Telegram-herald., 1888-01-01

. skasi oEsE ssE Azaa Alss ksllzezs essz cGs
heFria1iy, s1sgpsDg lightly d0en ts@ tad
inasts ia t1s eeep sne@. Ihs uiSat was
ciogltlsss Al,d lEsds wosssIrous fair ~ f1ll
mesn aHd thousands q s1lRiag stars.
Sns Fsac1ssi ia shaft a0uss door. The
snginesf 4Iad saolnsr n14a, unaware q her
approach. ssrs tslkinz Eams toeg spoks
caused Ess t. stsp suddenly. siEa hsr aaat -
aer EeaKE and q sIsa-sgs i0ox n Der face.
4 feel sars u Is ssias hsFsr. tie engineer
wss szYiag 'iis changes his nzns 'soat
sv'ry camp % goss %. All 1 reckoa Doc.
Grigs0n' saiEsa hin bout wei ss any
oslsF aanss ~nils &c sas hsrs.
well. hs wont chaags it again very soon.'
szii The otser Enan vita short laugh. The
asxt tina shs rolls ea4lea hell answer up 10
as 0.a name, iln thln<in"
Hover NAY BE IA real name, tbs enxfneeF
said -Hs z~ors i vas when I knowed hifa
two ysars ago ezxr IA PaTssss G9ich. bat
be N2s a seounarel there ard Just got away
with his nsck | klso.e1 him soon as | so
him down Ia Crystal CITY one day last iA4
But l never told aEy body his name wasn't
GTissoa Where did yoa say the boys iH-
tended iIing hllnF'
Down Ebs gulch here bout tro niles, At
that place aers tie big howidzr Is tazt they
call Hanging kock' reckon tasyll make
snort work OF hlH-
-Ob, sure sad ths engineer with laugh,
"theyl haHg hin, as bs deserves, without
hardly time for his prayers.
The other man glanced carslsssIy at bis
watch aud said
"And its almost time they went at il. Ten
oelock was tas hour agreed on. and it's after
nine now"
Neither of them heard the half suppressed
cry Of ths woman Standing just outside OF Tas
engine room deer. Could they have seen her
face ia the moonlight they would hare seen
is drawn aEd old aud ghastiy in It's terror aud
agony. Her limbs trsnIblsd under her. and
her bloodless Ups moved IN silent prayer
For a moment she stood 80, and thsn, still
praying for courage and strength. she ran
silently but with ali speed down the trail lead
ing from the camp and toward the gulch. The
trail was rough, and she stumbled aud fell
again and again She ran with all speed
wHsn she could DO 50, md the fear that she
might DO teo late caused her heart 10 almost
stop It's furious beating.
Sne could see the Hanging Rock ahead OK
her some moments before SIZE reaSned IL
Dark forms were moving around. going 10
and from the mighty rock, and the pines q
few yards from IL
The light Of one or two lanterns flashed in
the dagS depths of the forest She heard the
shouts Of the men as they assembled from
ali directions, tisndish shouts they seemed to
hsr
When near enough TO make her voice
heard it rang out in loud, sharp tones Of en-
treaty and command:
@Naiff weitf uaitfp
A moment later she stood in their midst,
gssoing for breath, white and terrified.
1T Is !, she said; Miss Nillcent"
yes said one OF the men gravely, shut
what do you want hsres This is no placs for
= woman
Fer answer was:
Where is be-that mani,
@Whas mani7 said one Of the men eva
sively.
Tie nan whose life you were going to take
here to-nightf
A groan from the edge CT the pines came in
reply to her ears. She ran toward the spot
/ from whence The sound came, the men seek
I iEg 20 detaia her. Among a little group Of
I men there s.eod ons, trembling aud CHASTITY,
/ a rope already around his neck and the other
end Of il thrown over the branches OF a tree
Tius runn was trs,zring and protesting pitt
+ fully.
Going close to him she said in a choked and
/ fearful voice:
Let him 60"
There was a murnur of disarprovsl and
refusal amor- the mea
''Cozas, come, Miss Milliccat. this is no
place for you" said one Of the men. s'Lst
mo help you back to the camp"
s.No,s she said, going close 70 the trembling
culprit, and laying her hand on his arm lie
graspsa her hand and said hoarseiy:
Save me, woman, whoever you are: save
me II you can"
she took lantern from the ground and
held /. up 70 her white face. She threw the
shawl back from her head, and said:
Don't you know me, Silasr'
lie lifted his bowed head quickly, gave one
glance at her face and covered his own guilty
facs with his hands, crying out:
~Miliy MilIisentlS
Tho men looked on In srnaxsmett; an angry
nurnGT Of disspprovsl Was heard when the
man sDoks Miss MilIieent's name in tones that
seemed endearins,
she turned toward thssn and said slowly
and distinctly with paissul esTort:
~Let him co He Is rny huSband.v
There wss dead si,sncs for nenisnt Ther
the leader Of tts mSs stepped softly int, tl,s
rnOoaiight and started in silence down th<
gulch in toe direction os Little Christabel
One by uns t5s men follewed him i'm ST.
lencs In ten minutes Miliicent was aioa.
with her husband. he turned toward bel
and said IN choSed ard broken voice:
"Mlhcsas.'
Wei, Sflas'
She held cut ore hand toward him. ID
<rssped it IN both bis own and fell On hi
knees before her with her trembling hane
held to his kps
Ar .hour latsr they rsrns forth from thl
shadows Of TIE forest and walked down th'
trail in the nsosyiixnt, and were seen M NOR,
in Fsirplay Gul-h.
The ousgosng stage took ~ man and
woman passenger next day, ten miles from
Hanging Roek-
~Tasy vas mighty sober paxssnesrs-s s.is
the s.sgs driver sftsr~ard Both on en-
hooked IS IL sheJ'd cried al rizss. and the,
hsdn't rach 80 say: but they seemed Nigh,
ilv tux uD with each othsr re caIlsd hr
'Milly.' an she called nim 'Silas' I thi1l
tsev vas bound for Denver. ana expected {.
20 fSrthsr on wsst from there
They vers heard q no more at tie Litsl
CbTistabei. sus years sfs-rwsrd Hsriel
Vance. while trsvelin< in California. cam
scroSs pretty little hosSe hidden away on
ranca IN most b-s1tiful mountain waller
The occupants were a man and woman y
bad keard q as mcdais q Industry ant
I ezc-ii@n~e
Il nsver opened ny hes.i about it 20 then
or 81 nTsot T." - said aftervar1 HD1t ths
woman vas oUr Ais3y sna sast husband o
hsrs ~ al fhcaghs go varttsess 70 hvs. =
xsnss Dane IN Dstreit rr.e Press
Dan<eF Tn Wearing sesfstin Gags
The rscent cold weather has sse. csuse
srsnt nnrnbsr II reoois . DON thar sa,l