Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31


Amt You down your lack. Riilf ssQ
him a. be climbed up beside me. exhausted liks
an pale What IN tarnasion air yOa trsnpaa
round for on q dsy ia. tlisy
The tank at Angel. was leaking sn.l fhsy
ordered me ont tins morning TO Nj n, no .avt
when he gefs bic breath. I've been t-ndiua
the tank there since smith goi sick IL adds .
little 10 my income and Mr.. WAFER caa tend
10, ,ns Key when Am away ! ~eni ,ei on No :.
but No. vas reported sir hours ate ~ FLAG
| siaf. 80 1 concluded 10 wAlk back. IL sasnt
storming wheu ! started
Il gave him suifter an IL warmed him ups
heap. were fcehn some sNoobsreni ms-st
over the turn IN the card. an alotg % haxin'
comp'ny. Ru; the storm thicksnsa np again
AL come was the blamed bronchos missed tbs
crossing, an when nighf fell NE was lost ~orss
/ thhn ever. l ain cared sT,eshul "a my carces
Ter power, BAT remember somewhere IN nv
grass dars q r,aiiu about an al daasr e
stood oa the sun tiu h. rounded M an corrsli.t
| the whele dars.ed h aotin match - the sncmy.
Ter abont Eve mlnutcs l washed [ va him %
one OF the elect. a. nv mother CALI en-.
when tie dark come the stern let ups
whole lot, bat that cidnt h. y ~ NONE. We
had PLAIN lost oar bearin's an th, FACE sf the
earth vas white With SNOW an sl.et. an ioch
where We would Ne couian tell suow frum "a,
| or where one commenced an the other ended
The bronohos wss givin' out an me "a nj
Was stifi an starved. II shore did look 1uber
some was tough an allowed I could westbss
| lt through ul mornin' but Bil. he had Ncs.l
lungs al was most gone. got hna down ints
the stage an give hum the la-t q the liker.
Lhen erawled up Again an iarnsa the etoe
choe loose to tske Il where they sould | o.
lowed they spill as over the side Of the canoe
| Ia the DARK. but At looked die ANYHOW an ]
warn { maxim no choice 81 trails
The night got colder an suller an blscken
Dead straight cold that get. down shere . mar
lives and sticks. The bronchcs was plsddin
along over the mesa an for mdes I hadn't
glimPsed nuthin' but scrubby pinoi. cactus an
Spanish needle.
II Was gettiu' drowsy. Iknowed',hAt mean,
death | minds me Of my oil mother She
don't rightly know all nv cusscdne.s an banks
| good deal on me. long Of me bein' the lid. an
allows AZ II hurt her whole lot 90 have me
brung home . stiff. Then think. about I'm
an his wife an girl. Half asleep fumble-
| down an yanks the door Of the stage op.a
Bill he starts up wild like an cu.-es ai bein'
disturbed. but lord. don't mind his el.sin'.
l knows be don mean IL none. 90 I pulls Mr..
Bill out au trots hun after the stage long q
me. When he can't 60 no longer an seema
limberer some puts HIM back an .raws MP 90
! my perch again.
God, how the hours dragged. allowed 90
| must be mighty nigh the MississipJi riyef FROM
| the time we a been trav.lin'. but all around I
couldn't see nuthIn bu; snow an b cal sky, an
| me an Bill an the brOncho. the only hviu'
thing in the landscape.
faint no use Go travel no longer thinks
| 10 myself. SO when the bropchos steps again Z
| lets en- stand, an in a minute vas most aseet.
''All OF q sudden heaven HIT me square IN the
face. seen great blaze - light an then .
shlnin trail comes right down 90 one an save
kind OF soft like. Walk in me Z aliow.d o.
fabe had had the drop me. 90 ] thrOwed up
the game. crawled down an punched Bill-
| He growled an reckoned he a stay right here.
but when tells him we've got 90 heaven ne
gets curious an him an me starts mp the tr.fl
uncertain like on our pins. lust then the door
to heaven opened an a angel stopped right IN
| front of IL.
Il pulls Eli an we wait, for TO zee VIA, shs
pears not 10 see us. Then che folds her hands
| and sings:
The God OF life whose constant care
With blessings crowns each opening YEAR
| IL ain { amin TO be no Tvrolese .nrhler nv.
| SET, likewise l amt no way-up critc who LAYS
out 10 do up every other warbler by writta'
EN- down flats. but I'm right here 90 "a, that
that there was away up the sweetest music thAt
| any sam singin' seraph ever chsnted. an tho
| Teller what disputes my word wants 60 keep out
| OF range OF my gun II he amt hAnlerin' 60 get
shot up n whole lot. ] allows ! am some hazy
bout then. for thinks 90 my-e'f Mother shs
sings that when | was Ind an she rides night
herd on me cause I am n cowa ~ an DON'T
want TO herd by mysef in nv bed An then
| see her hair AIR brown again au no Nriukle- ID
there, an the same laugh m her blue ewes. An
the time the voice goes singin
Thy children longin 60 be- gone
An the rest Of II about the happy IA sr,.
Where years an death ain know J no mora
Then begins b. Sc, my mind slghtr again
see the snow an cactus an fecls the Wind,
an thinks 20 myse'f. oil tiabe j. gi,in' n .
mighty cold welcome. All the time the voics
| sings on soft flowers grown an wet
| as snow wster ripples over the stone- IN mmes.
"'oh long expected year, begin.
Dawn on this world of woe AN ain
fain would we leave this weary road
An sleep in death TO rect with God
81 get it all by heart. Mebbe 20 1 don Z hs.s
such no more. 1 keeps a thinkin an I want 20
remember. Just before the angel quit BIN.
he lurches agin me an says thick Ike.
'Minnie-my-dou slngs hat
GLORY 20 Golinh how yells s.-lu 70 all I'm
holy second. an down that shinin trail c.,nlss
the angel. her waller hair slreadin' out like Q
cloud an her arms a Ayiu like wing.
Dan cries the voice like whip poor
, wills-song. Dan. amt that youg Ami you
most frozey An where did YOU come from
Hell tells her. she fiies into nv arms,
an don't lie none neither. Me an your dad
has come straight from the jaws Of bell into
heaven an now we're home.
''She cried out frightened an kisses her dad,
! an he bein too far gone 20 walk piaks hlu up
an Tugs him into the station house
We all pulls through, but Bill gifts . long
way the worst OF IL through losin' foot It
beats my reckouin' how ever got there.
Them blame fool brouchos followed Padre 10
across Canon Dintlo the same way an then
comes back up TO the station. twenty nriiss
around II it's a foot an stops not thirty rods
from the station house. An there w,,'d o died
before mornin' II il hadn't been for the ant que
custom I'm a mentionin for there sarnt bus
the one house, which we're the depot an t.le-
graph Office, an It were all Of . color with tizs
night
'' Minnie, she begs TO sit up an sing thu oil
year out, like did back on earth saws Nrs.
Winter some fearful. when We gets thu w-d Q
little. But says lis all nonsense. she 10 too
young to keep such late hours, an she goes 10
bed But shout II 80 she cresps IN an asks
me to let her watch the half hour. ar 90 gets
up an nxes the fire aud lights the lamps an
she puts up the curtains an then shs goes 70
the door an sings an welcomes the little Md %
New Year in out OF the cold. We never
knowcd but her pa was safe at Angela an
then she stopped short an complain, Of cold
In her head, an Minnie she slips q arm aroun'
my neck an aroun' her dsd's an sA,s happy
like: I'm glad your both safe An thinks
of mother. Here, YOU sots. talkin' makes M
mighty dry. what'n you takel''
lsABEL woRHEIL Ball.