The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-30


ore Us. Our pilot. AE TorriDgton. had
assured us that the first third of The road
vas good, and the second bad the last
and we felt ouEselVes turning gray
with apprehension as we pitched. bump
d and rolled along the good road. And
hose spring seatsi After being frsnti-
ALLY topped four or I've feetinto the air
md miracuoasly landed each time inside
the wagon your correspondent concluded
10 tempt Providence no further and
abandoned the seat with so much spring
and sat prone on the wagon floor, with
her bangs hanging carelesslY over one
eye, her hat jauntily over the other,
her baby clutched conYulsively in her
arms; here she was quite comfortable
except when going up hill, when one OF
the ladies or children on the front
seat rolled backwards, or
whens going down hill the
the nurse made g sudden descent upon
her from the back seat. The two ladies
ON the front seat would have been hsppY
enough If one end of the seat had not
taken q vacation, but that did make it
little trying when the road slanted at
for,y-five degrees. could always tell
when we we're coming TO Siding place
by the suffocated yell that her suffering
infant gave as she prepared to hang on
and the stage rarely presents such
pathos as was exhibited when those two
women chung together.
However the human mind becomes
accustomed to almost everything and
we composed ourselves, Cor rather kept
composing ourselves, for we would be-
come disarranged constantly to enjoy
the good road while it lasted. The AR
was glorious, and the hillsidesp burned
with vivid scarlet of the cypress or
glowed with the tender purple of the
phIox. We caught the brsath OF great
patches Of plnks, aad fraileet blue
bells nodded welcome TO Us as we passed.
The hill-slopes looked like we'll kept
lawns, so smooth aAd green and weed.
less were they. All along the dwarf
pines and cedsrs clustered. children Of
the mighty forests out al play. We
passed numbers OF adObes, and were
perhaps as great objects Of interest to
the swarthy, soft-eYed Inhabltants as
they to u.s.. Here your correspondent
got out q note book and pencil TO note
down objects, but after breaking off the
lead on the opposite side of the wagon,
and pOuncing down into the straw IN
der the front seat she gave up that plan
and resigned herself to the placid con-
temptation OF nature.
A few miles out we came 70 the old
Glorieta Ranch. and l am only sorry
that we could not stop long enough to
allow our artist to sketch il, for quain.
ter. more picturesque object 1 never saw
than that long, low adobe-it used to be
one of those houses that entertained the
weary and protected the weak, and often
numbered its guests by the hundred
We drank from the cool well that had
refreshed so many before as, and regret
fully went on our way, while Scottie
told in his rich brogue of the "good ould
times" and related the tragedy Of Star
walton Peak, towering above rs on the
right, lasting monument Of human
suffering and despair. We soon came
into a really open country and were
thoroughly enjoying the smooth, onward
motion when We observed the Other
wagon halted and Mr. Torrington talk.
ing with the most remarkable looking
man We had yet SCENT was our camp
man We learned-Jack, a pleasant OBJ
ject for memory to dwell upon from thai
time on. can see him now, as mode
q mountaineer as was ever drawn BY
pencil or pen; tall and eighty stopped
the sinewy frame bespeaking strength
litheness and endurance, the face
shrewd, intelligent, dark, with some
thing Of the solemnity Of the mountains
IN II, the mouth hidden under . long
black mustache, eyes keen and black
under shaggy black bTows. high
slightly retreating forehead, in which
the perceptlve faculty so dominated owe
acason that you recognized hin
instantly Is a man of instincts
thick black hair, little streaked will
gray, an old white telt hat, coat 0
white gray duck, both eloquent Of man!
storms and torrid heat. but more strik
ing and fitting than kingiy rObe or gen
tlemsnly broadcloth; strong BROW
hands that proclaimed their immens,
reserve power while closing lightly
round his staff, thus stood Jack thl
king Of campmen, the prince Of guides
a. We first saw him. He had com
almost twenty miles across the noun
tains, to turn Us back, across the noun
tains through the blaekness Of nigh
alone, with only his staff, to save Womel
. rough ride. Il had rained when on
Ieiges struck camp and being . llEtl
bOmesick themselves they had suddenl
decided that IL wae too rough fog a. {
follow them, and Jack had volur
teered TO stop as before "
struck rough roAds. II Jack hal
met Q mountain lion. or 9 bear. CT sye
. burFo he would probably have had hi
own way. bot We went on, and b
struck scross the mountains and reach
ed camp few moments after we die
A few miles now brought as to Peco
town; can't tell you how many house
there were. for they haye the pecuIis
manner of connecting houses that Gel
mans have with words, and one 4
at loss 70 say whether one hoas
was a. long e. the street or whether
was q street full OF houses. Many @
the windows were bright with lace cur
tains, fancy hanging baskets and floW
ers contrasting oddly enough with Ii
dark mud exterior. I saw more tina
one bird cage, 80 that Mexicans mus
have some sense Of refinement under th
dirt and CRIME OF years. We saw III
queer old cAurch and the many grave
of those who died Iass winter frou
smallpox. We did not enter the churc
yard-We were noae Of Us afraid q
catching smallpox. but We thought /
expedient TO get TO cAmpas soon as pos
sible. Mr.. Torrington told the trutl
(many strange things will happen on
rIp Of this kind End the road 70
rougher. The scenery was delightfu