, 1870-10-09

0ucn0W With hef e0ft nAnu1, ne te1fod tne
ssue. Az others have been, Caleb vas blind,
rom his ordinary eye-sight. But be heeded
'othing, not even Hans, who waited dAlY,
u1iously but silently, the hour for tho coach
o start Ar. Sheds had not made, in direct
ohrsse, any proposal to The young woman o.
he contamination which he devoutedly Tlsh.
s!yly vinkipg At himself, willis al the time bis
hehrt IVES beating tumultous prophecies OF
rerr aweet future. Moreover, the driver,
.h0 was t.c1turn and brief IN the month OF
seemed not the sA,no Is tho joy
cus and talkasive enc Of the later autumn
1t x1s indeed the same, but In different
r age Of development.
And it Is \ f.ct that the Fsau1ein had Of
late seemed ETac1ous to an efuotW-
nary extent. From tho unccrtsin state
in which she had formerly seemed to
hesitate in her reception OF daily compl1nents
fathers hostelry, including Caleb. she had
recently seemed to lave takeu On the bloom l
Of maturity, With reAssurance Of personal |
dignity, in spite Of the newly mAda attempts I
1t gallantry OF the sojourners of that region, |
and had somewhat more the air Of one having
of course, did not escape the confident gaze
Of Mr. Sheds, who, viewing her IRON hia
standpoint, put On it very reasonable inter
pretntion.
Caleb.s confidence in his friend Tnm bad
Tot yet extended TO his placing in his keeping
p;liess. But he begau to feel that be might
DO 70. he thought Of many pleasant things
on Tie WAY down to SimpEns'. He thought
the same tliugu over ag gain after he left
S;n,} kine'. He bad never been more
eptertairjnc 70 passengers, nor answered
tbe thonsant1 inquiries, asked anew every dsy.
with more tnlluess. Hla face Was 1glow, his
plpc w1s iilled and reflled. His whip snapped
,utelligt utly, aud the horses, somehow, par
taklcg Of ii. joyaurness, whisked over the
road With tieeter feet than over, and brought
the staGe in ful! half an hour ahead Of sny
previous trip. Trim had already arrived from
Sacramento. Tce brightness Of the aky. And
Of the Fatee. seemed 10 invite Caleb to tell his
tecre4to his friend.
s'Siiue," esid he, "a they leaned away f.oIn
phil's bar, "notiecd any thin SPECIAL, lately"
"Can't Eay it," replied Trim -.sound the
"No, Slime; it's right here; q nea1's to
you."
"Don't see hut you're "a rusty as the f0st
day We nd together"
Nut Trims view was finite. He never IN
quirod along the lines Of mems fsces for
mostly to himself, aud 40 his curiosity was
somewhat excited when hia friend spoke
again.
''sine, Tn ti1ed o bein' nothin' bat 4 one-
horse team"
.'EhF"
I've been goin' on alone hosp o Joars
for no account"
"We1I," replied Trim, '*I never hserd you
hAiEt got along spry enough.'
Slime .ald Caleb. hesitatingIy,. "you
don't know me IS an inside here. I've ban
good deal unesss, and he took ont " plpe,
"JeFt o not beih % much OF mAn as my
faiher was. ...,. T.,
'.Yeur dad very superior person. sheds2"
~, That Amt neither here nor there; but
its reck'n'a respectable, Sine, an In jest
clos'n' out there bachelor days o mine; =,
Mr. Trim heard his friend. and felt
tlaat remonstrance from him would not be IN
place. While he Was silsnt for tho space Of a
's s's aud % %s,9onsa to pick up chip to
through his iainl: WAS sbelH spoon, and
he not know il t.efore had l'e been losing
than he Lad gained, ani aid be feel neces.
