, 1870-11-13
Very COo1e

tQe OtCflAQd AGQtnty.
A mGuntAlC trsil--A narrow. tuftuour, dif3.
cult FAITH Two miners, With their eetAtes
tied up IN ropes aud slung aceoes their backs
ecsanb1ipE Weariig up 1t. Jnst At the steepees
part tie foremoat halted short, turned about,
deliberately unslurg his pack, sat doSn upon
it and eighed- As he iockt1 across the green
s1psnse Of the valley be]ow, to the brnwn ma-
fathoulese ether be5ool, look not OF aa1tls
cfept into bis eyes. impreesiug his faco With
tO.uethiuE OF the glory of the Transformation,
His companion, rough and hard, though ha
WAst observed the ch4pge, and appeared to
have sorne vasue and smpstfest idoA Of its
own baggage and sat himself thoughifally
upon rock. For some time the two uoAiu-
tanned silerce which wss tnteueiied rather
than brokan By the Just diatnguishahle mur-
mut Of the river LOCO feat baloE. The wind
whispered its eternal secret to the pines, and
the tun, flaming gsAndly atore, aaug wssa
after waTc Of Light against tho hllls. which
sent back faint pulsations Of heat ~ it we.e
an tcho.
"Jirn and tho votce Of the miner y.s
ehoked Apd husky, as II troubled In its lower
depths b5 soraa struggling emohen-" jim,
We tvo'ye been good fnends-Alu't ve!-
Whether it was becAuseha did not thosouah-
ly know what YRS coming, and 20 declined to
commit himself, Of xhether be had delicate
consciousness that to reply to euch quee-
uon would imply mseoopstruetion OF Its pul-
poft, jim maintained grave silence. merely
eatfting his great hands alternately. the ous
above the other. upon the vertical handle Of
his pick. The uncertain light In lbs eYea d
the speaker grew, oy inperceptihls desreeA
into po.it1vo sleam Of Intense longing, as b.
continued:
Jim, I'm not fellsr to ask ta7ors rot
know that, Ever eiscs we txo're beeu PAID.
mars, you're never knoxed me- to iii 4 mau I,
hnld my dnst while / attend t3 the oardx
without my bein' willon' to hold hisn Ii,
Bama- Now. pardnet, 1 tea1 that Icsnt ann ns
further on this level, and Igusss Tvs gotto 81
dom IoEer. Dut Tore I 50, vans rou K
ta4 nc: honest, who t~as ahot mo ,hAt niehl
Thought that T vas ared into Sy % some strau. c
ser who want tAktn' no hsnd. and enfne
nexs hAyin' my Light tnu1ed out by eomn nns
unbeknoNn to me, Ia not good thoucht b
die Oh When I get dowa yonder. nd thes
IT IF me ano maze this Fer hole In yer back I
ahan kg ~ to cr. rgm e~ tot they could spot hin
just'ee; We haven't got nothing inyentea yei
asd do right to him. Ano. jiua. dosa't Tor
nsger 70 Tor him yourself: thtt n,sn's tot
mem fcr 6llin:-" The dying msn osa.ed
nut Jun poE9d us hsad lower and 1ovar owe,
kne PUCK nAnMe ID silence, and Reamed stsnK
In an almost iuandibla tone,
,,.. al' afe son quite suze yousrs plsstn' on
I'm collin up my riata, Jlm-~
"Hor long Hout yon last yet ;.
Mot more'n tan minutes II tha cuteias. !,
Jim atrdghtsaed htnself upon his roc.
"nl1, womb never got .e.sr that ss,,..-
least ways. not till commit Enjefde' fir.,
that shot that's a-don for you'll .Th.n. hsi
ln 1pologetioslly: II didn't know you ehen
tMl, OF snqmomt :. = shot without sngtn' ou
| That. extremely muribund minsr rosa Il
his fest moro properly, thars M Tast On
! heaEal OF hfs hana- whish seemed 10 e1pxn
| at eveU point n It anAlH toverea alofs iif
blxsted- cedar:
elm hs asmed oat, abosra,, . il,
t play; md ever Enca 10 twn're boan psrd
] uern you novef AnKed ms to takn. hact :
/ card Dat In sAytng what 4m atooa hums
! tustsse, I thEoHsd4 away. Z queen uhan
>Ene.ed 9sad:S 80 boseE.: ri, tale haa
..Ths spot u It'll pointed S1t{o - trsys
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