Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-01-10

hundred or teams, . thousand saints,
bound for the Promised Land"
He walked OF to announce the arrival,
whistling. "Joriau q . hard road 70
travel
knew Of Bixsum ~ the most seductive
orator and foreign propsgsndist Of Nor.
nonisin. He had been In England some
lime, very successful at the good work.
The caravans we had already met were
bf his proeelyteA He himself was com.
Ing on with the last train. tho one now
in view. and steering for Fort Bridger.
Az we stood watching. the lengthen.
Ing Ale Of white hooded wagons crept
slowly into sight They came forward
iliagonally to our line Of view. travelling
apart at regular intervals, like the YES
sells OF well ordered convoy. Now the
whole feet dipped into q long hollow,
and presently the leader rose slowly ur
over the riGge and then slid over the
slope. like n sail winging down the broad
back Of y surge. SO they made their
way along over the rolling sweep OF the
distance.
"This IL Sixzuin's last train; II the
women here are no more fascinating
than their shabby sisters Of its forerun'
ners. we shall carry our hearts safe
home"
Larrap and Murker here Joined ms,
and, oyerhearing the last remarks, be.
gan to speak In very disgusting tone
Of the women we had seen In previous
4 trains.
III don't wish to bear that kind Of
stuff." said Brent. turning sternly upon
1 I.arr.n
"It's free country, aud I shall Say
what I blame please,~ the fellow said,
with A prin.
"Then say Il by yourself and away
from me-"
"You're blame squimmidge, said Lar.
rap, and added beastly remark.
Brent caught him by the collar and
rave him N shake.
Murker mt his hand IN n pistol and
Looked "Afurder n daredr'
"Nope of tbat" said I. stepping before
him
Jake sha,nberlain. seeing the quar-.
rel. came running M. "Now, Brother
Br.pt. !" said lake. emo shindies in thi,
here Gsrlsn of Paradise. N the uen,
has made a remark what teches you,
apologize, 1, In order. An he'll make All
fay nnd ,ouar.r
Rrent rave tho greasy man n fiipp.
He went down. Then he got up. with
tr.ca NJ Rriduer's claim ON his red
sbirt
"Y,r needn't be 10 blame harsh with
n feller.~ said he. 81 didn't mean no
offense."
every well. Learn to talk like q
man and not like a brute!" said Brent.
The two men walked of together with
b,ack looks
"you Iool. diunnointed sbamberlain. .
.,,d emil yo,, ernect n battley'
There. M fiyht IN them fsller,. IS said
Jake; "but sf they can serve you a mean
trick they'll do II; and they're anbushir
now to look In the dixonary aud ses
what II is. You'd better keep the laria:.
Of that black and that gray tied round
your legs tonight, and every good horsc
thief night while they're along. They
may be Jolly dogs aud let their chances
slids at cards, but my notion Is they're
LAWN low for bigger hauls.-
.Good advice, Jake; and 80 we will
BY this time the heal wagons Of Eide
Sizzuin's train had crept down upon ths
level near Ms. For the length OF q long
mile behind. the serpentine line held Il,
way. On the yellow rim Of the world,
with softened outlines against the hazy
horizon, the rear wagons were still
climbing mn into view. The caravan Lay
like n slowly writhing hydra over the
land. Along its snaky bends. where
dragon wings should be. were herds oi
cattle. plodding beside the "trailing
footed" teams, and little companies oi
saints lounging leisurely toward their
evenings goal. their unbuilt hostelry on
the plain.
Presently the HYDRA became a two
headed monster. The foremost wagon
bent "a tbe night. the second led of "a
the left Each successor, As Il came "a
the point of divergence, fled to the righ,
or left alternately. The split creaturs
@xpandsd itself. The two wings moved
ON over broad grassy level north Of the
fort, describing In regular curve q grea.
ellipse, n third Of mile long, half ai
much across.
On either flank the march was timed
and ordered with the precision Of practice.
This same maneuver had been repeated
every day of the long Journey. Precisely
as the foremost teams met ut the upper
end Of the curve, the two hindmost were
parting at the lower. The ellipse wa,
complete. I: locked itself top and bot.
tom. The train came to q halt. Every
wagon Of the two hundred stopped close
upon the heels Of its fle leader.
A tall man, half pioneer. half deacon,
in dress and inien, galloped up and down
the ring. This was Siszum. 10 the by
ISLANDERS informed us. At . signal from
him the oxen, two and three yoke to q
wagon, were unyoked. herded and
driven of to wash the dust from their
protestant nostrils and Craze over the
russst prairie. They huddled along, q
great army, o thousand strong. Their
brown tanks grew ruddy with the low
sunshine. A cloud OF golden dust rose
and hung over them. The air was loud
with their lowing. Relieved from their
drags the herd frisked away with M
wieldy gamboling. We turned to the
camp, that improvised city In the vii.
dsrness.