The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-04-30
LONE HAND DICK

been slsd enough to cbum siib Dtcf, 4
!, be sss ~ sifaly SEA Gle snd a. bar
vortlug ss they lasks EN-, bot somebo
nobady ever proposed IT, There -
somsthi1g dout kuow shst shot
bim ih.i ,ort Of cboted yoa q before 20
could get sIaoRside IN business,
He scot b. the bame OF Lane Han
Diek"- 90, lhsi his bsme wss Dick par
oulAhr. but, bless you, that iidu't Il stte
90 the Alt Somebody cslled bin Lon
Hsod" beoause be worked by himself snl
said nothi1s, aud reckon somebody els
called bim Dick beesuse you esu't 90 o.
seeing msn every day and not cal hin
something.
Dick was one Of tbr first, II be vasu'
be very first on the dat W en ! go
there be was tossiekIns shout 10 = corne
all by himself, and there " re not b'li |
dom more within five milss, tie vs'
friendly enongh too -ior the matter d
that. Dick was slvsys friendly II va,
Dick that showed me where 10 get water,
and laid me 90 10 the run OF the stufl
shen ssted bin, but out side OF that be
wouldn't 90.
he was young ielo~, not more than
thirty, suybos, tall, active aud middllne
strong, too. There was something about
bis face thst you couldn't help liking
| When you got to know 1t. None Of your
! laughing, touch aud 80 faces. that don't
mean anything when you do know them /:
/ nc, nor yet your scowIng yellow dog faces
/ that mean no good. but quiet iace-resl
qulet-.s face With lot OF mesnlng kind
/ Of drained ont Of il, The Il At wasn't to say
rich not at first s1yhos, till jim Stokes
dropped ou to the deep lead, but there
vas always ucker and more 10 it. So far
as ! could guess, Dick had about bis
share and no more. II be had picked up
a fortune, miud you, be wouldn't have
said anything uness be was asked, but |
don't think DO did,
y
and by the middle Of the neIt week Lulu
was a gold hsld, Where they spruog from
I'm blessed if know, bat come they did,
wagons foil Of them, traps, coaches, bul
lock drays horses, donkeys, and one or
two, though they didn't hardly count be
ing OF color, on csmels. lns week the
hat ives like a town. 10 Q month we had
two banks and were talking about town
hall and a member Of parliament.
1t didn't suit Dick. Long before the
end OF the first week be had struck bis
tent an uncommon oGe horse tent II was,
too, at thst-snd made tracks. After
day or two | missed him. lie had not |
gone very far. though, and after bit
came across a man who bad seen him work
Jog by himself IN little corner Of q gully, /
lust about big enough for one, over the
nesres. range, 1t wasn't more than a week
@ two after that, one day, Just as | knock
ed of work young chap came up to me
"a quill driving looking chap at that
and says: Mate, do you happen to know
a chap by the name OF Forres;er2 They
say be WAS on the fl At from the first.
Can't say as do, mate. says |. Whats
be like7
Like2 Well, be ought to be like hat,
and be pulls ont q photograph aud passes
i along to me.
looks tit. Dick. says |. You know
him. mste3 be says, looking at mel shark
like.
Well. mate, and suppose did, what OF
thst2 For it comes into my mind sbont
the trouble as we thought Dick might
have been TO- What Of that str ,nger2
says !
Come along up to the bank we want to
Lnd him
On, ,e do? says |, Got fortune for
him, mstt' ,
Well, no. not that know Of anyhow,
but there's party come in that wants to !
gee him wants to see him bad too.
looks at him. What fort says J. I
,king a draw at my pipe. Whist for /
mater
%. yon needn't be suspicious; It's
gentleman and lady, says be.
Why didu't you ssy there was lady
1eforeY says. might know the party, q
.nd sgsin | mightn't, but ladies ain t com !
NON. III see the lad mate, anyhow,
went along vi b him, though after all, t
wasn't sure. 1t was Dick 10 the picture c
light euougb. but it wssn't our Dlcs the {
picture wasn't to say "shevvy devry" 1
zone TO that, bot 1t bad been meant or q
Dick ouce. /
Ii was sitter b Dk hours, aud the door '
vas shut bat he took me around by the /
ide iuto the strangers room. There was 4
u,n there aud girl, could see that I
lthougb ste hsd thick veil over ber /
soe. The msn was sssell $
DO you know Mr.. Fo roster, my manf |
.sys he, q
Not much ssJs l. short. r
He turns ouud on the clerk. aogrily. /
He doesn't kuov him by that p.me, bot
le seemed 10 knov the photogrsph you I
,sve m. cir, the CLERK ssii. The gltl /
lirr.d uueasiiy 10 her the mao turD /
d 10 me hastiif We'll, ssid, hsve s
sep soueto1y It Nigh, have been mesot t
or oace.
We saut 10 see tim 1
Yes, ssys Whist ioti Toe m.h look =
d st ne sugri y. Whist Tor. my msn naDd q
iow does tbst concern your e
" II says |, don't nightly knoT. Dof
don't kioE los 1t eot ctfns yon 70 see :