The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-07-23
VOLUME XII.
SAND.
BY j. w. GALLEY.
CHATTER III.


let US go to bed.-'
Norman was abed and In the land of
dreams, utterly unconscious that he was
70 awaken in the moruing TO find himself
famous throughout the house. When he
went into 1.-THE dem III the morning. Col
onel Holten greeted him IN his rapid way:
''Ha MIR. Maydole Glad to see you
looking finely. Letters from home for
you," pointing to them the desk. II
have also received tue papers from up your
way. They speak very highly of your
> eondHct la the fight win the highway men.
? Ios3 st9s'a have r..:.: r..:.: :sss ':s,a..e your
wound. We expect yout to act in this
house though you were at hone-your
father would never forgive me ii you were
to suffer from neglect in H matter OF that
kind. You should have told us."
1.-The wound does not signify. 1 have
had it carefully looked after according 10
DIR. Minnis's directions. 1t has given me
little or no trouble
Very good, very good" and he sat
down to his absorbing labors,
Norman read his letters. There was
Joint letter from the younger children,
full of the true inwardness OF home, with
brief VeraciouS histories of every thing.
from the new kittens up to the school
holiday owing to headache of the teach
cr /; also. letter from a young man
friend, telling him the social news, etc,
sud. more than all, letter from his
mother, in which she worried herself
about his wound, which size was glad.
hOwever, To hear was not of Il serious ma
ture. as tar as reported, but she did moi
altogether rely OH reports, and therefore
commanded him to tell her all the partic-
ulars about il. and Hot on aiy account to
neglect relating in detail nil the circuu-
Stances. Then she wrote:
Your father is mt rh pleased with the
praise Of your conduct, which lie receives
from all quarters. regarding how you be
haYed ia the attack on the stage. aud i
very proud of you but, y Norman :
be careful not to permit yourself to look
upon the taking Uf human lie n light
thing. put great faith in you. and
know that you are Il prudent boy. but iI i
so easy to fall into the habit of regarding
mAn shooting as a common uIntfer. that
wish you TO be very uuuct Oh yHr guard
against such line oftliuught. | imagine.
when one is so Intimately, as | may say.
familiar with Firearms you are. the
tendency Is to us them oN every annoying
or agEravatiug OcCasi. Life i, easily
queIIched. but iInI.o>Sih-S yer to rcliSht.
SO many generous and br4Sely inIpulSive
young men, ia this and Other States, but
particularly in California, have been made
miserable for life BY IL too re ady use of the
pistol, that dread its influence. DO not
understand me-but then know you will
MOTTO be sAying OIL: woi1l against prep
cr and spirited defense OF ones self. or
of the public good. In short. all | ask of
you is To, as the miners say it, go slow y
Norman finished reading his letters, and
was about to go TO work. when Colonel
Holten suddenly pushed back the papers
on his own desk, and asked
''What headway have you made with
the books, Mr.. Maytlole 90
II think" replied Norman. ''sbout all
that can make without some suggestion
or new light
Whats the conclusion :''
''It is, that these books have been ad-
nairIbly kep-, but thai the business 10
which they refer has been singularIy COLI
Quoted. Here continued he. passing
across, with his papers in his hand, to
Colonel Ho'ten, ''is transcript of what
UlaL4 xiii lac ldCIe III TIE case MY cell
4:IGIsiOn, which was just about to write
out, may as well be expressed in the
one word. 'frnutl,'' - aud he passed the
papers into the Colonet's hands.
Colonel Holten took the papers. swung
around to his desk, adjusted bis Eyeglasses;
Norman went back TO bis own place, and,
save an occasional crarkle of a turning
leaf OF manuscript, II profound silence
reigned i'll the room. AT the end of half
an hour, Colonel Holt=n uttered his usual
livery good, very good." laid his eye
glasses on the desk. Oh top of Norman
manuscript. wheeled his pivotal seat hail
around, and said
do you think yon could get more light
on this subject if you we're upon the
ground-or. perhaps should say, under
the Eround-at the mine ?''
''I am unable to say, or to think what
eouldsdo in such 3 position. L can try
it."
''They are rough set up there. Thcy
might handle you very roughly if you
sought to antagonize their rules and reg
Riations, Miners Uaian.' etc.,
II should seek no antagonism outside
the proper line of my duty"
''.chAt is just the trouble. Wei mean
some heavy owners-want new deal
but certain fellows in the mine. aud of the
milne, seem determined that we shall have
nothing OF the kind. We ought to haye a
uaan, or men, there IN our interest, but |
have no time to go there-I have no time
81 go any where-and my partners are in
the same fix. We were drawn into the
Ii.vestmeut by an ol,i-dmer-a very good
man, now dead-who, had be llyed. could
usost likely have ayoidetl this entangIe-
nlent, and saved us from numerous assess
nlents, Il he could nos have given ps an
occasional dividend. We have sent exper,
book-keepers there. and they, as yon see.
have kept the books IN admirable disorder.
We wanta man there who wIli--mark the
Wrd l--gsfli see wlsag y done. wlsen itis
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