The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-18

80. r9sseu uowu M csssexs, y
"s sssvsasssn dollar. would take me 70
them. has ] might NJ we'll ASK f"r the
Ny heart was touched. I ut once pus
my band n my pocket and drew o.,t my
could NOT see this poor man suffer. I
turn 10 Kansas and To his wife aud habe.
bless you, sir!" mOmured e
man. '.Tn repay you the omen I reach
A. he .taegered from the cave he ran
upon Dice Braker, who had returned
sooner than we expecsed; The two men
pat out his hand and seised the shoulder
OF the tramp, shaking him furiousiy.. :.
Missed Dice, his face now white with sup
pressed passion, "fOu fioOred me once
and I swore To get even. ] am glad now
l had suspected the identity Of our Wis
itor all along, hut did not mention il. The
change in the man was great, and Ned
heard the words of Dice. ] believe Braker
would have throttled the poor %unfortu-
dragged him oil. Dice foa,med with rage,
and threatened both Ned and myself as
we held him. and permitted the man tn
..I'il foller and kill him yet" declared
Dice, some minute later when we re-
leased him. AZ the same time hc made a
tIhOvS W W. NJ sbtAt = bh sShb -
and pushed him back, having tn threatei.
him with "a revolver before he would cool
"Don't make a fool of yourself, Dice
Brnker," L said sternly. 1.-THE man is n
good fellow and in need. He has a wife
Would You deprive that wife and child OF
their stay and brand yourself a Cain just
to crafty "a mad wi:im2 For shame
help To las i'm the way I imagined, but only
involved us i'm useless quarrels.did feel the
force of my words. for he hung his head
He declared later, when he learned what
i had done, that Slaymore was AN impos-
tor. and that l would never hear of him or
the money again. He was a. kentuckian,
and never saw Kansas, was the avowal of
Dice that troubled me somewhat. II the
ramp was an nmPoS,or he was at any rate
not tn feel bad over my act.
Several weeks passed. Times became
ion line rose to fabulous figures. There
was no game and the SNOW lay deep upon
the ground. Our lnrsler ran low indeed,
ran out and Dice fell sick. He thought he
was going To die, and II more frightened
and repayment man ! never saw:
er'd a-coIne tn this" declared Dice, weep
ing upon my arm one day. "Hou see,
s nSw; t ,Ss S Slay@I ssr w wS;s an ,"""o~''r. He
Ned Chandler came to hold the same
Oklt1lO1 Ia Dlce.
As the days passed l came at length to
realized that starvation stared ls in the
face. We had been liberal to others, only
to find that liberslity repaid by terrible
suff ering. Ned fell sick, too, and 4 had
my hands full. made tri.weekly trips to
the village. Medicine, like everything
my last dollar had gone tn pay for "a bit of
hard-tack some days before.
Weak and weary l toiled down into n
valley where stood the huddlc of huts
known as Gold City.
The stage from Cheyenne stood i'm front
Of the post 'fiice AS l came past u line of
huts. My heart beat in u sort of ecstacy
for "a moment.
What IL the Kansan had returned the
loan? / hurried into the slab building
and eagerly waited my turn for mail.
"fes, there's a letter." said the post
master. "Ten cents due"
] hadn't the money. The postmaster.
however. permitted me To take the letter
and open IL. 1 know my hand treInbled
as I read the postmark-a town in Kan
sas.
Out dropped two raryls-pictures OF "a
woman and child. To the hack Of one
was neatly pasted by one end u hank
note. 1 gasped and nearly tainted as I
saw the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
"Saved!" ! murmured.
The letter was from Slaymorc.
He had reached home i'm safety. and at
The first opportunity inclossd money,
with his heartfelt thanks and the bless
ings of his wife. tn my Address.
was the happiest moment of my
lifc.-C Chicago inte'-Oceoa.