTfr ii s?f ' STC Si Jtri. THE 1 MAN WHO NEVER SAW A BETTSlt NEVER MEAliw OF LOWER PRICES. I - ,,. .. . ... . . - NEVER XKED TO LOOK AXY FARTHER. 'N'EVERyCAX KK BETTER PLUASBO. IVTAER WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE. WHAT, N V R ! no, never : Bound to Please" Clothier and Gents' Ontntter, OF ALBANY, OREGON MEDICAL. S. IS. SAVAGE, 3ff. D., PUs sician and Surgeon, romans-8 liric-K, np siatrs, , , Flrat atreet. x Albany, OrcffM. vlSnlO J.;A. DAYIS, M. B., T'lxYeicia.n, Surgeon, ( and OBSTE T Iil CI A 2ST . OKFICK AND KKSIKKNCK First street, over Kedtield's store, Albany, Or. lln3U N. i IIENTON, M, HAVING PEUMASENTL.T IjOCATED tS timnitvot Aiiwnv.Knil ebtered uixm the THiKTT-'titT year of bin practice, resiicctfully tenders bis professional services to the eitiaen. a Allmny and .iirronndln country. OKriflc at t'oxhay & Mason's drug store. Residence on f lrnt street. nv. Cr C. KELLY, M. PZYSICXA2T & STOGEOU. ' AtnAJST, - x t 0BE605. OFFICE IS McILWAI?fS BRIf TK TJI.OCK. Besldence one door north of broom facto ry, Lyon street. . Ilvl3 P. W. BALLABI, M. P. J. M. POWELL, K. D. r BALLARD & IOWELL, Physicians & Surgeon, I-EBAJtOJI, OROOX. OrrtCE--At Ielnon Drna; Store.' ' :fl2n8) D. a. CLARK, strcrESHOB to j. b. wtatt, dealer In Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Iron. Mteel and Meebanie' Tools, - ' First door east of 8. E. Young, ' AVBAXY, (vlln49) ORFX3Q&. ST. CHARLEQ HOTEL. ALBANT, .: OKEflOS, Mrs. C. Houk, Proprietor. THIS noH'SB haslecn thorouehly overhaul ed andVcnovatod, and placoil In first class condition ftr 1 he accommodation of its Kuesta, (iood Sample Room tor Ooinmerelal Travelers. General Stnre Ofiice for Corvadis, Independ ence and Lebanon. Free C'-oakela aai rrom the hotu vlln49 WILLERT & BKSCH, I Manoraeturera of : - Carriages : and ' Wagons. X AROEatockCarriasresandWajtonsoonstant- Jy lyon nana. (hr ucnatrina; ana Job work ork done at short notice and in the .most skilfnll snanyier. 6 ft esry Street, AlbftBW, ,H JAKSSO - OAririALQ, Jtealer and, Sf an n finctiarer of ' Tkjo Vaneerini? So Sham. AlwoOreKon Ash, X Kapla.and Fine Suits, Spring Iix', Pure ti:iir fcf rs..?a. Also Mo. Wool, Fuln and f rrfivr Hi-it.'on hand andniaieat lowest Eatea. Wiir k (i't iOdrt vf-sn''i as wurmamoj. Oeraer feoiad awl H'erry 60 ALBANY, IS A CLOTHIER. STOCK OF CLOTmS; FLINN St CIIAjMBERLAIN. Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, OFFICE-In Foster", new brick block, first door to the left, up rtuirs. vllnl5 1. C. POWELL, W. K. BIX.YKC ; ; rO WJ-JLL Jb JIIL YEUy Attorneys at Law and Solicitor - in Chancery, ; ALBAMT, - OKKOOK. COLLECTIUXS promptly made on all points. Loans negotiated on reasonable tcnus. - Ufltoe in Foster's new block. nLsvlt i M. Ii. WEATI1ERFORD, I . IKOTABT PVBI.IC.) Attorney at " Law, ALB ANT, : : OBEGOX. TtriLI, PRACTTGE IS THK DIFFEKENT - eourtrf of t he State. Siecial attention giv en to coiieeiion anti prouate maiierj, ukfick In Odd Fellows' Temple. iU7vlu . B. St. nLU-KBim, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AIJSASrr, 1 I OREBOSf. flROJIlT ATTJEHTIOa OIVE9T TO AU. a business. . t S2v . B. 11VMPHKKT. C. E. WOI.TKRTO.H. Humphrey 6c Wolverton, Attoraeya and t'Mul.n at 1 jiw XXT I L T. PRACTICK IV ALL THE CCHJET8 of thisState. OrrirK in Froinan". brick (up stairs) Albany, Oregon. Jlnta L. II. MONTANYE, Attorney at ALBANY, ' OREGON. "VFFIOE Up stairs, over John Brig?" store, KJ ou First street. . - - v tin to C. II. HEWITT, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Offlcf, OUi rtxt Qfftx Building, Albany, Oregon. triLL PRACTICE In the different Courts of tl the State. - vttnaa j T. Jfl. COIVLEIT', .. ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICEIn Parrlsh block, nortn side First ftt.rpet. Alhanv. Oirffnn. All business promptly and carefully attended JUNIUS F.WIIITIXG, ARTIST, Xictorio.1 Xxintirig-- TESIGXIKO A FPKtT AT.TT.' A- Kootns and 7. Parrlsth btrsck, corner First ana m rtreets, Al!ny, urcson. , . . C- 0" -k In x.tirosm tvn. &eiiil free. V-;J0,n"4't- Keadar. if yon: want a biiHlnen. itfXSr '.'" make Kreat pn-y all the time when thy work, write for par - ticui." tt. uuun A Co., Portland, Me, OREGON, DECEMBER SAND. CHAPTER I. Mountain Brow, Cal., .lane 3, 187. My Dear Old Friesd : I can not. at tliis moment, recall the date of ray latest letter, yet I distinctly remember that I dl I write to you at some period ot time not strictly prehistoric ; but whether it wat tliat I penned my epistle in answer to something, or desiring that something should be answered, I know not, and. indeed, do not care ; because, as I look upon It, the antiquity and proximity of onr friendship la equal to a waiver ot cer emony. If ianjjsyiie, among the bowlders and paygnt of Squally Flat, I had not learned bv heart that you were one ot God's own In every depth of good friend ship, save the expressing -of it, I should think you were tnrnecavaJier, and prone to ride by yonr old friend on your success ful money-getting bobby; but my head. which is rapidly taking on the gray thatch of declining life, tells inc tliat yo jrs U a nature no mere to be spoiled by wealth than daunted Dy poverty. When I think of you I can not fail to recall poor old Rockyweller (you do not forget him ?), or rather his pet ppeccli when he was spree- Ing on Squally. Yon cannot have forgot ten how he used to come to his cabin door on the hill-side, in tlte early morning, and address the general camp in these words, shouted at tlte top of his voice : " Whoop la ! God hates n coward, sir, and you can't hurt a Christian . , Never try to crawl when you're broke, nor to fly; when you're flusli, sir, and you may be happy 3'ef, sir. Amen, fir I" Altr which Moiiammedanizeil Christian salutation to the morn he softly closed his cabin door behind him, and carefully walked down the trail to the saloon for his earliest libation. You always seem to me to be an embodiment ct Rocky weller's creed. And now they tell me vou are the master of million! of dollar. How strangely roman tic Is real life: To-day v0 weep upon our mother's breast and tike her parting kiss, close behind us the humble gate of home, and, gazing through unusual tears, bid old familiar scenes farewell ; to-morrow and to-morrow stretch before ns on the road, till we travel into manhood and Its trials; then the early grave fur' one, wrecked lite for another, quiet success for a third, ami so ou, np and down, the line ot registry runs, till at length one of a thousand astonishes himself and everybody else by becoming renowned tor wealth or .visdont. Strange strange indeed, and the more 1 dwell upon it. tie more strange it seems to mc ! I never expected -that on, among all the boys who crossed the plains in 1S50 in our train, would be fam ous for anything ; but at the same lime, also, people were net looking to Sanga-f mon County, Illinois for a President rtf the United States. The wisdom which seeks to forecast the career of a baby U less reliable than the baby is. Propliecy, to me a neat vulgarlm. is plaj'ed out. Nothing U more novel than reality. "- Suc cess is always surprising. Having said this much about you, and It is, I assure you out a slight lutaiiment 4oi4 wnai i have been frequently thinking. I will pro eeed with your leave, to talk ot myself, and my belonging. I am not at all glorious, or In any way distinguished ; but I may lairly say, that. take my circumstances altogether, I am happy. . We tliat U,.tl'e- other goodly half and myself we jog along ; and to me like wire, as I fully believe, also to tier r each new day tliat we are permitted, by the great goodness ot Divinity, to continue together is an additional coinage from the mint of solid satlstactlon. I have not, as you know, much wealth