The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-01-08

Il was the rock upon which were buiE
lbc golden castles Of the a1pla. alam
gbg shifting sand that Carried away @Ua
IT tac unGujlnl aud disastrous past. ihe
harvest whose sbcsyss aI rramI-a often
YigId only bitterness aad disappointment
Do these tih. with fortune lbe Gar drank
deep. II it was dry br day it was un-
quenebable by night. /, lugk was With
the boys. they drank, aul dallied With &c..
ST agsin.t them. lhey drank Hia daTea
aud earsed g.
Altogether, the lar aas Wij aud
abandoned place; hut attriHou wlth those
people iaught mc that there are solvents
far even crystalzet W.ekedUess ,hal
there r. 40 cloud SO darh IS. 10 3e without
single slreak of silver 800 nature SO
rugged as to be impeneuable, or }oud
the reach OF humauiliug iH6uuea..
had beru tumcairaleJ iu my Hcw
tame ahou a montb when "a cjcam-
,auce ,oos pIaee wAiea ams.l 20 change
emirely lbc whole routine Of HeltEmr-
ing. There was an arrival one morning.
and the bar lhrobbed with q ucw -tu-
.arion: quiet, uua-omipg hdy-a Mes.
Ilumptou-and her liun daughter who
sought rcst and health iH the mountains.
Mrs Hampton was widowed. but uo
one inquired into her history Sne was
welcomed as new aud strange e.emeot
among SO much wild, leeklc,. iIa that
brought back memptic, u mother, ur ~is-
ier ~ sweetheart taf away, and the Bar
was pleased The boys chriacurd the
little daughter Daisy, and she was well
named, From this day marked change
took place. Every one desired 10 be well
thought Of by the newcomers; dre,, bg.
came an object of soticimdc: drunken
wells reading the quiet night were Jess
frequent; spirits OF evil seemed 10 he
queIled. and the Bar was on its good be-
havior.
Little Daisy Was every where a. a min
istcriug angel. If there was ~ck~bcd
in camp, Daisy was beside it with the
little luSurics that the hand of woman
only knows how ~ prepare, T. poor
fellow was about to pan ont h- few last
SANDS OF life, Daisy was there, to wet
the parched lips, to tiH the poor neglected
heart with hope, or TO write the last mes
saSe to loved ones over and beyond The
plains. Quiet aud unobuusiye Daisy
moved about in her ministrations A.
she passed the saloon ON her crrands OF
mercy-her brown hair neatly folded
over the pale forehead, her little basket
of goodies on her arm, and word and
smile for every oue--oaths half uttered
would be choked back, and rough and
brutal iests shrunk unspokcn,as ii asham-
ed in her presence. Even Oregon Sis
to whom a blush was strange would
hang her head silently when Daisy was
near, and her eyes would swcli--pOor
thing! with looking back to the old days
among the apple blossoms, when she too,
was pure and innocent-at least, j thought
so. Somehow the Bar was not so dry as
formerly; aud Joe Miles, its ruling spirit.
neglected his business, and said he was
sick of whiskey-selling. lie laid aside a
six-shooter, that, report said, had served
him only too well on more than one oc-
casion, with the remark ,that the Bar was
so quiet now, it want no use to carry it.
Joe was very particular now as TO hi,
personal appearance, dressing in the once
despised store Clothes aud took to soil.
tary rambling about the neighborhood.
IL was noticed il Daisy had occasion tC
pass along the dangerous trail through
the cauyon.J Joe was there with his strong
hand to guide her. Ii she crossed the
foot-log over the turbulent stream,
sturdy arm was generally there to sup
port her, and more than once Joe wa,
found in earnest conversation with hcl
or reading the books with which she sup
piled him. Joe fnal sold out the saloon
and invested in s mining claim, which h'
was iudu>riously working wlcu close,
mn, ,,v to.i,,e.. and len the u.iall,.
hood.
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