The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-02-15

Of oysTcoat or wife aud lie promptly decided
for the latter. and rushed back IN still greater
excitement than before be was rewarded. for
be regajned his train. found his wife had had his
OTercoat on al! the time, as the porter discovered
after be turned back. There was another young
Clergyman on board who was much liked As he
wore no clerical uniform or costume. manner or
conversation. it WAS only toward the END Of the
journey that we ascertained his profession. but
this discovery. with the fact Of his modest avoid
ance Of all advertisement Of his honorable
Office. only served to Increase the general respect
toward him.
The wicked man however. Of our circle Of
acquaintance was perhaps tie best and most
generally liked. He was a navy officer, and Of all
on board was the most self-forgetful and devoted
10 tAe comfort Of others his self-abnegation and
sunny temper were irresistible the children
believed in him, and the grown up people too, in
spite of themselves, with, perhaps, some mental
reservations he swOre 4 good deal, and his
conversation was not always significant of the pur-
est and most refined experiences, and he had some
stern virtues,-he had conquered an almost hone
less habit Of 54temperance, be was patriotic and
sHaNa-e. L take It back and apologize whoever
may have been entitled to the distinction Of the
wicked man of our party, it did not belong 10
him.
The scenery of the more elevated part of the
plains is monotonous in the extreme. Now and
then q few prong-horn antelope win gallop away
from the track, over the hills or q large fox.
with his busny tan neEd low, stan From within
close pistol shot Of the train and slowly runs off
in an oblique direction. The prairie dogs sit on
their hind feet at the mouth of their holes, a few
feet from the track, giving respectful attention
to the daily ceremony OF a passing train only the
young and inexperienced ones afording those
odd dissolving views which are occasioned by a
sudden dive with an ingenious kind OF back
summersault into the burrow, and instantly show
ing again the tip Of the nose and shine of the eyes
above the edge of the hole. Here and there in
the clear air a hawk or two lazily circle arorcd
with an eye, perchance, to the prairie dog com
munity. At a lower elevation. both towards
Omaha and Ogden, there were quantities of the
later wild flowers. The prevailing colors being
yellow, purple and white. Wild sunhowers were
the most noticeable for their numbers they
bloomed through all the country about Ogden,
and along the road toward the Rocky
Mountains summit, until the elevation became
too great, and then on the other slope toward
Omaha, where in some places they reach a
height of twelve or fifteen feet.
Around Rock Greek, just this side of the summit
"a IAN NhONhs "NNNANSAhS. - - AN6AOh ASSNN
with organised gangs of robbers. Coming this
way we reached the station for supper after dark.
Many rough looking men were on the platform.
Soldiers under arms were scattered here and
there. a car is attached to the rear of our train
for a squad of soldiers to guard us through the
night. Aboy who has been sitting on q white pony
near the platform, silently watching things, rides
swiftly off into the darkness as the engine bell
rings,-a spy probably. II is all right we shall
not be troubled tonight, as these robbers prefer to
conduct a safe business. Nevertheless our car
doors are kept carefully locked. and the women
almost get up a respectable panic, and value their
jewels less than they did.
1t is a long lane that has no turning, and the
longest vacation comes to an end at last. but its
benefits need not, for its pictures, influences and
memories become part Of the permanent stock of
the experience that each life gathers, and by some
mystic hidden chemistry. silently t%ransmutes into
character. SANFORD 3. Dole.