never was meant to be tlutt way but my children, though rather numerous, are greatly satisfying; to me. I think, moreover, and really hope. tliat I am not declining in the esteem of my neighbors. You, with the other "boys" In onr claim on Squally Flat, used to think I was a brilliant fellow. Ihat was a mistake. Brilliant people rarely wear well, while, on tlie contrary, I seem to find that t ripen slowly, but surely Into public favor in my small way. So far as I can observe, none of my children are de fective In any way they are nil shapely lithe, supple, quick of foot and of appre hension. Tlieir mother guides them with out goad or rein, and I curb them with a look or shake of tlte head, and nothing pleases them better Uinn to hear me des cant npoii. , J The dnys of old the days of gold In tlte days of forty-nine." in which stor les youv yourself,mine ancient pard, sometimes figure as the hero My eldest , Doy, who is now a man. seems to take deep and particular interest In the old times. Query. Can it be that a parent may beget bis impressions ? Is It a reality that the sour fruit in the mouth of tlte parent sets the teeth of the unborn upon edge, and r"c rera as to sweet trult t Weilg welt 1 ?vUowever this ucry may be answered, thero is another query whlch I must soon essay to answer. My bey wants to plunge Into the tide of life and strike nt for himseit and, but lor tlxr Shadow on bis mother's brow and the quiver , on ber Hp, when the matter is spoken of, I could be well satisfied to launch him, and let him go I cannot guide him torcyer, you know ; and I feel sure tliat - he will pursue quits as virtuous a course while tho earth Is under buy feet as be will with part ot it over ray head. And now that I think of It, will give you a bdet schedule of his I accomplishments and traits, so that may j hap and God wini!?:. you may see cornel I , . ... . . . . ! I place that he will fit Into. - lie Is neither. 26, 1879. fall nor large, Is very neat in his person, i Is said to have a handsome, face, with earnest dark brown eyes, like his mother's. He is every way shapely, save and except that his arms are a trifle long, and his hands, though elegantly shaped, are about one or two sizes larger than a strictly aristocratic taste would desire. Ills voice is soft and very clear, his enunciation dis tinct and deliberate. He is less ot a taliter tlian his fa titer, though he is a better talker when stirred up to It. His manners are grave and quiet for one of his years ; he can sit or stand perfectly still in any com pany, and listen without embarrassment. ; that, you know, has always been one of my te-ts ot gentlemanllness. He has good English and good commercial education, with' a large fund of miscellaneous Infor mation. Ills penmanship is round,- smooth and clmractcnstic bf. controlled and con trollable nerve force. Ilia morals. I be lieve, are good, and I know that his courage Is, and ever from infancy was, un doubted He is ambitious, and hopes to make hi way into some line of business which has a future to It. From my long experience as Clerk ef tlie Court, I had hoped my oldest son would be a successful la wer during my lifetime ; bnt he shows as yet no taste for law. , I, however, have other sons, perhaps to comfort my " old age." Of course, you well know that desire you not to embarrass yourself In any way on account ot old times,' and if my boy does not seem to fit Into some place now open, I ask you as an old friend. to drop the matter right there,and we will say no more about it. ; Although this Is a long letter, I do not feel weary with writing it, and entertain a hope tliat you will not weary In the read Ing of It. I could tell yon many things aboutdomcstic politics, but such things no longer hold a first place in your attention or indeed in the attention of stftmg. active natures all over our great