Fair play., 1875-02-18
MISCELLANY.
THE LONE CABIN.

THE LONE CABIN.
IHAD ridden hard ard fast, and was as
:onished to find myself coming into u
Struggling settlement. On the course
which | should have taken there was
nothing of the sort. Somewhere l had
crossed the right trail and taken the wrong
one. Almost any traveller in the border
sections would have been glad to thus
stumble upon a place for food and refresh
ment. Not so with myself. In the breast
pOcke. of my coat Fcarried fiee thousand.
four hundred and ninety odd dollars Init
cd States money. had received this
amount from MajOr-t;eneral L. NJ. Lacy,
and it was to be carried through to Fort
L. and placed in the hands Of Colonel
Asa +. Southland, to defray necessary army
expenses.
s'Get through at your best gait, Carnes.' y
said the Major, 50 the money is long since
overdue, and Southard's rather irascible
temper must have been tried to the ut
most. YOu know how the soldiers get to
growing if Uncle is at all delinquent in
paying up. Ride in a careless manner,
but be careful. don't think that any one
dreams Of the arrival of this money-save.
of course, the mail agent and the clerk
who delivered me the packages"
was directed over an unfamiliar sec
ton, hence my losing Of the right route.
l considered it my safest plan, so long As
1 had blundered upon the verge of the set
tlement, to boldly enter and rest as an or
dinary traveller would do. Should push
hurriedly on, might by that act excite
suspicion.
There were only two men in the bar.
room when I entered-the landlord and
!'@ hos.er. one' nis .,i'',a,H MA. -, o.".%.'
the ianuioru luItise.y Sse% mie H III d Gaa,, iSa.r
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i.Sna ;n," % nv " ,tro,t tnr in tho mon onr.
SapeI '"au ;uJ ny . .,n,', @ " a.s"-;a,;n,, @ % 90 -,
s':.". p;,, vWSir o,,. .. ~, NOT Josnnr
n,n Mn. ohnr,ot.rs tho, .v.r t;%nr.I @ in ths on.
mS nj . -. h"rSor Sf r,,n;.n;.,m Thsrs vras th.
la. VI - - ",,.,n"ha ~. tI,;ol- h.;r,
luz. m eua ~" Shnu;aors h""e,,o% T NJ;
$1,000 III. haaJ sum1aSt;nr tho Sh.nc ~,
~ : '''am,,,n:h ~" cIsr,"aSJ tha vn;ce With .
deep down intnnatiOn like the plOp. plOp
plOp Of Yater hurrietily leaving jug. II
the description of the notorious renegade
Is inelegant. it has the merit of truthful
ness. and must. therefore. be excused.
Invent through with my supper in form
but whatever appetite might have fell
on my entrance into the inn, had vanished
with my discovery. After time the 9th
er fellow came in, having been out. ht
said, to look after the animals. and they
also ordered supper. Now was my tint
to leave, whichE did.in q careless manner
passing some commonplace remarks will
the two men as rcrosstf the dim, smoky
bar-room. As they seemed to take no no
tice Of me whatever, ! felt my spirits ris'
with hope that should make safe trans