Oxford eagle., 1892-06-02
A MOT NTAIN ROMANCE.
The Loving Fidelity of a True
Hearted Girl


One rainy dav IN the early winter %
is~s found myself bag ard baggage on
the railway platform at Grand June
tion. Col A. the train lesSened in the
distance ] took a survey of nv sur
roundin@S- Net = trve- no, a spear %
gra>--rnrHi vrhirh looked n II il might
en~ulf oue IN ~ some time dug NJ AZ
an unknown fossil not 4 sisis. u ak viSi-
bic except uavT and then the uneven ~
mains ~ brick pavement fast rv~oiv-
in- itself into IT, original riay Tn.
tusvu lag s.ssHls distance away fruu the
sisp.,t. but fron 5y platform island I
cugia sse a good nunh.-r Of u.ud shan
tis>, a few frame buildiugs and onss <.,l-
it&ry bries- Ssusd Under the shelter
fug caves fgr moment and asked nv
self Nhat fate il was that landed me
here
bad been travelling through she
wess during the summer. AMI now ou
INV way her~ had stopped 10 49, on.
who Ma nav oldest and dearest friend.
thu wife of the superintendent 0f a
mine On the heasiwaterS Of the White
river. Shs had tris, % prvPars. me- for
the di<comforts % the journey after I
shogld leave the railroad. bat I toEsnd
M wurtiS e'luld describe Il a. vfvitllv n
! Afterwards felt IL. aul I heartily
wished myself safe IN the luxury ot a
Pullman and speeding eastward How
ever. Pulled myself together and
went to the agent ~ asS when the
a 4
faua.i I e,1ald not ~ till maruinS. =,
giving small boy a quarter - carry
NV grip gingeriy picked my way frOm
brick - brsrls along the cau>ewav that
led to the town proper The sun was
Just beginning % struggle through the
watery mist IN the west and eolored
the cloud \ delicate rose hue and illum-
mated the blue Book cliffs and sent a
beam 20 the far distant points of the
gransi eanyon of th.. Colorasio toward
n h~nc~ the t'raud was rolling its swift,
turbulent and clay eolored waters
The newt morning A. entered the
hotel diainE-room heard
We'll. IL that ain's the darn-ss-.s
sch~me- Dye know that mine was
sait~d FIR all Is was worth and then
thsT run a iu5 of suckers IN here s-ss
loaded them al they could carry Hax.
hav
I believe the Tin Cup mine upon the
Whit = bonvfsly-
oh. v~~. <lt-ss 50. They .akr out
rav orr rigat along Renfruw Is
pretty straight teller and wouldn't run
any salted eoacsru- I'm going alon<up
"a NeeSer - Sse about q claim Can't
rsn in any -un game on me-
WITH this the speaSer rose. and In
iiru - napkins euuhsd their heary1S
with taeir fingers and brushed the
crumbs from their vests I had dis
covered that they would be passengers
On The stage which would take me 70
NewSer- ard wondered z thev were to
- ny only companions on a sfty-mile
rl3s-not that was a. all afraid. for
they appeared 70 be merely shrewd-
Zoai i-natarrd. ordinary business men.
hut I h-Ean - f-~l the want % some
womsn's conversation. for had been
rlcuthS away from friends and home
The morning MAS clear and pleasant
aud the air bracing as we dragged Ia
hcricuSly cut north through the almost
bottcnie>s clay road There were no
other Passengers but the two men and
myself. 50 I turned nv attention To IN.
scenery To the right across Grand
river roSe bare and rugged peaks which
suggested desolatiou instead Of gran
csur. Away 20 the west We're the Svul-
rnetrieal outlines Of the Book cliffs.
while the great Hog Back rose toward
the north- Anl about noon we began 10
ascend its rugged slopes
The two men rad eyed ne euriou<Iv
At first and then began talking Of
mines and the various arts aud tricks
Of the unseruP1loGs 20 oufwit the gull
ble tenderfoot- But Gradually they
ov-rrame their apparent diHstence in
addrsssin< a woman and began after
true America, style 20 want to know
al about nv srteeede1tS. and above
al nv reason for taking such an IN
usual journey When I told then ex-
rected 70 visit Mrs. Rsrtrov< a. the Tin
Cup mine one whistled expreSsivelv
and said You'll De likely 70 stay tor
I'll winter
Way ! asked
BeeaRse signs 20 for anything
there l. going 20 &c an everlasting
snowfall before long
/ glanced at the SKY. and 70 ny un-
Practieed eye there was nothing uu-
usual II was clear save for soft In
eial summer haze which hung over all
tke face % nature 50 I laughed and
SAID wasn't afraid of little snow.
i Uas late at night when our six
painting males drove up before what
passed s9s bssr. u &sskss. Bsw