Union, and, I mad add with a seeming slang phrase, " that's what's the matter.' But, even if I do not write politics or send you im portant news, I think we of the old school should still, from time to time, drop each otlitr a letter, because tlie day Is not a long way off when we will not be able to reach each other by mail or telegram Let me hope, however, that wlien that ty comes we will be blissfully near enouzh to need no artificial commuuica- ion tor evermore. My wife and nest of little ones, like the four and twenty blackbirds when the pie was opened, are ready to sing before your majesty if you will accept ray oft repeated and always standing invitation to come andsee n. tUvetheloveof ns all to all there Is of you and yours, and permit tne to remain, In the hcmlieet way ltcarttiy your menu, Xobmah Maydule. In answer to the above there came.ln due ime, the following brief epistolary dash 8. F., Cal., June 10, 187-, Vert 1f.ar Old Pard : I read your letter to my household. We all enjoyed It- Write' often, fiod blesw you every one. We ought to be more personally intimate ; tout you're too proud to visit the house of what you call a rich man, and I'm too busy to go anywhere oft the treadmill. Send that boy to me right . off. Tell his mot her we will be good to him. . In haste, yours to command, HoiTEN. Mrs. Maydole was a good mother, and, although she had a deal of regular and miscellaneous mothering to do, still preserved to herself that very quiet way which wise mothers have of appreciat ing character among her offspring. Norman 51 ay dole, Jr., her eldest, differed enough from Norman Maydole, Sr. and differed in each manner as al most, if not quite, to fill in her heart the vacant margin unfilled by the, to her, shortcomings in the character ot Norman Maydole, Sr. She thought she saw in her sou the ideal manhood which floated through her love-lit fancy when she was Martha Aiken. She knew, that in lias boy was a nature stronger than his father's a nature which might, perfoice of circumstance, serve faithfully, but which must ere long rule or ruin for itself ; she at once trembled inwardly at, and secretly de lighted in, the developing, bat not to all manifest, power of her boy. With loving haste, yet with tears in her eyes and voice, she made him ready for his departure, and grew firmer in purpose as the hour drew nigh to bid him farewell. She did not burthen his parting momenta with prayers or advice ; but held np. to his kits all the little faces of the house, and finally after all, she came to embrace him. soft ly and quietly, and kiss him good-bye Norman Maydole, Jr., will rever be able to say precisely what he thought as he sat with the driver on "the outside," and coached away down the mountain road. Yet he did a deal ot thinking one way and another ; but he could not realize that home for him would stop rie;ht there, and never more grow from that point ; while, of coarse, he could not comprehend hi changing future and yet it was this home nd the future which, were dancing incomprehensible quads r,'.-?s through his head. It wss a cool, bracing morning m 4 U imata wbera tie seasons are inextrica- bly mixed after ennclown, Snd often not entirely defined in broad daylight. Just each rnof nfng as that in which the average coach-horse nips the noee of his span-fellow, and pntociS oat of town in a manner at once' arcf and &ive, which seems to say to " tlie admirin2 school-boy who "creeps lazily "Utf ha I Little fellow; could n't ; we Rive these passengers a merry lright, if we chose to take into onr. teeth these paltry bridle-bits T This is the time when the driver arranges and hefts his lines, poises and balances his whip, pnhe his brake-lever liack and forth with his off ftot, looks down at the double-trees then back over tlte top of his coach, tlien hefts his. liuetvsgsin, and says ; fYitr And