Feliciana sentinel., 1892-06-11

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I did for the familiar looking apd bill
lowy feather bed covered with 'China
Rose" patchwork quilt. Every bone
was aching from the rolling and lurch-
ing OF the stage over . muddy noun
tain road.
Sleep came to ''knit up the ravelled
sleeve Of care" and only woke when
the landlady called me to say that the
burro train of provisions WAS to ac-
company was nearly ready. twas with
disnay thought of an additional ride
of twenty miles on horseback after my
expertence of the previous day. won,
dered peevishly why my friends couia
not live in civilization or else not expect
me TO visit them. As I came down
stairs Imet nv friend Of the day before
and he said: well, good-by. III bet
a quarter you don't see Meeker in four
months"
The ride was the personificatlon OF
monotony.. The trail lay along the bot
tom of n narrow canyon and only now
and then could glimpse be caught OF
some prominent peak above the ragged
side walls.
A, noon a little incident occurred to
vary the monotony. One OF the men,
| STOPPING to straighten the pack on
burro, was kicked off a little shelf only
i
done 1t up in court plaster, was a good
plan of the battle of Waterloo, the
matches being in the form of n great A.
with the sunken road of Ohain across
the bridge Of his nose.
| All the discomfort of my journey was
forgotten in the overhcwing enthusi-
| asm of my welcome. Over ana owe.
again did My Margaret, as l had
called her in oldtime school days. rush
in from her little log kitchen to ask me
if there was anything she could 40 70
ease my aching bones. AS l looked
around the little rooms, unplastereo
save with grout dug from ne1Shoor'hs
hills, I began to appreciate the decor,
ative possibilities OF dotted SWISS ano
red ribbons, but then Margaret could
find beauty to utilize on the bieakes. Oh
desert isles. From my seat by the
same window could see the log mine
buildings on the opposite slope "f the
I rulch and the day shift coming out IKE
, bees from hive and scattering to the
: various little shanties dotted along the
. side of the stream. AS l looked Mar
paret came and looked over my shoulder
Z and exclaimed: There's JOHN and
t then. "why, what can be the matter
S | for lust behind him, on an inprovlsec
/. stretcher of pine boughs. four mer
: were CARRYING another, SO stiff and SUI
= it did not seem as if ne could be living
e Margaret said: Help me get bee
e ready" and by the time the mer
I reached the door with their burden
T. bed was stripped to mattress ans
L sheets. and they had laid him upon IL
: while John said. briefly: IAN acciden
=. 70 the machinery. He is not dead, bn
Q I don't know how badly hurt.
We soon found one arm and one les
. broken. but no evidence of other In
n Jury. Mr. Rcnfrow, with the assist
"a ! ap,e of two of the men who. throug
!. many wears Of western life. had learne'
a a rough sort OF surgery, set the hrnps
70 " hile the women waited the result i
,r suspense. Through the long night W
7 watched beside the poor fellow fo
I'd some signs of consciousness, an
as toward morning were rewarded by SCI
lv ing him open his eyes and recognE
a Mr.. Renfrow.
W. During the weeks OF nursing whle
nd followed we women had not much 'lfr
he to think of weather, but my frlend
nd Meeker had been a true prophet, ar
SO the fcathcry flakes began to fall dnrir
rv the first night after my arrival and Ike
I'M Il nm steadily for week, and trail Al
at cauyon and side slope were cover'
as with white pail.
he We were as securely shut up from t
cd outside world as if we had been wall
m around with adamant. While one
"a sympathies cannot fly round the wor
he with the click of the electric needle, o
,rd naturally seeks for subjects OF intert
ft. in the humdrum life around. ana sc
began to study our charge as sat oesi
tho him day after day, not that he seem
difficult subject or wrapped IN
mystery. but as he lay there swath
80 in bandages he seemed to be inten
,an thinking. One day he abruptly ask
"a how long since he had been hurt t.
~. him three weeks. He turned MS ne
wv away with a deep sigh and said no m
for few minutes. THEN he ask
'"o :. Bout how far is it to Cairo, H.?
said I did not know exactly, thou'
o"U nearly a thousand miles.
"Wish ! was there" he jerked c
with an effort.
'up began to suspect that The gil
len behind me" was troubling nun
he wanted to talk about 1t ana
IN not know how to begin. So rat
'ros ! banteringly said Tell me about hi
.n W. He looked Mt me with a look OF c.
s". ical dismay and said: why, how
YOU know" and then said; Il nigh
. we'll tell some one, though there a
- much to tell. l used to live down
r. Cairo and was a roustabout Con
~ sissippi steamer. There was ano'
80 fellow always worked on hhe s.
ONE gang "'n ~ ,r.s,s val,
,een InoiasseS !" -. -. w,s 6,
le. ~. S,,,5,y tors
SAINT wnen nc eoo O -. - ~ . fe-
d la nc was p' :, -, - l;ved IL
most wen, VIC IT,, d.d =,
: no .he N.i - .a,,, ,,se Z.
and truck iai III ' - S;r,nson
, the LOUIS you 1.,oo ono nj
.h;.h got introduced first and danced I
with her before Simpson did and
she danced several times with him