Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-07

1 abies these favored ones to bring out the MD.
| particularly To give look OF comfort and hab-
ttableness TO any place when lor however
brief period may happen to be tner nome e:h.
| new character and virtue from their hands; 30
| were rough walls hidden BY chint3 on 'sssloi
and s a casty 20 eouipment
Jack Reynolds realized all this the hrst ume ne
entered the building. To be sure, ne sa" II I'M
| ger favorable circumstances. :
| The daughter OF the house bad come OUT 70
meet him rs he approached. When she saw IT.
was her own favorte horse he hao or ,Dhqc,
went straight to his heart. Before his visit
| came to an end he discovered that her name
| no one but himself would know; but 1t could
not nave been otherwise than pleasant 10. ne
arrived at his home in the highest OF Spills.
| ne counted the days until he thought ne m!gnt
| call again, and he made them as few as he pos
| sibiy could. It was strong evidence OF Broncno
took but mild exception to what must surely be
sam himself had seen the young lady and her
on even his case-hardened sensibilities.
Thar Amt no kind O. use in talkin' about II, !"
now but was goane oace myself an an know
gs,|aseeIp q, 81 Il amt ones
on Inc road up the valley was narrow and rough:
one one side was often much higher than the other;
Soes
the rider. All riders, however, had not such
horses as Comanehe. He knew what was ex.
over the difficult path as If over English turf,
clear1ng this treacherous gully with q spring,
sswerving to avoid that pile of earth washed
mark after another behind in his headlong
course They talk to this day OF the time in
which he made the distance.
Jack sat him like the good horseman he was.
HIS excitement was intense, but every faculty
seemed under perfect control. One thinks and
ntor fnd
ness and vividness. Not knowing what duty or
peril awaited him, nerved for whatever it might
Sam and the other man could get the horses to
place OF safety. Then he thought, for what
seemed see to him long time, but was probably a
sorbing theme of what he must soon encounter
took the place Of all else. The horse began to
breathe little hard, but his pace never slack
ened. At one time Jack fancied ne heard hoofs
behind him, but he dismissed the idea as absurd.
Inc next moment he saw something which
self In the gray light OF dawn as a slender tur-
bid rfll was now a large stream, and growing
| to his horse Faster the noble animal sped on;
the water was around his feet. There was a turn
In the valley where 1t narrowed; surging tor
rent reached his knees as he rounded the point
| OF the cliff. In five minutes he slackened his
| pace. for there parting the flood which eddied
around it, t9gged and tore at IT. hurled logs and
was Edith.
was comparatively quiet and shallow. In a
second he was at the window, the horse stand
Ing still, with heaving TANKS and laborlng
breath. There was scant time for ceremony,
but the expression of Joy on the girls face told
It's story, and he managed to reach her hand
with his. Only few words passed at first. Her
| mother had spent the night with O sick child at
ranch on the hill. At daybreak alarmed at
the prospect of the 'wash-out,' the hands had
woman to escort her mother back. Then the
mood had come suddenly and cut of their re-
Jack always said his plan ofrescue was pure
inspiration. At the right, separated from the
house by wide and deep torrent, the ground
sloped from mesa. Could he reach that slope I?
He looked around the corner OF the house, the
horse barely maintaining his footing. Halfway
up the slope, and a lew rods above the house,
hung at his saddle bow. How he blessed his
practice with it! The first cast was successful,
the loop lay over the stump, and pull tight
ened it. In moment he was back at the win
dow; in another, Edith stepping from the sill,
sat behind him and chung to him. Again he
guided Comanche to the corner; he wound the
lar1at around the pOmmel of the Mexican sad
die. He drew long breath, and he rode into
the torrent. The thoroughbred was swept off
sTosS ana oy hs
taut as bowstring, but it ield. 1t seemed an
hour before the middle Of the stream was
reached. His heart beat fast; the girl said
nothing, but he felt her clasp tighten; and still
the horse SWAN on, and the torrent baked by
Teg o lie sone
gained his footing; they were saved! Jack
had never taken his eyes off the horses head
seen staiwart bearded man gallop down the he
slope and jump from his horse just before they
gained the land. Now, to his Amusement, this
her in his arms. Shortly he raised his head
You needn't look SO sort O. surprised, young
feller" said he; ''you bet it's all right haven't
got card case about me, but my names Smp-
son, and-and-" His manner changed in a sec
ond God bless you, tor as plucky and clever
bless You, too, tor you've saved the life of my
little girl, that's the apple of my eye" Still
clasping his daughter tightly with his left arm,
he wrung Jacks hand, and the tears stood in
his eyes.
Just then, with many a crack and groan and
almost, one would say, a cry OF distress, Simp-
cations and swept down the valley.
Never mind; let her co.. cried he. "I'll buy
tomorrow, If you want EN-"
Next day all the neighborhood knew that
Simpson nl, had 4 come back, and why he went
nearly ruined him years before had written him
from his sick bed in his refuge in Manitoba;
how he had made restitution; how Simpson
had been for months beyond the region OF mails
and telegraphs; how he had come home and
ridden up the valley behind Jack.
told him. '.Of course it was my horse you
heard, but knew short cut to the mesa. and
by al Ss too auedk
the little girl, anyway. II she's willing, l am;
and If she's going to leave her old father I'm
mighty glad she's going to have man to take
care OF her that's got sand"
The day the engagement was announced in
Pueblo the Arcade Saloon did the largest bust
ness of the season. From the sheriff of the
county down to the humblest cowboy on the
range, everybody was pleased Broncho Sam
celebratedthe event in accOrda nee withthe rules
OF the Moderation Society rather than those of
the Total Abstinence organization.
"Thet thars as pOOty couple ez yer kin find
In this yere country" said he; IAN Simpson
he's come back an done the squar' thing but I
amt caught on to his stayin' away an sendin'
no word. l say thar warn't no sense in it. no
hoW."-Hdrper's Bazar.
Assassinated i'm His Home.
WEALTHY PLANTER KILLED WHILE AT
TABLE.
Richmond, Texas, is in a fever of excitement
over the assassination Of Mr.. j. B. Wheat. a
prominent planter, residing two miles south of
there, which occurred at six o'clock Monday
evening. The circumstances connected with
the crime appear to be as follows: While Mr.
Wheat was seated at the supper table sur
rounded by his family aud engaged In CONVEX
sation with Mr.. j. NJ. Groom, neighboring
planter, some one stealthily crept up to the
open dining room window, and taking deliber-
ate aim fired upon Mr.. Wheat with either
six-shoOter or Winchester. The bullet struck
him in the breast and penetrated his heart
killing him instantly. Mr.. Groom sprang 10 the
assistance OF his friend and neighbOr, but, find
Ing life extinct, instantly mounted his horse
and rode rapidly to Richmond and notified the