The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-03-15

- torted now with pain, told plainly that /
lines had not always been cast in rleasa
places. Turning his head, his brown ev
gllttered with joy, for standing over hi
was his companion. Reaching out his boz
hand he grasped his partners knee al
I'M pointing with the other to his rifle th
leaned against the wall, he said: "Bi
eary the gun with me; en- my navies to
pard. Thar they is at yer feet. I've he
EN- SO long | hate ter part from ther
Is MIND you thet no one takes the picture fro
10 my neck, but for the sake of old times let
' go with me. hev got to 90, pard. I,
H. strike it alone in another land. hate te
leve you | hate ter leve You. Bill, XII
you pray ?' His voice sinkiny low as if
panied Linn to speak dropped almost to
whisper Pray for me !; jest line, pare
= new set my last box en- it's better that
git some kind Nv a send off. Christian like
lew words will do. | haint-never don
y nothin' you mout Call desprit bad iu1npe
a claim en- had few scrapes, but ailu
helped naber when could haint 90
much longer ter stay en- fur the love of Co
ask fur few favors fur me, en- reach down
pard-it's gittin' mouty dark-down lowe
- kan. hardly see yer-y,T Thar's 30 ounce
IN the bag under my bed; send it to N!
toiks IN Georgia. you kno whar, en- tell ZEN
thet | allus lowed to come home eff hec
struck enything right good. But didn't
Thar Was Gold Creek, Tomly's Bar, Yank',
Hill en- many other good dggings me ant
you diskivered, en- we left 'em to hunt bet
ter. Now here we are busted, en- in the
r ground suice. Now pra'r, Bill en- I'll
slip off. Pm nifty tired, pard IN go te
see the wife en- baby left rs years ago. Ei
sperits ever KUN back you shall hear from
me, fur we hes bin tergether sense 80, en-
never a cross word.' u.-
Tears streamed from the eyes of his COM
panlon, and falling on his knees by the bed
IN voice shaken with sorrow and grief, he
broke forth in the following prayer
"Just en- merclful Jesus, take my pard
Ell let him down easy. Me en- him is old
timers; bin roughin' It menny years, en-
now he is passin' in his checks. Thar
never was no better man. He is generous
an brave, everybody's friend, his own worst
enemy. He is agwine ter leve fur whar
You only know. Eff be hes bin little off
ct times, it 'us more my fault then his'n.
Oh fur Christ sake, let him stay while
longer We hev bin tergether so, so long.
Give him another chance. just year.
He'll be better fit ter die, fur he'll chop sure.
en- he kin look after his soul: for he bain't
had time Nv late years, bein' es we Is bin
out of luck. az this fur Gods sake
Amen"
Raising his head and wiping his eyes he
turned to look at the sick man. One glance
at his face, calm and peaceful, with the
half closed eyes. CLASSY in their terrible
stare, told palmer than words that /" pard
had crossed the river" Throwing himself
by the dead mans side he wept as only a
strong man can weep. Getting up at last he
crossed the thin hands and closed the ewes
OF him he loved SO well. Then standing
over him, he. gazed long and earnestly in
the face rigid in death, muttering, g Dead
dead so many years .tergether, Goodbye, |
pard; ole man, goodbye. You hev struck |
the pay streak. kant let yer work alone. |
III be thar with yer. Pm not agwine, ter
cut loose this wav arter being tergether SO
long. l hev got to go sooner or later, enny.
now, en- Is alone, E'Iii es ,jes step eff ard
bar you company" - ssst- :
Going to the fireplace he picked :up a
piece OF coal and wrote on the wide hearth
stone, Bury us teigether in the prospect
hsle, on the bar above the house. Thar's
~ ounces of dust in sack under our heads.
send it akkordin to ther direction on the
sack. Bury our shoseis en- pans with us.
IN fer yer trouble take our guns, nayies en-
stock. Treat 'em kindly Do the right I
'uinS Ny VIC Jug, Gil Ilto OH Tie emu Nv our
'ocker bottom thet you'll find on ther bar
HERE is TWO PARDS
Es HEv
STRUCK OUT ~ i
ON STAMPEDE IN HOPES TER
FIND BETTER DIGGINGS IN
ANOTHER LAND.
"Stick it over our heads en- bury us deep
nuf to keep the kiotes from Citing meal
If us. B. 6 P.'' ..E
Walking back to the bed he laid down
eside his comrade, and pulling out a six
hoOter he placed the weapon against his ! :
ample and fired. And there together in T,
cath lay the friends of 26 years. "Oyer
be river en- Pm with yer we shell not part
Id man." was The ending of the friendship
hat had existed for over quarter of "a CEN
lry, and vivid illustration by no means
are of the remarkable affection often ex-
ting bets cen men who voluntarily estrange 7
hemselves from the busy world to seek in i
ne vast solitudes of the West that excite !
rent not elsewhere found. h
Sitting on his launches, gazing into the h
ICES of the dead men with a wond ring =
'ok in his intelligent eyes, was the dog The T.
nly living witness of the deaths that occur i,
I'd on that beautiful spring, morning.
aithful to them in life, he guarded them :,
death.
The bodies were found week later by lie
prospector and buried in the place re-. r
uested. T
The dog was with difficulty torn away
ON the grave; and there on the edge of
e plateau, overlooking the beautiful vai4 Fl
y, awaiting the final triumph, lay the In
lends who met in Downieville in 1850. Uni +
d in life, together in death.
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