The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

penetration, and it took no great dis
cernment to see why the partners hung
around the ferry.
I reckon" said he to his wife, the
! boys are sweet on Sally; they will stick
/ by us, Jnjuns or no Injuns.
Whereupoo Mrs. Bendum opined that.
as both Mr. Porter and Packsaddle
worse than an Apache scare might
arise to disturb the quiet of ella ferry.
Abe thought the matter over. Then,
/ Selling a favorable opportunity, tackled
! the partners when they were to-
4 gether.
Look here, boys" said he, "a gal is
! a gal. but / don't want to see no dis
! turbin' of the beautiful relations be
tween you two. Now suppose You set
! tie this gal question nice and cordial.
! Sam caught the old mans meaning
/ before Packsaddle Park quite realized
what the ferryman was driving at.
Parks said he, ABE is right. I'm
in earnest and you mean business. Sup
| pose we let Abe arbitrate this matter
and the one he selects for the girl
| will have the first show
Parks always followed his partners
advice, so the matter was left to Abe,
and on the following day he rendered
his decision.
Gentlemen" said he, powerful SOL
emn, Il respects and love both MIR.
Porter and Mr.. Parks. If / were pick
in out man to court she Srlzzly q
select Mr. Parks, seem he was raised
right here in this territory, an is
handy with a gun and bowie knife
But. as we are considerin' the future
of a dear relative, an Mr.. Porter, be
ing raised in the east, is better suited
to a lady of refinement, my choice falls
on Mr.. Porter"
he
ground and rubbed his chin ref1ectiVely.
Il reckon said he, Sam has the drop
on me when it comes to polish and
edoocation and I'll allow Sails
powerful edoocated gal. If it had been
in any other way I'd have fought GER
tain. but havin agreed to stand by the
arbitration, Samll have first show
So saving Packsaddle Parks took
down his rifle. expressing his determi-
nation to put in two days hunting
somewhere in the mountains.
on the third day he showed up at
the ferry. meeting Sal by accident as
She was toting pail of water.
sJohn." said she, refusing his prot
fered aid. sam Porter says you want
me TO marry him.
Packsaddle was so overcome by sur
prise that he only looked at he- VIII
out uttering word.
"Wen. Mr.. Parks, continued she,
red flush DER spreading her face, I
accept him, but I didn't think it OF
you
Packsaddle reckoned his pardener
had been working the claim pretty
hard, but being Unused to woman
way. decided the matter was ended and
the others polish and superior educa-
ton had won the day He hung around
the ferry for week or two until one
dav Porter suggested that they do a
little prospecting beyond the Black
Range.
You see," said he, 81 want to make
a strike, for Sally and / will be mar
ried soon. and our pile is running
mighty low"
Packsaddle was glad to go. The fer
ryhouse had lest much of its charm for
him, and in his open-heartedness. ne
wanted to help Sam and Sally.
The morning following the two part
ners started with their outfit for the
Black. Range country. Despite numer-
Gus Indian signs, no one molested them
during the two weeks they remained IN
the hills. and it was not until crossing
the valley between the Black Range
and the Monaghan mountains, on the
return trip. they saw anything of the
red men. While driving their four
pack mules along a little mesa on the
edge of Black canyon, band OF
Apaches suddenly swarmed out of the
MESQUITE bushes and surrounded them.
At first the braves made no hostile
demonstration. but offered to help drive
the mules with every offer of good will
and friendship. To Sam Porter this
seemed a good sign, but Packsaddle
Parks knew the Indians too well to be
deceived by their apparent friendliness.
And his fears were justified. Under
standing the Apache language, he
presently heard the Indians discussing
the plan they had adopted, which was
to attack the whites as soon as they
had driven the mules from the mesa
into the canyoI-and the trail to the
edge of the latter was scarcely a mile
longer
Straightaway he began to turn over
in his mind how he could escape the