Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-09-08
From Colorado.

to reach Hygiene we had to 60 to announcer uepoU
and take the Denver, Utah and Pacific railroad.
1t is narrow gauge road built few years snce
and extending only forty-two miles in north
westerly direction from Denver, which place we
left at p. M, expecting to reach this place at
$780, distance of thirty-ive miles. 1t IS very
accommodating road, the train stopping at nearly
every house to take on or put Off the smallest
packages. When fifteen miles from Denver we
came to switch where we were to meet the down
train, and there we were delayed till past MD
night, there being car off the track just beyond
the switch. As we had been so long travelling,
and were to land among entire strangers, 1t was
quite exasperating, but we made the best OF 1t.
We were close by a telegraph station kept bya
verv busness-like person of the "female per-
suasion," who proved to be about as distant and
inaccessible as the foot hills AS supper time
came and passed the passengers began to look
about for some means to appease their hunger.
In our car were three very pleasant people from
Denver, who were going to join their families IN
Estes Park-a Mr. L. and Judge and Mis-. r.
Mr.. L. being in poor health and needing regular
meals. was the first to visit the station in quest OF
food He met decided repulse. The most lib
era terms in no wise softened her refusal to pro-
vide the simplest refreshments AS time wore on
and hunger increased, Mr.. L. made second adj
vance with the same result. just as he was max
ing good his retreat, closely followed by the be-
sieged woman, one of the lady passengers and
myself concluded to try our luck; so we jumped
off the car (there was no platform, but afterward
we appropriated an empty soap box which lay
near which served us quite welD and proceeded
to the back of the house where Mr.. Il. had twice
suffered defeat She was close upon him when
she discovered us, and came to sudden stand
still, greeting us with an interrogatory "well!''
in tone of voice about as stiff and threatening as
a raised broomstick would have BEEN We pru-
IDENTIFY halted, and just then, a few rods beyond
the irate woman, my eye fell on two most beaut-
full COWS quietly eating their evening meal They
unconsciously proved most powerful allies A few
questions concerning them and our unfeigned adj
miration of their rare beauty turned the expected
defeat into signal victory. 1t was wonderful to
see the change in her countenance. Immediately
her store of eatables was at our command; we
were taken to the cellar and treated to fresh but
termilk, thus becoming doubly indebted to the
COWS. | have heard that the direct road to
mans heart lay through his stomach, and to
woman's through her children This woman be-
ing childless, we should probably never have
reached her heart if we had not providentially
Numbered into that "cow path" | shall hereaf-
ter have more than ever kindly feeling for COWS.
My companion was at this time feeling quite i'll,
and we were made welcome to all the medicine in
the house. Several bottles were brought out,
among them quart bottle of pain killer My
friend partook sparingly of that, and we made our
way back to the car to find that Mr.. L. had gone
on a foraging expedition in another direction As
it began to grow dark he returned with small boy
carrying large package of buttered biscuit His
experience had been quite amusing. First, he
called at house half mile from the train, where
the woman took him for tramp, refusing to even
listen to his liberal offers. As no other house was
in sight he was about to give up all hope of sup
per, when he met the small boy on ''pale horse
He asked him where he lived, and he replied, "ten
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