The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-04-12
MuRRAY'S LITTLE SISTER.
ClIAPTEl, /
BY y, W. LORING.

with MS nanuS plunged luto 'lc poNh''N 7"
his pea.iackct, walked impatently up anc
down, waiting for the arrival OF the stage
which passed through Corneille every morn
inc nj halrpast five. Corncillc, even in the
morning light, prcscntnd nappcaranCc more
singular than attractive. Everybody was
asleep-there could be no doubt about that
The curtains were urawn closely over the
windows of the dancc-houseS the signs on
the bar-rooms presented an appearance OF
black s0mnolcnCc; and the only living crca
ture Jerry could see anywhere around was an
honest miner who lay profoundly and thor
oughly drunk in the place where gutter
should have been, but, owing to the incom-
pete condition Of the COrneillc streets was
not Jerry walked Up and down, whistling,
looking at his watch, gazing in the direction
where the stage ought to appear, and pansing
occasionally to punch the unconscious miner
with hi, foot, and wonder at the quality OF
liquor which he must have consumed to
bring him to such Il condition But there Is
ALWAYS nm end even to the most protraCtcd
and weariSome delay; and, as Jerry began
for the eighth or zenith time 10 rcvlc the
stage line and It's management the coach H.
self appeared on the summit Of distant hill,
drawn by four wildly carccring horses, and
appeared to prccipitatc itself into the valley
and disappear Then q rcappcarancc; and
the solitary passenger on the top OF the coach
opened his eyes, gaZed at Jerry, and smiled.
He wa, a bright, handsome tclIow--all the
more handsome from The contrast between
his dre-. and manner and the roughncSs of
the surrounding prospect
at its' Teddy" said Jerry, shaking his
friends hand rs he aightcd, in = somewhat
crampod and disoiMtcd manner from hiSl
perch above
At last, jeremiah! How are you, any
way
This is The third morning I have come
down 10 meet you, you unpunctual rascal!
We have another ride to take YETI
"Ano.uor ride But first
Blu first here is flask That's good.
Now mount that mule, and come to break
eight miles, Tcddy'
"OnIy eight miles after thirly-siX miles of
cold uiart riding, alkali and sage brush!
DcliclHui!'
Now. then, Teddy, listen to me You have
taken tour to the west, nominally 10 sketch, Il
but really to loaf oh, | know you, if
haven't seen you for year, 10" does your
mule go>'
"Smoo,hy, Jerry but have q vague feel 1t
NJ of di,lrust opprcSsing my mind (
"Tha"a right Be prepared for treachcry,
md sl" won't buck. You have just enough a
money 10 keep you from working seriously, !
md toal0w you to 20 where you like, and
10 what you like, unfortunate and enyable
Fed Are you married yet"
"Not any. Are YOU"
"Dccidedly not Women are few and far d
,otween in Corneille; and such as there are
rc ne, Of the marrying sort. Besides, our ?
amp being eight miles out Of town, we see h
title female society. And now let me de n
crbo 10 You the people whom you are to Il
lccl' o
"liotsrthicyca, gamblers and some honest Il
cOpir that have lost thirty thousand dollars.
find That is the regular sum that busted t
capitalists have seen cvapCratc in the regions. !
fad queer characters monoLonous,"
BE comfortcd, Teddy; for we have few !
UGH in our camp. The Rev. Mr.. Archwcll,
raduato Of Cambridge mot Hazard, under :
.and, but Cambridge on the CAM is an Eng u
.lnala and our cook. On Sundays he puts
ii boiolSh shirt and reads the service. Cause, !
disease, not crime in his Il
asc, Ted"
One queer character"
$50 is everybody, who Is not putty, when =,
e have Il Yale graduate, and IN Amherst II
manly fellows, both Of them,
mt given unduly to quarreling over the re. !
pcctiye merits Of the Delta Beta and the =,
gia DL.nran u
"Chgrminq, Goonr Il
wen lct me tblnE We have a niooccr- a
dear. modest, brown old fellow Who has \
ccn On his coast so long that | believe he
hcrishc, the dclusion that he was born here
-n,n va have another who has been nm actor a.
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--.nu stop for haavor,. s,lo, ,.II vo,, o
.a' .., t;r.l of siriking want ,hc c 1nr "
Nom u,I.r" z
u.rL., va Iou,c 10 fine las,. ,,o,,, find d
a- ian parifr coast And ',I,o, ,,n h '',' j,
we o,hrr nr,.gr worih, yr,,r ot,rn,,,,,, n
ulyn, +. he" \
ssh. But think You had better 500 I,or h
.nr,r.i tell Won her slory"
v~rnr Her, EXplaiu, Itbon,bi yop had Ct
.p ,.,,a,og"
..-l.t NOT q woman" Ii
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..l, .,eir. I want ln cycito vour curi
.t,"
II y .'i,ve Won. Jerry But Won want TO
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