Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-15
ALAYDLORD'S STORY.


the landlord Of the Long Pack, "uut Hike
60 tell &c sometime just i1 remind myself
that the worst tlIrg man can uuFe Do
this world i8 n huf. obstinate temper.
"Nou 500. ClmH Co tb|s coast -You after
the gold fewer broke out mI settled down
iu tho Santa barbara valley. below h.rH
rarri'ns. wa.i viIIwUr gsUu Chen nul
bad hfdurht with ma from che States my
only child. 70 daughter ruat TO- sIpv1a
pretty GIRL DO I do cay Do, and being Hs
good as prt.y you cnn Imagine I was
quito wrapped up iu her. 90 rHur 90 was
anxious Co krUu hor with mr. aud ~ not
that nt lolst ! looked Tor Dor % do fomc-
thing better than iall iu love with o. ped.
dicr'
"Nnd ala rhoi"
"Ycl. You s-c, in those d1y Che coun.
try was fun OF young follows who bad
struck out Cor thrm-.iy,H aud woH trying
o. Rot a start hy uugiug mIgslulcR
around from one mining e1mp FOO another.
Some Of them woro lively chops enough
snd well educated Ht was frrsh from
tho siutea. witch 600 thU eastern uuiudlc
md % almost drove me wild whom NDI''e
told mo shr wanted t0 mHrry young ini.
low who brought hisraes through our Dos.
trict good deal ononar than The tFld1
fool iu those days, fl ! s.auued. thTUlt-
euel. locked Nellie MO fir % week aud cont
word 60 her loyo- chat Z bad loaded my
gun Cor wildcats nud peldlcu.n
"What did NullIo doH
"Nou might have guessed TO- One day
whoa came back hum cIf'ie sale ohio
was missing c'ia..l lUr 90 couple %
days. but they had utDu tp the wo0l..
ami BE- wBs ofuo uHn. Ntf.r awhile Z r0. %
letter from Frisco. aud ] wrfe back bose
inr that dIaovuHl Dor. uHd chat De bad
bouor korp out of the muse Oi my rifle.
what did you do theaf"
"suMrrUd, mister iu.t suffered ] know
1wnHwronF. iuf l'di1sH died uthcrtnau
give in For nyo years livHl lIh0 O. toad
IN a rock. hating Che whole world. All Coo
pleasure h1d WINS iu watching Tor p.i.
dlcra Tho number tcIi.od Hu tho ranch
during thnf limo voili nsi0uIsh you.
"Une evening after o. terrible rlinstorm
pcddler clmo f1 my house and asked Tor
shelter Tor the night llowas "a thin. weak
looking fellow, with bio face covrrci with
huge. ragged t01rl. lir c1ricl ou hs
back nn enormously long and heavy rur.
and seemed so exhausted with hiH tramp
through thcmIrr that hnln o the heart 90
do more than order him on tho place
"rhnt was pretty hard, snid tho H.
tenor
~ suppose u was. The peGilor SEEMED
all broke up when Doc found / wouIdu
even rive him bunch of straw in tho
stable aud no other houao within ~ miles.
Instead NJ complaining. however. Doe mere
~ begged that would lat him leave bis
PACK, which Dc said contained goods Of
value. under shelter from che rain. final.
~ consented W this 80 aa had sworn
none Of bis trade should ever cross my
threshold ] carried his puck inside. while
ita owner l.mped on 60 crawl under some
bush or other
Didn't you feel meant"
"Acs, mean and bitter ut theumotime,
for something about tho man reminded me
Of Nvllie'a husband little. However.
locked aud barred an tbo doors aud vim
dowa 90 usual, for some rugd agents had
bCCn around those parts about that time
and hhd stopped and robbed several
ranches. and, On told you WINS an alone.
Somehow couldn't go 90 sleep when nft-
q that wontto bed. After tossing around
for awhile l gOt mp and Hnt hy tho fire,
hroodiug over my trouble aud trying 10
think Of tho poor chap shivoring out thcre
ia the cold aud rain somewhere. looked
At bis pack sitting mp Va Tho roum aud
wondered what made it no long.
AS 1 watched IL fnncicd saw I,
moyo.n
"saw q moytf"
Exactly. wouldn't believe my own
eyes at first, but after watching intcutly
for awhile ! distinctly saw tho front N a
hand pressed against the canvas from the
inside. Like a flash then understood tho
whole thing Tho pcddlcr was ono Of the
a H !. d
siderable money about the house they had
adopted that plan for smuggling one II
their crew inside tho house After had
gone 10 sleep tho fellow inside could let In
thn rest and finish tho fob I walked
quietly across the room, took my gun from
the uutlgrs, kuelt down few feet from tht
pack, aimtd square la tho cyutcr aud pull.
oil tho trigger
GO on" uglrmurcd uhc listener. with
Hhuddor
"But tho gun dldn' 800 OH " continued
The landlord, 81 caring his throat 9th,
nipple was rusty and vuuliu o work, sn
laid down thn rifle uud gut nuuN frum thI
kitchen, 10 bad been u0wly ground That
day, aud when lifted 20 over my head
counted upon rlCnying that p1ck, rohbH
and oil, rlrHr 90 tho ground just uH
raised tho uN and lraccd myself for th'
blow saw ghost"
"a RhUfi1n
"No rIr Tho pack opened. aud I saw
sticking out ui itg top the curly yellow
hair of my NOllip when she was littlD
Got uti, The shock staggered mo so thai
sank on my hurrs, wiped my oyy4 nu,
wondered " ! had not gone crazy. wu
almost certain ~ o. when the ghos
Switched out pair Of chubby white ARM
aud saiil
How DO, gFundpaH
"Ah,H slIi tho guest, with relieve,
Sigh, 81 begin 90 scJ. And what did yol
do thun'N
~ don't exactly know, " said tho land
lord softly, "hut 10 there is anything cha
will bend o. stin stubborn neck quickr
thnu tho arms 0f little child ia llLc O.
know what 10 t.. put tho tired lttl
prisoner down by tho fire, opened tho doc
and held out my arms
"And tho mothrrfn
"Nc,n nodded, tho landlord, "ThD
were both there, ana, mister, gucgthut
The end Of my story And Tho old uu
wiped hil1eycs "NOu must excuse m,
but that was awgt evening, and somoh0I
huyuu't got quite dry since Million