, 1874-11-21
MlMNlE'S DUWRY.
From ANNE itcy Houhd.

acalh would t6 awlng'aE On tue lodgd'poio OF
eorae ptaky Indians wigwnnii. Dit there air two
sldcs Dritister 10 n bntgain, and I've tho right,
/ euose, 10 tack y condition ID What you call my
ronsout, ri not SOC Minnie 1nattlel to a bcg-
eat! ho. ,lot yai deal unfairly wlth my other
thiidro, that maY provide for her star. in life.
This Say, aud this, frank Moado I'll hold to.
II you kip chip down $40. 600 on that table, say
year hauce. day for day. IN double them, aod
you aud Slinnle shall be man aud wi!o. But II
not. Why. neighbor, you'll jnss consider tue
hwap has fallen through, and make way for those
that lin maintain household in linaor alhel-
cut faahlon from what you could contrive At
burnt flat, / reckon" Aud tho obstinate old
farmor brought down hia heavy band, with
aolnding slap, on tho nasslvo tablo Of blacls-
walnut wood, and stared mo In tho face with
lonowhst Of tho dull, halt-menaclng expression
which We note In the eyes Of m angry bull. Ae
wina ono OF those doEgea, seif-Hillca mon who
pride themselves on cast-iron constituency Of
purpose, ind veil know TINT even poor Minutes
tearfui gazo and beaoeching look, far loss any
remonstranco Of iuiuo. would havo no elect In
modifying hia resolution.
IL was with heavy heart That rode back to
my poor little fatm st Burnt Flat, aud sigh, In
Which envy had nd shar6, escspcd INC rs inrol-
uUsu1llY CQutldbtEI Auy lUN @AA4Le'AO1uc Ahe
abarely stocked yard with The well.htofod pens
and sorrsls crowded with cattle and horses, of
tho optlent noighbor, for The hand OF whoHe
youttEeyt daughter was d su1tbr. l whs per-
fccaly we'll awnro Of oir. Fair1op'B covert tnoan-
Ing, when he had hinted ut my tnaking way for
anolher and ,aealthier admircr Of 6finnio's.
Hto had attracted; unfortunately. tho notice OF
5 miQdle-ngol specnlator IN mining property,
ono Mt. Lloyd, nnttvo. Of ponnsylvantah 81 be-
lioto, but Resident u tho little Town Of pnopio,
ROCKY Mountains, on Tho southwestern slope. ot
which stood my own hnmllo dwelling, and tho
much fdomier homo Of hlnnio's father. O'tl
Jousthau Fairlop was not Unusual typo o1 T. tho
tucky, al bio boaatcd, & poor man, Ind; after n
strueeliue career on tho frontier, during which
bis Wife aud only aon had boon murdered by tho
Indiahs, Lad become rich by the Eaihtul traffic in
hogs and horned beastb; great quatisitios Of
1niuera Ut Pixies Peak. The eerslco Of which MIR:
Faislop spoke had simply been that CHANCE had
placed It In my power to save bis Life tn border
raid when rowing band OF the Dlackfeot had
tAins: There waa hafd lighting. and tho old farn-
or, who waH unhorsol and PROSTATE, With
3race Of, tomahnwks braufllshed aboyc his do
fenso!ess heafl, had rivou himself up for lost,
TSf e had % tuIned ho tea1G 1u tic iifat Warmth ot
Ills gratitude, MI. Fairlop lad readily agreed to
regard me- "a lis fntura son.in-la@:
Gratitude, an sorry to uay. has tendency to
grow cool after time, and Just then, whi!o eve-
fythIng bud prospered With tho wealthy Ameri-
can settler, steady and consistent run Of ILL.,
luck Threatened to ovorwltelm hts Euglisl ncigh-
bor. Ny cattle atrayed.; promising crop OF
young wheat and another OF maize Woro de-
voured by the locusta from the alka!inp deserts
to the westward; Of ninety choice Mclno sheep
procured at much coBt from tho Atlantic sea-
board, t7ro-thitds were, through tho carolcssness
OF their mulatto shepherd, drowned by ffoBhct
OF the river near which they grazod. AS
Growing .s;hn .eahiamt IL nasandhng 1 hnEg.oih party a
tho Bale Of which had In great neasuro relied
for the means Of extending my narrow domains,
and I found myeelf nm impoverished man, III
Rpite OF hard work and much self.denial, poorer
By far than on the gay when, with = .so9 my
landed on tho quays Of New York to exchange
the position OF brietlcss bar1iBter, with chain-
bora In Hbre court, Temple, for that OF farmer
among tho thinly.peoplcd iegious Of tho Far
West.
