Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-23
THE ROAD AGENT.

M M siowiy. Tho dust Is just rs deep.
o., row. instead Of blowing of 10 Ice
III as It did awhile ago. 1t hangs
ci,'o around che stage In thick, Dense
s.ilith yellow cloud. almost shutting
oF me- view from tho passengers inside
,s,bcv cared tolook ont. But the beau
- IL nature hold thciy Interest only
,iigltiy Just at present. The dust occu-
49,. their attention 10 % large extent. IL
ius their mouths and eyes and nosirils,
ana ciirrs to their hair and ears In inuch
yr5fpsion. Il isdisagrccablc--vcryi and
Inc man who has enough spirits LETT TO
~ and Keep up tho conversation Is voted
an ass Is his fellow passengers. Ihoy
wore an very friendly only short time
s,o Int they hate each other with n bit
,cr hatred Just uow-all on account OF
The dust. Dust is great destroyer u:
good humor
H,ci thcrb milo or so the sun shines
hr,ahtly on tho canyon road, making At
i",i, lilie a long yellow ribbon, but just
ahead the shadow Of the mountain on
tho west. which seems to CLOSE the up
,s- end Of the pass. cuts the light oil in
a. oJl. alruut way, and presently W.
sb,li be IN comparative darkness, for
,hc ,dgo Of tho heavy timber Is only u
lit,le distance before us.
somehow tho dust doesn't rise very
Mon an cjse tho driver aud tho passcn-
gcr on tho box don't mind Il, for we can
har them talking. Old Bon through
some un,con hut easily imagined inilu'
,nco has rolascd from his usual tnci'
turuity and Is quito communicative to
Tho bearlless, boyish looking young
chap who g.: ON back at Alpcna aud "a
iharing the box with him.
Az tho stage reaches the Lowell. and
rolls into the shadows Of the mountain
and the tail pines, Ben points with tho
wbip 80 the month Of the narrow pass
leading out Of tho canyon o quarter Of a
milo away and remarks;
"soc them two big roclsi--rond runs
btwccn 'em. Uh.huh. Wal, right thar
--mcbbe a couple rods r so fu'ther ON
va whar W., holt mp one day in ~
summer Of TO
"Ycs" said tho passengers pleasant
voice iuterrogotiyoly "Mould you mind
telling me about IT,
Ben chirpcd TO bis horses. spnt impros.
siyoly aud literally. aud began;
wal, 'twuz this away That morn.
IA M Spires box was loaded plumb !Gll
o hard stun. INT he'd T. go through that
day. Now, josz luckd how u, ono c
the gynfls-we hcl guards them day8-
turned up mirsiu bout IN TINS we wa
ready !, start FIRM Eldurado In M morn
IN. Berry Mcneil. IA other gyard. gocl
after i'm, AN fn'G Mr.. Man laid up will
cash in III head firm - beer bottle
BEN scrappin night bloro.
"Th' agent an mo WIS thiuliu powfu
bout who We ed sit e take hauscr'
pluc3 ol No. was sick, wen hyar come
Mac, whstliu.
"'Say, fcllcr9' SAYS he, 'Huuser so
plunkcd with bottle las night, an 1
iayin on his downy couch with II head
ache. Reckon en- go in b my iono
some; sos ilaus.rs sawed off gun
I'VE both kicked a Whole lot, bu
Mac. bod made MP his min IN was boui
Z hcv his own way; b.silcs, wo didn'
hey no one right handy & 20 long, 80 VI
he'd L give IN, an Mac, whis:lin one O
sis oycrlastin toons, piles mp on tn bo'
nn we pulls out. They want 10 pas
sangcrs.
wal, We KEEP our pccpcr1 skm RICH
sharp, but oy'rythin went lovely till jc,
long bout hyar. Then Mac says, 'Bcl
iblicyo ,hcys some cusos layin fer II
upb them rock8-l think | seen fclloi'
head. jcs now Saysl: Mac. y'ro ful
o hop. / seen n, too, an 'twa'n't nothii
but o hawk crosain the road
~ stiugd up the critters a bit, how
somtv4r, but ics'S we turned IN rucl,
somebody jumps out firm both sides al
nails III leaders, an they was so man
guns starin intuh my face TIT Il mad
me ashamed o myself Mac cut loos
vi tn sawed OIL shotgun an then bcgu
wi IN Winchester, gittin two fcllcrs ~
akinnin up some moro--but they was 10
dcm many OF en-, VA they cd shoot
too, 20 Niue ho never got no chance
pump that gun drys lilo oughtn't T. he
slot, nohow, hut ho nllus was u ncrv
cuss-nore ncryo n sense. Iusetuh bay
tllnc'"--
HALF dozen du5ky forms leap frol
The roalsidc-tho big cowboy who 80
aboard early In tho afternoon, and hu
been doing and swearing in sleep
way about the dust, is suddenly wild
awake, and we, on the inside. get goo
look ut tho mu2Zlcs of his two big r,
yolycrs-wo hear Ben oiaculsc, "Wn
this do boat holl" and then we are II
v.tcd to get down into tho road, whoI
the pleasant faced, boyish lool,ing youn
man, who got on back at Alpang, ps,
ceods TO business, aud politely, coul
teouslN but firmly withHl, relieves l
OF our spare change more too.
That Is my part OF tho story.
coure there were quito u number {
other people present, including III
youthful highwaymuu and his capabI
assistants, aud they, also, have a CLAN
on the above narrative. did not inca
tpat owned IL; what tried TO say W.
that this Is tho only ono Of tho event
from which como this vcracious tai
that took part In, and ! think 1t III
been shown that my part was entirely
passive one. Perhaps we had better ca
that portion of the story the gentlemnnl
Soad agents, because no got about o.
erythlns else there was TO got. Tho rc
Is HalloganB.
haueBnn and wore travelling 4
Se'hei, and It was his foresight
rather an odd notion Of his-that 81
ablod Ms to resume our journey TO Dol
yer after the road agent incident. III
old notion was In the form OF TN