Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-14

him TO stay awayP
There were several seconds of pregnant
silence. Then Colonel Bliss, the landlord
Of the hostelry of that name, laid one
finger ON the table with some emphasis.
MY misguided an inherent young ten
derfoot,' said he impressively, "air you
acquainted with tn subject Of this hyar
conf'r'nce?"
wy yes" responded Toosty wonder
ingly
mo, reckon ye ain't-nothin o. tn Sort
rye wouldn't perpose no sech fool trick as
We done jes' now. Tn gent as goes & make
any sech s'gestion e Mister Holmes had
better prepare hissef fer tn worp T. come
an tn life everlastin. wy boy, Phil
| Holmes ID send i'm cloud chasin an be
back hyar wavin tn red rag o. defy plumb
/ in our faces b'fore tn Teller had his talk
half did D'you want g go. my whisker-
less young friend~
Tootsy pondered: he hated to be thought
wanting in nerve, but finally wited, and
requested the barkeeper to give the gentle
men what they wanted.
The next day is "A red letter mark in the
history of Adamsville. Several of us
were sitting on the steps in front of the
| Hotel Bliss, still discussing Phil Holmes,
when the mail carrier from Woodruff
came along. say, you fellers," he sang
out, 81 s'pose ye heered bout tn weddin
in high sassiety over T. Woodruff
/ We hadn't, and were curious to learn.
"W'y, Phil Holmes an Spanish Dick
was hitched las night. Jedge Bowker
ofIiciatin."
4 But this was not the end of the matter
/ When the stage from down the gulch stop
/ ped mt the Hotel Bliss at noon there was
another sensation Of high degree. Instead
of the usual cargo Of seasoned mountain
! GERS there was a woman-not only that,
/ but the woman was of a kind we had not
| gazed upon for many day-a lady Not
only lady, but very pretty one, and she
/ had a child, a little curly headed tot of
| four or five with her. Will Borden, the
manager of the Lady Alice mine, was sit
/ ting next to me, and heard him draw his
breath sharply. Then-there was nobody
/ belonging to the house about-he rose,
/ lifted his hat and advanced 10 assist her
with her baggage, which courtesy was ac-
| cepted with a smile that made every man
/ Jack of us long to kneel down and worship
| the newcomer.
/ They entered the office" little in
| closure just off the barroom, and we could
/ hear them talking, although we could not
/ distinguish word Then Borden called
| to me and | went in. The lady was stand
/ ing by chair, and her face wore an anx-
] ious expression, which was very near tears.
Borden looked puzzled.
/ Lawrence he asked, do you remem-
/ Der any one here by the name Of Phil Har-
mon2 This lady is his wife and is seek
ing him. He was here up TO nearly two
years ago, but she has not heard from him
since"
did remember such man, holding as
did the exalted position of postmaster.
remembered that Phil Holmes sometimes
got letters under that name, but that was
his own affair. | looked at Borden mo-
ment, trying to convey with my eyes if
possible the information | possessed, but
of course this effort was a failure. Then
asked Mrs Harmon todescribe him, which
she did. saw a tiendish, murderous light
come into Borden's eyes. There were few
seconds of painful silence. Then Borden
spoke:
Madam, lido remember him now
butt
please tell me n once, sir. Is he
deady' she asked quietly.
pm sorry to say, madam, that-he is, I"
faltered Borden "He died Of heart fail
ure last year"
She did not cry. In fact, thought she
looked relieved, rs if great load of doubt
and sorrow had been lifted from her mind
/ excused myself and went down to the
office.
In about an hour Borden entered and
signified that he wanted TO see me in pri
vate We withdrew to a corner. There
was "A set expression about his eyes and
modth had never seen before.
Lawrence" he said, II think we both
understand this. Holmes, it is, Of course?"
nodded and he went on: "She-that poor
girl-has just told me about it all sup
pose she actually had to tell some one, her
heart was so full. Lawrence, that scoun-
drel is the worst human fend that ever
made true little woman's life mis-.
cradle. Hanging is too good for him.
Butn-and Borden's usually pleasant
voice sounded very dangerous-"that isn't
the way she'll be widowed. | said heart
failure Do you understand"
understood We looked at each other
! moment, and then Borden went out,
! mounted his horse and started for Wood
ruff.
$ Borden had lied about the date OF
2 Holmes demise, but there was few hours
later no doubt about the fact and the man
ner Of it. The gambler died that hight
Of heart failure as knew he would. Bor
den is a dead shot; Holmes, meeting him
at Woodruff, was unlucky enough to get
! into a quarrel with him. and Borden was
the quicker with his gun.
J. Spanish Dick' She didn't care. She had
e the dead mans money and there were plen
I ty to take his place in her affections"
There was a cloudburst the next morn
+ ing and several bridges were carried away
/ so Mrs Harmon and her little girl staid al
] Adamsville two weeks. Will Borden mus
: have become quite well acquainted will
Q her during that time. for few weeks latei
d he had pressing business in the east, and
Il not long after that | got their wedding
y cards.-R. L. ketchum in Areonaut
!, Charitable Birds.
J. A Maine gentleman says that pair o
; robins had their nest on fence near hi
5 house. while pair Of catbirds had bull