Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-14

rude resemblance to Eagles Court. But
there was neither meadow nor open field; the
few acres of ground had been wrested from
the forest by ak and fire, and unsightly
stumps everywhere marked the rude and diff
fcult attempts at cultivation. Two or three
rough buildings of unplaned and unpainted
boards, connected by rambling sheds, stood
in the center of the ampitheatre. Far from
being protected by the encircling rampant, it
seemed to be the selected arena for the COM
batting elements whirlwind from the
outer abyss continually filled this cave of
Eolus with driving snow, which, however,
melted as it fell, or was quickly whirled
away again.
few dogs barked and ran out to meet the
cayalcade, but there was no other sign of
any life disturbed or concerned at their ap-
proach
Il reckon Hennicler amt home or he'd hev
been on the lookout afore this" said the ost-
leT, disnounting and rapping at the door
After silen"a female voice, unintelligi-
bly, to the others, apparently had some colo
guy with the ostler, who returned to the
party.
"Must go in through the kitchin-can'u
open the door for the wind"
Leaving their horses in the shed, they en-
tered the kitchen, which communicated, and
presently came upon a square room filled with
smoke from a fire of green pine logs. The
doors and windows were tightly fastened;
the only air came in through the large
throated chimney in volumnous gusts,
which seemed to make the hollow shell of the
apartment swell and expand to the point of
bursting Despite the singing of the resin
GUS smoke, the temperature was grateful to
the benumbed travellers. Several cushionless
arm chairs such as were used in barroOmS,
two tables, sideboard, half bar and halt
cupboard, and a rocking chair comprised the
furniture, and a few bear and buffalo skins
covered the floor Hale sank into one of the
arm chairs, and with a lazy satisfaction,
partly born of his fatigue and partly from
some newly discovered appreciative faculty,
gazed around the room, and then at the mis-
tress Of the house, with whom the others were
talking.
of her evident years, her twisted hair was
still dark and full and her eyes bright and
piercing; her compleXion and teeth had long
since succumbed to the vitating effects OF
frontier cookery, and her lips were stalneo
with the yellow juice of brierwood plpa
she held in her mouth. The ostler had es-
planned their intrusion, and veiled their
al, Nf
"hunting party" and was now evidently de-
scribing them personally. In his new found
philosophy the fact that the interest Of his
hostess seemed to be excited only by the
names of his companions, that he himself
was carelessly, and even deprecatingly, al
luded to as the stranger from Eagles" by
the ostler, and completely overlooked by the
old woman, gave him no concern.
"Youll have to talk to Zenobia yourself.
bod rot eff Pm gina to interfere. She knows
Hennickel's ways, and if she chooses to take
in transients it amt no funeral o mne
Zeenie! You, Zeenie, Look yeri"
A tall lazy looking, handsome gal ap-
peared on the threshold of the next room, and
with hand on each door post, slowly swung
herself backward and forward, without en-
tering "Well, maw."
The old woman briefly and unalluingly
pictured the condition of the travellers.
"Paw amt here" began the girl, doubt
fully "and- How dy, Dick! Is that yous'
The interruption was caused by her recogni,
ton of the ostler, and she lounged into the
room, In spite OF a slimp, slatternly gown,
whose straight skirt chung to her lower limbs,
there was quaint, nymph-lilze contour to
her figure. Whether from languor, i'll health.
or more probably from morbid conscious
ness OF her own height, she moved with .
slightly affected stoop that had become
habit 1t did not seem ungraceful to HAS
already attracted by her delicate pro2le, her
large dark eyes, and certain weird resem-
blance She had to some half-domesticated
dryad
"That'n do, maw," she said, dismissing her
| parent with nod. an talk to Dick"
| AS the door closed on tho old woman Ze-
| nobia leaned her hands ON the back of a
| chair, and confronted the admiring eyes OF
| Dick with goddess-hze Indifference.
| HNJO,v ,votIs the usa of yOur Dlayin' this