Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-05-17

me to be careful; and, indeed, it was cLIl-
Gus to watch the struggle in my employers
minds between their natural eagerness to
escape n financial wreck that almost
amounted to ruin, and the kindly apprc-
henSon lest should lose nv life in their
SERVICE.
As for myself. knew, we'll enough, how
great was the risk | ran and for how mo-
mentouS :, stake | was about to play, and
had not the goal before my mental vision
been the bright prospect of calling Rosa
mond my wife, even the prospective part
nership would hardly have tempted me to
set of on ,n errand 50 perilous. As ii
was, was resolved. and as | got ready
TT the start, tried quietly to weigh tn"
chanceS for and a. ,in>t my safely reaching
Cristobrl, | bad 4 fir knowlt Age Of the
country. which had traver>rd on four o.
five occasions, and was no novice in
camping out. or in the familiar nci,.tnts
e prairie travel. could ride we'll too,
and Wa better amounted than most of the
residents of that district, where horse flesh
is cheap aud plentiful, having in my pos
session 4 splendid chestnut Thoroughbred
originally brought from Kentucky hv some
nittl States officer, and which was celc-
bratcd tor strength and speed. WAS fond
of Sunbeam. and he Of me, for he was do
ellie and intelligent. rs we'll "a swift and
stI"ng. aad would follow me for miles rs
Il dog follows his owner. or stand, when
hldc him, with the rtins hanging loose
upon his gio~>y ncch.
There was ~.tntv time for leave taking.
Il WAS deep in The afternoon when star
ed. 4 dozen or more of the Younger citi-
Irn> OF Tucson riding with me for the ti!st
halt hour. and giving m" hearty cheer
Il We parted. More than one strong right
hand tremhlrd a llttle a it ~r:ts ped mine
in token of aiicu. and there WAS an un
Wontcd moisture gli~trning in the honest
eyes of some of the Kind hearted vounr
fellows as they wished. God speed ana a
safe return Well do | remember wheel
ing my strel on 4 little elevation in the
rolling. tloNrr-rnam"lrd prairie, and w;lv-
lny my hat in answer to the waving of
hats and handkerchici> from the little knot
OF hor>cmcn. not one of whom am sure
ever expected To sec me again on this side
OF The grave Then rod" on ana lost
sight of the friendly band Of we'll wi~hcr>.
some three hours after leaving Tuc>on
| rrinel up beside the blue. bright waters
OF Il creek, and, Stacking my horses -irth-
| allowed HIM TO drink freely, mv,rf re
plrnl-hiny the metal ctntccn it.lt w;t~
~lun. at my ~tddic-bpw. for in t.. desert
land another opportunity of arpea>iur
'".IS' III -h' hol i''dIiN occur And pres
entity leaving the Trts~v prairie W. struck
INTO / cOIntrv still more lonely and ,!t>O-
late. where the onlV sound wte the thud
OF my horses hpof> on thr scorchcd and
barren earth. Light or nine times there
doomed before III" a rude wooden cross, on
winch Wa> roarsclv painted III letters of
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