Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
RAYS LITTLE SISTER.
BY T. W. LORTNG.
CHAPTER |.

L l.
Eckert stood in the little mining
EornejIla in the cold gray dawn
{ morning. He had q horse and
Handing 0y him harnessed to a
ile be, with his hands plunged
pockets his pea jacket, walked
BY up and down, waiting for the
the stage which passed through
every morning at halfpast five.
\ even In the morning light, pre-
! appearance more singular than
\. Everybody was asleep, there
b. doubt about that. The cur
fe drawn closely over the win
|the ce-houses; the signs on
looms presented an appearance
|somnolence; and the only living
Berry could see anywhere around
Pne8t miner, who lay profoundly
pugnly drunk in the place where
hould have been, but, owing to
pplete condition Of the Corneille
vas not. Jerry walked up and
Ehistling, looking at his watch,
the direction where the stage
eppear, and pausing occasional
Re the unconscious miner with
and wonder at the quality of
elch he must have consumed to
to such condition. But there
an end even to the most plo-
ND wearisome delay; and. as
an for the eighth or tenth time
the stage line and its manage
coach itself appeared on the
j a distant hill, drawn by four
eerlng horses, and appeared to
itself into the valley and dis
Ihen appearance; and the
passenger on the top of the coach
Is eyes, gazed at Jerry, and
lie was a bright, handsome fell
NE more handsome from the
between his dress and manner
oushness Of the surrounding
Te1dy!" said Jerry, shaking
hand as he alighted, in a
cfamped and disiolnted man
nls perch above.
jeremiah! How are you,
the third morning 1 have
10 meet YOU, you unpunctual
e nave another ride to take
FER ride? But first
st here is a flask. That's good,
pnt that mule, and come to
only eight miles, Teddy"
e5ght miles, after thirtv-six
oId y night riding, alkali, and
"a! Delightfully."- -"
Eshen' Teddy, listen to me. You
y tour to the West, nominally
=. out really to loaf. Oh, l know
4Tent seen You for a year!
t your mule co."
my, Jerry; but | have a vague
r VIZ rust depressing my mind"
mSuI' BE prepared for treach-
- wen buck. You have Just
uey 10 keep you from working
a auq 70 allow you to go where
49, NV 40 What you like, unfortun-
''Aoie led! Are you married
y y. Are youq"
" guy not. Women are few and
~, - IN Corneille; and such as
bnr NOT OF the marrying sort.
|xa ~, .a4p being eight miles out
h. I I've We little female society. And
a s rTstnoe to you the people
Ead thieves, gamblers, and some
fsrsP 'e mat have lost thirty thou
S l ind that is the regular
IA N 1sIta capitalists have seen
f \, nj lhese regions. l find queer
ntonotonous."
Ii Il Teddy; for we have
/ u our camp. The Rev. Mr..
ms SIiauuate of Cambridge mot
l ;SsIaefStand, but Cambridge on
a. ~ Engllshman, and our cook.
E:s nc puts on boiled shirt.
[dis4.ssasae service. Cause, intemper,
S'Ase' not crime, in his case,
ossr character
! SSfybody, who is not putty.
~, I've a Yale graduate, and an
H. 1G3a,e-good manly fellows
bger ~ out given unduly to quar-
b. , ,u9 respective merits of the
Rin '.' the n Zeta Omega"
= me think. We have q
Nbo Gear, modest, brown W. old
d - has rs been on this coast so
Tia, 0e1eYe he cherishes the
! hare n, he was born here,
another who has been an