St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-06

b the fullest extent. They took AiD
''quail-baggiDg," frightening him Al
most i'll; they got Up mock shooting
ARRAYS for his benefit, and scared him
every time 50 he nearly tainted; they
stuffed him full of lies and induced him
~ exhibit his own capacities in the way
Of fiction-making, and INDUCED In other
pleasantries too numerous to mention.
all of which served not bit 70 sccus-
tom Annie Molly to the ways Of the
country and the inha bitants thereof.
There was . good deaaOf snow that
winter, and . good mahy trails were
blocked for weeks. It went ord with
the poor chaps in small. isolated camps.
am qaise 4 namber starved TO death.
i y! li:!l| IT,; =;
game a. sound al the door as Of light
@dH feninessShst =. feia rose to
Investigate, and there, painting and
half-frozcn. lay gaunt wretched-
looking yellow dog. SO exhausted he
had not strength 10 whine.
We took him in by the stove, fed and
warmed him and made him rs comfort
able as possible. Then some one no
ticed he had . cloth about his neck,
which had evidently been sewn on with
much care. This we removed and
found carefully stitched inside . crum-
bled bit of paper on which weak
hand had traced: I'll
The Boys OF Penrose: send you my dog.
Larry. ~ = lest nCsHt he nay AoveP reach
you. poor fellow. For Gods sake II any Of yoo
can reach ~, cssse' Harvey IL dying, think.
He is ravine and can't rise. lean hardly write.
We have had no grub for . week. and Will
stsrve soon unlcss help comeA n there In any
way to bring us grub and medicine. In human
ity's name, CONF. II you can't come. hope
you'll take good care Of poor Larry. Yours.
n re- Ys1ER wT JAMES COREY" 4
'v;reat Scott, boys! who'd ever think
that was Corey's big dog? But-whst
shall we dor HwE -
The. group around the stove stood az
lent. A sudden gust of wind howled In
the chimney. and several shuddered. It
was . terrible, probably fatal. under.
taking to try to rescue those two un-
fortunates. There were brave men in
that group, but none spoke for several
moments. Then came Annie-M olly's
voice. hesitatingly:
"Boys, In GO"
We stared ut him In dunno amaze
ment. Old Grimes spoke:
''Sonny. you'll do nothing Of the sort
You might as well, or better. shoot
yourself comfortably right here"
Annie Molly. turned on him. There
was something In his face we had mover
seen before as he answered, firmly:
''But l xiH Get your grub and dope,
boys. I guess the world can staggeT
along. even If do get laid out"
We reasoned and plead with him. but
10 no purpose. There are those poor
devils starving. when, maybe. can
save EN-. Don't say any more, boys"
But he couldn't be allowed to 20
alone: so five Of the boys. who had, a.
they said, no one to care whether they
went under or not, cut cards to see who
should accompany Annie Molly on his
perilous eiSht-mile journey Of mercy.
Harry Lane cut the deuce.
In another hour two men mounted on
ponies and leading burro. carrying
small pack, waved ''good-by" to rs
rom the bend near the creek Is gayly
ss if they were going on . pleasure trip.
instead Of on q journey from which
hey might never return. We turned
lway hcsvy-hcarted rs they disap
and went our various ways in
ilence.i w rv sengg
The cold grew more intense. A heavy
Wind came up and filed the air with
clouds Of snow; and those left |
,ehind at Penroae shivered for the bravo
,oJs out in She efpru,, whae 6A1y . |
prayer wcn6ap tAsSdkght from hearts
Rclosed agsinstallthiugs sacrcd fer
he lives Of thoss two heroes and the
pen they werc trying to aid. 4
In cabin on the side of q mountain.
Ugh above the frozen little stream in |
he csnyd4. Z. man. holloseSed. gaunt |
md starving, sat listlessly looking into
big fireplace, wherein a cheerful FIRE,
4 startling variance with the misery Of |
he watcher and his other surroundings,
mapped and cracked.
We've plenty Of wood, anyhow"
nuttcrcd the man. 1.-TWO days-to-
make three, and only grub |
nough to keep Harve alive till morn
ny. Pretty hungry myself. What day
lid I have that cracker? forget. |
Wish I hadn't sent Larry, poor chap
We might have-have eaten--him! oh,
rod. why didn't think? My poor wife
md babies! If"
A groan from the bunk in the dark /
orrcr startled him. and he rose, weak
'. and staggered toward the sound.
rhe slecPer tossed uneasily, the man
y his side Watching him with sorrow
n his dull eyes. Suddenly thesleeper
tarted up. Jim! Jim! They're CON-
ng! Hear, 'em2" EsugsE
ssYes, yea. Old man. = kpew. Lie
own.4 There's good chap. Dor
A faint sound came from outside
ound like the snort Of . horse. The
aan standing BY the bunk jerked his
cad up and listened The sound came
gain. With a cry the man rushed TO
he door. Outside, in the moonlight,
TODD two weary. chilled animals-a
ony and . pack burro. That was all.
10 rider, or any sign of . human being.
Down at the foot Of Corey's trail.
My quarter of mile away, dark,
till figure lay on the white snow. It
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