The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-20
OLD STOVEPIPES DAUGHTER.

"Look, amigom said Tom, hastily
snatching a smoking slice Of vonison from
the glowing Goals. Look toward the
Orient, and tell me the nature Of that
little dark object creeping along the
crest Of the divide, movable atom sill
houettcd against the blue canopy OF
heaven Name II you can
"What ia 1t, Tomi A bear, or noun
tain sheUpW
"Wide Of the mark, as usual. II looks
moro like black ant; but venture the
opinion that II will soon resolve into a
pony aud n man and will still predict
that IL will turn out TO be our old friend
'Stovepipc, on his way to our camp,
prospecting for trilobitcs and bugs
Toms keen eyes were as good as a spy
glass. looked up 70 him with the i'd
miration had always felt since in our
boyhood days he had thrashed the bully
Of our village, who attacked me merely
because Nature had endowed him with
moro muscle than she had allotted me.
Tom sent him home blubDcring, bidding
him remember that there was no boy 80
strong but that there was another stron.
| ger. Yes, We were schoolmates and
were graduated In the same class at coll
lege and when, after having become q
rising young attorney, Tom suddenly
threw up his profession and started for
the Rocky mountains, ], OF course, did
the same.
never knew Just how Tom came TO
take this sudden notion TO 60 West, but
rumor had IL that he had been Tilted by
some silly girl; silly, say, for what
girl Of sense could ever hope to find the
peer Of Tom Hamiltonl II sound mind
and sound body ever dwclt together in
harmony, they certainly did in his per
son.
Thus we two, destined by over.sau-
guine parents for future presidents, he
came simple prospectors and at the
time my sketch begins, after 70 ughing IL
for two years over the widest and most
remote portions OF the great mountain
ocean, had emerged from our tenderfoot
stage and were engaged in developing a
group OF claims, which on account Of
their altitude, we had yclept "Sky-
High At this moment we were in
front Of our cosy cabin, cooking aud eat
Ing our morning meal almost simuIta.
neously; for venison Is not venson unless
served straight from the naked Goals.
Old Stovopipe, our prospective visitor,
was neither very old nor yet stovepipe.
Ho was famous scientist, whose devO-
tion to natures wonders often led him
through tho most rugged aud uncxplored
regions OF our continent, and whose one
occentricity OF shelterisg1his brains with |
he regulation lint Of society, had won |
tor him the odd sobIi Iuet OF ''Stove- 4
pipe Among the ordinary prospectors
he was held in the same esteem as the
rest OF the "bug-hunters," being looked
upon as man of little account; but
with the more intelligent--of whom
there were many-he passed for what he |
was, brave, highly educated and pol
ished gentleman.
After breakfast took my way to our |
claims, which lay TO the west OF our
camp, and Tom shouldercd Washoe |
pick and set forth to examine some prom |
lsing groupings several miles to the east.
While skrting along the further slope OF /
the mountain upon whose crest the soli- |
tary waudercr had been seen, his atten-
ton was attracted TO some fragments of \
paper floating towards him in the light
breeze. After little skirmishing he
secured one of them and read these start.
ling words:
GLADLY hurt. Cannot speak. Find
me. SELBY HOLLAND"
"Good God Poor fellow exclaimed
Tom.
Without moments hesitation he be-
gan climbing the steep mountain side,
keeping as near as possible to the wind
ward. His strong limbs soon brought
him in sight of dead pony, and little
further on lay poor Holland, badly hurt
and speeches., but with look of uu-
utterabe gratitude beamiug from his
eyes.
Tom took but moment for reflection.
himself half naked for the
purpose he bandaged the broken limb
SO as to prevent il from swayiug, and
gently gathering the sufferer in his arms.
began the perilous descent 10 camp.
After hours of horcueau effort he de
posted his helpless burden on bed Of
soft boughs in our cabin. The danger
rapid shots-raug echoinc
out among the wild crags, aud / came
rushing into camp.
Now, as this little story is about Tom,
and not about myself, | have not pre-
viously mentioned that | had been
launched upon the world as medicine
man, and although l had an inherent
lntipathy 10 drugs, prided myself on
NY surgical skin. soon found that the
damage TO our scientific friend consisted
II q broken leg, fractured below the
knee, and some ugly Commissions about
he neck and jaw, the latterly luckily
without fracture, but the injury was so
severe as 90 cause the rapid swelling
hat rendered him for a time unable to
lrticulate
In a short time we had the limb set
md the Inflammation reduced. and with
he volunteer aid Of our few but whole
Iouled neighbors a comfortable 70 I'm was
'dded 70 our restricted qugrters for the
Of the invalid. Il did
,ur hearts good to Acar the offers Of as (
istance and see the tokens Of sympathy I
md good win that poured in from the !
scattered camps Venison, elk meat, !
yrouse and trout were almost daily re
,eived, while newspapers (oftsn Of re- I
note date, and even zn incon0ruous col I
ection Of books were among the dona- {
ions, including Gcllivcr's Travels. the &
New Testament and Haydcn's Reports.
Thanks to the healthful surroundings 4
k - II. = /.