Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-02
WARNED AWAY.
How Joe Proved Himself to Be More Thaz
 n Comutou Hero.

How Joe Proved Himself to Be More Than
 Common Hero.
 On that winters day at Strawberry Hill two events occurred to arouse the whole mining camp. The executive board of the vigilance committee held O meeting lasting about an hour, and when 1t was over tho chairman went down to Joe Browns shanty and said:
 "Joe, Two come to give ye notice" What's tho mattcrf" asked Joe.
 "The boys can't git on with you. You've purty nigh killed three or four men in the last three months, and we think you'd better go before it's n case of hangin." "Then I'm warned awayi"
 "That's it. You arc to go before dark, and you'd better keep goin fur two or three daysl"
 But if I won't gof'
 "Waal, you know the programme. If tho boys got too excited, they'd pull you up to limb. Better go right along Can't find no one yere to say n good word fur you"
 ..I'n think about it," said Joe as the chairman turned away. An hour later a miner who was known to us simply as ''the captain" and who had been i'll for several days, sent for Judge Watkins, who had been chosen president of the camp, and began:
 Look ycrc, judge. Two bin thinkinf" "That's all right when a mans sick, !" replied the judge.
 II dunno about that. dunno much about sickness, but think Two diskiver- cd what's the matter with me" "Fever, I reckon"
 "Yas, fever, and sunthin wuss. Don | let 1t jump you outer your butcs, judge, but if I hain't got smallpox I'll cat my hatr'
 | "Almost sure about iti" :'Dead surel I knowed you'd had 1t and was safe or shouldn't he let you in. Yas, sir, it's smallpox, and no doctor within a hundred milesl'
 Looks like it some, and I'm powerful sorry. Tho boys will be dreffully excited. n | 'No need of that. Say, judge, 1 want to be moved up to the Chinaman's vacant shanty, and want to git ono of the boys to nurse me through. Mcbbc you kin find one who's had smallpox and won't hcv tc risk anything"
 The judge himself was the only man iI camp who had had tho disease, but he wa. just able to limp about after an accident and not in good health otherwise HC spread tho news of the captains ailmcn' and did his best to secure volunteer, but not man would go. They would hav' shared almost any other dan:-Cr, but thI very name of the dreadful d snsc mad, them cowardly and selfish. With neither medicines nor comforts tho captain mus die, and there wasn't one chance in n hun dred that his nurse would escape.
 As the day wore on many men got read! to leave camp, and everybody gave tn captains shanty wide berth. He ough to be moved at once, but who would hell him away The men who carried littc or gave him n shoulder to lean on woult most certainly be exposed to the disease Tho sun was fest going down and tho OK citcmcnt increasing when Joe Brown cam marching up to the public square witt his tools and blankets and spare clothing bundled up.
 "Men," he said as he looked aroun, him, live had warmth I've been warne. away because I've tried to hold my owl agin some of the roughs. I'm told tha I haven't n friend in camp. That bcin so, want to ask favor of an enemy. want some of you to carry these things u to the Chinaman's shanty. I shall he load enough without 'em.'' What ar ye gOin to do up thar, Joc3' asked a voice.
 See the captain through. Two hear . all about his case and bin in to sec him. kin carry him up on my back.
 But ye never had smallpox" Newer and don't want 1t, but Pm goi to nurse the captain jest the same. Bette take us up store of food, and when I gi ] | too sick to come out it won't be much ris to push n pail of water inside. I've bee warned away and hcv concluded to go. He made his way through the crow and down to the captains shanty. Not , | man follOwcd-nOt Il hand was cxtcndc to assist him. He wrapped the captain III got him on his hack, and in the gloom ( evening started of for the Chinaman shanty on the bleak hilltop. By and by | returned for the captain's s things, and as went away he fired tho shanty. When man realizes his cowardice, he is silen We met and separated and went to or shantics with hardly n word being spokeI Joe Brown. bad man, had proved to haN a bigger, bravcr heart than any ma among us
 Days and nights went by. We watchC the smoke from the shanty chimney. missed Joe Brown and set food and wat, \ at the door. One day WIG missed the smok nnd then a hundred palcfaccd men whi pcrcd to each other, They nre dead-bot dcadr' But 1t was not so. By and the smoke rolled out of tho chimney, an next day two men weak men, their arn = around each other for mutual suppor came fccbly walking down the trail-seve long weeks, as we figured 1t, seven Tor weeks shut up with death and enc other The captain had not yet rccoverC when Joe was taken down. The hand Providence must have been in 1t to pu them through. They were hollow eyed ar weak voiced. and their fingers wero Tor and thin. We turned out as one man cheer and welcome them, but they we silent. They did not even look at us they toiled through the town and head' down the trail for Red Horse valley. was only when we followed after, beggir of them to stay with us, that Joe Brow turned and said:
 II was warned away as n bad man"
 And I prefer a bad man to q coward. )s added the captain.
 } Then they went on and on, and by ar by they made the bend of the trail ar were lost to sight. NJ. QUAD.
 Lesson In Geography.
 Teacher (to boy who had to be correct trequently(-Can't you tell me where t Blue Ridge iss
 Boy (rubbing his shoulder)-No, can tell you where tho black and bl ridge is.-Tcxas Siftings-
 An Unworthy Prosecutor.