The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-07-26

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said ths ssatt~f. ssariilt.
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bier srfsly.
.Hsrtin'. 10y. answered ihs lrapp~f.
.ihnt's ths line The trail talks, " rwn
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"lt'sa qnirk lral, ssl,l ihc gambler.
appealing IA himself, utterly nhunecions
~ The inconRrniiv n hin spc.ch III his
thonRhte. "lt's 4 quick ,i,si, hnt can
see shat n mishs end ~ he says, " the
feeling wsa right.
Fur 4 moment nothinR VIVA Aail. Thu
trnppcs stood lrukine sseadfastlv al The
vn,inr man oh Nh" mnss, ~ hc lay with
l,is uni.t face TUNED M In the aky, ~
whose crlnr lial slrra,ly come the hrs,
shNdc of thc Mwfui whitsnews.
I'm the mountain rifle cracked
Neither stirr'd. A rcd squirrel ran out
on The limb, twenty feet above thr gam.
blrr's hrad, and shook the silence iutn
fragments with Ills chastering; then Ant
gang with startled eyes ~ The two men
underneath.
"C.n Won pray, old man p asked the
gambler, quietly.
"Aarsinly.' answered Tho trHppr.
"Can you pray in wordsf' asked The
gambler. again.
For moment the trHppcr hcaitated
Then be- said ~ cant Nv that eau
No, sartinly, cant nay that could nm.
devtake II with reasonable chance ot
Rittin' through; leaatwiae, II womldn't h.
In way ~ help man any,"
II there any way, old man, In which
~ can 20 pHrtner32 7" asked thc gnm+
hlcr, the vocabulary III Whose prnfet.
sion still chung 10 him In The solemn
connscling.
~ WAS thinkin' ~ that" answered
the trapper; wis. was thinkin' II W
couldn't sovter jinc works and each help
the other by doing his own part him.
Arlf Yis." continued the old man, after
i moments reflection, 1.-THE plans 4
good nn--yc pray fnf yerSclf and I'll
pray for rnyMlf--and II | eau git In any.
thing that seems likely 10 10 70 sarvi''c
" can count on II ~ ~ can 4 groovel
barrel. And now. boy" said the trap.
per, with sweetly solemn enthusiasm,
Hnch ~ faith might give 10 a snppll
eating saint--which lighted his feature.
until his conntenanee fairly sllone will,
\ light which came ont nj II, rather than
npon Ii from tllr snn overhead T.. nov,
hoy, remember that the Lori In Lori III
the woof. IN we'll d. III the cities. and
that hs henrth thc prayin " tho poor
hunter under tim pines IN we'll m tls
great preachers In the pulpits. and
that when sins be heavy aiii death he
nigh, Hin car Anu heart nrn both open. =
Tie trAppcr knet on thn mos. IA thr
gamblers feet. HI claepc,l Chr n gers
III hin grcat hands until they intcrIaer.l.
ard lifted hin wsinklrl facc upward.
He said mt word; but the strongly.
chiscled lips scanned with age moved
and twltclled now and then, aud, ~
the silent prayer went On, two gr..al tears
leave the protection III il,eclosei lids, ana
roll down the rugged check. The g,m
bier also cls~~s III. eycK; then bis hands
quietly stole 0ne into the other, and.
avoiding the bloody stain, rested on his
breast, md thul the old m IN who ha.
lived beyond the limit III mans day. anu
tho young one cmt down III the threshold
Of mature lifc-~the one kneulinR on the
mo~Mes with his face liftcd 10 heaven.
ihc other lying IN The mosses with his
face turned toward the same sky, with
nut word or uttered HDNtcll~--praye.l 81
thu divine mercy which, beyond thu
heaven and tho sky saw tho two men
underneath tho pinns, and met. ~ NAV
not doubt. will, needed answer the III
lent upgoing prayer.
Tho two Ol,rnesi their eyes nearly NJ
thu sAne instant. They looked for u
moment u nAcl, other. aud then the
gambler fccbly lifted his hand pus |,
Into The broad palm u tho trapper. Not
word was said. No word was needed.
Sometimes men understand each othe,
better than ny talking. Then the gum.
bier picked the diamond stn | from s,,e
up 4 where II rested, sliI pad the solitaire
from Ills finger aud salL, ~ he handed
them 10 tho trAppcr:
There's \ girl In Montreal that will
like thsHr. Yom will iiul Ii. picture In,
side my yest when you hurry me-. H.,
address IL made thc picture CASE. YOU
Will take them 10 lct, John Norton Z
"Hhe shall have them from my owl
hand. answered thc trApper, gfayeiy.
Ynn needn't disturb the picture
John Morton. said tim gambler; "it',
Just ~ wcll. perhaps, ~ let II be- wner,
II IN.
s. II understand" answered to trap
per, solemnly; 1.-THE picture shall sta!
, where II u. !"
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