The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-04
LUHLEYrs PARDNER.

/ have forgotten the name lie
brought with him from the States,
for nobody here ever called him
anything else bat "Lumley's Pard-
ner"
We miners have a familiar knaek
Of reehrisiening, and . name cree al
tered sticks 70 man as long as lie
steks 10 the miners; SO. even af,er
LumIey had thrown up his claim
and lefI the digging. z a good three
years ago, Lumley's Pardner still re-
NAMED, 6Bger-pos, 70 trace the dis
lanee back Afler al, John Jones,
OF LumleF's pardRer, what matiered
II. il that doubtful tide Of immigrz-
ton setting in toward the Wild re-
gioas, where the first confidential
question, after intimacy seemed 20
warran. the liberty, invariably, was
say, eomrade, urbCt lCGs yoaT Hams
5eofre you cane Aersl"
You see, / knew~Lunley's p2rdner
when be first came into The mines.
| was Up az Woods Diggings at the
time be ard party Of two OF three
more came around prospecting. ]
remember thought what 4 fne stall
war; young fellow he was, straight
as young pine tree, and 10 foolish
Ress about him either, FOR be had
been rcughing It q year CT two down
OF the Texas border. never saw
the boys more downright pleased
over 8 newcomer than when be
bought q claim and went II with
Is He was Lot 2 man 20 talk much
about himself, nor one ycu would
feel fee 70 question; but there was
honest sqHare-dealing !0oking out OF
his clear gray eyes, FOR al the
trouble and unrest lsd up behind
them.
Lumly was as diferen; as q man
could be- / have often noticed that
man take 10 unlikes il mating
among themselves, As well IS IN
choosing mates for life. He came
into the diggings 3 week o. 50 later,
and they somehow fell in together.
Lumley was what you might call an
extra clever fellow lie looked
scarcely more than boy-,hese fair
skinned people never show their age
with bis handsome womanish face,
bright blue eyes, and trim-built figure; Z
bu. be had confidence until you could 4
not rest plenty Of the git OF CAB, and 4
q something about bim-I believe
people call IT magnetism; at least, /
when you we're with him YOU be-
iieTed jus, IS lie did, and then I
wondered al yourself afterward sor 4
doing it
Lumley always had q kaack Of /
twisting folks round his little finger, I
for all that the lines Of frmness were 1
quite lacking about his mouth Lum-
ley's pardner, low, with bis close set
lips, and square massive jaw-you
might as well hope 20 moyea noun
tain as hin against his viii He
would be strong to do, or to bear,
you could easily see that
l do aoI know as il vas exactly
fair: l never meant 10 eayesdrop, /
but il happened in this wise: One
night | went over 10 Lumley's shan
ty-il was amazin' strange how soon
his name got tackled TO everything
70 see about broken pick be wanted
mended- / used TO DO the the smith
ing in those days As / opened the
door, / saw there Was no one IN, and, /
being tired with my days work,
dropped down on log just outside,
lit NY pipe and sat leaning back I
against The pine boards waiting FOR
Lamley % come back l guess Il
mas. have got dsowsy and fallen
asleep, for the first thing | heard
sas voices, and Lamley's pardner
speaking out bitter and short, in
a way We seldom heard bims peak /
i recon lis Of 10 use 70 ask III
there's any letters come to nv name
be said There's no one to write TO
NE.
! rubbed open my eyes and saw
two CLEANS OF light streaming cut
through the open door and the one
loop-hole Of window, snd then
knew that Lumley and his mate must
hare passed me by and never seen
ne il the twilight Raising myself
uP. ! saw Lumley through the win
dow, sitting down 10 the pine table
beside tallow dip, with two orthree
letters lying before him, and one
open IN his hsns Then it flashed
across ny mind that one Of the boys
from q camp beyond had gone in 10
the station and vas due with the
mail thai night
Lumley's psrdner sat over .he far
side Of the table with 8 gloomy look
in his eve. Being in the same boat
myself, / knew how lonesome it was.
never 10 have news from home, and
wondered TO myself how s manly
dne-Iooki8g fellow Ike him should be
without wife or sweetheart waiting
with wOman's pride in him some
where
Lanley was busy reading. bis let