Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-01-26
Shake Rag Under tns Hill.
A STORY OF EARLY DAYS IN TIE tEA0 MINES.
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CHAPTER WIN. -pDwN Ar = .CxsY's.

CHAPTER vtu --pDwN Ar !. ,CSgY's
With the rea ler'a kind permission
we will pass over the brief interval
which followed the meeting. We
feel that we have NO right 10 farther
iutrude. Bssldes, there are great
deal fewer sensational episode in
such matters than novelists would
have US suppose,
Joe took It more quietly and cool
ly than he supposed 70 be possible,
though everything seemed as yet
sort of dreamy and unreal. lie
moved and spoke as If III a dream,
but after his drsL failure con iuuted
himself very sensibly. Hts small
stock of Information relative 10 her
self was quite sufficient to answer
the few unldly pa questions, aed
his own interrog ttorles, we NAY be
sure, were non.oomtnittsl. All his
preooncieved notions as To her at
fractions were amply fulfilled As
to the future--but after all tt was 40
sudden that he could not sucoe,sful-
ly plan. OF one thing no was GER
tain, about which there could be no
mistake: From the first glance Of
these bright brosn eyes there was
To be no more peace for hln; aud
| his hardest task was TO cDuuetl ais
love till the tue when IL could be
safely revealed. Hls heart sank AS
he thou Sht, the ion ger the conceal.
ment, the more heInaus his crllne,
aud the less chance for a happy con-
summation of his hopes.
1t was very possible that had they
met rs strangers the attraction would
have been mutuai, for seldom do We
tind an instance where AN earnest,
true love ls not partially returned.
We speak not of passion, but the
tenderer sentiment which is aim ,st
spiritual, aud which survives the
cnarms of youth. IL she were to
get into the habit of loving ni,n like
a brother, 1t was dltliculL ~ conceive
how it was 10 be onAagsi. But let
that DO as 1t may, matters were not
come to that pass ~ yet.
joe aud sam staid TO dinner; and
lounged about under the cotton
woods, smoking, wnile the women
busted themselves baatn1 the pi.Cles
which were to constitute tho prnci- :
pal part of the meat, ani winch
looked, when finally brought sn TX
! log To the table, 10 hs least Lso
feet long. Long aud big as they
were, they were yanqll1hei by the
healthy appetites of San and joe;
not to speak of the little pasty that
Molly had all to herself, or the
somewhat larger one which yielded
to tho onssa 5ht of the gllntes4.
Uuder the genial luil ilienue Of
hot diuner, matters began to look
more natural ~ joe, though wh N.
ever he thought OF taxing Miss
Molly home 10 keep house for nln,
or whenever IL was mentioned. it
seemed TO him 80 very nueh like
getting IN .rrlel th 1t hs would hl.h.
pale aud change color, like on .ne-
leon, much 70 the uu4pJSen wDuiJr-
ment of Sam, VINO thodght he was
ILL, as no Cause for the su iden
changes was dlscernable.
IL was but mile or 80 over to the
settlement. Joe and Sam started
immediately after dInuer fDr JAeky
Dlgglns', under the promise that
they would be back before nightf4ll;
but as we will presently see, prom
ises are cas- ier made than kept.
Among Molly's other adventures,
the episode Of the preceding even
ing was related with the rest, aud
part of Joe's errand TO the "h lna"
vas TO meet and demand an apDlOgy
from the man who had iusutsd his
sister, and this much he inLin lted
to Sam on the way.
"relI 'ee wat, lad, dost Zoe m Ike
an COON up TO the scratch. Tney be
all h over 70 Jieky's now, I 'spscks,
cause the roads be so bad the, is
'ardly any gettln' about"
Jacky Digglus' place could hardly
be called a tavern. IL was frame
story-and-a-haf house, where way
bound travellers were sometlm - en-
tertalned, and Of which The principal
attraction was bar on one side of
a room which formed a SIDE win, to
the main structure. "rne Inn" IL
self consisted Of half a dozen
d dwellings, Of even less imposing 4p-
pesrance. There were qulLe /. uun-
Der Of people scattered sr1uni @aen
Joe and Sam arrived, but the IA jor-
lty Of the crowd WAS AZ J lcky Dig
gins, in aud around the hou3s. Ey-
erybody drinking; everyb Jiy snok-
ing; most of them chewing; aud
quite number eng aged At tue inno-
cent game of poker on the two
tables ia Jacky $ SALOON There vas
the greatest appearance Of abluion
about everybody, even the very dogs