t,y OF being put under Louds WAS there any
| obligation c!oakod under this seeming pha-e
| Of personal choice. impelling hin, 10 do=d
| which attained to the rank Of rAshness p
wasn't i, queer that Caleb should be thinking
| il he should do It; Aud then ho bega an II
think aloud: wonder how the deuce yo-
| held your team in haad 30 we'll 81 to drive ~
to the gal, in tho fust place! s'poss is'a
| gal, el,, sheds:"
"foa'd never ask tha. asin. ef yos
sheet. and 1un iato lsarbur close-hAuisd, viii
tho wind right square in mE eyes, many = til
time, for nuthn', with Jut khowin whether
can beard i, craft in her place. Fact is.
hain't yet hailed her. but there she is. jea
ridin' q her anchor, and know jest WIS
~Know her we'll :"
"No mistake"
*.Hain't brought it snc--2 out that yor
want her to marry ynr 90
"well, Slime, kp". :s"" tho wind blow
when see her pcnrart a-tisln'.''
! .sNow. Sheds, are you sure shea gentle an
kind in single harness? ?"
..sails along without nary gibe.~
HAnd makes I good match. and hain't bee
mated with no ot6ers"
"Wel, Slime, reckon I've bon hsvin' N
eyes out to wind'asd aud leward. There ain
MIR. Trim had finished his whiting
and tho last shaving had fallen 10 th
ground. He stood On sne foot, An
draw the broad btade Of hts knife bael
ward and forward on the other boot ; the
looked ut the edge, aud drew his thumb Of
li4uely ACROSS it. and turned it over an3 sht
It ; and as It snapped to with click, he tur1
cd 10 his friend, and said:
"shede, when you wants = thing, you 5el
goes for it, and sou gots 1t sometimes.
don't know noshin' about this 'eEc craft th.
you aIe goin' for now, but such ike are slug
less vou know 'em like you do your mother"
Caleb and his friend Sine did not meet 4
tho hotel at Phil's after that conversatio,
On Trims return-trip from sacramento, Ii
Fccopd dsy sitter it, not hnlcg his friend, t
usual, abont tho old spots, he had curiosil
enough to look over the premises littl'
The stage was in from Jones' Bar, and tt
horses feeding and though they locke
| somewhat As II they would like to tell no
| they had been, numerically hux1ie
in from Simpkins', they didn't give
| hint OF where their driver VAS Indeed, l
had not been eeen eince be fret atrivet
Tr:m smoked his evening pipe without II
/ | cumranionship Of his frierd and Caleb no,
appearance vas not comprenenaed: jake
lannon's horseman ABOUT the tl.st CAT
nEnundt and faid ne bad been asked py Gaie
10 -iaSe tho hnes 1of the next tnp:" I
! wasn't there as usnA. Chleo wasn't tnef
: AEa JAKE 1ook tns lucs-
more than two Sesss were gone SINGS Caia
u'sappeaseos ana LINN, VINO nau oeen pTet1
regular On me foute. tooh respite !on
ehoneh 10 TUT oown 20 the pay WIN eol
: Ge+tion 70 bring With him certain goods 81
: 1neEehandise On MS @ return, , fos the 20 ~,
:. man. and s1ndT Other commissions, lart
: terssisiug merchants Of Rings Flat. BE keI
. in hand complete inventory OF article
1 aud theee. one and all, ne had SCI
j, down to the schooner MFs Helen, br'gh
; looking vessel Of l25 tons, plying for low
: freights than the steamers between San Fra
;. cisco aud what il now tho capital Of the Stat
i Snndry sacks OF -four, many casks OF viii
Q key, some boxes Of staple dry goods, and
I few rlowe, limited the different parties
: Kings Flat who placed come confidence
hun: Besidss slxlnE to ihs yessci us cons' %
I elaeie lleisht Ast. he asetuea snas, thonI
q thc sf'p IN ee1oonet might aot pe ~ apes1 4
y set ~ cary alnsM up ute. "o1,a SotnneI 1
aaMa;anlhe Ms eohslgnHents. - wen, e., cAp.a'
. ~ eo WIN YOU, too, surts; y sGu !est
1 as he turned from the master OF tue schoo