away they go in gay style no sprawling. -" i Norman knew this driver; not as many village boys did, by hanging around the stables watching the rubbing down of the stock, and longing to take a hand at the rubbing, but by having seen him call at the house for or with passengers ; and the driver had, with stage driver's horsey observation, meas ured the young roan, and pnt him down in his mental note-book as a "high toney, 'way op young feller;" and this driver, when off duty, bad met Nor man in the village escorting some of the most beautiful, elegant, well bred young ladies in the county, and if there is any thing that at once awes and wins upon a horsey man, it is his acknowledged su perior among the ladies. Indeed, one is prone to judge that no man can be a Methodist minister, or a professional stage driver, without possessing a deep and abiding admiration for the fair sex. Nothing bnt this greet motive could reconcile a rational human being to n life so exciting, so nomadic, so ill re quited. "Goin' to knlledge, young roan?" queried the driver, as the team was slowed down to climb a grade. "Not at present," Norman respond ed, i ' . ; -: ';';;;' "Goin' down to the Lay?" "Yes." r "TherV whar you see something," and he was emphatic on the "see " ' : "I suppose so," aid Norman, dryly. "Gain ! Ooh-oo-ooh !" and the driver hefted his lines again, crossed his legs, and gaye his long whip-lash a twirl or great facetioasness, ending with a light. humorous snap a sort of audible wink Norman being a young man natural and habitually scrupulous in the weight of language, and never having had any experience in such a descriptive phrase as "Ooh-oo-ooh,' carefully held his peace. , Goin' to be one o them spry yonng fellers what skeets 'round for a broker's office, p'haps ?" "I think not." 'Well, excuse me, yonng filler ; I don't want to dig into your private biz, I'm only talkin for sociable." This mark of respectful scalene ss was instinctively accepted arid responded to by Norman. . ' - -i "I do not know what I shall do in San Francirco I'm going to seek my fortune."-,. ., , . :...v " What ! Row with the old man ? Off on your ear ?" "No; nothing of that kind." ' " "I might 'a' knowed that, if I wasn't a damn fool. , Your father's a gen'le m'n he don't row with nobody." "Thank yon," responded Norman, with more interest than he had before manifested. ' "Lord, yes. I've voted for your father, and he's swore me in court. , You reo' elect that ? time Jim Clem cut Fancy Irvin, what used to drive the dapple grays." , Norman did not remember the trial because trials at law were too numer ous in the clerical life ot his home to demand special remembrance : while with the driver it was different, as the most distinguished epoch in his career was his appearance as prosecuting witness in the State of California versus James Clem. The coach was not heavily laden having only i six "insides," and one on top; so the team bowled merrily along through leafy canons and over dusty summits, np hill slowly, and down hill rapidly, till fche growing day, warmed with the cloudless sky and strengthen ing sun, suggested io Norman to draw off his overcoat, and as he was so doing, the driver, having observed the action, remarked . i "D'ye allers go heeled ?" "Very seldom,' answered Norman, placing his land upon hh hip &s it mak .NO. 13. ing sure that the matter " heeled' ' hd not been dhpt&ced by tSkkf change in his dress. . ' I 1 need to pack one" o' tfict , thtrvf v said the driver ' "but 't&mt no CS3 to t, pack 'eta it ye don't ns 'em." t) ?No ," said Norman, with a Sort ef , . itit away look in bin off,: dark eyes. Nfoeeyif thef are Cot to be csiJ, when neected. ' " ' "Well, I alw'us hotic H, that ei.! 1 1 a feller is tight dead on &B shoot, .3 never needs a shootm' Srofr i!t he '.jU of VclA- ' "When I eorne on the' Cffd over!ar,'i : v