The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-09-17

laid his hand on tho widows rein. checked hor
horse horse; md pointed to ,he peril ahead There
at feE sIas x tho TWIN: sea roisG down. VITO e
still together. Then drawing n. pistol no
spurred on ip front; md springing to tho
He did not have to wait long The earth
tromblcd moaning sound camo With tho
SnrgnG gs ms could hGar .hem pr
SEQ their black cyes shine as they rolled down
upon him. But that which glstencd in, tho
tic horns Of the hairy mons,,ors their eyes
were closed utterly, ~ else they had been
bling, paralyzcd with terror ut the awful sight
md SENSE OF death; The man dropped to hIs
sh arm 0r a" r. hS in his e
llashl anotherl and another! and then
a% Si onstR.l nc sS gGSd ba
the herd divided as against rock and rolled
away to the right and I?it not even touching
soon after and compelling the widow aud hgr
lest a like calamity might overtake them. drew
the bleeding and broken and senselcsss. man
yS He a Sssa %nS BE- HY yf Bore him
the military tine ndin below aoTado II ia
great atm miner sU Of COLORADO. He borrowed two.
Six shooters. and ascending to the summit of q
three months in Colorado he was heard boast
ing in II barroom that ho had discovered that
mine by seeing the solid silver flashing, in the
morning sun. or knocking its silver helmet
against the morning star, as he tended the cow
widow + cattle ten thousand feet below!
1t was late in the summer before poor. brave
old Col Bill came forth crawling and dragging
His squonking little partner had been all tho
bedside great heap Of flowers and Colombo r,i
had beamed in upon him as he lay there in tho
gloomy barracks save only that Of Madgc. the
longing to neither race. and shuttlo-cockcd to
and fro between tween them now "a nurse now
The broken-up old Colonel had never spoken
Of the widow. Thought VI her? What else had
""P Pa. i:, where +. do yous get 'em"
Them roses that's been a comm all sum-
mer rs regular as the sun p
Get 'em9 don't get EN-. Got somethin,,
better than posies to tend to; got my doctorin'
Ah, guess it Isl sighed COL Bill as he shut
fed his clutches together and ne again ie It, to
Suddenly one morning the whole country
dans %as had broken nd
tiers and miners were fleeing for their lives.
LIVINGSTON was i among the ilrst to ny rom
tered the stockade pulling and blowing. loaded
down with Istos spni by an dnG
" Indian war; he said to himself. Driven
Everybody ' rushing into the stocEade to escape
the Indians. Why: hello Madse.ii Glad to sec
k@ppe you'll ii try ' and it in to the reservation:
That's best. you see No use bucking against
j. ses wn was a hir IN e%e to pes
round hole. All. il my Jerusha in New York
could sec me nowl am rich now. Madge. !
But am rich-immensey rich ~ and he spread
his hands over his patches, 49,, A.
widow. entering the stockade as MadEe left it.
Il though. you were up, in the mountains at
Widow You may we'll say great mine. For
great mine 1t is. And am rich. very-very--
20. I'm so glad of it. You will be so happy
With youth and health and wealth. how can
'" h hi,p H SS f viii never be happy again
never; never be happy again. pnlessIunleess-
Az Nny madam. whiie {oil ig away up there in
my great mine, there In my mountain OF wealth:
moo moon. that Knocks its helmet against the morn
Ysss. madam " Wsiie ioi!ins up there my heart
was here. At last could endure It no longer,
and IL drorpef my pick Mhs rynS, Of
whole pp2uptninl don't want it,"
De miqeE', Hnd. h9llains his patches he
f hon his XMAS is ar Ar ys cot
to be- IN Colorado! If Jerushu could SEQ, mo
now! This is my first. my last my only love.
Merrily the little woman laughed rs the rag
ged mar, arose from before her and boy en-
From her! From the one woman love;
and ought to have received 1t weeks ago!"
And Livingston read eagerly:
DEAR RICHARD: Come hack at once. Father Is in Eu
You're. JEHusHI
-, struck it at last in Colorado! Stop. boy,
There must be an answer. Got any paper bpye
Well lend me your pencil. then" And tear
ing oil II paper cum, he read very rapidly:
Ny psAs DEAN Ar JTsgsa, Yours finds me deep in my,
to tap The silver level where we hogeo mud the silver
and "ss. ' Sss" W. are il s"h s S and and fn
RADIO only know.
Take that boy. TAX, it and n.y.. Stop!
os'{ sqk Of pynysF ~. ;o, SILVER hsr sni
not spare one sweet moment from YOU.
GO! Pay. at other end. follow With
the next soldiers for Denver"
The Doctor came forth from the barracks
polishing his SpcUs on Il corner Of his cOut tail
and ,, s9rd GI r wY!c2 ,S The widow
broken l'i, i up; WY he's got more joints in his
And does ho-tcll mo-,ioes he over speak
!, n - Of yon2 Why when we first hropght
else. But no was out Of his head then; didn't
knew what he was about. YOU src."
. Eut nowt Don't ho speak of mo now ?"
Not now. widdur. You SEQ. whom hr got up
on his crulches nni got II good look ~ himself,
and seed how he was smashed up-wcIl. af,or
that no didn't mover speak ot you amy more"
bidnt speak Of me any more aitor he saw
how he WIS broken upr
NeVArany more"
e 10 ought To know that I want him toto
know hat am grateful grateful. That IL
! want him to como to the ranch and look uftcr
my COWS
The Doctor stopped polishing the elnsscs
with the corner ol his coat and gave n long
low whistle to himself. Then he t,irncd
straight about, went into the barracks and
brought ont his pnrtner on his crutchcs NUT
nrhg 10 tlm a They came: Now. old Eall
don put II that WAY. If she loves you'll sho
loves you-wly, why, she loves you. smashed
up or no smashed M"
But Tim all gone TO piccrs. aud in this
little tino my heads got rs white us tho snow
up yordcr."
Well what OF that Z"
What Of that? Why won't blight her sunny
life with tho few chilly days that lvu got loft.
No. wont tell hnr lovu her"
- And why won't you tell he. you love hor2 ?"
because ! do love bert
You saved my lilo II criOd the widow
eagerly meeting him.