The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-24

he'll cosss bsck--he may nssd you wuss'n
you So him
re conssshss and Uneis Scion BUSTED
into tie piazza and lilly, with these words
ringing ssraugly IN her ears. vent into the
house.
sBesser stay Al night" said the gate
Assper.
ESQ. mnst kssp On 10 DanTiiIs tonight
always feel safer when hare man un-
der lock ard key"
The buggy rolled away. The blind gifi
wondered ~ herself, thaz she had spoken
10 freely Of her brother % q stranger.
But somsh0w that pore boy made me
think Of Ned = she reflected. God 4ira
hara-hearten- Hell fetch nay brother nark
--soEne time.
AZ the little town Of scooby, North Caro-
Ina q young man lay In jail awaiting trial
He denied bis guilt, though be owned be
had les . Wild, unsettled life he told .
straight story about the horse he WAS
charged with taking. bat was not be-
Isved. - the animal itself could not be
found.
One sfay 4 stranger rode up 70 the court
houae, went in and asked for the sheriff.
Taking that Officer aside. he said:
This boy that you have in jail here Is
not guilty. He hired that horse for me:
but you hayu't got the nag back yet,
guess5v
no. NE haven't: but"
Look outside and see II that is not the
animal .
sssrt ~. .....s.t.. l. II. tz-ms.-s. x<s~.n -
IL shaddsr, said the sheriff. somewhat
perplexed. 1.-THE lad told staight tale.
but ve didn't know how true II was"
Just 10. bat he IL clear. II any one Is
70 blame. its /. I'm ready 70 pay al costs
and charges"
aWell-but who are you'll"
"Here are papers that VII prove who
and what / am. you see. there has been
some oil-boring going on dswn in the hills.
and was sent down from the North BY
rival company to watch things. ] lay
around quiet for month. when they made
strike. was thirty miles from rail- or tel
egraph and had 70 get there at once TO send
the news SO got this lad. whom none Of
you knew. 20 hire the best horse 70 be had
for lore or money. Then took the horse.
paid him of and we parted. When ! got
20 Knock Ridge. the nearest station,
found / would hcve 70 keep on 70 Rich
mond. left the horse. wrote back TO Fos-
ter, and went on by rail. Next / read in
the papers that the horse was missing and
the poor boy in jail on charge Of taking
it: 80 back came 10 Knock Ridge. found
the horse. and here am. ] guess my let
ter must have gone wrong. as no one had
been 20 get the nag"
These facts being proved. and all charges
paid. the youth was at once released. Then
the stranger, whose name was Derrick.
took the boy aside and said:
my lad. I'm sorry was the means of
getting you into this scrape. for you did
me favor. II you care 20 go North with
me and buckle down to steady work I'll put
ron in the way of making man OF your
self. /"
I'm 60. . said the lad. ION one condi.
tion.n
II hope IL Is good one.p
so do /, sir. I've been goin' down hill
nd ! know IL but the other day met
some one who has believed In me through
thick nd thin. II 60 with you. Il is only
70 come back hy-'nd-by. when I've done
something 10 show her--God bless her!-
that she was right"
The shrewd Northern man looked pux-
zied. but sson smiled and held out his
hand.
~ see no harm in that Only stick 10
this resolve and youm come out all solid
yet"
II was winter at the toil-gate. With bad
weather and worse roads the tolls decreased
and times grew harder. Aunt Narsy,
fieshy and half helpless. did little else but
worry. Uncle solon's view OF things vas
now more gloomy tbs ever. IL MiIly did
not despontf, II was because of hope time
failed 10 Danish and faith reason could
not destroy. Had she been as the wise are,
she might have learned 10 despair; but be-
Ing In many things like babe, she worked
and waited. and was not unhappy.
But IL CHANGED that. one blnste.y night,
another buggy drew up at the gate. and ss
Miliy Jane came out. well dressed Lad
jumped down and claaped her in his arms.
Al the first sound OF his voice she shrank
back, saying:
Tits she--prisoner--"
mo, Milly--no prisoner now--thank
God les brother Ned-come back-never
to leave you again, II you'll let him stay. :
Milly put up her hands and felt Ais face,
his head. bis arms, while mute question.
Ing shone In her sightleSs eyes. Then a
the welcome truth at last made itself felt
her face rippled into smiles.
sNed-Eedl T. she cried, pulling him into
the room where Aunt Narsy was making
coffee and Uncle Scion lay propped ur
with pillows. III knew bed ceme-ths
good Lord want goin' to keep him from
me-atways.e