Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-28
NfSTE8YOF DEAONAgS FLAI
,pov.yrIcSTORY OF The FAR
WEST.
BY ii. Author Of Love or a Lie Winning
Her Inheritance Exc.
CHAPTER VI
rOSrlNl BID

the s. ...., .o,r, l,om bis 'cllip' away IN
S.'- '.. - every day. Nobody out
' - why he came, because Ins
r,ci5tiss for gambling, dunSins anu lS.u 80
.-s which we're apparently the cu'eI a.
.-ict.ons 10 the rest OF his mates "s1S
ever msde use Of by HIN.
rfbe generally came IN the company y,
lie. 5e7an miners bent ION the spree,
Ls-esrlv always went back alone; and u
.rss noticed that he was usually alone dur
inc IRE hour OF two he stayed IN town. dc
.-erl5 I'm a law. indifferent fashion, crop
az from The rest Of the party, when they
reached the outskirts OF the town, anu poA,
sus his own course, which geneIaly sAuev
Mt the Red U1i,orn." There ne IOu9eeu
sbont ibs BAR room, or leaned smoking
.,.,,,,.t the fence that shut OIL the small
oSc'osnre i'm 'front.' Of the building from the
-.-,ore until ia was time 10 90 nome. IL
,g,s here rather earlier than usual tns'
~, N.venhsm found him on the evening
after the scUm,. u.L.s hin,
- tc- b.s AID. sad Mr. John smith re-
csivfd the thanks with coldness Auu ou'S
,-3.r.,.rfe. Ttst sudden ghmpse OF 5000
L-es4;n, and gducsuon display sd tne
~. be.o-s was the only oae jack New
-. ss+sct.d Torigh, Mr John Smith
- 7.F-snt frcm the men VINO sur
7.7 -ira lie Gid lot receive JACK
>-.,ssri,,-,r- sfvarces ina irienlly spirit
s,.sr t-ied To- rep-l them. But New
..L,,, o-r,ly nom gratitude, PARTLY nom
.--,,s,te was @ te-u ired 20 keep up the
e..-,iots-c-. He ui.d % express q sense
-rt.s ALLEGATION TO Mr.. Snaresb,coE, Who
49,. bo-s uDmis,6katly the stamp OF
o.rte~su. Bot during al that Gay NJ
Snare brook bed bsen simply iaeAgaOi7
o+-.,.igirg anv thanks for Lvor2 confer
I'd sr5 so " .aerham had bsen oohged
t9 ell.r bis EXPRESS ION OF gratitude TIL
r,c-s c.Dv. riart zine Hs began 90 speak
or this gentlemen 80 john Smith, when be
had % Inst s1ccse6ed IN showing tha lat
terthst be had 20 intention Of being re-
01lssd
"He isscsnTemau, wss the curt an
swer rs John Smith knocked the ashes
Gom bis pipe, preparatory to rShllirg
e.
The Jo1rg E0glishman gazad thought
fully across the square, as he leaned MS
folded arms upon the fence.
"Such life az this must be something
terrible 20 men who have heen Mougnt
uu in civilized surroundings, " be sad abb
rupty.
he looked a Itile curi0Gsly at hie COM
paricn ns he spoke; he did not want to PTy
INTO his affairs but be wondered row be,
who was evidently q gentleman, could
bear lie 40 DeaCman's Fiat; but John
smith was Thoroughly ind teIent.
There's something under it all, =" he
answered carelessly, (which isn't as rot
ten as tire surface. In reckon you'll ind
the men aren't al, bTutes-anc the wo-
mem BE stopped abruptly, for Mrs
Eezah appeared IA the doorway and was
bearing down u1On tlem.
II hops she isn't going to make row, %
muttered John Smith, preparing ior
eight.
Mrs. K,z4h. however, was fairly psc'he
and Thoroughly suxiOas.
"a pretty sort OF a man you are Jcnn
smith. 80 she said, with much rusthDg OF
he- startcFsd cotton gown, as she stopped
before the two young men, 'Ieadlng men
90 partition, ss NJ t4ey wasn't going last
enough of Themselves, and dr6ggin' sweet
innocent girls, who ought 20 have q 'ome
like 'eayen ion their goodness, with them. o.
jack NtWenhsm stared, considerably
bewLde,sd and cslOnishsd 20 this confused
-if tarrest- form of sddfsss; but BIZ.
John Smith apparently understood, for be
ausred and looked very uncomfortable.
Mr.. SnsIesbfook lad paid HIM an esIiy
visit at the camp that morning, and hsd
REQUESTED 20 be allowed to sit In John
Smiths cabin for little while, 20 sleep
Of the headache which his walk under the
burning sun bad given him. John Smith,
knowing that there was nothing more dan
gerous ia the cabin than a little cold tea,
had consented. When be had returned
from bis NO ct MONDAY, be found that
Mr.. SnarssbroCk had deC3mped. With
srrdry misgivipgs, and many pricking OF
rorsc,erce. he had hastily searched q small
hiding ulsce where be bad kept II u 10
store Of money, and, SO be had expected,
not cent renamed. Mr.. SraresbIeck
had Of course made trscks" for the near
est "bostling works" The discovery bad
caused JOAN Smith muCh uneasiness all
9sv. Between him sed his work would
rise the pale Teproachful face Of Shares
brooks daughter lie felt that he was
morally rssooos be for any state the con-
irmsd dIunkord might now be IN. Eu;
for the uneasiuess and discontinue caused
by this event he would not have walked
over 10 Deaimar's Flat that evening, for
he ba6 reasons 81 bus own for not wishing
TO meet the E1ghshman, whom ne had
rescued from the tender meIcies Of the Law
and Justice Committee.
Mira. Etzsh's vehement reprosches con-
drmed bis suspicious. He listened in ST.
lencs es she stOrmed 90 bis wickedness II
giving money to such a guzzirg, shameless
creature, while bis poor daughter was
breaking ner heart already. They bad
tund ca that he had paid that m0r0iDg
visit 90 The camp; ard, IS lie hsd rot
penny when he started, and came home
p'ertiully provided they sll concluded
tGa. John Saith q given him the means
,o indulge In bis pet vice.
'Aut only last night he promised his
poor dsar daughter that hswoaldn't drink
another drop, He even gave her every
cent DE Fad, SD ss not 20 he led into temp
iauoa; and ,ber tire first thing you do is to
ding him into The nire again. D3you call /
th'f generosity i callita VERY bad piece
Of work ndsed- downright disgacefun
John Smith. taking sll the circumstsn- |
ces Of the case into confederation, thought /
20 wss bat be did not explain the situa-
ton, nor how little his own generosity had |
90 DO with the matter. The loss of
that small store meant considerable disap-