Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-09-18
two years in the East" He took fresh
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two years in the East" He took fresh
chow and settled himself.
"Once / spent considerable time at
Angels, and always had curiosity to
know why they gave it such name. -
The place is certainly not paradise; for
how could place be which is peopled
by angels who hold close communion
with bad spirits, and is a mass of sluices,
fumes, shanties, and such truckl'
There were no dissenting remarks, and
the broad-shouldered man smiled and
went on.
81 had such curiosity as to that
point, that made it my duty to find out.
BY putting this and that together, | got
the following story. Let's 'irrigate
first" pulling flask out of his pocket
'this dust makes mighty dry talking
"Of course you all know how the place
came to be settled, and you all know the
name it first BORE" said the story-teller
with wink. OF course thoy did. 'An-
gels had been settled about year, when
Ragtown-their near neigbbors had a
clean out, and of course the whole pack
came over to Angels. They couldn't
starve. you know. They were gamblers,
thieves, sluice-robbcrs, and | am sorry
to say there we're women among them
not of much account, though, you may
well imagine. Among this lot was n
woman they called Maggie. She was
one of the handsomest women ever seen
in the camps, and she did not have the
look of the common run. Her cheek
was fair, but her eyes were bright, and
her form was full and ample. An aris-
tocratic air sat upon her in spite of her
wretched calling. Mind, gentlemen, |
am following the description Of an intel
ligent informant. / never saw her
Well, this woman excited great deal of
attention. She had suitors by the dozen,
and one man was mad enough to want
to marry her. But that was rushing at
his puddles rather too risky; the camp
couldn't have that, and so she went to
live with Bill Gregory, proprietor of the
Live and Let Live Saloon For four
long months that crowd made that camp
a perfect hell on earth. After while
horses began to disappear, stages were
robbed, and murders became common.
The right-minded citizens began to see
that if the camp was to be anything, they
should have general freezing-out -
There was no such thing as law and or
der; and for place to be anything Of a
place, these two things must be firm in
situations. The long and short of it was,
a Citizens Committee was organizcd-you
know how such things are donc--and
the first thing they did was to hang
three Of the men who were known to be
thieves. The rest were gathered in gang
to be marched oct Of camp, when Maggie
and another woman were missing. A
committee were appointed to go and find
them. AT the door of the Live and Let
Live they met the proprietor, who plac-
ing a finger on his lips, motioned them
to be silent. She had been sick for two
weeks with fever, he said, and was
supposed to be dying. There was some
hesitation on the part of the committee,
it might be so and it might not, they
were undecided as to entering.
"Jack,' whispered one of the men,
we've been dissatisfied with the name of
this yer camp. Now, | move at we 60
in, an eff she's dyin' we might name it
arter the last words she SEE, eh 2
THE party assented, and pushing
aside the demonstrating proprietor, they
entered the back-room. The woman
lay on couch before them, her beauti-
full hair tossed about, and the fever burn
ing in her face. Holding the sick wo-
mans hand in her own, sat one Of her
own kind, watching over her. The com
mittee filed softly in and stood quietly
looking on.
"'She is speaking said the watcher,
bending over; the first words | have
heard since she was taken sick 2
"The sick woman was muttering to
herself and gradually the words became
palmer:
ooh, happy, happy homep she said.
'Friendcss and dying-pray for your
poor lost child, dear mother! | did not
heed your warnings. o God! l have
come to this J
"Hcr mind seemed to wander then,
and she lay back white and still. The
woman by her side supposed she had
breathcd her last, and was bending over
her, choked with sobs, when the dying
woman raised her eyes.
""See, she said, looking up, sec how
bright they are. And there is mother,
too--smiling, yes, sweetly smiling -
Beautiful aDgcls--blessed angels--bright
beautiful ling-angels--'
"And, gentlemen, that's why they
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