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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-) ,
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