St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-03-11
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And Dareie, do you know, they have
found that missing letter ofyonrs The
/ gentle Abby helped herself To 1t, out
of your clothes. guess; that's thekind
of house it is at present. She has shared
the conteRts of IT pretty generally
among her friends used II against you
every way she can, to justify their
treatment Of you. doubtless. They
didn't know exactly what they had
/ againstsyou before, butnow they know.
| You must have hit them pretty hard in
that letter. found this out about ten
minutes ago, and it struck me as very
nasty complication, I'm III a hurry to
1 get you gone. They have marched on
| Wardner to deal with the Bunker Hill
ard Sullivan as they dealt with the
Frisco; but If some one should happen
to ask: Where is that British spy? or
Where Is big Mike, the bloody seab?
they could spare so men or so easy, on
special duty, in a case like this: and if
they should come up here by daylight,
your exit up the guleh wouldn't be SO
private as one could wish.
ssNow, / propose yen start not later
than tonight. viii have my horse up
there in the corral by the mouth of your
winze, and when you hear my usual
clinkum-clankum on the eoalhod OUT
side the kitchen door take that for
signal the coast is clear Pack up a
little grub, and remember the trail is
bad one at night, and don't press the.
pony; where he hesitates, you had bet
ter get down and crawl. Mike knows
how amusing it is on the old trail, go
ing round Sunset peak. You want to
strike for Beaver canyon by the way
of Carbon, and come out at Charley
Mead's place, the old placer camp on the
river. And there, If you can get boat,
you had better leave the road, and take
to the river. You will avoid Kingston,
which may be in the hands of the
strikers, and don't think you could
make it by the road, anyhow, below the
big jam, such road as it is. with horse
and wounded man and a girl"
"a gurl!" echoed Mike, in blunt
amazement; then, catching the DOCTORS
eye, he held his peace, and went off to
the far end of the cellar, where he
busted himself noisi1y hauling boxes
around and taking stock of provisions,
in case they might need to put in
fresh requisition for the journey.
Miss Bingham must go with you,'
the doctor was saying to Darcie in a
cool. peremptory tone. 81 take the re
sponsibility Of that myself" "a
Darcie was turning red and white,
and his knees were shaking under him.
Has she said that she will go?'' he
asked, avoiding the doctors eye.
4 haven't asked her, and don't pro-
pose to. What does she know? Of
course she'd say she couldn't 60. tits
time now for the men TO do something,
it there are any men left in this das-
tardly mine. Do you know what the
old man has done?" and the fiery little
doctor exploded again over the "cow-
ardfy telegram" which he said was ga
disgrace to the mine and to every man
connected with IT," The doctor refused
to set down that action of Mr.. Bing-
hams to the score of humanity or CON
cern for the company s property, which
shows how loss of reputation in several
ways may destroy mans credit in the
few ways remaining and rob him of the
last charitable doubt.
did you ever read a story called
Better Dead? don't know the name
OF the crank who wrote il" the doctor
added, modestly- y-he was not literary in
his tastes"but he hit on good phrase
right there. I've used It to my own sat
isfaetion quite frequently since read
the thing. There's ii friend OF ours not
far from this who were better dead
He isdead. The vital spark has been out
of him so long its indecent to have
him around, and we may as we'll be
frank about it. I've lived long enough
in the west not to have many preiu-
dices, but there are one or two things
I cannot stand. cant stand q coward, 4
and I can't stand a man who doesn't
know how to take care of his women
folks. To see girl like Miss Bingham
mixed up with such an outfit as that!
Now, If she can't be taken out of this |
place any other way I win elope with her
myself, and that might make trouble |
in the family. But there's no need of |
me when here are you two fellows, who
stood bY her once before when the old |
man went back on her. And she went |
under fire for you just as If she'd been
brought up to 1t. Her conduct that |
night shows what she can do If re-
quired. It's no sloueh of trip I've laid |
out for. you, and I'm sorry, Darcie, you |
had the bad taste to get shot. just as
two arms would have been so mortal1y |
convenient. I'm afraid the journey
will be rough on YOU
It's no use, doctor" said Darcie,
quietly, in the bitterness of a despair /
that was beyond words; she viii never
go In the. worldnot with me. They I
have shown her that letter, and she
thinks i have lied to her; moreover, I I
accused her to her face of opening II
and reading it herself =
That was pleasant, !" said the doctor,
1ryly. Any other little endearments
pass between you2 Is this your inter
national style Of courtship? I've won
lered how you Rnglishmen manage to
ret On SO fast with.our girls.
well, she is thinking about your
safety now, purely on account of the
separation we owe you at the mine. It'll
S on her conscience that she wishes she
sneW where you are. / havent told her
Fet: it's just as well to let you stay on
Ter conscience awhile longer; you'll
never stay in q safer place, and she has