The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-07-09
MIGGLES.
From the Oycrland Mnnthly.l

man beside the Judge was asleep. his arm
passed through the -swaying strap and his
bead resting upon it-altose.her . limp.
hcIplcss.iooiiing object. ~ # he had hanged
himself and been cut down too late. The
French h,dy on the hack seat Was asleep, too,
yet IN half conscious proprictyof attitude,
shown even In the disposition Of the hand.
krrchief which she held 10 her forehead and
which partially yelled her face The lady
from Virginm City, travelling with her hus.
band. had long since lost Ill individualityin
wild confusion of ribbons, wells, furs
and shawls. There was no sound but the
rlttling Of wheels and the dash of rain upon
the root. Suddenly the stage stopped and
We became dimly aware Of Voices The
driver WAS evidently in the midst Ut III cX-
citing c0iloquy with some one in tho road
u c0lloquy Of which such fragments as
''bridgc gone" twenty feet Of WATER"
cant pass" were occasionally distinguish
able above the storm Then came luil, and
the mysterious VOICE from the road shouted
the parting adju'ution:
TRY Migglrs,.'
We caught glimpse of our leaders as the
vehicle slowly turned, of horscn!an van
isl,ing through the rain, and VIC were evil
IDENTIFY on our way to Miggles'.
Who and where was Miggcs! The Judge,
our authority, did not remember the name,
and he knew the country thoroughly. The
Wasloc traveller thought Aligglcs must keep
hotel. We only knew that VIC were stop.
ped by high water in front and rear, and
that Miggles was our rock Of refuge. 4 ten
minutes splashing through = taagled by
road, scarcely wide enough for the stage,
and We drew up h.tOrc u barred and boarded
gate in wide stone wall or fence about
eight feet high. Evidently Migglcs', and
evidently Migglss did not keep hotel
The driver got down and tried the gate.
It was securely locked.
..Migglcs y Migglcs"
No answer.
"Mlgg ellis You Migglcs:' continued
the driver with rising wrath.
persuasfvcly. 80 Miggy Mig"
50 We rose up AMI called on Miggles in
chorus. Then separately. And when VIC
lad finished, . Hibcrnisn fellow passenger
from the roof called for :" Maygclls!" where
st We all laughed. While we were laughing
the driver cried "ShOo I" ~
We listened. To our infinite amazement
the chorus of Migglcs" was repeated from
the other side Of the wall, cYcn to the final
and supplemental " Maygclls:" NJ W.
Extraordinsry id skunk r rDared the
driver, contcmpiuously. "Comc out Of
that, Miggles, and show yourself! Be Q
n,xr. Mggles! Don't hide in the dark;
wouldn't II were you, Migglcs, continued
Yuba Bill, now dancing about in an excess
Of fury. ...... ,s~
Migglcsy' continued the voice, 20
my good man Mr.. Myyhail y said the
Judge, s0ftening the aspcrities of the name
~ much as possible. Consider the inhos.
pitality of refusing shelter from the inclem.
eency Of the weather to helpless females:
MigKlcs," ending in burst Of laughter,
drowned mis- voice.
YuGs Bill hcsitatcd no longer. Taking a
heavy stone from the road. he battered down
the gsil,, ind with the cxprcssMal entered
the Enclosure. We followed. Nobody was
~ be seen. In the gathering darkness all
that We could distinguish was that we were
in q garden-fr0m the rose-bushcs that scat
tered over u a minute sprsy from their drip.
Woe wooden building.
"Do YOU know this Migsles r. asked the
Judge of Yuba Bill.
mo. nor don't want to-" said Bill, short.
", who felt the Pioneer Stage Company in
suited in his person by tho contumscious
!fSut. my dear sir" expostulated tho
judge e hs thought q Vine the o R w Sa'e ne
irony. hadn't you better 20 back and sit
in the coach till yer introducedy I'm going
In" and he pushed open tho door Of the
4 long room lighted only by tho cmbcrs
OF fire that was dying on the large hearth
At its further extremity. The walls curiously
ps,,ered, and the pickering freight bring
Ing out its grotesque pattern. Somebody
sitting in large armchair IVY the fire. place
All this VIC saw as we crowded together into
the room, after the driver ana expressn,e z.
"Hcllo, be you Migglcs" said Yuba Bill
70 tho solitary occupant.
The figure neither spoke nor stirred. Yul,
Bill walked wrathfuliy toward It, snd turns
TIC eye Of his couch lantern upon its face
II was q mans face. prc,naturcly old AMI
wrinklcd, with very large eyes, In which
there was that expression Of perfectly grs
iuitOus solcmnity which had sometime.
aeon In IN owls. The large eyes WANDERED
from Bills face to the lantern, aud ftEallj
fixed their gaze on that luminous object
without further recognition. .'tt a7
Bill restrained himoelf with m effort
"Nigglcs! Be you deaf You aintdum y
ANYHOW. you know !" ind 4 aha Bill shool
the insensatc figure by the shoulder.
TO our great DISNEY q Bill removed hi
hand, the venerable stranger apparently col
ispscd-sinking into half his, sizS xnd ~
u"dissirguishablc heap Of clothing.
""Wcll, .dcrn my skin, said Dill-loo!stsl
aprealingly Ut ", and lUpelessly Ectar'Al
from tho contest, ,,rft=s .t.fns. .,-tf -
The Judge now stepped forward, and WI
lifted tho mysterious invertcbrate baxk int
Ills original position. Bill was dismiss 9.
with Tie lantern u. rcOounoitrconts dc, fori
vas evident that from the hc'plessncss O
this solitary mar. there must Be ,attenda?t
i,cor A humid, md We al drew around TIL
Arc. The Judge, WIN had regaincd his au
thority and had. never lost hi, conver.stion.s
ability 1tanding before % With hts buck Z
the hearth charged ", - On imagisar!
Il = evident that citherour distinguishes
friend here has reached that condition, de
described by Shakespeare - 1.-The serc AM
yellow Ieaf.~ or has suffered s0uac prcssatus
Abatement Of his mental and phyYicel fscul
Mr.. Whether Nc 10 really the Mlgglca-.,
Hero he was was interrupted ~ "Mig
sleo D Misglcs | MiggSooyl Mig" and, q
{sct. the whole chorus Of Mtgglcs in Vet!
much ,sAs same hey ast hadSScc see6oe'
hccrl delivered unto ". J.
~. ~a,esl NJ each other for m0WeQe Il