The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-31
SINNED, BUT FAITHFUL.

where broad and productive acres
could be had for the aslling-Andrew
Wright, an honest, practical young
Granger who had spent all his life in the
Mohawk valley, was taken with the
western fever He was not wealthy in
the goods of the world but he had a
wife and 9-year-old boy that helped to
more than make up for the lack of
financial resources.
By shrewd bargaining he found after
he had sold everything he owned that he
had enough crisp bank bills in his hands
to go to the west and make start on the
new place. His objective point was Kan
sas, but when almost there he was in
duced by land agent to go over into
Nebraska and take quarter section
within three miles of that muddy and
erratic stream digni6ed by the name of
Platte river
Once settled, and with a three room
sod house built on his claim, he started
in to work with will, and at the expira-
ton of two years he found himself well
on the road to the complete ownership
of as fine farm west of the red Missouri
as clay outdoors"
His one great trouble was the scarcity
of farm hands in the busy season; so it
was not at all surprising when one day a
tramp who applied for work was taken
,no, nc . varifal,1o oodsand hv the over
ToI,lred vo,,rg er,ioTant
.eron,,n W;llio,bs 90 tho ,,o,yoo,,,o,
collod Ii,nsolf u-as a Lord lool,ino m
confb eort Of individnaI who worlyed
,yitb ,rill d,,riDo, +bo doy ona o+ ,,;rbt
ro,nned with little 4.vear.old .Joev until
tbe lad need to watcb for he cop,ing
ond find fba most nleaeant ho,, ont of
tbe tventv-four when Tonv was with
him
n was rather n Queer sort of friend
shin b,,t II lasted ali tl,rouph the win
fer and until one snrino NIGHT. when
the old restless spirit came back upon
him and the farm hand hacked up his
little bundle and ouietlv stole away in
the darkness.
vear snent in the mining districts
did not increase "Tonv,s" financial con
dition nor b;sannearance. either. for that
matter. but It found the voune farmer
i,,st 80 nncb nearer to tbe con,nIete own.
ershin of his Quarter section. and at the
oxniration of tbat fine the t,an,,, turned
lis face to the rising sun. and by dint Of
ennd,.v "Eftsn and stolen rides on fre;ob,
trains found bin,self ono ftfrl ni9bt
treadino the land he had nlowed some
months before II hardly seemed like
the so,,,e nlaca to him foI. instead Of thf
sod honse thera stood q ono story franz
hrildipc and less Than a bnnd,ed vord,
o,,,oy, ysas n bio, roon,1, horn
ON lest crawI into thor harm - soIilo
onized Tony "so,s NOT 70 wake tha,
foliys wonder how t,a Iittle chan !,
ond ie bo will bo Glad 70 sae mo Ther,r,
nrottv ,ybite sort Of neonIe and ryes,
IN sfic. hv ,en1 this time and take 'the,
old MUS ad1ice an, mako . man QUITO,
rovsolf"
16us sotisfving his conscianca ot bav
ino. ,.1r arso1 bs crant into tbe harm
an3 o boif huryirr bipsolf in ,;Ia ~
st,.,,, EN-, ,,,bicb had hean lar noar tbe oner
Toor ,ros soo,, osIean
II ,yas homrs Later whom I,,,id re5
| o,|,,,, ,,.I,i,l, Iio,l+ad ,,r tl,o -, az
SSa,t,'a tl,o air fo,. ,,,ilas oro,,,d to,,sal
Tonv 70 sbift uneasiIv ON bis ro,gb b1
cor,ro,sa[dn hed anil 70 finaIlr oeen hi
eves and an instant later iunn to his fee
,,,itI n bound
T,he nrairie was on Ere,
A,,-av of on What scanned lilo th,
lo,yor edge Of the hor;znn ,yosa sheet q
Gama vvLioh had formed itseIf into a ha >
49,. tl,,,o,,o., which ,o,o ,,,i,r,+ ,,,ss -,
1.-Two Forl,ed tonones of lire leanin,
rr,n, tl,e mass Iicted at the a,r as e !,
GnI moro food for tbei,. erroad,, onna,ita
M IN d,.,, o,.oss s,ro,.ed o,,S sbbi;roro,
~ ig cocb narticuIar stollr ,,,as andoyre'
,v;Ih Tfe and yas noaI,ino a., efTort :,
.,sc,,,, a oo,.tain fata
A. tho +ra,,,,, Iool,ad ,,o.+io1os -
h,,,.n,,d herhao,o ,oati,,e, do,iy,' ~ ,,,;n,
eeu ahonf biSe ond he bao,d distinctI,
no crocl,lino, of tba' consu,,,in,r aia,,,o,,
,s u ata its ,roY ,l,ro,,rrL re ',latt',
,,ro,rtI, ,''', 49, ''''>
TIa ,.,ando,r % a,o s;oht .tr,oe..
,i,,, - ~, 80 i,,+ =, 3,',,,I,,+il,, =
,iiii, uitu ne , was ioS' ~ r oon.el iI'lol
OF the ca''ie' ana the lre1iul WhihnyihI
o. 'ile iioises arousee N nun SENSE .
Vle GaiiseI' anu ne ihsIlhc'i'eiy 'urlie
ooI looheu towards Vhe mousse
mere was no sign OF me-
lt was Time Tor actlon now, and he ha
ALREADY iost many valuable minutes. II
ran TO lhe mousse ana oeat with DOT
hands ON the door,
Mr. wright, the prairie's on hre-th
prailes on nrel
There was no answer. Time was pre-
cious now ana when Tony saw spad
standing up against the SIDE OF th
mousse II seemed 10 nm ike prov
dence, and he took advantage of 1t. Th