Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-24

her elbow which assured her of assist
ance. At the same moment a sinewy
brown hand caught the frightened
horse by the curb, and, forcing a way
through the drove, soon brought her to
the outskirts.
you're not hurt, l hope, MISS" said
her preserver respectfully.
She looked up at his dark, fierce
face, and laughed saucily. Tn awful
frightened, she said naively; whoever
would nave thought that Poncho would
have been so scared by a lot of cows?"
THANK God you kept your seat" the
other said earnestly. He was a tall,
savage-looking young fellow, mounted
on a powerful roam horse, and clad in
the rough dress of a hunter, with a
long rifle slung over his shoulders. 81
guess you r the daughter of John
Ferrier," he remarked. 81 saw you
ride down from his house. When you
see him, ask him if he remembers the
Jefferson Hopes, of st. Louis. If he's
the same Terrier, my father and he
were pretty thick"
Hadn't you better come and ask
YOURSELF" she asked, demurelv.
The young fellow seemed pleased at
the suggestion, and his dark eyes
sparkled with pleasure. iii do So"
he said; we've been in the mountains
for two months, and are not over and
above in visiting condition. He must
take US as he finds u.s."
"He has a good deal to thank you
for, and so have L. she answered; 'he's
awful fond of me. If those COWS had
jumped on me he'd have never got
over it."
Neither would l." said her COM
panion.
"You? Well, I don't see that it would
make much matter to you, anyhow.
You amt even a friend of ours"
The young hunters lar face grew
SO gloomy over this remark that Lucy
Terrier laughed aloud.
"There, l didn't mean that" she said;
"of course, you are a friend now. You
must come and see us. Now l must
push along, or father won't trust me
with his business any more. Good-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 darted away down the broad
road in a rolling cloud of dust.
1OooS AOPSA OoS I'll "AOA
his companions, gloomy and taciturn.
He 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 lodes which they
had discovered. He 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 frank
and wholesome as the Sierra breezes
had stirred his volcanic, unframed heart
to it's very depths. When she had van
ished from his sight, he realized hat
crisis had come in his life, and that
neither silver speculations nor any
other questions could ever be of such
Importance to him as this new and all
absorbing one. The love which had
/ sprung up in his hear was not the sud
den, changeable fancy of a boy, but
rather the wild, fierce passion of a maj
of strong will and imperious temper
He had been accustomed to succeed il
all hat he undertook, He swore il
his heart he would not fail in this i
human efort and human perseverance.
; could render him successful.
He called on John Terrier that night
and many times again until his fac.
was a familiar one at the farmhouse
John, eooped up in the valley, and alb
sorbed in his work, had little chance O
learning the news Of the outside worlf
during the last twelve years. All thi
Jefferson Hope was able to tell him
andin a style which interested Luc,
as well as her father. He had been
pioneer in California, and could nal
rate many a strange tale of fortune
made and fortunes lost in those wild
halcyon days. He mad been a scout
6 r@ea aaa. Wherever stirring
s}fss were to be had, Jeffersol
Zast ! II beg there in search of them
&c acoa became n favorite with tn
farmer. who spoke e%loquently of hi
virtues. On such occasions Lucy wa
silent, but her blushing cheek and he
: bright, happy eyes showed only to
clearly that her young heart was n
longer her own. Her honest fathe
. may not have observed these symptom:
I but they were assuredly not throw
away upon the man who had won he
g affections.
2 It was a summer evening when h
came galloping down the road an
pulled up at the gate. She was at th
: doorway, and came down to meet hin
E He threw the bride over the fence an