Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-04-03

all cOnceptiUn ana understanding. Elci
recognized the other. as it We're. by in
stinct. ta' each was sadly changed. Witt
a shont OF .taun,ing de. sion to me. The
drunken ka'ute turned to his wife. and
with III, oath. babe her fill Il glass, 'tha
her old flame might join the crowd ant
drink to the toast The girl mechanical,
obeyed, but reeled back ere she conlt
place tho glass on the slab before me
Roughly shrusting her aside, her husband
handed nIe the tumbler. Maddcned by
the patient, suffering, yearning look in hel
eyes---I can see il even now-I dashed the
vessel and IFS contents in the mans face
Recovering himself on the instant. he
drew and leveled his revolver at NE; quick
as thought the woman's hand clutched the
muZzle and turned it aside. A brief strllg.
gle. and the inturiaied beast wrenched the
pistol from her feeble grasp, then-thcn
down. down. with an awful thud. caEIe
the we:pcn upon the poor, supplicating.
uptnrned face.
..With one bound reached him: in ar-
other moment we were graphing in "A
death struggle. l but remember dasliing
his hem cruelty, mercilessly against the
ground and then to me came insensibility.
| | had leen kicked heavily and repeatedly
durin9the scuflle by the mans mates. and
but tor the assistance of some of the d@-
gers present. in all probability. would
have baen beaten to death. You look in
cre,lulols. Ask any man who was an
early timer at Charleston, Bruce, Green
stone. Bay. or the like.
The mauling received combined with
severe attack of swamp fever an! incip-
lent ague, hid me on my back for some
months. Shortly after my recovery-a.
| iIokitika- several men were tried tor sup
posed completely in tie murders perpe-
trated by the gang of iiends headed By
Burgess and Sullivan. Ii happened that |
attended the various trials in an official
capacity as journalist. One day Il man
was tired for. think, bearing arms with
an illegal intent. lie was suspected by
the police of belonging to a gang of stick
ers-l,p that had just then taken possession
of the coast. | had been~out OF court
during tie trial, but as tse man left the
dock aconvicted felon, entered. A wo-
man slipped to his side. from tie body of
the court. and with a low moan OF anguish
she bale him goodbye. WAS blocking
the path-our eyes met-and once again
htlsband and wife stood before me. Into
the open street followed them. One look
from lrr-I saw the cruel scar on her for
head--.hen with shn,!,ler she passed on.
Recoyis.;ng from the inactivity Of surprise.
Tsuns,ht II, follow tier. In vain. She was
lost to ma in the assembled crowd.
.'In less than a Week the man broke jail.
He WIS pursued hotly, but he eyaded his
purs,ers and escaped.
Later on. in the early winter. Cobb's
coacman. plying on the Greymouth and
liokitika line. carried the news to the tor
Her township that the body of a man had
been washed ashore from the Terlnakau.
Particulars We're published and the body
laid ont for identification at a s!lanty some
miles below the river. Next day woman.
cold, starving. footsore and weary. drench |
ed to the skin by the pitiless rain, applied
for PERMISSION to view the remains. She |
had walked from Geymouth. crossing /
creeks. toiling along the heavily ggaveled /
path by the sea. with the spray Of the
ocean beating in her face. and the storm
drops soaking her garments through and
through. The elements combined to drive
ctr Of l,,fvy |
seemed an inherent part Of the woman
lrove her bravely on. One look ut the
lead face. and husband and wife We're to-
ret. er tor the last time.
~ was living7in a cottage in the midst
If the bush. about three miles from the
ownship OF Hokilika. The track leading
o my section was somewhat underlined.
'oggy and plentiiully dotted with swainps.
knew it well. and scarcely ever used the
liggers' lantern. One night. close to my
'wn door. tripped and fell heavily over
ometliing lying right in my track. a I
DIV cry from the inanimate mass revealed ,
he fact that had fallen over a human I
orm. iently raised the head---a wo-
lan's-anti the moon shed its faint light ,
n the wan and worn face that had haunt |
d me for years. She had made> herself /
cquainted with my place of abode. and J.;
er duty to the man she married having |
cen fulfilled. she had craMled back to die ,
n the bosom of her ea.ly love. a ~ ,
..As she recovered consciousness, the &
ght of recognition flashed into her eyes, ,
nj for moment the happy smile of yore t
canned over her wasted. but still beautiful a
atures. Plainly she murmured, There +,
no tie to keep me from you now, dar- /
rg. | have come to yen at last =
And so she died, there on the bleak !,
lnge. pillowed on my arms. i
1--WE buried her in the little cemetery, !!
le old sexton and /, in the evening of c
inier's day. There WAS no weeping over f
er grave. Tears came not from me. Nj y
one or cross marks the place, and-no, S
lnnot trust myself to breathe her nanle.l i
)t wen To you. s
..'rhere on the hillside she sleeps, and ]
ere. there in the cold. cold grave sleeps b
Y heart. Youth. hope and love We're a
lried with her that night" Ii