The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-10-01


against his inclinations ia. give heed to
It that with an impatient Pshaw'''s he
started on. II I'll / ,s,5
But he could not rid himself of f.. It
was this: If ship Is in peril. and
has lost her, way, the only thing that
could save her would be huge beacon
ire to cast q light upon her surround
ings. 49, 15ss.
10 build q fire would be- q work Of
time and of hard labor. b 81
To keep one up, long enough to do
any good would take hours of watch
fqlness, and he would have to abandon
all hope of seeing Annie that; evening.
It was 9 hard struggle, but inclina-
ton proved to he made 81 q material
which. could not hold out against his
own strong sense Of duty. + III II
He gave up all thought Of the pleas
ant greetings he had been;living upon
in his heart all day long, and set him
self to 9. work to gather fuel for the bea-
con fire. 53 4 .555 gg5
After several hurried Journeys to the
woodland, which lay a. little distance
away, he succeeded in accommodating
g pile OF branches and dry twigs, which
ne had raked out with his hands from
a. deserted hut, which stood on, the
confines of the thicket, and had evil
IDENTIFY been gathered together for some
purpose; but under the circumstances
owen felt himself justified iii taking
| 1T, as. ould have been almost inn
possible to have kindled a flame Of
green wood. e. iisS B
just as he had succeeded III coaxing
Q splend' blaze into life, a voice cried:
Halo, Glenn, is that you? What
in the name of wonder are you doing?"
- e. am answering to faf signal of dis
tress. Hark!' as a dull sound. came
again from the sea. ~ s2sA3s.s
well, old fellow, 4 wish you ioy of
your post and hope it. II do the good
you expect. For my part. I'm off to
old Martin s. VI hear little Annie is
going away tomorrow, and don't
want to miss o sight Other beaming
I face tonight It's bright and sweet
enough to be q mans beacon light for
all his life. Good bye, and good for
tune attend your work. It's lucky all
are not such selfish fellows as am. -
TWAS as if a thousand fenfls were
Juggling for the mastery of Owen
CLIENTS heart. as he listened to the
rattllng talk Of the gay, light-hearted
youth. - Z 4.
Should he give Robert this chance
of3seeing Ann e, and Of perhaps asking
her to be his wife during this
night, while he stooI and wo sec 10
| do good, and in G. 'sprovidence tried
to be the means of saving the lives of
people who were nothir z TO MP
Thus his thoughts ran over and over
| aga n, repeating themselves like the
voices Of hooking demons, while out
Wardly lie lab ored On as nnremi ttingly
as though no influence of the kind
were at work piling on fresh fuel for
the. flames, or pushing some burning
log into better position, and in that
way won the victory. 8. l5=5
Peace succeeded to the wild storm
OF agitation which had momentarily
threatened to engulf him. Thus the
nightwore through 3,is$. f:s M
With the morning came q greatcalm.
One would not. have thought that the
sun-flec ked waves which came leaping
| in, white-crested and tumultuous, to
| meet the stern barrier of rocks, and
crawl up, up almost to their submits,
could be aught but playful in the r.
force. 4 All. It is a treacherous beauty
Of the sea n s n.
Too tired to notice the beauty of The,
transition from storm to sunshine;
Owen walked: slowly home. His work
was done, and he must have rest. .5 s
Later in the day he started out for a
walk. He was in that miserable state
of mind which oftentimes follows
some great exaltation of spirits. The
thought that Annie had gone away
without his seeing her again we ghed
upon his mind like an unwelcome in
ubus. III. III 81 IS
n At the voice Of Robert Hunter, who
stopped to accost him. he shrank and
Itrembled as though in pain, but he lis
tened as intently as though his life de-
pended upon what he was about to
say. N Had he proposed to Annie, and
been accepted 5; .2s s5ss5, rs
Glenn, he began, s..I wish you and
could change places about last
night work.
sit, rather late for that now, y was
the quiet answer. isss
81 m full u aware Of the, fact, and
that what Il regret about st. I'm
afraid its all all up withme in q certain
direction. ~ ~ i5S
What, al, ousmean q, asked Owen,
with sudden interest. 53a 4 u
ny, If you beheve it, might just
as well have left my visit uiipa. d last
night; indeed, had far better have done
So. Annie was SO interested at the
chance Of there being d ship outside ii
d stress that it was all Il could do to
prevail upon her not to face the storm
and come and help, she said; and she
gave me some pretty rubs, I can tell
you. about my leaving you alone to do
\ the good work; . as; she called it. j
/ don g helieyes that Annie will a look at
me again without . thought, ii her
mind Iof ;whatI ought to have done and
sdidn, II \, IN sS N
Such. q tide of Joy, rushed through
Owen Glenn,s heart that he could
hardly speak, and while he was strug-
Cling to hide his emotion Robert went
on with his reyelatio little realizing
the effect OF his words
aShe's not going home I'd. day Just
on that account She told me to tell
Eyouto come up and see her and tell
her all abont 1T. wish ii; had been my
\ luck to make such a hit. d Women are
great on any one who stouchs their
feelings. on ought to have seen her