Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-01-29
after their summer of plodding ovel

after their summer of plodding ovel
these dusty wastes"
Here comes group in gayer trim
See!-actually fiounces and parasols!'
Several young women of the Blowsa
lind order, dressed in very incongruous
forgery of stained and faded silks, passed
us. They seemed to be on a round OF
evening visits, and sheltered their tanned
faces against the October sunshine with
ancient fringed parasols. Their costume
had queer effect in the camp of Nor.
mon caravan at Fort Bridger. They
were in good spirits, and went into little
| panics when they saw Brent in his In
dian rig, and then into "Lor me!' and
"Bless u.s." when the supposed Pawnee
was discovered to be a handsome pale
| face.
Perhaps we waste sympathy" sale
Brent, ION these people. Why are not
they better off here, and likely to be
more comfortable in Utah than in the
slums of Manchester
"Drudgery for drudgery, slavery fol-
slavery, barren as the Salt Lake country
is. and rough the lot of pioneers, have
no doubt they will be. But then the re.
ligion!'
II do not defend that; but what has
England done for them to make them
regret it? Of what use to these poor
proletaires have the cathedrals been, OF
the sweet country churches, or the quiet
cloisters of Oxford and Cambridge"
We had by this time approached the
upper end of the ellipse. Sizzum, as
quartermaster, had done his duty well.
The great blue land arks, each rooted
with its hood of white canvas stretched
on hoops, We're in stout, serviceable or.
der-wheels. axles and bodies.
Near the head of the train stood q
small, neat wagon. We might have
merely glanced at it and passed by, as
we had done elsewhere along the line;
but as we approached our attention was
caught by Murker and Larrap. They
We're nosing about, prying into the
wagon from a little distance. When
they caught sight of us they turned and
skulked away.
what are those vermin about?" said
Brent.
Selecting, perhaps, a Mormoness to
kidnap tonight or planning burglary"
81 hate to loathe any one as l loathe
those fellows. l have known brutes
| enough in my life to have become hard
ened or Indifferent by this time, but
these freshen my disgust every time /
see them"
81 thought we had come to a crisis
with them this afternoon, when you col
Jared Larrap"
"You remember my presentment about
them the night they joined us. l am
afraid they will yet serve us shabby
trick. Their 'dixonary,' as chamberlain
called it, Of rascality is an unabridged
edition."
"Such carrion creatures should not be
allowed about such pretty cage"
ut is, indeed, a pretty cage. Some
neater handed Phyllis than we have seen
has had the arranging Of the household
gear within"
"Yes; the mistress of this rolling
mansion has not lost her domestic am
bition. This is quite the model wagon
of the train. Refinement does not dis
dain Sizzum's pilgrims; as ecce signum
herei"
1.-The pretty cage has its bird-pretty,
too, perhaps. See! there is some one
behind that shawl screen at the back of
the wagon"
1.-The bird has OWNED Murker and
Larrap, and is hiding, probably"
Come; we have stared long enough;
let us walk on"
ITO be Continued