The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-17

her mind that it was lost, land pushed on
with Tommy to Los Animas, where she
went to work in a hotel for S2O month,
and Tommy found place as sheep
herder for $15 month. Putting their |
wages together they soon got little
money ahead, enough to enable them to
Journey into San Juan County to Lake
City. The higher into the mountains
they went, the stronger Tommy grew. tie
would climb the hills like goat, and de-
lighted in the wild outdoor life; but the
altitude at Lake City was too great for
Grandma's lungs, and they were obliged
to turn back.
alt seemed as if I jest couldn't git a
mite O. breathup there" she said, "'n'
we'd got to be where l could work for
Tommy, an 1 want of any account up
there to do any thing"
While they were. living in Lake City,
the lost box was recovered. A lady for
whom Grandma had done some work,
interested herself sufficiently to speak
of it to an express agent, and finding
that there seemed still to be some pos
sibility of tracing the box, sent for
Grandma to come and tell her own sto-
ry. 81 told her didn't want to bother
no Mr.. Jones about it," said Grandma;
s'the box was gone, knew it was gone,
m I'd made up my mind to It. But
there wouldn't nothing do, but must
go up to her house an see this MIR.
Jones, AN tell him all about it, jest who
1 shipped it with an all. I had the mans
name on piece o. paper. | always
KEEP that. Well, Mr.. Jones he asked
me heap % questions, an wrote it all
down in a little book; and if you'll be-
lieve me, it want two weeks before a
letter come a-saying that my box was
safe. They had been going to sell it in
Pueblo, but that man that shipped it he
wouldn't let 'em. He had it shipped
back to Kansas City; he said he thought
I'd turn up some day. Ye see when l
was in Pueblo looking for it, it hadn't
got there. There was nine dollars m
fifty-fve cents to pay on the box before
we could get it. Tommy
and l thogether hadn't got so
much as that; but they took off the 55
cents, and some folks helped me to
make it up; and when that box come,
there was every thing in it exactly 8 I'd
put 'em in most a year before, only one
O. the fat-irons had slipped on to the
looking glass an broke it; but the old
, clock it went right along jest s good s
ever; an all my bed.quilts was dry's
, could be. 1t was a comfort to me, get
ting that box. 1t seemed s if we had
) something then. I've sold most o. my
) bed-quilts now-I had some real hand
, some ones; but they was dreadful heavy
to lug around; and we've wanted money
, pretty bad sometimes. I've some o my
best clothes,t too. Ihain't ever suffered
t We've always been took care Of"
: From Lake City Grandma and Tom
: my went back to Los Animas, where
they made comfortable livlng-Tom.
my by" hauling'' with his wagon and
horses, and Grandma by taking in
S washing. r
l "We was doing first rate," she sale
r with an expression of something as neal
regret as her face was capable of, tan
/ wish we'd never come away; bu
Y Tommy he got in with old man Nolan
: old man Molan's an old miner; he's /;
!, first rate miner, they say, too
q eff he want so old-he's going on sev
S enty now; he's mined all owe
i, California N made heap of money il
his turn; but he's always fooled it away
T He was full O. comm up into the mines
}. an Tommy he got SO full ont too,
s didn't try to keep him. He's all I'v
: got; so we come on. But it seemed lik
home down in Los Animas, the farmers
: wagons coming into town every Satur
It day with vegetables and all sorts Q
s green stuff; l d like to go back there
S but hear they're moving away fror
u there terrible"
"Oh yes, Grandma" said, "ther
n isn't much of a town left there now
That was one of the towns built up fo
d few months by the railroad. l dar
e say there will not be house to be see
g there in year from now"
n She sighed and shook her head, say
d ing:
st "Well it does beat all; I liked Lo
J. Animas l wish we'd stayed there.''
Il Itwas ON the journey from Los Anims
& to Veta that they had had the terrib
n experience of being showed up in tf
ID canyon. In Veta they had stayed for
S, month or two; then they had followe
A. the advancing railroad to Wagon Creel
| and now to its present terminus, GA
land City. .s.4...s
Is They dc say there wont be any tow
N here, for more N a year or so, = she sal
le looking anxiously at me; '' that they
t. going on way down to the Rio Crane
er River. But some seems to think there
always be enough to keep town goir
| here. | suppose we shall go wherev
n, old man Nolan goes, though. Tol
lis my's SO took up with him; an / dor
L know g care; he's good old man,
i; he want SO crazy about mining; hs