line, contlntietf (fie, driver, "I ii&H a'. c . ' : 1 . a " s Iurrtb-niiB, aiauuuver, anur as 2 was rjtx :.. t .: -'.t r: - .j up u me iu.v nits iut Bjuniiu t mak the agent to roe, sex lie, What're jpia' , t'do wi' that? Ob, no thin see X, .. and I looked -over ro shoulder kind of cute as I tuck op the lines. ".Well" . sex lie, 'I bet two to one yon don't use.. . Ob, no,' sez I, it ain't me what'If -. one o' them . things it's some other fell.tr.' . Well", . dern roe, if I wasn't overhauled by the road-agents ia ImrA . . two hours, an' I didn't cse it; aca - ' what's more, if ye beat my gentle voice,- f they tak it away from me, went tbrocglr . the passengers and tlie express box, ,. t and I ain't never carried bo tool et that kind sence." T - ( "Why did yon no use it?" aeied!., , Norrran, very gently. - . , ; i ''Use il ! Hew in" hell'ir ' man to -'-' use a shooter when he's got both hand ; full of boss lioes." , . , . "I see,' said ! Norman, and - then gravely asked : "Did co one try to tend the stage?"" t - ' " ' 4' 1 "No !"j answered the driver in fofcf i that was a : sort ot indignant enarl, which' inay be written, 2f--aoiW !; ' "been drivin' fur ten year on this bosiBt, ' -. ' and been gne through, three times by road.agents, an I've -heard lots e talk among passengers about fight, hist 1 never seen none of it. Talk's cbeap lut it takes- the sarsf to fight- sta robbers." No remarks f.om- the yonnef man. : "D'ye reckon yood sf anct in if" thre or four masked men was to; eorae into the rod out o these y ef bushes, . cocked double barreled sbot-guna drsw ed on its, and holler to ns frr'halt and) . put op jer hands f" , . 1 Uiink I ahonld," said Norra&aC " WelF, ye wouldn't. Ye esfa bet rc ife y;woof(iurt';!V'-:ry.,''.-f-: 1 "Perhaps not," said NormSnv . m '. At this moment the stage was whvJ int slowly "np the graded side-hill road. '"' out ot :the canon,towa'rd the'"pea iant3l!. -'f coantry. Up the hill-side the, tttm &I branches of the madronoa and tW whtla ? stems of the buckeyes shone osst araor ; the live oaks and straslloss i . ' while below the road, and '"Jofis t.. ward where the gargling etream Mn.rt;- dered among tlie rocks, the pines aroi tall and serene; f It'',was qeiet pab$ save tor tlie chirping of - sfaal! . v the chatter of blne-iays. and thg .ecas. ; m -J sional whirr ot the quail. The' slJas tion and the conversation, in soosa' t'- conscious way, had caused IvorrrMi ly ; test his hand npon his armed htp cshe - - looked quietly about him. - At the sxia-e mit ot the grade the wood la. ad tarn.- -; 1 nated, and gave way to a long view of open conutry, ihroughwhieh the roasi " " was to be seen tor miles of tZ&ZZEOti '' Arriving at the edge ot the woo&sa the driver was about gatherins fL ' more firmly in hands for a rper,' gait, when, as if by masks, thcra to--.. pea red in the road three men.witb guns and masked faces; one of whosa tliout . "Ilaltr' and then added, locking , through the holes in his rode mask t Norman: - - "Hold np foolf hands.'1' To which ' ' Norman replied by putting a bal!:t. hole. t"n rou si i '- the mask ' imjc lately , - above the two holes which had eyea tu hind them " ' ' "Drive on, said Norma, qa'atly,' ' ' bn firmly, as he sent a ball in d&:?:r . ous nearness to the head cf Ce ra&f T ' I . fellow in front of the horses. " . "Drive on, : rapidly, and hn " fireil upon the fellow la front, U.lj a -load of buckshot went eifry.rs a C. : r ous falsetto , over his heal C.orx t!.t fellow on the right. Uy. ? esciaimel tLa now thoroujVy Ji fLr" iit Z ? to the merits cf the csmo, rn 1 ; r . ,t t. i etlk itjtohis leaders fend :w!:!rlt3 i'-rf to the open country, v.. i i 7 f - -1' ? discharce ot shot e.T.d a isr-M Z-s ci r volver balls.-. . .- - f'..vFor.the. mii twy 'rotfcV, t!, ' ?. had.businsssof iasporisces.oa bur i.r..yS . -, (Coocluded'-oit fottrti r::":,v3-) , i I s