The Press., 1894-02-01

a-kickin up your heels pretty soon, the same as your old Baldy out in the pasture!' That tickled her. She jist swears by me!''
 ''Does she ever do the 'Oh, Mumford!' act nowadays?"
 ''Ha, ha, hal" laughed Henderson. "How do you know about that? Oh, I recollect now. She gave us 8 small specimen of that dodge out on the des- ert. Yes, she brings Mumford up oc- casionally when Father Anderson don't fly round to suit her-when she's put out with him, you know. Then she sets down and humps herself like, or comes over to my house and stays month at time. '
 "That must be agreeablei"
 "Yes, sir, like to have her about. I can tell you, sir, that she's mighty bright, sharp old lady, and when she sees business goin on right she's jolly and full of life and fun. Make you laugh tears to hear her tell her old Kentucky yarns, actin out the charac- ters.
 "Oh, forgot to tell you, she's rich nowi Some of her big, high toned rel atives back in Kentucky-the Mum lords and Sylvesters, and among 'em- have died and left her, or it fell to her in some way, $75.O0O in clean coin! We've named two of our children after her-I mean the girl after her and the boy after Mumford, the one out on Green river. His name, it seems, was Isaac-not name would have select ed, but-well, she somehow got round Molly in the fixin up of her will. But this is too much like talkin business, and I'm rich enough already-that is, almost. '"
 Do you know, Henderson, that m delighted to hear all this? I've thou sand times thought of you and of all in that family. When saw your tall Red Wing pass over the ridge out of sight with the little craft in tow, it somehow left sort of void in my heart that has never been filled till now"
 "Ah, and we, too, have often and of ten talked of you, Cir. All came about through you. I wish to God you d let your mining business go and come down and spend a month or two with us. 1 can tell you we'd have Q royal time. What surprise and delight it would be to Molly! She often and often talks about you, wonderin how you are gettin along in the world and hopin all has gone we'll with you.
 Bless her kind heart! Now, Hen derson, you may tell her that you've seen me, and that am happy and rich. Tell her that have half million in one mine in Meadow Lake. with from $1OO, 900 to $250, 900 in two or three others. Also tell her that next year shall make the tour of Europe shall spend at least six months in Eu- rope. I've got my route all mapped out. I wish to God, Henderson, that things were so with you that you could go along.''
 I may as we'll say right here that things did not turn out with me as we'll as then anticipated. My mines "pe- tered, s the "bottom'' fell out of the whole district and left some thousands of us fiat broke." But to this day I am glad to feel that Mary always thinks of me as rich, travelling in Europe, din- ing with Queen Victoria and hobnob- ping it with the czar of all the Rus sias.
 A stout, handsome young man about IT years of age then approached and was introduced by Henderson as Rob ert Anderson, my brother-in-law. He's one of the boys you saw on the desert. .
 After some talk about the ''great trouble out on the desert, Henderson told me that Bob was driving one of his big teams. s
 ''I had only one wing when you first met me, but now I have three-a Red Wing, White Wing, and Blue Wing: Whenever I get a new wagon I spread another wing. want just one more wing, then shall sail on evenly through the world"
 "Haye you the same old Red Wing that I saw7' I asked.
 "Yes," said Henderson, .sbut like the mans jackknife so many new feathers have been put in here and there at va rious times that it is now hard to say how much of the original is left. Ifeel great liking for the old craft, and I shall always consider that one particu- lar trip to the Comstock with the old Red Wing the lucky cruise of my life it brought me Molly.''
 THE END.