The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-04-14
to tho belief that tho opposite forces
were MOrmOnS on the track of run.

were MOrMOnS on inc Crack OF q run.
away. : l.
Sands looked up at the windows,
down at, the ground, over the white
tops of the wagons.
''Look here!' he said; "this
things enough to make man swear
his salvation away. We hear the
Indians was coming, an cleared.
Miss Kent, somehow, got missed, and
was left behind. Here we come
under the constitution of the United
States, to send them redskins to eter-
nal blazes and fetch back the girl.
We lind white men using other folks
things, making 'emselves at home,
and not 80 much as trace of Miss
Kent. Your stOry's queer, to say
the least. Now we amt to he bought,
nor yet scared off. Tell US where the
girl is, or give up your shO0tin' irons
and go with us to town. That settles
it,
$50 to-, old man, shouted a
voice, contemptuously. "What do
you take us for?''
The women turned white: there
was an instant of breathless silence.
Neither party wanted to give up,
neither cared to open fire, and each
believed his opponent to be villain.
Suddenly little girl at the window
gave q cry, and pointed. There was
Mandy Kent running toward them,
her hair flying, her whole face radiant.
Near the croud she faltered, till she
got good view of Captain Sands.
She ran up beside his horse, and
caught her old friends large, rough
hand. II am so glad to see your she
cried; $50 glad. Where is mammal"
The women craned their necks, the
men edged forward or leaned over the
fence, the very mules projected their
ears, and the true situation flashed
upon every mind. simultaneously an
immense chorus of laughter awoke
the echoes. The mule brayed emul-
ously, and even the ponies whinnied
. little as the excitable riders almost
rolled from their backs in transports
of merriment. The worse the scare
had been the greater the revulsion of
feeling, and Mandy laughed with the
rest.
Well, in the language of chivalry,
Glory laid aside his helmet, and
Peace took the floor.
s'Come in and take breakfast with
u.s." said the most defiant camper.
"We'l give you what is left!' The
invitation was accepted, and over
coffee, fried bacon, and hot biscuit
the late warriors exchanged friendly
explanations. The women questioned
Mandy curiously, and mentally criti-
cised the fashion of her earrings. All
the discomfort was soothed away.
The scare, it seems, had arisen from
a silly youths excitement at sight of
the herd of ponies when his ears were
full of Indian rumors.
The troubles along the border de-
creased with the cold weather. but
Mrs. KENT beg your pardon, ma am.
l mean the late Mrs. Kent-no longer
keeps a stopping-place, though she
has not lost that kindly feeling toward
the miners noticeable in most of
mountain women, One, however, is
all she makes provision for in the
ordinary course Of her domestic
arrangements.
''Cap' Sands has been heard to
defend even the red-haired author Of
the scare from the unmerciful jeers
of his companions, but on that sub
ject he is considered an unfair Judge
AS to Mandy. I can only state that
her interrupted wedding was never
completed. She did not want to see
George again, nor did that gentleman
show any desire for her society. The
matter was dropped by mutual con.
sent, and before great while she
married one of the very party that
had given her such a night OF terror
as she hoped never to he called on to
live over again.