The herald., 1895-10-20
HOW GRIZZLY jim
STRUCK 1T RICH
: BY FLORA HAINES LoUGHEAD

Grizzly Jim sat outside of bis cabir
smoking his after-Ginner pipe. The fog:
had tarried late that day and we've onl,
| Just lifting from the mountains, uncover
| ing slopes and levels of velvety green
| torn by ragged assures and scanned will
| Jutting ledges. The smoke from his pip,
curled upwards through the boughs oil
the live oak beneath which he sat; ther,
was subtle brightness and lightness in
the atm osphere that tgave promise OF "a
sunshiny afternoon.
Grizzly Jim was large and gaunt. Un.
der his beetling eye brows his eyes seemed
to shoulder with forbidding fire.
Whether he had won the grim sobriquei
by virtue of his prowess in some long
forgotten encounter with the four footed
king of the Sierras, or whether it had
been bestowed npon INN because of his
uncouth appearance and cfurlirh man.
ner, no one in the settlement, below could
say. The little cabin on the mountain
side and its lonely dweller antedated
their earli est memory.
There was a olithe snatch of song in
the distance, echoed by tn. steep crags
around a clatter of hoofs along the rocky
trail; n smart little mustang dashed
across the clearing and his rider sprang
to the ground, while Grizzly Jim dropped
his pipe in sulen amazemeM.
Good morning, SIR" sail the visitor,
with friendly smile.
The old miner stared at IlIp of girl
with n short riding skirt 6rawn over
cam brio dress, the blouse wsist of which
was revealed with bewildsring profu-
sion of fresh tucks and frlls, while a
piquant little face looked III at him un.
noashed, under tangle Of soft brown
HAIR and a bewilderiEg saltr hat. He
unfured his long legs and rose awkward
ly. lifting his torn felt hat with savage
courtesy.
You IL excuse me eff l lint up to my
best society manners. I'm not used u
receiving calls from notpdy, let alone
young ladies'"
MY call is not from oh,ice, but from
necessity" returned the young lady with
dignity. Pm the census marshal of
this district"
The Dickens you are 7 retorted the
miner. but he mentioned ; gentleman of
less repute in polits socity, and whose
name is better known to Scripture than
to literature "And whatdo you reckon
you ii get out OF me ?
There was something inhis speech cor
rupted as 1t was by the vfnacular of the
mountains, that suggestd the south.
The girls quick ear recognized the
familiar note. She was 10 some extent
fortified against his gIuifrss. for she had
heard of him as the ttror of census
enumerators, the despair pf the tax as
sessors the one man in al the mountain |
district who desired no peal improve
ments, no advance of civization, no con-
tact with the world or Is fellowmen,
and who had for more thp forty years
remained mystery to the commu
nifty.
''You have already told he where you
are FROM" she rejoind pleasantly.
You are q southern man but | expect
you also to tell me your Ime and occu-
patton, where you were poIn, whether
you are married or singh and all the
other troublesome little letails that the
national government insts upon learn.
ing from each loyal citih.'
She took a book from pocket in her
saddle fap. and advated upon HIM
pencil in hand while sh was speaking.
but her heart auakingt her own bold
ness.
rested III. ,,;n, "'an,. asrly rene1l. lie trleu
Take seat. You mus, be tir,d.
It's a rough ride up the trail.
| H !, offere her his only chr, seating
himself on stump. The gi accepted
! the courtesy, but started as er hand |
came in contact with a bree loading
rifle that leaned against the chr.
With n q, eer CLINT in bis eythat was
not unlike fantastic gleam humor,
G.izzly Jim took the Winchier, anu |
ostentGtiously withdrew the chges, then
pulled an usl ly looking knife ON his
belt and laid rife and knife ONE rude
savage certmoniously lays dowiis arms