Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-26

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70 tue HSo7ts' trails 70 be disposed OF.
de eorctadsd his st0Fy By asking:
What wages vii get. sossF'
The boss cat see that fsos todsy-thss
earnest, tearfHl, pleading faoe.
Well uas the answer, all that
can slbsw vo1 - common v0rknsn's
+ Ways. i'=0 dollars day -
HoHlJ Virgin he exclaimed. do
/ yo1 Esss 20 SAP tbst Oil Res twelve
/ doihirs vsek-afty dollars q noathE'
les" vas she reply; . and perhaps
yo1 Will have 20 YORK extra time. and
/ gill make mora
A isT err Of delight vas heard, the
tired. irssei-NorB feet dance an Irish
/ ia ga shs 6oor, and the voice, no longer
b sli7, rang Gus.
Piast GOD, viii ZEE Kitty and Pail
oneH D,DFe"
| Knowing that hs zoaid only b. 10 the
way aa0zz the zen, sc Vas detailed to
/ hesp tee stsSsrg and tee cook. That
/ day tn, men we're told the old mans
story and requested TO treat him kindly.
Was be not hslg Is. fiisndkss and for
iora, ard might they not ali be % some
dayf When tsey returned TO dinner,
sSerF 0ne seeussd TO recognize a long
| lost friend IN the old man Eac1 of
/ tnsul bad some pssce of elsthiEg that
be had 5utRrown. and that 4" would Just
| Dc tiae ls4ilOr," aud Is would be CRATE
fulJ raeeiv-d By him. his verbs of
thanks would always conclude WITH tie
phrase;
Sla1s God. will see Kitty and Phil
son1U day
IGe s1adness the msn shOwed the old
man wis retnrnsd. Everything in the
dining and sleeping cars vas kept neat
and clean. When the weather grew
sold, on their retaru az night they would
always had the cars cosy and warm and
bright fire burning in the stove. When
] sek CtlAmpiain had his leg broken, did
uat the old man watch by his bedside
aight and day. until II RreN strong
sgAinf AHd when Tom Fletcher was
Q sptureia and soaiped by the indians,
did not the Old man remember the
frisfd who battled for his rights when
be tiloaght fhers was no pity OF human
10y on slse earth7 Well was Tom repaid
for thai aGs. Through the long hours
Of pain and deliEium that followed tue
fsneish act Of the drunken savaQes he
vas ne'Fer aIons. Every motion was
watched, and tine bandages on his skin
less head were carefully Inoistened and
replaoesi. IL vas proud day for the
old man when he brought Ton into the
dining Gar and said 10 the boss:
lie Ia almost we'll, thank God"
Months passed. Every cent the old
man earned was boarded With misery
care. One evening IN the following
spring he sought the boss, and, giving
/ nim thu money, asked him TO bay and
send tickets TO bis ekildrsn, so they
could iIoust 10 him. Mheo this was
DONE taers vas a small SUN remain
| ing. lie then impaired to the boss q
ssoret, that be WAS going to buy few
aofes oi. land, just ensugh for garden.
build q, small house and live with his
chilarea. Tie spot that he had set his
ueast on was 10 the valley where be first
joined tbs train.
| This conversation was overheard by
| some OF the men. From that time for
| ward there vas evidently secret under
! standing between them. Every evening
| they would leave tue train aud % down
/ TO bridge and there hold a meeting.
Sonle deep plot was ev IDENTIFY being laid.
One evening the boss vas requested to
join the conference. Ga reaching the
bridge he found the entire audience
seated 90 the ties. He was requested TO
st down, and Tom Fletcher ross and
thu, addressed the sssemblage:
"Esller citizens and seOuta--The old
nAilor is going TO send for his chilren.
when he gets them here, what would he
do Witli them IL he did not have house
for tham TO live in7 You know he has
not got much money. for when he came
10 Us, u few months ago, he was insol-
vent. He Is q good old fellow. If be
wasn't, would never have adopted him
for father. Ian glad licked Frenchy
xh.n Ito buIlied him. "a erowl Of dis.
approval from Frenohy.) Now the chief
being here, and an he il q chap We all
ike. tcheers for the boss) we are going
to tell hiaI what We intend TO do. There
are twenty five of US. We are going to
eiws tifty dollars each, aud buy some
Land Oh this crossing and build house
and buy a team of horses, two COWS, aud
all other thiags that is needed, and set
hinl nc as a rsnehef. When any of us
get sick, we will go and stay with him
I'LL We get we'll. And now, boss, we
wait you 70 take the money and do the
buying. Here Is the cash. Take Il. bat
you must never tell the nailor that we
gave tbs money. Tell him that some of
bis relations died and lefs II to him, or
thai ha drew II in a lottery and never
knew it,
Kind. manly fellows. OF all the band
that met on the bridge that evening.
snig Que is nov alive. As he writes
thesa words a mist wells his eyes, as il
did when be arose and gave thanks in a
falieriisa y0ioa for the kindness that had
been shown to that helpless. frisndIess
aid man. Throuzh tue sd sdows Of tue
vanished years he can see each face
can bear she cheer thai rang over the
nlll, cheer from voices long sincs
silent. In the massacre at Souiris Cross.
ing, With Caster In the valley of the
| Rosebud. IN the miners camp In the
lonely valley Ia the Black Hills. you
diei. With elch life went out hero's
soal. With the recollection Of you
comes that Of the dangers We dared and
The pleasures We enjoyed. Its terrible
Arctic storms OF piercing cold and drift,
Ing saow'-.the exciting buffalo hunt
tue Wild rides on the trails OF the sly
barlds OF proving sayages-the mid
night attack, when pealed out the thrill.
inc var cry aud rang the deadly riae--
of aours when Ne stood face 90 faes
9Th death with unfInchine and un-
danuted heafts--gnne. but nst forgot.
ten, q, gallant sesls, bright be your
horaes IN the land Of spirits.
A dark plan was nov made. The old
rnaia Was 10 be sent 90 Chicago 10 meet
bis children. Kirkpatrick vas informed
Of ilhe plot, and was 10 look after their
welfare while IN the city. The boss, not
being tersed Ia the ways Of farmers,
gave the money that the men had cod
sected 10 the roadmaster. He purchased
soule land from the company. had a
snnR hsnse built. and baughs a taam Of
horses and some c1ws. Two families
had iasa settled IN the valley. He hired
the men ~ plow and fence tbs laxd and
tie wuInen 10 arrangs The house and
lllailt slae garden. when is was time for
the old natlsr's retarn the field was
green with wheat and the vegetables in
The gAltaea we're thriving. A beautiful
hanie F&s provided for the old man
wheee itsntle ways lad won thoss ROACH
netls hearts.
| Whela tho express drew up 10 the sta
tions whore year before he had arrived
= ragged, frtendless saRrant, be foand a
circle III friends eager 10 meet end vel.
eouie him and his children. Kitty vas
q viinsnme girl Of hfteen and Pail a
roe,iisl boy at twelve. Words cannot
expfess the gratitude and delilhf Of the