, 1870-12-11
MR ELA'S STORY.
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CQtAf. 1l1 WGAlQGf WAs uQS EeCuukl4y ORQ;
Il w.s the ordinary winter weathe1. with !
ouArte14ng wind, g1sing the ship an awk~a1u
motion over an ohlique1s rolling Sea- Cold,
rick, thoroughly Uncomfortable, with no
reiuze but the narroW and dlmly-Aghtod
state room, Was Reduced in the frat twenty ]
fu1r hnurs to = condiuou Of ignominous help. |
lessuess, hardly willing to I've. and not yet |
fully wishing OF intending to die.
Ii this unhappy frame OF mind the close Of |
the second EehrJ day found me, when my
hu.bsnd opened our sta1e-room door to sAy
that Hi. Ella, Of, Oregon, was on board, |
and ptopoeed to come and talk to me, IN the
hope Of amusing me and making mo forget !
agreeing to the proposal. chairs were brought |
and placed inst inside the doorway, where
the light Of the saloon Tampa nhone athwart !
the countenanee OF my eal1.corstituted phys.
iciA1. lie xas young. man, and looked
younger than bis years; alightly built, though
posesesiEg supple. wel-knit frame, With
bands Of an elegant Shape, fine texture And
great expression. You saw at glance thathe
bad poets hpadt and poets sensitivene=s
Of face 5; but it HAA only after ohservAuoa that
you HAw how much the face wAa capable OF
Hhicl it did not convey, for faces are apt to
the culture Of those with whom va
are labitua1Iy associated. Atr. Elas face
clearly indicatedta me the intellectual poverty,
tne Haut Of aesthetic cultivation in Ills Aecn=-
toned circle Of society, At the Same time that
Il suggested posaible phssea Of great beauty.
emosim,s to be habttually called to the surface
br kTmp2tlf. Evidently vein OF drolery N
his nature had been batter Appreciated, and
oiterer exhibited to sdmiupg audiences, than
any Of the finer quAhtiee Of thonsht or .enu-
ment Of which you inHtinctiyely knew him to be
capahiei md get the face protested agasnstat,
too, by . gentle irony with hint Of sell f-esofn
in it. - it its cKnar, in his own estinlilon.
wrote himself / budoon fos his eonlescehaion-
Altogether it via a good face, hpt Ono to
make you 1ish it were better, ance By rot
! .btipg 10 it Was unt1ne to ITSELF remember
terest from my berth. while the two gentle
] men did little preliminary talking.
| Mr.. ElA'a voice, observed, like his face,
] WIS susceptible Of great change and infinite
rnodulations. Deep chest tonea were follow.
ed By finely attenuated sounds; dron4nE nAsn
tonee. by quick and clear ones. The quahty OK
| the yolce Was Hott and mu1itai the euuucia-
ton slox, often cuph1tic. Hts manner vas
illustrative, egotistic, and keenly wntchful Of
| etIect4.
"You uever heard tho story Of my adven-
ture in tho mountains /" Ella began, turning
] to mo with the air ut = man WHO had made up
his mind 10 tell his story.
swell" = running hia taporing fingers
through his hair. and pulling It over his
forehead-'.1 stsrted out in Life with i
theory, aud it WAS this !: that no Toung man
prepared llunle fot her. Cosract, want II !
WAS about - years. old when took up some
land Gown in tho Kogue River Valley, auC
worked away at it with this object"
Had sou really wife selected 1t tha
age:.
in that country to marry early, and WIS got
l dr. n I'M
! see? was pretty successful, too : had con
siderable stock, built me house, made
flower garden for my Wi$e--ereu put up tn
pegs or nails tAo was to lan. her dresse= %
I Intended that fall TO set on my horse, lid
sh,ough tho ,yallanet Valley, and Gnd me- m
girl"
Al the notion Of counting in that oH-haud
general stsle, both ny huebaud and lauShe
doubtiugly, Ella laughed, too, but as il til
recollection pleased Lin.
Yuu think that il strange. do you
! 'Twasnt 30 very strange in those days. bt
can%e gi1ls were ecarce, don't you SOC. Thez
WASH, u girl within forty nilea Of me; An
: just the thought OF one, now, a. was tixln
4 those nails 10 hung her garments on-why,
, just ran through me like a shock {
electricity!
