The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-09-24

Yet would not change places With you: \
Nol keep your fail! home with It's order, 81
US freedom from bother and noise; + .jtiIs II;
and keep your own fanc,f 'le' sure. t X
s But give me n my four splendid boysl
THEssTo THE VALLEY. Fl
ITO walt for one who comes moi, 5$
ToserYe well, and please NOT
To lie bed and sleep not, jys
Ara three things to die ofs'
The day was gloriou Soft white
clouds sfoated over he clear sexpanse
Of blue, and the den sunshine
seemed sao drift thfou b. the warm at.
mosphere, and sifti and flick through
the green trees. q The hugeyellow diff
gence with, its five horses, ana noisy
driver and position, offered no sort 81!
|tndncement to us, in its crowded con-
dition; and we were fortunate to Sc
cure en- open {: ca II ge ride
through the mou ntainE circled valley.
Our party three IL number, were re-
|:inforced By two others, gent lemen.
The scenery was enchanting, and i
had little caro- at first to- notice our
new comp nions; but after Us time
when j had filed my eyes with tile
rare Beauties Of the land cape, IL leaned
lilazily back and stookk a surVeY Of nv
e opposite leigh ors. me ofS Them at,
Itracted me atsonce ST here was. q name
less SOME thing about him, which told
thht he had suffered and that suffering
had purified HIM. He sat nov with
his head thrown back against the
cushion, his hat in his hand, and the.
wind blowing the fair hair back from
his forehead. His, face was bright
with animation and yet noticed that
as his eyes turned from his fellow
travellers, and looked outward over,
the mountains, Z caught glimses i Of
sadness, that seemed almost faith om-
less. q forgot self, in making a.
stud OF him, when he turned sud-
denly and looked meain the face,
while an amused smile played over
his Textures, and Il blushed sgliiItily-
feeling thatSinone glance, he I'd read
me like the open agestof q book I kept
my yes from wand ering III His direc-
|;tion again, butsI found my selE wonder
Ling, as listened to his low, pleasant
voice, how any one, young. handsome,
and wealthy as he looked to be, could
have had sorrow deep enough to leave
its indelib trace SO plainly, that che
who ran might read, y despite the
brave cheerfulness that seemed habit
~. . !, y! ZIG s sss$
y. Asa me aitefnoonE began to wear
Ivy we We're startled by the sudden
81 Inc ne Il SKY and the low
IamDling OF thunder. There We're
Sui some miles 70 pc often over be-
lore les We reached our destinat ton, and
soon brok with fearful IN
sens!gy over over ns: swept onward ike
IN avian nan enc the WIND roared aandi
me rams ~. n {. N torrent while
sne nqef sech oedaa and choed
{ ~ y to noun the
an was allYe with qulYering ghtning.
vi hearIs "a nalled and the horses
W noI maze IN the blind
5 ~ Tl ra Hlni.i fSSsl \,
s s. nsb l as We're about to despair of
lhnalng . shelter y, the horses came to a
sloPas pelore 'a2 house we had not seen
oei0re ~ me darkness Srlss Of the storm.
We s, VIII. y! have to, stay here for the
night, the driver said There is no
sort % o. use in. our trying to reach:
-, for " can be done. y 81
My heart rose in thank f1lness. az i:
saw that we had found d retreat from
the ststorm. IT, proved 10 be d large.
comfort bic farmh ouse bit that strav.
|3elers were oceasi oniaal n accornnndata
we knew by the sign at the d oor.y
SVeEWere all eager To be gu i, except
the fair young man hem ID lad been
plying through the afternoo n, .sand
whose name Ihad learned was Cod;
frey Lambert. His face. & which, had
been brave and es,olute adnrinlg theS
Sperilous storm, was pale and s. 1Iiyer-
I'M. He was. the last I'd alight;F ,bntiI
did not thin OF him d gain unit We,
were al, athered in tho large, low
rooted dining-room, to Che Substantial
supper. After the dishes were cleared
away our host 5brewed a huge bowl Of.
punch, sat it on the table, and telling
us that 1t WAS: absol utel n essential that;
0nlls parta keS Of ut after our
tiTenehih left nss to refresh ourselves
the led ronla were being pre-
pa Tor the liz unexpected Occupants.
aside the storm still howled and
the lightning shed, making our COM
fort more thank fully fel and we grew
quite social over the stearning punch,
which was all the more accepta BILE as
3 the nigh grew chilly. The gentlemen
gave little scraps OF their history and
bits OF 3ad yenture for our mutual en-E
tertainment- ss
Mr.. Lam bert, you do not ioinsns.
~ - your turn now. i belieVe the rest
sof us have told oil that we know un-,
less I We draw onEour ina Ions q