The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-27

could IL be that she was so near TO her
fate and yet not recognize III Did
nothing whisper to her at that timer"
In all that dissemination Of her chapeI
rome In our conveyance about fate and
foreknow1edge and free Will Infinite
was there anythlng premonitory that she
at that moment, applied to herself? l
opine not, for true II Is that youth be-
lleves all things mortal but Itself"
We we're two and half hours reach
Ing the village Of lronton, n point nine
miles up 10 the mountain and 1000 feet
above the level OF GU 'py. 1t was simply
a deserted silver mining camp when we
did reach IT, All the cabins and all the
shacks except half dozen were de-
serted. and the silver mine that was
still alive was only producing in a des-
ultOry way. We did not meet u dozen
people during our twenty minutes stop,
and two OF these We're little girls VINO
told us that some more people were
going away soon. The big silver man
who occupied a seat In our wagon felt
oalledupOn TO eXolaim: "Behold the rum
that you gOldbugs have wrought IN TINS
deserted village" We had got used
to like remarks all along the journey
throughout the four days OF the eNcur-
sion, for the membership was In the IA
ito Of at least sixteen silver beetles TO
one goldbug, and so nobody's feelings
were hurt by this object lesson remark,
The procession Of stages ana vehicles
turned about at lronton ana headed
down the mountain on thelc return TRIP
In pretty much the order IN Whch they
had come up. The six gray horses ana
the mail stage were again IN the lead,
and the same vOclforous party was sun
on top Of Il. Just before our turn came
to leave / had changed my seat on the
inside for a place beside the driver on
the outside. and my friend, the DOCTOR
had found accommodations elsewhere.
we had, however, the same load that
we had carried up, viz, seven passen-
gers and tho driver. and we continued
TO congratulate ourselves that we had
chosen wisely In selecting the black
wagonette. The driver was an OLD TIM
err In tho Ouray range. and / gradually
fell into conversation with him. He
told me all about the deserted camp and
about the building OF the road; about
tbe PLAYED out prospect holes that we
were passing and about poor telloW
who Ind picked away for five years In
the side of the mountain and
cot nothing, lie also told me
how much he got day $50 for
driving and how he worked seven days
In The week "Thore Is mo- Sunday out
here In our business" said he.
Tho Driver ami the Tondtrfoot.
The driver was kindly sort OF per-
son. was seated on the weather side
OF the stage and he noticed that the
drizzle that had set In was beating IN
ON me. and he therefore rose In bis seat
aud begged me to pull his waterproof
from under him and spread II over my
knees which did and nt the same time
putting ON q pair VI wooden gloves. The
dny had turned out raw and cold ana
dlgnRfocnblc. Thus equipped We con.
ilnued TO talk about all matters con-
noctcd with his experience In the noun
tnlna, Occasionally hc would throw his
long lash out like q luHso ana touch one
Of tho forward hefAnB with the sting,
but hc did II 10 skillfully and apatlngly
and JudlclUuSly that my confidence
gtcadlly rose IN his ability to convoy uH
safely down the mountains TIC loot
was always either on the brake or very
close Ia the brake, ana the brake Beofn-
cd stout ana strong.
Tho horses HhdWcd no undue dispose
ton Whatever 10 hurry along Every
now and then, NJ the word NJ command,
they would bIpalt into irui on u clear
pleoo Of rond. only once dld ] venture
n word NJ criticism on tbs driving, and
that was when we seemed 10 Just shave
q protruding knob NJ rock, wttich, ab II
Rrcmd to me, would, had We struck H.
have given un a vigorous push 10 the
canon side NJ the road, I remarked
that that miss seemed ~ me ~ be too
close 10 bo healthy. to which observation
tho driver made no reply, because, nH
Huppagpd, Ne ipoAod upon me No. u ten.
dtrfoot who didn't understand the flno