Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-26

last was poisoned, and hope has
bo!ted into another and better world.
You see its hard navigatin' in shoal
place; and Il mothcr-in-law is the
shoalest thing I've struck. Have you
beep married -
"No.
''Don't You ever marry any one but
al orphan, then"
why so!'
"lil tell you my experience. l
came from Rhode Island, aud ancient
ly was captain, and have sailed the
purtiest creature that ever SKINNED
the water. got on we'll till | met n
little biue-eycd Cir! from Maine. and
| thought she would do to east anchor
with, which d:d, and we were as
happy as two barnacles on a sunny
log, till her mother came TO live Will,
as; after that the coini,ass had Il coll
lnual variation, and things got 20 be
no better III snort meire. That ar
mothcr-ii-!aw, she tried to be stew
ard, and bo's'n, and first mate, and
had her eye OH the captains cabin,
and we WAS IN a mutiny all The time.
told the wife L would pension oil
the old hunk aud drag her into safe
harbor. and ii!en she and me and the
babies, which there were two OF 'cin.
would go oil soundIn-S and try biue
water all alone. But the wife
Won du't. | am told wi!umin thiuk
thcy can a!!us get husbands, bat the.
never can have bat one HoI!.cr-so
they sticks TO fcr. Blessed II sec
W hat they wants o! amy mother alter
they gets i rlan 10 iii tie bread <!lCi'
:t,d huv 'en new stua,!luscls. 80 |
bought :, iittiG house vi. NV A
inGs. and put en- all i.., antl wlIcn the
gold news c4lnG came out here. |
tell yer If Ihcre's !, cranky tnotlicr-in-
law on the quarter-dcck' the ship
Wont keep her course. Everything
yrcS suu,un by moth as the devil
stccr.d the wIl,ttass, aud the cupini.i
is ike monkey On t!e lee back stay
gave 'ein everything but my fiddle
and dog. AID caIne out her. P'ri.aps
when I've maslc my pile Ill go back
again and vccr around the folks.
There's httlc Maggie, my pur.y little
no fat l,-
cr, though the mother did. And if /
cnn only see her and take her little
hand. and walk Uut among the bird.
auh Nuwers, and hear her talk.
think cHn be happy again. And II
she vii. only call me father oIcc, /
want nothing more, and the old nIai,
brushed away Il ter with hi sleeve.
This was Ewes story, sad 10 ilimi.
and when the fellows were disposed
told them that his heart WAS almost
broken By troubles at home, an uiI-
conscious pity was iclt Tor him for
ever alter.
The mines did not tempt me to re-
main long there. he road ~ fortune
WAS rugged and steep, and it is noi
long alter that bs.uc adicu to Cain
furnIu a!Id returned 10 civilization, to
tell Wondering auditors the stories
OF the distant !al.d. Five was the
last 10 say goodbye, ana even Bruce
came and iIcke,i INV iiuud.
Twenty years! Il Lifetime 10 many,
Il weary waste 10 some. Where once
Il few scattered houses stood iiut.
to-day thrlvinS city, wealth.
pcUple. Forests OF SHIPS line the
NJ iI;lrvcs, amt white sail, IlutIvr over
the bay where once The occasional
steamer piowcd her bustiiri. way.
The. broad acres where rauuucros
drove their herds and called it waste
land, the lIard-iistcd SONS of toil have
dotted with thriving farms, and the
railroads join their forces Us Il lever
age IL aid OF progress. The Culouci
and had been ranging up and down
the san Joaquin Valley, running ont
tie land, and worn with strusgi ling
through quick-sau,is and siou.as,
had sought the shelter gladly from /.
pcl;iug rain that SET III 1T mig hltull.
y wonderful valley-this San Jou-
yuim. Three hundred level miles by
seventy-tive, between Two mountain
ranges, and along the western side
the swirling river winds, while down
from the bold Sierras came icc-cold
streams 10 join its tide. Myriads oi
brow sing sheep aid cattle trim
down the lnxuriant grass, and miles
of fields are budding into promis-
Ing harvest time.
The cabin stood near one of the feet
"f this natural ellipse, where four
shepherds dwclt, whose sheep and
lambs were now cnsconccd within
the corral, wich lily protected them
from the cold rain. Three of the men
were inside of the hut. ceaXing all
obstinate fire into u blaze, the fourth
sat alone near the door, the bright
coal in his pipe shining like fiery
eye. The Colonel was soon engaged
in series Of yarns, in which l had
no particular interest, aud SO | left
them and stood in the doorway.
"Looks rs if it was going to clear
up, sir-''
ss.Ef you amt got much regard for
truth. that's So
iiow eaisly he ''eoppered' my SEN
tcnee.
'Yonng feiler, kinder thought
sou said that for waat of suu,iiin' TO
say. Lock at thai pilin' of clouds;
don't they look Rot?a
was obliged TO coasess that they
did. We'll, said.so because / want.
(. ed II TO dry up, to let he so on"