Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-05

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hal"uIy ~1:-'. -hrI-l'r- .ltI h,lA Hi
ha; va, gupa. hi @4mt> ,t..a,t ..rs.l.
and hi- hair and hu>,> beard mI-rh. his
IA" hook like "a pale star
80 ran,' Waiird B,t,,l.
e we'll ,nuro:ii"." ,';ij'.. ~,t'i,r.
''I'm ~inkin-' i.>,. Paris. ~ :. r,ii: ret
il IL ,lnc, - 1nr, r,a
The nearest rail Wa> p"rhai,ll mora
than 4 mil" away. P;,ri, thou4il'> flew
to the stable. but while he went and
returned 'lfar~in~a heavy rail. hi> faith
~ might sink "Gl of sight in that holr
~hirh seemed 10 remain in Il @ully
that had contributed al lis water t. tie
baNoIl.
"A limb OF = tree higher, gil Par
/ is, trembling.
! 'Get Somethin' quick. I'm goin'
down 80 fast ldon't know Whr,hrrI can
pull myself on at all or not
The children ran around on the ,lnpc
Paris started for the clearing. but un TIM
way he tripprd across a small log. ami.
jumping up unconscious that h. had
( broken Il iinrrr nail in the fall, ,IrAr@rd
/ il. and shouted 10 Bct>"v tu come aud
: help.
/ I;rt>ry had thrown her father som.
! chunks on which he was irving Ia prop
his elbows. She came and ;uwrrd. Il
! was We'll for the Lane family iha, ,hr~r
twu children were u>cd Ia r\"rtion.
Their stout mu>rl"~. strained and tense.
laborrd successfully. They tuwrrd the
log like two bu,trrnui -colprcl ant
Struggling with forage many times
larger than ihrm>rlvr>. and pushed il
on, to father. Then. with lun~~ pant
inT. and while he pulled himself up hr
his props. they hauled an u),r"otrd
stump To him. then broken limbs: lhr,
brought pieces Of wood from tn, clear
inw; and while half these things sunk
ont of sight the settler Is able To- bury
! himself up by Them. aud finally t.
creep "ut on the loy and g't nn solid
I ground.
Il left one of my hont> III there" he
observed. breathing drrpl, a hr felt The
! good earth under his NAKED foot
The three climbed mp the slope and
started home. Like true Western sci
tiers. now that the danger was past.
! they had little To say about it. They
! came To where the horses waited. scaled
! the load of wood and rode SLOWLY home
And all that the settler said Ia hi,
| wife when she came To the door with
4 candle and Elihu and Hiram. and
| SiW this procession which Safe i"'rall-
| eel rs fri>kily is if he wa~ not too Old
and lazy a dog to follow the horse; far
was this:
II %"l stuck in Il quichSand. over
! there fernrnt the hv-o. while WAS
lookin' round for the ~hoat~. and
couldn't get out till the children helped
me
lie was in up to his waist" re-
marked Paris. Incidentally
III good thing sent them" said
Mrs. Lane. You better come in and
get your supper and put on some other
clothes Il; soon Is You can.
Before the wagon crcakcd on. BE, say
climbed down over wheel and went
into the Savory->mrlling cabin. 50 chilly
WAS the evening by this time. that The.
mother had Il backlog Is Well a> fore
| stick. with Il SIT,cr>Iructurc of brush and
chunks. burning i'll the fireplace. Before
| this flame father and Paris were soon
! standing, Ike mature men of different
| sizes: the homemade tea sent up lis
steam; the hir-eycd Younger children
leaned against BrtScy. and she went on
with the second part of the >rhon!->onG:
Soon shpl W. meet aglim,
Meet n''rr 10 sever.
| soon shall Prac' wreath" her chain
Round Us forever.
IUi- .iwthr.