The daily gazette., 1874-09-25

one. on account of his mertal quarrel
with burton, and hal now been bearing
| against an arcti. hurricane, and tramp
| ing through trcao herous billows of snow
for an hour, We cannot wonder that he
fell over his own threshold in a state Of
extreme exhaustion.
Happy for him that he did not fall be
| wlldcrrl on the prairie. as many another
poo" wayfarcr did on that fatal night
4 It wLi his wife must need give
| mp TIA" vain searches she had been
making in tn" neighborhood Of the shan
ly Sh" hal now a sick husband, with
ir"fcn hand and feet and face to elre
| for.
Every minute the THERMOMETER fell
lower and lower and all the heat the
| little cook stowe in Jones shanty could
give @"uld hardlykccpthcm from frccz
| ium.
Burton had stayed upon that forty
acre lot all day, waiting Il chance to
h""t his old partner, Jones. He had
nut heard nt the arrival Of Jonc wife,
and h" concluded that his enemy wa
IcoWard aud had left him in possession
"r else he meant to play him somc
troachernu- tric> ON hi way home
50 Hurtpn received to Keep Il sharp
lookout hut he soon found that i'm
p". -lhNr, Ior the storm wa upon him
IN AL IL hlindiug fury. He tried t.
follow thc path hut hr could not lind
IT,
Had hr been lc-- "t a froutirr~mau
ho must hIN" p-ri-hcd thcrr. within
lW!pn. ot hi- own house. hut in cu.
+ dcavorin@ 10 keep the direction ot the
path, hr heard "a -muthcrcd CrN, and
? thru -.,W .uurthing rise up covered
l "ltli -uuV and then fa!id down aE1in.
He raised hI~ guu tD .huot IT, when thr
creature uttered another Wailin1 cry
SCI hunll that he put down hi- guu
, lud went cautiously forward
II was child
lie did not remember that there Wa .
=. uch "a chiId amour All the settler at
% Newton hut h. did not stop =, 1-l,
D.. uuc-ttuu-. H. must without dcltv.r.t
# himself and child too tpaplac, of sale.
f... ,-. ia would hr frozen.
su u, touk tho Iittlo thin4u hl> ann .
and stated through 'hc Drift and TIN
N child pUI ai- littlD icy fingers on But-
t.u rough cncck and muttored Pa.
ill \uj Burton h.Il hcrclo~cr, and
4 '.u 'a '.lr ua" m.ro ,aurag,nu~ly
# thru.,t.i.
+ II, tosnd III. .n1uty AT l,-t. oud r,l-
' l.I ttc ,niId m.a buffalo robe Whit hc
pa D.I, !, tlrr Then, when hr g,t the
F." r'uu /. htllcWalm hc took tho littlr
. thing ul."u hi knee, dipped hcr ,.'h
, lu- nu.,r. iu ,oid water. aud teEtl
1t hDr what hrr name ".t
II tkuls. -hr>ari
h. -klt1y. he-tid aud What d..
kitty ~harn V.rta uul ,u.id b.
a. nu.ieul 4uv mar.
81 W hr-c EittF m. Nou
'' "laur kttt1 -hc .7ni El u.
h.d known her father but tha, uu dA,.
Ni,l uas' hc h,ii.ycd that Burton Ni.
+ GHi.n -,O mp m night and tuii,d
wood into hi iuput,nt little stavr t.
i, hr,p the hthA trrm frrc2iu" 10 d,stth
pc, Never htljr.s hu mHthrn. t. d.
a n,th children hD l.!miy b,lirvc thut
f. hIlA rrpius y,ll uu4ly under hlau
3D. h,l ui huilaio r,hr-, would trre2c "a
lrr -hoeN l.t 'hr tire -uh-idc ia Tia,
l l,t#i
A,thr torn prcy,iledNithunlIalc,
f., tUl, the most dlN aud As Ii" dared no
a. turi t.lh, k.ttN "ut ur leave her alnnD
It DO #tHrd "iih hor all day and >tuii'u
- th,. slow. with Wuud, and laughed II
. h,r drall blhN talk, aud led h,i on hi
,uit, tIi,l hteaa and coffee.
!" oH the munin- ut the second div
tho Storm hla -uh~ldrd II was torh
u, decree cold. hut. KNOWN some bod,
!. mltst 10 mouuin4 kutN tor dead. h,
,'r wrapped hrr ia Kim. and. with mu, /
hr dlihtWfN lrehrd the urtr, It ntiah
ut hor- house. suffering "a frost h,te uf
at hi- Iraer hy ,hc.Nay
~ .Tl@tchild. 1-tidthc women tow ho.,
house ne hld Fuur, is Homes | ~,c,
u. yla t.t5r her oatrn tha WAGON d.J> hy
Il tutr 4r~t,rduY
~ Burton looked At httty "a mum,Ht i,
" prYlNity Ih,n he tollyd ltel M
Ia.lin lud -tat.l ont, travelling lik
T. ms,d tho Woman aid, A. She waiehr'
h. hIm
81, When ~, lpt, iird lonce' hr loun
IL Iuuta- and li- nilc sitting in nur
'.' urct,holu,-..b bt thr i'm. IhcN Wei
- both -i,h ttam arict and unahl, /
: move out ut thc house. Kitty thr
~ had given up lor hurled under som
nn ~noW unund ihcy would find Ia,
IN. when splins comes and melt ths >n""
,ly o,NcfuNCr
A.l " hyu tn,. c>tt.u-tra Hultun ctmc i
vita hi bundle ut buffalo skins, the
al looked at him with amat'mrnt Et
II whom hr opened it and let out Kit
tie and said
.u- Mr. Jones couldnt think ut lnNtmn
itt t. DO but scream.
Ut II, And Jones col up and took h. 60
49,, il1lntr > hand lud slid "Gurtun @
~ HON ;" ana lhru ,hol>rd up and 4.
M down, aod egird hylplr~-l -ly. Nn
axe Burton -lil ..,loncs ole fellow. y,
lte may have that forty-aerc patch
ns come nieh maxim me the murderer
l'i Kitty, father.
'N ..Na. you shall tahe it yourself
cried Joncs, ii | have 10 so 10 law
'..,. make Nuu.
t' Md Ione> actually decided his e
tine interest in the forty acres 10 Bt
TIA. ton Bat Burton transferred il all
tty. Kitty.
her Til, is why this part ot Newton
tile called Kitty Forty.
t in
ilrl 4 False liurm.