Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-10
4 TALE OF LONELY GULCH.
TRUE STORY OF TWO GRAVES IN The
ROCKY MOUNTAINS

In North Park
II noticed few weeks ago IN your
paper desc-iptlon Of lonely graves in
the mountains Of Colorado remarked
. gentleman 10 the inter Monday. AT
the riptc ! r, al it WIS travelling in the
southern portion OF The state. and it re-
called 10 mind two lonely graves that
know 81 which lie hidden IN the re,;e.ses
Of the mountains in Routt county. OF
course, there is history attached To
them, and IL you have time will SPIN
the yarn.
Being informed BY the scribe that he
always had time TO listen To- good story
the gentleman said
In the year 1879 was prospecting in
the neighborhood Of Hans Peak and the
Rabbit Far range, and at that time very
little was known Of the rich silver veins
which trayersed that portion Of the state.
There were other prospectors in the eoun'
try and the few of us felt elatsd over the
finding Of several leads that contained
gray copper. and we went TO work it'll
a viii 10 open the veins up. You have
no idea Of the many difficulties that one
ha- to contend with in new country
and the pris atoms one has 10 suffer. But
the excitement attending the life OF a
prospector that some day he viii strike
It and b.. reconVensed for ali has trouble
buoys hin, mp and he eDdures all hard
ships and ir., ati1us with good grace.
The cOuulry al that time was well
stool ed lth game. and We never hal
any difficulty in procuring all the fresh
meat that was needed lad built .
rude cabin al the head Of a small quiet.
aaa not f4r from my claims. II was q
lovely spot, with groves of quaking as
pen trees surrounding the cabin, nud
about huy yards from The door stood
two ma leatic pines test ! named the
sentiB, Is
THE TWO NISlIpts.
one day when | returnd from worn
/ found two strangers, man and wife
had taken poss. ssiou Of ny houre, anC
was = little astotlshcd at first to see d
woman IN that part Of the country
They asked permission - remain the r. &
few DAYS, and it was readily granted
| was indeed glad to see strange faces
and welcomed them to my humbl,
abode From the very first ! noticed
that the woman WAS not strong. ano
this aroused my curiosity. as | could mo-
figure out g hy il woman III dc!icat,
health should be in such "A wild part o.
the country She had been a very prett}
woman once. bat consumption. the mai
adv from winch she ua- suil ring. hat
robbed her Of t5.ost Of htr ,..auty. Sin
had sweet temper. that won Tor liel
friends wherever risc went. She wa
also perfectly res gu,d - the inevitable
and knew that Ter pilgrimage ON earti
vas short U.t she bore up with tn
gieatest fprlitude.
THEY had hutn at thr cabin about ;
week a.5 t"rSthlng about 1t had beer
CHANGED Alice that WAS tlie woman
name Lad reinoJeltd the place. and al
iliu-, showed the touch Of woman
Hiu,i Ncii. une evening a:tci supp
We H.rn e,,tIlik III front of the cabin
eulo, IN t'c printicsul an August even
III. ". IA tho husband. ~ rod. told ui
wh9l brought him to tina section o
Colorado. IS story was brief liz
slalti HAT after bong married in TIN
east for Two wears, his wife had show
unmi3iakahlr islss of consumption, aut
the doctors hal advised sniI to take he
To California. and. # pos 81 lie TO 20 aCros
the plains 10y wagon. ~ lac would tins
that jourucNinS that way she would gan
strength hey found IA party OF cini
grants at IL small town IN Nebraska, wh'
were guIrL To the coast and engage,
then passage For the first week on
Alice gained strength, but one evening
| she caught cold and this maltdy in
creased with awful rapidity. Whei
| Laramie C,tv WAS reached she could K,
no f,.i cher aud the trip had to be aban
donod. Al that town they were ad
viead to go into the mountains. as tn
fresh mir Ia tened with the PEI fume o
pine w;.s ben fetal to oonsunptiycs.
wagon WAS procured that took them Il
North Park and by easy stages on horse
! hGck they bad reached my cabin.
was by the merrst chance that the,
found IT, an'l / vas & al they did.
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vas hard to leave him, but that he mus
be strong and bear the aiilIction that
wise master had III his just wisdom sen
him 10 carry. and that all things wer
done for the best 1t was a scene the lik
Of which | wish never to witness again
the ferOlr girl, full OF hope for the fuiur,
biddin; sood-hy to the man she loved
and the strong. powerful man, bowe
| down with grief ut the thought of lJSin
| her who was the only tie which bouu
| HIM to this world. The end came; 1T
her head pillowed ON the breast Of he
| protector. her spiiit winged it, H. t
eternal rest Umicrncath one Of the PIN
trees W. laid her, and carved her nam
and he date Of her death on its trunk.
Alfred was broken hearted, and wan
dcred about the hills Ike one lost. II
hal no purpose in life. 50 used TO as
him to do the chores about the place t
engage his mind with something. On
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