The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-09-03

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she would, something called Tor her
tears.
Thcyhnd sold the blncksmith-shop
nnd the pretty little home In Maine,
and their price. together with some
money saved, had brought them
west. and was supporting them while
MIR. Halo dug in the hills for gold to
take its place.
lie had "prospccted" tho hills over
for months after his arrival, leaving
the vito nnd the little 3-ycar-old girl
in the rough mining camp among
strangers. Now, however. he Ind
found his "mine" in II cliff on the
mountain side, not TAR above u shell
tered canyon. Below ii, in grove
of unbending frs, he Ind built II log
cabin, nnd there Agnes md baby
Bess now dweit. hardly more lonely
thnn In tho strange camp ten miles
AWAY.
Tho cabin contained ono roo M,
with u dirt floor. u fire. place In one
corner, bunk-bcd in another, and
n table and two or three chairs b..
sides. \ mountain creek ran near
tho house, from which the family Nc
cured supply %! water; but the
country nl,out was bleak md bnre
Oi.verdurc. beyond ccdars and noun
tain bushes. The altitude WIS too
high for flowers and garden things
dcarton New England heart. Some.
times Bessie would climb up ON tho
rocks and gntlier u big, blue column
binc. or u cluster oi delicate ferns.
which graced the most nustcrs plnc''r,
I-ud the child's heart was glaldened
Tor hours. Int when tho mother
tried to transplant their roots to the
cabin door-ynri they always died.
To poor Agnes. therr seemed no
way of frightening tho hons', and
abe Often shuld.rrI To realize how
the inmilv Substance WAS INST iimin.
isling. Her work WAS not hard Ia
d.. How could IL hnv. bccn'-no
floor tn keep Glenn. no pantry To put
in order. lew dishes To wash. aud n
bed which only required "Sprca ling
up"
II wns now several weeks since she
had begun Ia Il, uncn.v nbont l.cs.
ric. Not TINT the child WIS really
nics. Sh-w,,, ont aud in u, ;!i,cahin
door liz. n sunbeam; nov PATTERN.
over the stpn = tn the cr'cs. with hes
unsteady. baby feet; nnd now chat
tcring tn the no,i,iing columbincs IN
u language all her own.
Hut. day after dny, IT grew o!t.nrr
that she would sit down nni rest her
little incc in her hands, or say, plain.
lively:
MAMMA. I'm tied" and nsk To
h. he'd.
Agnes began tn h, haunted by n
t.rribl. dread. from I'll" fact that -is
was not 80 heavy To lit ~ sli. Ind
L-cn. aud her checks les, pink. l'ut
when the child WA ut play again.
shc would say tn herself:
II frnr I nm CROWN: inncifnl. Per-
lnps Frank IL right. and this home
sickness Is going To my head. IL
only had wnrl. Ia do. sum thing %
,I'w. sonnet lin. To rcltil To live en-.
tir-ly In ones self like TIT. !. To wear
ont. like mn old house unt-nnntc,l-
wear out heart and body"
She leaned her troubled face against
the door post. and looked AWAY up
to the barren rocks and tho uri,cni.
ins ~ trr''s th.,' sn'It,'"i .nr can
y"n. Sh" r"c',,cd unable my '""S"r
70 80. even win slir't"n' eyes. mr'
'h.r "pw"rh .h,'h 'hc'' Pr1s"" ""s.
Her husband came down In tho
evening nor "n"' 'h"n usna' ~"
""y i"as ~ ini "",Nc'. W.T." u" W
S"ur"g.n'rn' p'yoh" s.ss,s "'"ie'
u inc side "' INC mountain
"oi course. b" sa'd. rs u. sat d"wn
nj I'll" rough. uncovered tnh'" 1" IN"
evening meal ,nlwnys /" '"'' on" ON
his nccount. "'hr>" 'pny-.'n'ns.
don't lay out on Ill. open ground.
Every foot ] 20 In Is 50 muc!i gained.
mud any day ] may come upon
lody oil mineral which VIII set u why
up. So nm never discouraged 30
long ~ J mn following tho VEN.
Nevertheless. he was morr silent
.hnn usual inter- supper. lilo forgot
even to take Bessie on his knee. nnI
sat 10y the fireplace and smoked In
deep reflection.
nv md bv hi. wife. thinking thi.
micht lc n favorable time. sad,
pl,n,Iinriy.
.Oh. Frank. 10, a.. 70 hncL! We
voul,i hny. n it'll. LEFT II We went
now. and TINT little would l.. better
,lnn mi. IrrndfuI uncertainty" n
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