Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-12-21

came out of the wonderful little
instrument.
For goodness sake. who's he talk
ing to? Oh-h-h y-e-es. why it must
be to Frank Downey, the express agent
at Bokey. They've been talking to-
gether. and Downey has stopped and
switched my end on. Motley is a
school marin. is he2 There's so. 900
in sight and Charley don't know it,
and the money is going up there on
the stage from 3okey tonight. Oh
dear, what shall / do2 I'll go up there.
! will. It's oaly eight miles, and it's
twenty from Bokey. It's five o'clock
and the stage gets there at nine.
Frank was a California girl, and
there were no perils to her on the
eight-miie trail to Logtown, and if
there had been, the sIur cast upon
Charlev's keenness, and the eager de-
sire to save that $40 600 in sight for
him would have been sufficient incen-
tives to induce her to dare them,
though she knew they awaited her.
Running over to the post Office she
hurriedly engaged the young clerk to
take care of the instrument for her,
and dashing back to her room, she
soon appeared ready for her eight-mile
walk to LogtOwn A little silk cap
surm0unted her head, and over it was
stretched a black veil TO protect her
face from the sun and from the even
ing breeze after dark Spreading her
iaunty parasol she treaded her way
along the narrow trail, which led
through the chaparral into the dark
woods.
The sun was yet very hot, although
almost down behind the hills, and the
trail was steep and rocky, but Frank
pushed ON, muttering to herself, when
she felt SO tired she was tempted to sit
down and rest, 'tCharIey's a school
marin is he. Ten thousand dollars in
sight and he don't know it, ell. Well
he shall know it, and have all the
credit Of the discovery too, there now
Up, up, down, around and around
wound the mountain trail, and Frank
wound with it, until tired, dusty,
brcathlcss. hoar5e. and almost crying,
She saw the county highway in the
sombre moonlight, just below her.
just as she reached the roadside and
Was about to push through the chapar-
raj which here reached to her shoulders
she heard the rumbing old stage
coach coming round bend close to
her
With a despairing resolve to go in
at least with the stage if she could not
before it, she pushed her closed parasol
1 /. ~ n,
the driver, shouting at the same time,
hOarsc from her excitement, Stop.
Stop
But to her establishment and dismay,
instead of stopping the driver reached
down into the boot, and, with II ''cuss
yer, take it, threw heavy box into
The road, and flashing his four in hand
into Il run, disappeared down the
canon.
Poor Frank croucl cd down into the
chaparlaI in despair.
oh dear, haven't walked there
and I've lost the stage and poor Char
ley oh, dear me"
The spirit Of a genuine California
@irl is not easily overcome with DIES
par, and Frank was "A genuine Cali
fornia girl and She was not TO be beat
en- until She was.
She got up, pulled her black veil
tighter over her moist face and brave
ly started on again to LogtUWn. 1t
was not far and not Il half hour elapS
ed before she saw the lights of the
little camp scattered around in the
canon below her.
Brcathlcss and painting She hurried
to the tavern. \ great crowd Of men
were cXcitcdIy swearing and threaten
my on the porch Some were in the
streets clinchIng saddles ON to their
horses, and in their midst stood Black
Pete, the stage driver.
Don't | know" he was augrily
shouting, ! tell you twar only annie
back, an Their cuSS showed his shoot
IN IRON right under my nose, Why
didn't | run fer it! Thar war two nv
them that as sure as tightln"
Pretty soon, with Il yell and II
whoop, twenty men galloped up
the road with a suggestive looking
rope dangling from one of the sad
dies.
Poor Frank FASTENED to find Char
lev. She found hmm sittrrr ON the
back porch
why, Frank, what are you doing
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W MAI IL" y"" KNOW ABOUT lhe road
"%,,''t
tra"K was holding 10 her SIDES IN
"eSpair OF stopping her lrr'pf'SSlol'
lauTh,
Road agent: There wasn't any
road agent at all, stopped the stage
to get on, and the driver threw b Il \
ut nc e.
W hat do tins mean. Frank: Tell
1T this time of night. all alone"
II took her a long time TO get the
story out, nut She dtd, whlIe Charley