Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-12-02

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90 the influence 81 tenor that be- Will
run away nt sight - human beings.
II he has been wandering about for
three days hul nights bcwarc, Tho
chances are uiuc IN ten that hs Is dan.
grrous.
And If this feeling IL 40 strong upon
men m their prim" and men who may
LaN" weapons 81 defense and the expert
'uco 81 years. what must II la in tho
C.," Of woman fleeing ont into the
darkness 10 escape the inurdercrs Of her
husband and the abductors Of her childi
The mother was near enough a. hear
her daughtsr'H cry Of pain nni the
shouts Of the man who ovorhaulrd her.
For moment she Thought 81 returning
To give lu1rsclf up. Int then came tho
thought that If lizzio was Ia hc rescued
and the murderers punished all depend.
cd on her She could see through the
entire plot now. hut IN" could not be.
lieve that It included any one except the
four renegades. II she could reach the
camp on tho river the men would turn
out and hunt the four To their deaths.
The widow and mother was crouched
on the earth within thirty rods OF the
wagon when II drove away. She feared
TO move until she conld no longer hear
the rumble Of the wheels. apd then she
.Joso and ran forward. believing sho was
FOLLOWING the trail Of tho train She
remembered it was only six miles. but
1t was two long hours before she stopped
for moments rest. Sho saw no signs
Of stream. She had come far enough
TO reach the south fork, but where was
il?
Almost like n fash Of lightning the
thought came TO the woman, IL have
COMO wrong-1 am lostr The thought
took away her courage In moment.
and sho found herself unable to reason
intelligontly.
She was lost-lost on tho great plains,
and that by night!
Then tho poor woman did exactly
what many a man has done. Instead OF
resting until the alarm had passed away
gnd until daylight should como 10 guide
her Alright, she rose and ran away from
herself. or tried To. All night long she
wandered about In an erratic way and
daylight found her back within half q
mile Of the spot where the wagon had
stood.
She seemed to have aged twenty years
in a single night. Her face was pinched
and drawn; her eyes were sunken; her
form bent as II she bore burden on her
shoulders.
"They are lost! I've got to find EN-
Daniel and Lizzier she muttered a. she
faced the sun. 1--WE called and called,
but they won't answer. Coo-eel Coo-eei
No. they won't answer"
She was advancing slowly upon the
dead body Of her husband.
where's Daniel? Where's LizzieT
shouted the woman. why, this Is
Daniel! He is asleepl Poor man, but
he must b. tiredi'
She had discovered the body.
"Poor Daniel, but you were lost!"
crooned the woman a. she sank down
beside the body. "You are tired and
sleepy. Yes, you may sleep. Twill keep
very quiet Maybe Lizzio will soon
come"
She rocked her body to nfd fro as II
she had q child in her arms. and now
and then she reached out her hand and
patted the arm which lay stiffly extend
ID on the earth beside her.
The sun climbed up and up.
Would some of the trainmen ride
back to see why Brown had not Joined
them7 The fact that he had not come
up the night before would be proof that
he was still in trouble. Would they
leave the river without knowing or
caring what had become Of him and the
helpless women? And they would also
miss the rencgidcs. and perhaps suspect
some plot Of evil.
Higher climbed the sun.
Tho train had Como ON. Il was NO,
like Americans-it would have been dis
graceful to heathens to thus abandon
one who had come with them 90 far and
met with an accident to render him
helpless. It was avarice-the thirst foi
gold-the fear that some one would b
ahead OF them at the base Of yonder
grim mountain.
The woman rocked and croon0d and
dozed all through the long afternoon.
A wolf crept out Of his lair In the rocks
and approached the spot.
HAS Lizzie Conner queried the watch.
er as savage growl suddenly aroused
her. mo. 1t is not Lizzie! Go away
from us! You are one Of tho renegade
gang! You helped to steal my childr'
The wolf drew back. II was only O
woman watching the dead. but he feared
her.
The deserted one resumed her lonely
vigil, rocking weakly and muttering
vaguely. As the sun sank In the west
ern sky her voice grew fainter, and
when its dying rays illumined the
mournful scene she fell forward beside
her murdered husband and expired
| without n sigh