Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-18

hugo cottonwood stumps that hung over
tho water. She was loaded down so
that the water had washed her dacl; and
r.los grimy mud color Her mixed
and Undesirable freight was piled high
on every side in anything but tlipshove.
Her passenger were all crowded FOR.
ward, anxious 10 get ashore, aud their
faces were Of every color md type.
Miners, soldiers, Yankees, traders gam-
blcrs, adventures, negroes, army of!
GERS, otniuants aud few women cum1
over the gang plank in motley process.
sion. Grg,,insB were exchanged by
nomo with men IN the crowd on tho
bank; others stood aside aud looked on.
stretching themselves as II just rc-
lcaaod from % cfampcd position, and
thcn looking about for tho settlement.
Many Of tho passengers Of the Polar
Star chose to walk QUITO Wcstpori; some
hired Mexican ponies and mounted thcm
cautiously, having heard Of the buclaug
broncho afnr of; others tool. pissaga 10
tho "schooncr' drawn By six creeping
oxen. and M started over the hills 10 tho
trading post, except those who wore TO
help unload the cnrgu and bring up the
supplies for Wc.iporl
The Mexican buyers ordered tho wagon
trains lowu in haste, the bo1t- long do
lay making thrm impatient to start out
Tho captain had been ordered 60 wal, for
United States troops bound TO Fort
Lcavcuw1r,h; thcn tho Paiar Star had
grounded On sand lar when shc was
hy days out from -. LOUIS her supply
Of fuel ut certain landing was Aut
ready. and showa4 obliged to wait whln
cord wood from three miles inland wul
hauled 90 hor. one do.rnt.on after uu-
other, together with hor heavy cargo,
accident had bciailon her aud the freight
for the overland trains was landed IN
good condition.
As the struggling procession was
about TO start MP tho hill tho captain ~
tho Polar Star noticed woman stand.
inr alone and looking IN % da1ci aud
frightened WHY, last NJ tho boat and
then 90 tho caravan. He remembered
| her we'll, Tor, 20 u,c the phrase % Dis
own thonsna, he had "had his oye Oh
her" throughout tho voyage from So
Louis.
She had come aboard late 90 thnt city
] with nor passage paid 10 Mcstp1rt Lind.
ing. Ihrp, suchGl aftarwlri explained,
she would be met byu friend. Being %
| quiet, modest. plain littlo body, tho ul..
/ cor wives who were aboard tho boat
! took kindly 90 her and hofriandpd be-.
l throughout Do, trip, They worl some.
. q
"niord Who would ia,,s hcr; worry rpa.
f1nahly, TOO, since 8, wa. ava almost uu-
heard uf and certainly u yonturcsom,
thing ilr aNomau 20 START up country
On Missouri river steamboat In those
early dIy But her mam0r, aud pcr-
mls what che DID Uut say moro than
anything fhC said, prevented close Inc
Uuiry. Tho wife of % captain Of urtll-
llry. who ranked ull tho othori, guvc
1t ont o. her opinion that ono Of two
things must hU the true explanation.
Either tho lone woman had been de-.
serted by hor husband aud was not quito
mro that hc would keep his promise to
meet her nt Wcstrugt Landing, ur size
expected 10 join an old lover and DO
married therc.
1 More ihnu once. whom tho woman sat
Ton the dDcl; Of tho Polar Star aud gazyd
Hcru,l tho muddy waters OF tho river
into tho young cottonwood groves be-
You'd. apn,hctic look crcpt into her fnce
that warranted The iirst theory. Again
u trustiul hope would shine through her
gray eyes and convince hcr new friends
Of tho latter explanation.
The captains attention had loon ospo-
cially attracted 90 her byn li,llo scOu1
ug which he believed himself 10 DO the
onlyWitnuss. Soon after she came aboard
his boat 40 50. Louis, and while he was
watching hur with some suspicion and
wondering that woman Of her appear.
unco should stnss upon such journey
alone, he saw her face grow suddenly
white. They were both woll forward OF
tho time, but the woman was walking
toward the stern Of tho vessel. aud It wa.
ovi'lcut 90 tho captain thut she was star
tod 10y something she saw thorcamdilg
; crowd Of pas mgor -dcckhmds and
goldlor8-gll engaged IN asserting and
arranging tho stacks Of freight and lug
gage. This keen observer of strange
people turned quickly and looked IN Oh,
mmo direction with the womauH eyes
but he could not determine what 4, wa,
that had caused tho blood 20 lCayc hoi
face She made no aitompt at conceal
mont aud was plninly In no way dis
guiscd. ~ these things tho ola captain
made mental motto ana then wisely dc
cided 10 dido his time.
But rs tho voyage progressed and III,
woman gave no sign, the captain wa.
puzzled, Hetaid to himself; "Sho know
whoro fho /, going and what sho /.
about and lhn intends 10 keep hor owI
counsel. It's wonderful what q quiet bi
OF % woman will undertake when III,
makes up her mind TO &c. Her courage
- like the patient mau's anger when al
last aroused And tho old captain
sighed q long, def sigh aud KEEP. his OWL
counsel.
Although he, too, had boon curiuu
concerning her "frionl,' he was no
/ greatly surprised 10 SEQ her standing
Glono after the passengers were all land
ed from tho Polar Star. llo approach
, cd her just as tho officers wives, VIII,
were IN tho great wagon ready 20 ascent
tho hill, cspiod her, and called TO her I,
join them.
"NoboGy mot me-" she said TO ih,
, captain as he came M, and, though thi
words had u lonely sound, ho wa
, puzzled anew at tho tone, and The Is
, preston he fnnciod hp detected for u
instant in her face was ono Of relic
rather than disappointment.