: and fifty head of cattle, hou.e with ga
s den, youps orchard, aud vegetables gso'
= ing-esersthirg in readiness for tue wife
. had counteI OH getting to he)' me take ca!
. Of it. And what do you think happened
= There can,e such a rlague Of grta'laoPpe
. grvon thing crops, orchard, flowers. gras
n everything! Ny stock died--the greater no
81 | tipu OF them-&nd, I waA fxined. lnea
= bass. considered myself disappointed
1t love, too, because, though l l1adl
ir somowhe,c IN lila yallev whiting
q, me-: and I felt somehow, when the grAs
er- ho,,ners ate no everything, a. il l had be-
=, filled. Actu.l,y, il pietres mo With = p.l
ID nov to think Of those useless psgs on wai
e 20 often u,y imagination burg 4 pink cali
Ut are.s ard ! sur.Sonnet"
Of knitting bis bIow-, and ssghlng As ho shi
;, ed biz POSITION, Ela once more rnlletl the b
on over his forehead, in lis peculiar fashion, a
vent on:
80 II became misanthsopie-fel myself bat
q. used. Packing up my hooks And feE ira;
y. 1et.rted for the mount 'a,ns with what ssoci
~ "a nit"
p, "A stockade eighteen feet high. with
" embanknent four feet high around It.
p .froue gate, u tent in the milule OF tho incl
~ arms. etc, inr,de'
re ''Dn account OF Indi.ns7"
ed .ln6ixus and white men. Yea, I
sF, seen a good manr Indians through
na read Of my title. They learned to keep ~
~ from MY fors: There were mining can
%. down in the valley, aud yon kno* tho ha
led unjurrr had t.iep,y or money bv mo so1
~ times: 1t was necessary 10 DO etEof'
X fottct.
~. "Nhnt strange lie tor pof: Nhas
FL, ycu %: How -ie"d your time
9n s h"tdgd vcatsie, drove tllena 70 q
1t uisanthrt ~, With 4 little 1ile practice.
,s tie tine hsd been one summer inthe mo
~ ta'rr Lad got ms haud III, nLa kacW no"
~ make money buying up cattle 10 sell asat
"a the 1nir'ss. .-
.u1 $50 there was method IN your madne:
lns. t.WtN. man csnLot rc.icu life before ]
.ass .p l. I WIS doing well, aud he
.as n'ng to think sgnn OF ylsi
;a1, the WailAmet to hunt M my G1rl.
,sa ,h Sunday atternoon-I Knew It was )
I'D I day. beeanse kept jou5nal-l was slt
mi 0ttf1de ny Tort wftinS, "lieh snaooT
mi, acsos: tue psrei1 anu: soohln6 MP. ~. q
,rn, ton hEu5e efood hetoFo me-. lsepuie
t1nu sones y Fause oeea as 1MIs 70 ~
Jsn. encounter, WIN strange men, ny nair .
a,c. ne vas She metsts noS IN !osts; Ire11s
nm, dt'iease ts nature, 4nd then redaced o5 1t,
cF1.- lie had l. I; boston On a vessel couiug OF
att rAe northwest coast. had been wrecked u
&t- | mouth of the Cmt.sns and been wlUat
tue sf.n,1f in ff,e mountains eyer eln.e sut,.i.
Ives, | =. INA, in r,r1t ~ r,-t. and herrIes.
,er." ~,,n ~, iacer,;T,. yirs3:"
ttent '..So I nss,,rc r,n m The eontrArv e
;, aaa ing dtt ply insertsscd."
,r:7 ='' The bor aas not 4 young WOMAN N tsi7G
VII or ars thing like ,hst. you know""-w1
Ms; amused look at me- " thought 5oud slit
!. ~ but AZ he comes il TO the stoss a. eo:la's
n "ue iukt mention his Introduction to u{ss
A1Ms led him and nurssd him uutll he Sks a'l
J., A., 80 to Wofk- and shen got sam C:oass
traa toles b'ui take up Claim aioos;s. Q Csi
;, -. eamn, tomle'ns 10 1sso9 tus eninans1
..a ~ tees coatt&st AZ ae Vas eoo1 70 sho ooE'
r;r1,. claim proved good one. anu "e vas En