The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-23
H. or,oroJ tho room. and tenderly laid his

| He entered inc fODrH, hilh hriN'
| burden on the camp cot which far'oh Jim
,sed for n bel. Then he tore a fly Teal from
nm OH book which he saw lying around anu
~ ,ducing "A short end OF a pencil from n'
| rocke. wrote hastily and somewhat cluih-
| SLY a few words
..S... here be sad 20 the Chinaman, nS he
STONED 10 the door; give this piece "i
,.-cr 10 the uar,ou as soon ~ be- returns.
mi. yanag lady is hurt n little ana
rrirbtcned n great deal. aud she has tainted.
| psi. .,on ,nc viii come around. Nheh
l.. docs. see that Won take good care OF hey,
va, Yellow skinned, white liyered duckl
| p.rhop. voull behave yourself all the better
II I tell Won my name Is Kansas
The Chinaman perceptibly embed as he
hoard the dreaded name, but san Hothihk'
| and the handsome stranger sprahg 10 Ms
horse and rode away.
Ah Wing quietly surveyed his new charee.'
and saw that she was a yellow haired Idlr
commissioned girl Of perhaps 10 or 10 years
slender. and evidently unused TO work OF any
! kind The Chinaman faithfully kept "atch
| al night. and noticed that the girl passed.
craduallv from her faint into an easy stun
Der.
| II Nf- tNfftN ~ -
Girl was still sleeping, when Parson jim re-
turned. Al Wing felt much relieved, and
nj once handed the note 10 bis master. u
was written in a rough, unknown hand but
this is what be managed To declph9f'
.PARsoN-Y0u are understood to he a
pretty good fellow Thi, girls father was
| accidentally shot this evening in a scuhie
with the coach people. She must be cared
L.
for. and / select you for the job. kio"
your record, and YOU are the only man III
| Colorado | would trust with az unprotected
| Girl / will see that you are supplied from
| time 10 time with money for her keep BE
] true 10 this trust, or look out Tor
Kansas
The parson tWirled the paper III his
fingers. showed il into his hip pocket, aud
then asked a few questions Of Al Wing.
What kind OF a fellow brought the girl
hcrer'
..NIuchoe fine Mclean man." replied the
little Chinaman.
Would you know him again If you saw
him. An Wingf'
''Yos. stree. An Wing no fool
Half an hour later the fair Young stranger
opened her ewes, and the parson, in ms
homelv hut pleasant way, proceeded TO make
her feel at home.
II am afraid, miss, that YOU have just
passed through serious trouble, but Try and
| feel that you are at least safe and among
! frjeud, You are welcome e. all the poor
house affords. and anything We can do for
YOU shall be done
But the girl burst inso a food Of tears, and
| could speal: no words lat Poor iathcr-poor
father.
Later on parson jim, learned that she and
| her father were the only passengers on the
preceding day from Denver, and that they
were going through 10 Colorado Springs on
their wav to New Orleans. The coach was
attacked by highwaymen, and as the girls
father. Mr. Winship, rather unwisely resisted
them. he was shot dead. Then the girl had
| tainted. and remembered nothing until she
found herself IN Parson Jim's best room. Her
name. she said, was Ethel Winship.
Putting the girls story and the contents Of
the note together, it looked as though the
desperado Kansas had killed the girls father,
and prompted by some feelings Of remorse
and pity, had undertaken to help the be-
reaved daughter.
4 day or two later, when Ethel was some
what rested, and her grief less poignant,
Parson Jim had another talk with her.
What would you like to dor he said.
oh. sir" there is nothing for me % DO.
! Get me work Of ONE kind here in this place.
We had no friends-father and | had lived
and Travelled together since my mother died,
many years ago. We were getting poor, too,
| know. and my father had some plans Of his
own, but what they were | do not know. II
you viii help me TO get d living here shall
be much obliged, aud / am willing 10 try any
thing"
NV poor child said Parson jim in his
kindly voice, II an truly sorry for You II
YOU can be content in my rough home for
awhile, stay here until We can manage come
thing better for YOU | have no one for whom
| care, or who cares for me-oniy the boys IN
the camp. But those same boys viii tell you
that not Il hair Of your head will be hurt
while YOU stay under my roof. | have plenty
of this WOrld'd wealth-mOre than the bOy's
imagine-and | can afford "a slight addition
10 my family"
so she stayed, and found that Parson Jim's
words were true. She could not have been
treated more as a lady had she been an earl's
daughter aud the guest Of a dowager duchess
As the weeks passed, Parson Jim managed 10
add a couple Of cute little rooms 10 the par
sonage, one OF which was my ladys cham
Der and the other the ''parlor." Then, too,
pretty carpets and furniture anne from Den
yer, and the boys began 10 think that the
parson was putting on Tugs" But they ex-
cused a good deal in the parson, and really
Wed With one another IN paying homage IN
their rough way to the parsons ward.
OF course, they soon knew the story, and
Parson Jim had shown the Hon Samuel
Green and one or two others the note that
Kansas had left with Ethel Winship.
Months fed and Ethel stayed on at the
gulcb. She became contented, and much
appreciated the parsons caro- and efforts 70
make her comfortable. She showed her graft
tube IN a hundred womanly ways, and kept
the parsonage as neat and pretty as II II had
been in massachusetts, or the English mid
lands. instead Of IN "a wild Colorado valley.
Only, every time news came Of a robbery or
murder by Kansas and his gang, would the
poor girl become agitated, and cry for ven