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


Life or Death.
od II h"' 90 IL an" get ln' young chap,
VIZ" MA on N""i i''t"' IL zen ye 'iltl
anu Ill'Ih tt' US no t""h, ore" green morn
VINO say H. p''I oi,i zoe burton. 'lN mas
'"2'i' J'hs ''i" h"ii''' puili'! Oh 'ht
lH''"S ''ioI' YOU l''l YOU hio.neI >l1e' l
calculate. lAln( 10 be done
bUt' colonel, put IN, sml.lng, yet not
quite 80 lilUtn al my ease rs hc>lTtd |"
appear loT tl4iS l"'l|h oId lfohtltrSnan'
VINO frlhrillp req llc loundalon OF thc
S'il'r'hrhl' "a> no lITft authority As 10
'he pF"lrtplitE OF >uch an enterprise rs
th.d which had. perhaps ra>hlv, under
taken.
y Gear throwing away OF ME. that )
ALL GruillN rrl"lnrd the veteran, u he
stopped 10 pat the hound TINT jumped up.
WIilH leTihG 20 receive MS master carc>>.
III thai lldrs The I'm" TO the head4ntr-
tiers OF II" ella now. has only to thank his
own ioIlE II ms >ctlP dil"S IN some pr>Ay
WiEW"m on the prairie. But there I'm
wasting words WI!tui lad lIk" a haf
broA" mustang, amt easy to hold back.
Anyway. VI t>trr Harry lvndham. | wish
You we'll out oi the u|lv scralc You have
got INTO.
Colonel Brt"n was bv no means the
Only TREND who slrove to d>~uade me from
my project; but my word was pledged.
my III nd made up, and it only remained
to complete the preparations for mv hur-
ll"d and prrllou' journey |. Harry Lvnd-
ham, one OF the many young EnTli>hmen
wlIom the hopes of growing rith had
drawn to the far West of Ampiirl was
then u resident of Tucson City, and a
clerk in the employment of Curtis Broth
ets. he iWm consisted OF two old and
somewhat eccentric m"n-o!d bachelor
orothrl whose names were known and
respected through all that wild region that
comprises Arizona. Mont;tn1. and the
northern counties oi ltAl>.
MIN" were no >Pdrntalv duties, and
was more often IN the saddle than 1T he
desk; Tor Mc>Sr>. Curtis We're >p"culltors
and general lobb.r~. dealing in maze
wine and hides; in toborco, Iuick>ilyer
TnnpOWd'r and notions; and. above ALL
i've cattle, the great ~tapl" Of the far
Nouth-Wo>t.
Il WIS not for hlrt alone. that | toilcd
= did Ny great stimulus WAS that
WIZ in Iove with pretty, chtrming Rosa
m"ni Gray. the laughter OF Old Mr.. GRAY,
'l.- banker n trlSt"h"I. i town lying to
,h' eastward II the Nln5lr-, and t,mo1l>
- no'h' tpr the -. .'.cultrral rro,luc.,
& the '1~t districts b" "'i'r.rL Oh Mexico.
In one -cil~" was htppV. ."r NY loN" va
".ti.ru bnt IL another had met VI
What ASA.n'~' q i'r"i>', since NJ. and
MIS-. 'ri1N, ;t!t4ni n 'ht"rtth!n-r no per
-ou1l objection 10 me l. I ~"n-in-lnW. were
unwilling 10 be-t"W III II daughter on any
but = wealthy ~nltor.
& t rlch, Nh LNu;ntin the banker
had sud, good naturcdlF, and see no
reason why Ho>amonl and You >hpull not
ice happy according TO your own fancy.
HIt n"i,f"r her mother nor can sanction
tn nnconIltionHl cnga-cm mt
And now t" explain the present position
Of tlc firm, and the reason for my under
taking lrurnry frau -yht, according to the
rugged old militia r"'"ncIS dictum, with
almost certain disaster. 'umls 'rothcrs,
who, by lon course of iUdirou~ Sl"cu-
Iltion-. hal r,t~ Il Themselves from power
y to aiildrnrc, had at that time Il specull.
ton on hand OF unusual importance They
had made, chiefly in Tcxls. VERY larre
purchases of horned cattle, sheep and
w inc, destined to feed the ,warminr pop
ula;ioH of the sterile mining districts.
where provisions. and meat in special
commanded hioh prices. The investment
seemed the more likely to be profitable,
since the twin plarurs of New Mrxico
drought and locu>ts, had occ.sioncd
notable mortality among the cattle of Ari
zona and the adjoining territories.
All these calculations seemed likely TO
be upset by the sudden outbreak of that
smouldering Indian war which never
comes to an end in that dangerous rccion
The Apaches the irreclaimable foes of All
white men, were on the war path. .leaoued.
az was reported, with sundrv other tribes
the Kiowa>. the Nav,iees. and the dread
ed Comanchcs: and already hideous tales
of Indian cruelty and massacre reached Ms
from many y lonely homestead within
reach of the spoilcr. The troops had been
hastily withdrawing; the caravans about to
traverse the prairie had halted for lack of
IN escort: and it was thought rash to ven
ture more than a few miles beyond the cul-
tivatcd country. Yet the dav was at hand