The Red Cloud chief., 1894-01-26

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frightened" she said uaivcly; "whoever
would have thought that ponc!o would
have been so scared by a lot Of cows?"
"Thank God you kept your seat" the
other said earnestly. lie was n tall,
savage-looking young fellow. mounted
on "a powerful roam horse, and clad I'm
the rough dress Of "a hunter. with n
long rifle slung ovcr his shoulders. IL
guess you are tho daughter of John
Fcrricr," he remarked. II saw you
ride down from his house. When YOU
sec him, ask him II he remembers the
jefferson Hopes, Of ST. Louis. II he's
the same Terrier, my father and he
were pretty thick
"Iiadu't you better come and ask
YOURSELF" she asked, dcmurelv.
The young fellow seemed pleased ut
the suggestion, and his dark eyes
sparlilcd with pleasure. I'm do so"
he said; we've been in the mountains
for two months, and are not over and
above in visiting condition. lie must
take us as he finds u.s."
'llo has n good deal to thank you
for, and so have ,"she answered; hes
awful fond of me. If those cows had
jumped on me he'd have never got
over it,"
Neither would l." said hcr com.
panion.
you? Well, ! don't see that il would
make much matter to you. anyhow
You amt even a friend of ours"
The young hunters dark face grew
so gloomy over this remark that Lucy
Terrier laughed aloud.
There, | didn't mean that" she said:
''of course, you are n friend now. You
must come and see US. Now | must
push along, or father won't trust me
with his business any more. G~ood-by!"
"~Good-by," he answered, raising his
broad sombrero, and bending over her
little hand. She wheeled her mustang
round, gave it a cut with her riding
whip, and dartcd away down the broad
road in a rolling cloud of dust.
Young Jefferson Hope rode on with
his companions, gloomy and taciturn.
lie and they had been among the Ne
vada mountains prospecting for silver.
and were returning to Salt Lake City
in the hope of raising capital enough
to work some lodcs which they
had discovered. lie had been as keen
as any Of them upon the business until
this sudden incident had drawn his
thoughts into another channel. The
sight OF the fair young girl, as fraul;
and wholesome as the Sierra brec2cs.
had stirred his volcanic, uutamcd heart
To its very depths. When she had van.
ished from his sight, he realized that a
crisis had come in his life. and that
neither silver spcculationS nor any
other Questions could ever DO of such
Importance to him as this new and all.
absC rbing one. The love which had
sprung up in his heart was not the sud.
den, changcable fancy of a boy, but
rather the wild, fierce passion OF Il mar
of strong viii and impcrious temper
lie had been accustomed To succeed iu
all that he undertook. lie sworc in
his heart he would not fail in this il
human effort and human perseverance
could render him successful.
He called on John Ferricr that night
and many times again until his face
was "a familiar one at the farmhouse
John, coopcd up in the valley, and alb
sorbcd in his work, had little chance o,
learning the news Of the outside world
during the last twelve years. Al this
Jefferson Hope was able To tell him
and in a style which interested Lucy
"A well rs her father. lie had been .
pioneer in California, and could mar
rate many a strange tale OF fortunes
made and fortunes lost in those wild
halcyon days, He had been n scout