The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-14

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take long" And he was presently sit
ting beside John, and inssructing him
with as much zeal as if he were pre-
pering him for tho hippodrorne
~ alters take to the young fellers,
said PeachbIow. s'An' it'seasy enough go-
ing up. with this load, and therest along.
But you've got to como back, alone;
more snow coming. with critters in the
woods, an the way half blazed. So keep
your bearings, young man. Chaw?a
used to" said John. 'sBut it's
against orders now
Moist goods?'
John laughed. s.Don't Like then,r
said he.
ssGuess We've got q young reverend
with us" said Peachblow, when they
put up at Palterers that night. ssDon't
chew, don't drink, don't cuss. No cards
either?"
mot card" said John.
sLook here, johnny cried another,
sthen you're in the wrong company
"0h, no." said Johnny. ''Cornpany's
all right. I'm wrong. If / chew it
makes me sick If drink It goes to my
head. If / play--I might chest
"Well, you're going to besick, them
said the big fellow, cutting OF a.chunk
of his black sweet and advancing upon
Johnny.
s.Give it to him. Saani" cried Palterer.
Il wouldn't advise you to try it on
said John, as be stood by the big fire.
place.
Now you take thisi" exclaimed the
big fellow, putting one hand on John
ny's shoulder, and with the other MAX
ing motion to force the tobacco be-
tween his teeth.
sAnd you take this cried John,
smile on his face, and q swift, straight
blow sent the man across the room back
ward, tripping, staggering and falling
in heap.
Anybody else2" said John, looking
round with an expression Of imperturba-
bic good nature. Anybody want to
drink with me? Or have me take hand
at poker? MOI Then well call it square
and begin friends, If you please
And IN the hour that followed over
Palberer's beef and potatoes the stories
that John told, and the drolleries that
he practiced made even the big bullying
Sam forgive him.
ssToo sweet to be wholesome, though
said Sam to Peachblow on the shake
down later. There's some out about
him"
Hes all right" said Peachblow sleep
lily. "Come from Boston Lessons from
John l. Lick you out of yonr boots ef
you don't let him alone. That's all the
out there Is about him.
Knows too much" growled Sam.
Who Is he anyway? Where'd he come
from? What's to hinder his taking the
team and whipping into Canada? Blamed
eff believe the boss'n ever see his mares
againir
As soon after reaching camp as the
horses were rested, which gave him a
little time to familiarize himself with
the lunberers work, John started down
in spite of Sans prediction and reached
Palterers without any event, and there
the next day he took In Mrs. Sibley and
her daughter, who had come from
place across country where they had
been spending a day or two, and who,
with the straw packed beneath them and
the buffalo robes tucked in about them,
were made sufficiently comfortable.
But here Johns trouble began.
Whether it was because when he went
mp over this part of the road he had been
learning how to manage his horses, and
had consequently taken little note of the
way, and now could not tell the main
road from the wood paths that ended
nowhere, but in certain of which teams
had broken the way through the snow,
or whether it was by reason of glancing
ever and anon at that little blossom face
Of Annie Sibley beside him, something
had confused his recollection; he began
to feel that, unfamiliar at the best. the
way was far too unfamiliar now for
safety, and presently his tremors grew
into settled apprehension and he saw
that he had lost the road, and that with
his employers family in his care.
To his surprise Mrs Sibley took the
matter rather as jest than otherwise,
and when they had turned about and
chosen another track and had come to
the end Of that in deep woods and snow,
she was all ready to go back and try an
other. Perhaps she assumed the gayety
to prevent her daughters alarm. for the
rich, soft color went ana came on Annie's
cheeks like danger signal, and with
every glance he gave them John re-
GREETED more and more his rashness In
undertaking to handle that team
They stopped at last to rest and feed
the horses, and then went on only to be
lost again ON another false lead; and all
at once it was twilight about them, and
there were stars hanging overhead Like
fruit upon the branches of the great
pines.
ssOhr said Annie, with shock of hor-
ror in the cry rive are lost in the
woodsl And it is night!'
1--WE shall be all right Tomorrow" he
said cheerily. ssWhen we have tried all
the wood paths one of them must be the
right one" And he proceeded to tread
down circle in the snow, and with the
Ratchet to cut off the tender hernlock
boughs, with which first he heaped the
sledge and then made dry spot for the
horses, which he fed and blanketed-
And after they had divided the ample
luncheon they had brought from Palter-
er's he had the mother and daughter Lie
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