Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-11-22
A RIDE FOR LIFE.


Wife ard landed at San Diego, that
beautiful city on the extreme south
western corner of California, and, after
spending few days at the Horton
House, we etook saddle mules and visited
tho valley of the Cajon, whore we
stopped over night with Captain Miner,
the r.Ost friendly of hosts.
Early the next morning we began our
climb to the Falls of San Diego, Cap
tain Miner accompanying us. He
wis he'd to show us II canyon, covered
with chapparal, where there lived u
million quail. lie stated the number
with an easy confidence which proved
that he had counted them. We accept
cd his testimony and did not count. 1t
certainly would have been easy to bag
u thousand in few moments, but |
begged 80 hard for them that the cap
tain turned back without tho wagon
load which he had promised to bring
back with him. The California quail
is such au exquisitely beautiful bird,
and its family life so sweet, that | would
have gone on my knees to prevent the
slaughter OF the innocents. No person
OF Sensl0lllty can study their little ways
and then XIII them.
After tho captain had left us, we kept
on by the Slde oi the San Diego river,
and before night climbed to the foot OF
the famous falls. While picketing our
mules l discovered two young men
busy making camp on the opposite side
OF canyon. l called to them, and in
pantomlme invited them to visit us,
which they slgnaIlod they would do al
ter supper | urged them to take sup
per with us, but they politely declined.
An hour later, Just as we had finished
our dessert OF oatmeal mush, our
nelghbors came. One was atalI, brown
haired Drlglt-eyel gentleman, OF per-
haps twcnty-six; the other, slight
blonde lad oteighteon' We were much
impressed with their intelligence, and
pleased with their gentle tearing to-
ward each other 1t was in strange
contrast with our wild surroundings,
and with their rough, corduroy pants,
flannel shirts and pIth hats.
They told us thoy had long boen in.
innate friends, and when tho health of
the younger began to break, and the
doctor had warned him that nothing
but year in the saddle would save his
lungs, thoy left tholr homo in the cast
and came to the Pacific coast where
they had hoen climbing through the
mountains, with tho aid OF mustangs
for three months. Already Fred was
quite another man.
To illustrate the change, Fred
whacked his thigh, and informed us
that, three months before, thst leg was
not more than half It's present size.
We arranged to meet them again a
week later, and already felt that they
were dear friends.
They were scarcely out of earshot
when my wife seized my arm and whis-
pered tho strange question:
"Do you know what thinkP'
81 don't; but please stop pinching."
Erred is girl" she cricd, pinchjng
harder and harder. ,
Glow do you know that?"
"How do know it? Don't you sup
pose | know girl when | SEQ one?'
exclaimed my better-half.
"Mv dear. 7 came 70 the cnuclusio,
lonp sgo that you know pretty mucl
overvt6ing hit will Won tell mo how
Won found ont That This vounc man /:
not n vounc man at all, but something
else. Grant YOU that be behaves re-
markably we'll but mipht not youno
man, by some accident, behave him,
selfpn
ooh, but that sweetness, that soft
ness, that exquisite delicacy of manner
and speechl [ am astonished that yol
can't see; but then YOU men are Sc
blind
"Mv DARLING. permit me to call you
attention to the fact that yoa bay,
often snoken Of NV blindness Iwoul,
NOT have Won supnose that doubt wbo
Won saw, II Won had said This voun,
man was n Kangaroo or n gross Of tacj
hammers, / should not dare to doubI
if, am only trying to find out YOU
sions of sey,x
NV better three quarters made NJ
renIy. but went on to saw:
riVhat can it meanp Noihin,
wrong, / am suro. They are beautifui
neonIo' and know would do nothin
PSNP'S' "