The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-09-03
nnj was fAst growing m"rose With

longer to be denied; hut sogradMaliy
! Ind she weakened. that the father NIB
sulut.ly re used to look upon her dis
ease M serious.
"Simply cutting double teeth" he
would answer. impatient'y, to the
mothers anxiety. ANY body hut
you wonll see thnt ut II CLAN &C."
1t was u long time since Agnes Ind
once spoken OF home. She hnd been
too proud nguin to heg To go bnck
for her own sake; but now II wns for
bessie, md she bcsou.ht him nj the
least to let her take the little one
back.
"Our darling will die, and change
and medicine woul,l cure her. oh.
Frank l could will, all that distance.
with her in my arms, If you would
let me go
"Agne'. you tnlk like mn absolute
fool" md the mnn strobe out Of tho
J cnbin, conr.aling Will, these uninnnly
word. II gscat pain ut his own heart.
How could lie tell hi, vie that Ven
hs would gladly ~ back now. bat
/ that the bridges We're burned leliiud
/ them; the little stor. ot money n"nr-
I ~ gone. Tn. many essays o'mineral
I hnI cost so much: then he Ind lHen
Obliged to purchase II pump Tor the
mine, aud only two weeks before h.
I hnd secured an expensive drill, which
lie ielt SURE wo,ild uncover I'll. hidden
| tr.a sur. ut once. Alas IL, with ts
.rent reputation hal effected no rich
err results thin his daily hilarious
plodIing. II. lnd pnid out large
amounts Of money to an assistant
while liz had IL Ia pny but now lie
worked. alone, day inter day. nnd
with u ,l-sp ration which wis horri-
be tn endurr. Often III. dark dis
nal tunnel seemed iull of little de-
mons ridiculing him mt lis work.
Laughter - sinister mirlii - would
come to liis ears from tho very click
oi his pink. aud .robu, rom the inli.
depths beyond and below lin wonlL
reach the worker Ike warning voices;
and. driven fairly Ia desperation. he
would rush out aud stumble wildly
down I'll. hillside To his sal home.
thcr, To cover up his despair with
rou.li WORT. anil mn unkin'i manner.
Even IN the Low" al Ibis sweet child
there WIS NO lnii;.rr con.ort-raihrr
tho rcyrr,... for hcr drl,rn,. fncc was
"a constant rrproncl,. She had often
now To remind him al his oli ca.
rc,-''s.
Sittin. bv the sirr one evening.
gloomily smoking. her primitive lit
tie vote, suddenly rons.'d him;
Pam. I'm so Tied. Wonlhn't
yon jcs' hol' me it'll. whinl'"
Then h. took the baby girl from
her '.ci. nni never will n lr.ncr nn'
rtiish cut III, hear; than when h" i"lt
how thin the tiny form had grown.
how pale ani pinclird tho rosy iiisr-.
TN. day. n.i-r u 'icrccr toll iinn lir
could remember ever invin. done IN
hi, he. hr ionni the result which 10
hal hrl. dr.n'iin's ior lays ,hr'iI.--
si-' vein "pinch"I ont"-wh, sudden.
iyiost' Nomorc ingnrrpl wa. Ia sight.
nor could li- .onr-'iy- the slightest
iIcn. by my mineral Indications.
whcrc To st his drill onc' mnr,' To
uncover anything. in the least d''.r~s
resembling III. old vein. The wills
Witt Witt. q .lsas s'l. se ss"aI
see.
Despair cam. with n dull h~,vin~ss
upon him. III. body seemed sudden.
~ tn hay. been killed. aud only hi.
brain len active to -ndinr. til"
wrc,cicdn-.. Of the world. Losses.
lie WAS never nft-rwnr.i ahl" int-lit.
ribly to I--.rilc the experience err
a. 4. N a aul lss,
pii-i his tools together outside tho
tunnel entrance. AMI started down
the mountain si'i-. .tuinb!in. ni.out
among III. rocks nnd bowldsr..
dr.ai,ns II 20 home. mud ..t with
III. cabin ani IL. helpless inmates
continually upp~rmo-t IN his mind.
While vet ~ long way on ir heard
his wii.'- voice calling him.
Frank Frank oh. Frnnki"
she screamed. in tones III =" much
agony that, instead Of guicscning
hi. steps, s.r,ur,, almost u parriysc
his feet. "Fr,,ns,'' she cric,l nrnin.
Come pnick' ecs.ic-li-sic isdy'nsl
uuics!'
She fell on her knccs nnd threw IN
her hands To tho skies, with cry
that must have pierced IL. why to
tn. mcrry..cn'. All the words she
could speak wcr- simply:
God have pi,vl" Then. up ngoin.
she RIM ~ fast ~ poss'l'. lnck Z"
til. cabin, leaving her husband to
follow IA well ~. Il. could.
The terrible collapse. which some
time. sets in after fever. hndc to
baby I,es.. and in n moment. when
even the anxious mother least cS-
pcc,cd tho approach OF death. the
little one suddenly sunk into uncon-
seriousness.
IL was no time then for Mr.. Hale
to 70 ten miles AWAY for u physician.
I,.s.ic's Icct were cold and the awful
chill was inst creeping upward ovc-
the precious body. All the night
long they worked for her life. rub.
hing her, applying every restorative
in their power. running back md
forth from the fire with warm finn.
ncls, never speaking. but striving
with nm intensity wbirh wnstes thr
valuable life tissues like the frcttinE
nwny Of years.
They could not hope. nnd yet thcs
chung to TINT cold form. that tiny.
pinclcd face. rs II II had been all II