Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-11-27

pains, or through an almost lntermlnahlo
wilderness Of grease-woOd and cactus. The
whisper Of the wind in the trees. the bark
of the dog tha ran out to meet us, and
the eackle Of the busy hens around the
doorway told Ms that We shDuld find goo 4
aud happy people here. There was the
sOlitory honse, as usual. but il seemed
more pretentious than those at the ether
stations. The passage-way was higher
aud wider, the rooms more Bumerous, aud
finished with whiteWash and good glass
windows. At the windows, curtains; Il
gtay-colorcd counterpane on the bed. and
wolf-skins in trout gift and the lounge.
The slatiOn-kceper was a tall, black,
bearded, good looking man. by name
George Washington ~. | knew that
| should hnd Sis's eldest sister here, as
Mrs. George W. -, for she was mar.
red on the samo day with her Aunt Poi
ly. The blue eyes, under long silken
lashes that met my gaze on the threshold
at ella Bend. we're like Sis's-oniy these
were the same graceful movements, With
more Of seli-asseruon. She might have
been eighteen. Her hands and feet we're
small, aud her rich brown hair, oddly
though not uubecomingIy dressed, lay Gu
a forehead, white aud pure as that ol u
child. ..'.-.# ..
No wonder George was proud of his
wife and had tried hard to win as such
the barefooted girl whom he found one
day, with her family and some sorry OK
teams, camped near his house, on their
way from Texas to California. The emf
grauts were the girls mother, her step
father, her sister, BROTHER aunt, and the
aunt's little girl. Aunt Polly seemed to
be the leading man, for to her belonged
the two best OK teams, one OF which was
driven by herself, the other by the cir.
Dcrinda She hired or bought her neice
from the step-iather for this purpose, af.
ter she lost her husband By lightning; aud
Dora had been faithful TO her task, al.
though nearly worn out crossing the Des-
ert from Maiicopa Wells to Gila Bend,
After George had taken deep look into
the girls eyes, he very dlsintcrestcdly.
not only invited the whole family to come
into the house---as far as they would 60
iu--to rest from the long, hard journey
but extended the hoSpItallties OF the place
to both man aud beast.
The Texans, content were in no hurry
to move on. and George was in no harry
to have them go. Dora, Sis, and the ten
year-old brother soon became warmly at
tached to him; and they, with the biz
dog Bose, daily wandered of to the Gila
to catch fish 4; wading into the stream, with
ever-tresb zest, as they recalled that dread
full drag across the waterless desert.
George alone remained on the bank, fish
ing-llne in hand.
One day, when Dora had watched the
cool, clear water gililng swiftly over sun
Drowned feet, III silence she raised her
eyes suddenly frcu under the long, shad'
lug lashes. H a
Why don't you ever come into the
water? Don't you IKE to stand IN itY'
she asked OF GeorSe. 4,ua .,i
t. Come, sit here and | will tell YOU
Sne nestled down beside him, and, calling
Bose, who laid his head on his head mas
ters knee aud looked inquiringly from
one 10 the other, he said; About thre,
year ago, before had built this house
house, [ lived IN shanty, about a miie
from the river. The summer was very
hot had suffered much from the SUI
aud the want of water in crossing the
c>antry, aud, after the man who came
out here with HE had gone on to Fort Y u
ma, | was left entirely alone. When !
SEE you over your ankles in the watei
now, am often tempted to call you back
only know youare young aud strong
aud | remember but too we'll what pleas.
ure there is In IL. Besides, you DO mol