Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-01-11
PREESIAL4EH STAY.
OR
TEE WILD HUNTER
or DEER CREEK.


The advice given our young hero
by bis friend the blacksmith made q
deep impression Oh the mind of pie, :
aud he departed homeward whistline
the solemn notes of that familiar re-
frain "Shoo fly don't bodder me. .
Although lie vainly tried to quiet the
perturbed state of his feelings by q
look of forced gayety yet it was evi
dent to everyone who met him
that he had great wrestling of spirit,
and that new era was about TO dawn
tor the hitherto wayward boy. U
human heart what strange mysteri-
Gus enigma art thou How often down.
down in thy utmost depths springs up
wells OF genuine reformation that want
but tanning from the flames of con.
science 10 radiate mans whole Icing.
After an invigorating drive Irishman
andem lie one foet before the other,
Pie found himself in front of the
ancestral hall of the Stays. Stop
ping but moment TO shake
the dust fromH natures sandals,
he took hold of the latch string and
immediately found himself in the
presence of father, mother, sister,
sweetheart-all. Our young hero as
the reader is aware was not reared in
the lap of luxury. He had not
been brought up with silver spoon ia
his mouth { Ben Butler had been on a
gobblins tour ere this) and therefore was
not ike those city hyhiers who wish the
services of Julius Caesar, Pompey
s nash or some other colorcd citizen of
African cscent to wit on them, so he
took off his own hat and hung it up
on the floor without assistance from
anybody. The family all gathered
around the young neophi,e.
The greeting was neither that Of the
happy household welcoming the
returning prodigaI, nor was it the i'm
passioued workings cod shake of the
hands aud the meanless "how are you"
to the returned one.
Pie took in the situation immediate
~. aud were il not there was one oasis
n the desert one wihsome smile from
he girl Of his heart, that sent the
blood coursing through his veins, he
would have departed from the home of
ais youth in disgust. But in this case
ls in all other the potent charm Of love
eld him spell bound. His afianced
bride, his own Mary Ann trom the
classic regions of the Little Luckiamute
urned her eyes full on him, and across
lis heart thereat there came a change !
IS radical as it was instantaneous
Fhrusting his hands into his pockets up
o the elbow, be addressed his aged T.
'Paternal parient for months past I've
'een an enquirer. | have wrestled and |
vreetled and wrestled to know what | |
ught to do to benefit myself and the
'ame of Stay. Like the coffin of tho
llustrious Mohammed have for months
,een hanging between Heaven and
artb, knowing nothing as to what my
uture would develop. 'Tis true. since
eading the account of the hunting
dventure of Holmes and DAILY, and
richmond and Vineyard, | have had
erious ideas of becoming a Nimrod
ut never until the present was deci-
ed step taken. Henceforth behold in
our son Piebald, a man who wages
eep. deadly, incessant warfare against
II four footed creation of the deer
ind"
History, that true record of the past,
1ill hand down to the most distant
osterity the brilliant exploits of thy
rst born, thy own, and my Mary.
Ann will go into heroics over the
escapades of Piebald Stay, or
he wild hunter of Deer Greek. After
ttering the foregoing eloquent lan>