The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-01-14
! s.'PeP's e snsSafs G9rroy.


1t was raining. Not in the usual
direct bpn9t, peTpeG3iculae fashiSn OF
that Mountain -sSgioH. bus onIy Asng-
gestIvelv, and in vague. UNCERTAIN
sort, OF way, as if it might at any time
prove to be fog or mist, and money
wagered upon it would be hazardous.
L wasEAipipg as much frurn be1uw AS
allls aud tl,k SEes k6plSE1isx az. the
lonngers who galhered aroand the
square box stove that stood in l3rigrs's
warehouse. exhaled ?. cloud of steam.
The loungers in Briggs were those
who from deficiency of taste or the re-
quisite capital avoided the gambling
and drinking saloons, and Eq,sistly ap-
proprlated crackers from the coliveftent
barrel of the gel.eFOas Briggs, or filled
their pipes frsin lis open TOBACCO can.
listers with the general Suggestion in
Their manner that their company fully
compensated tor the waste Of his ma
terial.
They had been smoking silently
silence .e11ysh shEdaseaE hpEaua. occasional
hisss0ts sapegesnaei1h h@aamWasssa6 hot
stove. wheniiI,e door OF Il back Sbom
opened softly, aud Gabriel ConFoy en-
tered. t5.!,. aa
How. is he getti,i' on Gabe s''
asked one OF tie 1ohngers.
ssssSos sp,a said Gabriel. stYon'll
want lo shit those baanddages baa asi..,'
he said, turning TO hBFigg6 ,sssaasTe the
doctor comes, ia come back il an
hour but Iave got to drop Ia and see
how Sieye's gettill'ss on. and us a
matter Of two miles from iton4e. ''fslw
,s1}0t, he says he WON'T let AssYbSdy
tech him but you," said Mr. Briggs.
81 know he says so," said Gabriel
soo8hnsB "bntoheH gstfSasefE 1bat.
That's what Stimson sed when he was
took worse, bit he got Ssels that, and I
meyer got to see him except IN til4d to
lay him out." - .ssGsissI Saaas
The Justice of this was admitted even
by Briggs, although evidently disap-
pointed. Gabriel was walking to the
door, when another voice from the
StAse stapneds ltiHax go srAsuknrN
'sOit, iabe yon mind that EN- grant
Ian1lly with the sick Ia aby cziapexI down
the gulch Well, the baby up and
died last nigl,t.''
vast 4nz kHEVg said yGabriel,
" 4AStf AtaAL1ky.
: Aes, aIscbthak wurnaiI,s sinr "a heap
of trouble. z0oHiGilitn you lsisslerairop |
IN in,rasSiisgs and look afteftAiHg@ 90
81 wilfPaSaitl Gabriel alsonghtfnlly. |
81 Thought you'd like tns know it.
snd | Thought she'd hke-m to tell |
vou, said the speaker, settling him. I
'elf back agaia dve / tlIa aSye With the
sir OF a man who had just fulfilled, at
great personal sacrifice aud labor, /
work of supererogatiun.
olks, JoISlssb, nd ssIgsssasssir-
ngly.
ezWFell, yes, said IA eAnsons with a
modest seretaity,s.I llers zallow that
nen III ealiforny ought to think of
'thers besides themselves. A little
leer and i 4ittie sube on my part, and
here's that family in. the gulch made
omfortable with Gabe around .'em''
Meanwhile this hemely inciter of the
lnseiflsh virtues Of Die Horse Gulch
ad passed ont into the rain and dark
ess. So conscientiously did he fulfill
is various obligations, that it was
early one O'Clock before he reached
is rude hut on the. hillside, rough
abin of pine lcgs, 80 unpretentious and
TlIdgm H2ter4W astobe sNlt % tight
Improvement on nature. The vines
Iambered uprestrainedly over tile baFk-
root; the birds occupied Che
reviccs of the walls, the squirrel ate
is acOrns ON the ridgepole without
ear and without repruaci1- Fi,Ona
55etss' aaEsC Story .a7a Sc1'ib1aer.