The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-11

And all sobbed bitterly except that obstin4s
ate man, Andrew Jackson Hathaway,
1t was several days before perfect har-
mony again prevailed in the Hathaway
camp, which, however, when it did set in.
lasted until the party arrived at q point on
the Humboldt desert, where the Lassen
trail intersects that of the Carson
At this point had congregated some forty
odd persons, all of whom but Hathaway
had concluded to take the Lassen trail.
Mrs. Hathaway was aware that her hus-
bands map pointed out the Carson road as
the one TO be followed She, however, pre-
ferred the Lassen trail for the reason that u
good crowd was going that way; and, fur
ther, because both William and Janet had
besought her to prevail upon their father to
change his mind. Thus fortified, Mrs.
Hathaway approached her husband, who
was seated upon q pile of blankets repair
ing bride.
1t was a lovely morning in September,
and oil things In nature seemed to smile.
The imperial orb rode up the eastern sky
and flung its splendors upon the majestic
Sierra which rose like battlements before
1t. There was inspiration in the scene and
| and sublimity in the solitude Of the vast
| landscape untouched by the hand of art
Mrs. Hathaway opened the conversation
by saying, in dulcet tones:
Andrew, was just thinking, as gazcd
upon those MAGNIFICENT elevations before us
Of the greatness Of God | have been i'm
the most perfect state of enchantment for
an hour, not only in surveying the mount
aims before us and the desert behind us, but
medtating upon the conspicuous creations
OF our heavenly Father. never felt my
litleness so much before, and, in contem-
plation of the mysteries which transcend
the scope of earthly penetration, recall an
anecdotc OF our fathers, the effect Of which
has for many years been engraved upon tho
tablets Of my heart--I mean the one he
used to tell of old John Randolph, Of Vir-
ginia. Randolph was walking, one evening
accompanied by favorite boy, you remem
te.. All at once, arrested
10y q magnificent sun set
in that incompatible section of Virginia
known as the Schedandoah valley, he yio-
lently Sc lied the Niger and said
"Sam, If any man ever tells you there is
God. tel him that John Randolph says he
| lies."
| The same sentiment seems to take poses
sion of me as gaze upon the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. By the by, Andrew there is q
man in the party here who has made the
trip over the Sierra seven times He calls
the mountains before us the rim Of the
golden valley, but says there is no time to
be lost in getting over them, as the snow
| generally commences to decend in October,
and sometimes falls to q depth of twenty
odd feet. wish you would have little
chat with him after you have mended that
bride, as he is greatly opposed to the Car
son road. He says it is all dust and
alkali.r
"He does, eh' Well, you just tell Mr..
| Know-lt-All that like dust and alkali,
and for that very reason, if for no other,
| am going to take the Carson road. /
half thought your John Randolph story
and other utterances were blind to get ut
the softer part Of me, but you cant do IT.
replied Hathaway roughly
But" said Nashti, teellngly, BILLY and
Janet both want to 60 by the Lassen trail
The whole party, in fact, start off in that
direction in an hour
"All right, let them start; that don't in
fere with my plans in the least. My map
directs me to go by the Carson road, and
am going that way If 90 alone
"Then you may go alone, Andrew Hatha-
| wayW said Nashti with unmistakable force
and composure.
what! you take the Lassen trail and
me the Carsonin
THAT is precisely the situation. unless
you consent to yield for once in your life,
Mr. Halfway reioined Vashti.
"William and Janet, they"
"Go with their mother by the Lassen
trail. added Mrs. Hathaway.
"But you will become the laughing stock
of the whole party
"You are the laughing stock of the whole
party, and am heartily ashamed Of you"
"But this is serious turn affairs have
taken, and you may regret it, said. An
drew.
at is most serious Mr.. Hathaway, and
regret that circumstances force me to act
as do" replied his wife.
"Then do as want you to. would
rather stay right here all winter than take
the Lassen trail"
"And would remain right here all win
ter and the summer following before
would GO one foot by the Carson road. My
mind is made up; propose to start In an
hour What do you sayl'
~ say you go your way and will go
mine"
In less than an hour Mrs. Hathaway and
her two children were on the Lassen road,
and Andrew astride of an old saddle horse
moved off sorrowtuly in another direc-
ton.
Neither party looked back until gap of
many miles had been opened each expect
ing that the other would yield, AT last
Andrew turned his animal about and, to
his utter astonishment, no living object met
his gaze in that vast expanse His heart
sank within him; great scalding tears
chased each other down his rugged cheeks;
dspair took possession of his soul, and
the miserable man cried in agonlzing
accents:
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