Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-01-17

Brent caught him by the collar and 0ur
him Il shake.
Jake Sc2mberlan, seeing She quarrel,
came running up. Nov, Brother
Brent, said Jake, "no shiadies in this
here Garden of Paradise If the gent
has made remark what tetches you,
apologies is in order, an he'll make ali
far and squar."
Brent gave the greasy man a fling.
He went down. Then he got up, with
trace of Bridger's claim on his red
shirt.
Eyer needn't be so blame harsh with
a fellow" said he. II didn't mean no
offense."
Very well. Learn to talk like man
and not brute." said Brent.
The two men walked off together with
black looks.
You look disappointed, Shamber-
lain" said l. "Did you expect bat.
tle?"
There is no fight in them fellows"
said Jake; "Dut If they can serve you
mean trick they'll do it: and they
ambushin now TO look into the diXonary
and see what it is. You'd better keep
the ariats of that black and that gray
tied round your legs tonight, and every
good horse thief night while they're
along. They may be jolly dogs and let
/ their chances slide at cards, but my no.
ton is they're layin low for bigger
! hauls."
Good advice, Jake; and so we will"
By this time the head wagons OF Ell
| der Sizzum's train had crept down upon
the level near us. For the length of a
long mile behind, the serpentine line
held its way. On the yellow limb OF the
world, with softened outlines against
he hazy horizon, the rear wagons were
still climbing up into view. The cara
van lay like slowly writing hydra
over the land. Along its snaky bends,
where dragon wings should be, were
herds OF cattle, plodding beside the
trailing footed" teams, and little COM
panieS OF saints lounging leisurely to-
ward their evenings goal, their unbuilt
hostelry on the plain.
Presently the hydra became a two
headed monster The foremost wagon
bent 10 the right, the second led of TO
! the left. Each successor, as 1t came 10
the point of divergence, filed TO the
right or left alternately. The split
creature expanded itself. The two
wings moved on over broad grassy
level north of the fort, describing In
regular curve a great ellipse, third OF
a mile long, half as much across.
On either flank the march was timed
and ordered with the precision Of prac-
tice. This same maneuver had been
repeated every day Of the long journey.
| Precisely as the foremost teams met at
the upper end OF the carve, the two
hindermost were parting at the lower.
/ The ellipse was complete. II locked it.
self top and bottom The train came
to a halt. Every wagon of the two hun
dred stopped close upon the heels Of its
file leader.
A tall man, half pioneer, half deacon.
in dress and mien, galloped up and
down the ring. This was Sizzum, so the
bystanders informed US. At a signal
from him the oxen, two and three yoke
TO a wagon, were unyoked, herded and
driven of TO wash the dGst from their
protestant nostriIs and Craze over the
russell prairie. They huddled along, a
great army, a thousand strong. Their
brown TANKS grew ruddy with the low
sunshine. A cloud Of golden dust rose
| and hung over them. The air was loud
with their lowing. Relieved from their
drags the herd frlsked away with un-
wieldly gamboing. We turned to the
camp, that improvised city in the will
derness.
Nothing could be more systematic
than its arrangement. Order is welcome
In the world. Order is only second to
beauty. 1t is, indeed, the Skeleton OF
beauty. Beauty seeks order, and be-
comes its raiment. Every great white
hooded, picturesque wagon Of the Nor
mon caeavan was In its place. The
tongue OF each rested on the axle OF It's
forerupner. or was arranged upon the
grass beneath. The ellipse became q
fort and a corral. Within, the cattle
could be safely herded. MaraudiDg
redskins would gallop about In vain
Nothing stampedable there. Scalplng
redskins, too, would be oaifled. Ihey
conld not make dash through the
camp, whisk of a scalp and vanish un'
touched. March and encampDent both
had been marshaled with mastery
skill.
..Sizzum," Brent vowed TO me, sottc
yoce. "may be blind guide with ditch
ward tendencies in faith. he certainly
knows how to handle his heretics In the
field. / have seen old tacticians, Mare
chales and Feldzeugmeisters, IN Europe
with Ell Dorado on each shoulder, and
Golcopda on the left breast, who would
have tied that train up into knots tha'
none of them would be Alexander
en- ,ugh to cut"
[roBE ooarIsuED.l