Tho miafoitunos which Ind befalcn mo
wer6 Simply such al arc habitual to tho
pdoueers Of civilization, in tho half-tamcd lands
tliat lie near the spn,s Of the gigantic mountain
had, aa my nolghbors in general wero not SLOW
to acknowledge, 's bad time" Of It. in coming
III for nearly every miBhap, short Of being scalp
ed or having tho root: f:tree burned over my head,
lows really aympathized with tic Young Brit:
done my best, BY thrift and toll, to
earn 8 competence; BY cyery method known
to Weatern agnculturo: Mr.. Fairlop. how
Efforts a. nu improser, now proved him
sen truo Jobs comforter in tho hour Of ad-
vefsisy: "siick to hog and born. - be would Eayr;
~ good head Of cattlo and lots Of live pork, will
corr; u;coes enough to put flesh on the beaais. aro
Io1
over, my chap. Your wheat, and your vines, and
your soft-tYools might be alt very we'll in Cali
tornia, but rough-and-ready is the watchword
here, as you'll lhrn to your cost. expect" And
Mimic could mover DO brought to regard other
wiso than with fopugnancc. the shlrty eyes,
hooked uoae, aud grl2zled locks Of the well-to-do
pretendcr to her hand Minuio was heraclt
gentlo girl, voted on all hands to be unusually
pretty, even for tho wild Wcst, whcro good looks
arc by no nasnns rarity, but neither 10 robust
In health nor 30 Iesoluto in disposition as were
her two siatsrs, either OF whom could buck an
nnbroken horse handle rifle. or enforce diaci-
pline among legion. OF semi. savage swine, With
jestingly to declare that Mimic was q tcity la
dy," and ought to lavo been reared in Now York,
not III tho midst OF tho rugged freedom and
coarse plenty Of tue Indian botdor:.
own dear llps had shyly whiapefed tho assurance
OF her affection over and over again. in answer
70 . lovers eoaxing persisteneg !; ana, .epart
from, that tin'id contoBhion, should have been
blind could net have seen tho Frightening of
hei dark-biue eyes, tho sudden change Of color
as tho ulbidelou tlush sulfused hor palo check,
whom entered tho Fairlop dwelling. sho was
usualiy Silent and reserved, hut with me-
ahe could, talk, setting froc tho
which would havo mot with scanty
appreciation in her own narrow homo circle. sho
was, Indeed, better educated, fonder OF roadlug
and resorle, iucomparably moro refined, than her
hlunt-apoaeu, honest slatora, who warc, to do
them Justice, very fond ard proud of the slender
little talry, Whoso doaicacy Of aspect aud address
contrastea With their own vigorous esuberaoca
OF life. Old Fairlop, q widowcr theae ak years
pat, considcfod hls youngest child as poor,
helpeaa creature, q9at to tattlo with tho world,
and thought 1t would be the truast kindness to
provide for her BY uniting her to = !" WARM" Aus-
bang. And OF Hiram Llooyda warmth, in 4 PEI
Twenty thousand dollarsl Whero, within d
Yeaf, could hope 70 lay hands on 10 imposing
"a amount of easli2 Little beyond o bare main.
tonance could 10 looked for fsosn tue produces OF
ny farm, now that eheep-fold, horso.corraj, and