The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-05

d . E'gtI," q the only p3SsenzeT OF tn
Red Gulch stage drew his ulster closer
| about hin and evea shan shivcred . Et&ls
with the cold.
YES. we'd orter hcv stopped back yendez
until mornin', but the mail haz ter go
through if We kin git it Ye zee, they Is
awful pertic'lar about il an I amt been on
the route before. I don't want ter fail On
my first trip
You cont mean TO say you don't know
this roAGrr
~wa'al. 1 calc'lase I know It pretty vel,
but l amt . reg'ler driver, that's all The
horses hcz ben along here often enough"
Are there Any bad plAcesF"
'rOne hats right bad. bout two miles this
side o town, long side Of Indian hill The
roads between the hill and the Smoky
river. Haven hes the old driver} used 70
have . ligh. in ais house along there to
guide him when he came IN late. 'Spect
there'E be one tonight The horses'u Just
bear OF 70 the right o the Light, An Wen b
al o. K
The rickety old stage numbered on for N
hour. It VA quite dark and the horses,
weary and confused by the now whiriing
Stow, were picking out the way slowly.
We're almost thar" volunteered the
0AAsCA -
Most wherefr asked the passenger, who
had forgotten the former conversation
'.Nost TO the river cut by Ravens house"
"'Say, driver, / know Haven and / guess
III get out 1t the house. You can q ( my
things on dVvn TO the hotel, and III be
down In the morning"
They had reached Indian hill, and the
rivers angry roar came up from below, vie
t. x ~ -~-- hlAAN 90 nn~a~acV
Of sound.
Suddenly, midway in the cut the horses
stopped. As Horris attempted TO urge them
beyond their heads.
There's somebody there exclaims the
passenger, and in . moment he is cropping
his way to the heads Of the horses, and then
lifting from the drift . little, giriish form
which, while being carried to the wagon,
dropped into insensibility and was like .
dead thing in the rams arms-
When. An hour later. the storm-beaten
company drew up to the hotel and the light
Of the ONCE lamp streAmed full upon the
girls face, the ~bystanden, who were
watching for signs Of returning life, were
and cheeks p~assionately.
see uyAf,' OlUrveQ OUT dOrrS. no In
suits, young man. in these partA We know
Aadge Haven too we'll"
'.Insuits-' repeated the youth for he was
scarcely more. as he relinquished his
charge TO the hands Of the landlady, .she is
my sister,
And 80 it proved: for when he signed his
name upon the register. it read, William
Morris Haven. Portland. Ore"
An hour later. Ben Haven came 70 the
village to organize . searching party. His
relief when he found his child safe. though
chilled and still iusensible, at the hotel, cAr
not be told in words.
The shock and the agony Of that night
made . new man Of him, and his tender
ness toward the daughter who shared with
him the secret Of his remorse. though they
never spoke Of it to each other, was re
marked by all who knew them.
So eEectual and lasting was this reform
that the Daily Calliope was able TO give. .
few weeks later. on the same day that it
told Of Miss Madge's 6rsc appearance upon
the street. this item:
Mr.. Ben Haven has accepted his old DO
sition on the Red GuIch stage line. his sue
cessor. Joe Horris. having resigned to go TO
the uines."-Charles y. HArger, in Yankee
RiaSe