Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-06

a,. InIy gun beat mercllessIy upon tne
Ine sn,nmit Of Old Foggy as two soil
fes .s.elers mounted the dusty, yellow
lasi =" The two sides Of the hill, each
iOa H., ~ mn and urging his sweating horse
ooams s,,ada of a wild cherry tree upon
lo ~ The one from the eastern
lns aaeled the summit and galloped to
fuo 10 inst a. the other equestrian
w .s s ne level space and turned toward
I sS..ae The two riders glanced at each
etber carelessly, then with LOOK OF sur
nyIsed recognition. - mn,
aIabn Jordan! sure rs death. why,
,.,lo Old fellowr' and the other responded
- M hearty hand clasp with, Can IL
,ossIby be you, HaywardY'
p' aI helieye 50, sort Of revised edition OF
,eatber bound, without any silver
~ lassrs !, The two young men slipped
s.a.p their horses and sat down upon tho
asobed grass under the tree, tanning
ipsa;r ansbefi faces with their straw hats.
@weIl Jordan, what in the name OF all
s..t "a holy are you doing on the top OF
nj. MI. Eod forsaken hills Running from
the sheriff. t,
,soimate as any that brings you to the
same place. have finished my course at
,ss Tieological seminary, and have been
snnointed to this circuit since | left col
,aap am going to one OF my churches
nav where hold services tomorrow"
IN shades of the mighty! How are
rs fallen from our ideals? am stalking
mt an air line for branch road to the
yirer. Be some cutting through these
hils won't theres My force went on last
riebt to Rocky Fcr's chats the name,
I.n't tn and ail -Ji:lg down to spend
M Sabbath with them. Am getting
hungry. We couldn't find a boarding
house in these virgin forests, and have
had TO camp. We were all cooks, but for
various reasons we've lived chiefly on
Macon and watermelon, and | pine for
change, the flesh pots, you know, and
things that are made with ice. Being a
clergyman, you probably pick chicken
wing occasionally, but hen roosts are not
In element of barbarism. Well, how
goes your preaching, old boyS How is
yeur crop doing, If that's what you call it,
Your souls, mean; do they thrive under
your farming
A panied expression crossed Jordan's
sensitive face. He hesitated. Hayward
saw it and bit his under lip with annoy
anee He was continually approaching
himself for wounding Jordan in his old
eollege days.
mo, Tom, to be frank, am somewhat
discouraged over my work. don't seem
Ito get at my people am trying to study
them as | never studied Homer and
Quntian in the old times, and | feel sure
that when | put myself fully i'll sympathy
with them that | can influence them
greatly They need it. You cannot
imag.ne what field there is before me
here, il am only worthy to fill it"
Hayward glanced at his friend as kindly
as he might have done at a hurt child.
'0ld fellow he said cautiously.
'youre mistaken. You'd laugh at any
body who would come down here and buy
hundred acres of this land for farm
and try to cultivate it. Why, the crows
weep over it; look at these hemlocks and
ths blackberry bushes trying to find
hold for their roots; look at that patch of
stunted corn over there, and those bony
cfags sticking through the soil. You can't
grow souls on such soil They're not
mere; no wonder you're wearing yourself
out trying. Give it up and come into a
little better region
Jordan looked over the wide view spread
before them and the panied look returned.
soul Is not produc. of the soil, Tom.
aOn always were advancing some strange
,dea VI course, the difficulty of living
mere the poverty and isolation, make
,ne people less intelligent, but they are
immortal just the same.n HAYWARD
smiled. Jordan, Jordan" he exclaimed,
sed me honestly, if, in all the churches
II your circuit, there is one soul" The
.vahs minister hesitated. In the in
leaectual sense that you mean. there is
uOv.lnat Is, cannot now recall one"
80 thought. Now. if Won will ex-
ease me for mentioning it. one of nv
taa n Is going home, and you will
r. w.. IiV .s good to society, yourself and the
n''a you will take his place and help
~ ''ila railroad that will open up
~ 'oun1fy and cultivate souls a thou
~ 'illleS iaster than the present way.
, N! Gear boy, you're pounding
eNAy al Hint hill, and when vou,re
s su.h out YOU will have only pieces of
lla' Tor your labor
soah. seAehlns sensation of dread and
-. 9tept over Jordan. He rose and
I'M, us morse, Come down to my
n I WIN me and stop for dinner. then
~ uvwh to the Fork in the cool of the
n,enlng' Hayward. want 10 ask vnn
Yon,ra -. ~ ielloWs and hundred things.
eorne, .ne hrst one I've seen since our
announcement day" "'
Ina n.. VARY assentcd, and they commenced
horsas e,p..ous descent of the hill. Both
mt, a "eue down with slow caution
into = 'aey heared the foot, and then broke
vprs , ssa4op IN the soft dust. Their feet
d hupa hos', 1lolseless, and as they rounded
la tbs r o"iuer that made sharp curve
|them 10 .;st u Sneeling figure seemed to
mi AT ~ rise from under the horses, FOOT
sudssoi ln heightened face to them so
ds,s a,s We're they upon her Ior,a~
III ~. " his slack bride hnt foo iata.
shs s s0n knees had struck the c;r, 'a and
deesp dn ns''siiy forward, rolling into the
tlamation, ion, 81 u the road. With an ex.
tom b;s h u horror Jordan flung himself
ward w,s a a and followed her. HAY.
tley Hf, as scarcely behind him. Together
It to ia shs we senseless form and carried
aHs, s saade of the roadside. -'N
stunned l,' a struck that stone and sba,s
Ing tbs as, sad Hayward, soothinely not.
No ne. OF his friends face,
asr. On ~, she's killed. l have ti,,sa
take the Al la my Godl Why have uvad ~
nurdesss.. 'e Of fellow creatures Ien, ~ .
bee Nancy i here, dash the water in her
psea Your e,e s1 n you know mes Nancy.
form Sot IN ne J, eyes were fast ,,os., -, -.
hands was limpand still W;t 1ed ars ana .he
her face with Melt Nnelt by her side, bathing
Brought from . , that Hayward had
hayward, ,loina .a Il. spring near by, while
them with a' nns what he could. ,enked at
"Sie ea.,s compassionate face. ~