The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-01-24


that's .eetle reckless. Dan over
weiphs Rad a matter Of % pound the
very least"
In the gulch things were as usual 10
all appearances. The little mountain
brook that dashed down the steep
rocks purled in the deep shade anu
sent ont diamond flashes where stray 9
fecks of sunlight dived into it, and the
birds in the redwood trees whistled
away as though there was no sucn IN
harmonious and degraded thing as Ar'-
IONA Dan somewhere below trying 10
conceal his desecrating presence. Inc
little Reeds were at school, ana such
noises as might have been heard py
that legendary and overworked crea-
ture the casual observer were sylvan
and well attuned. A critic in sight
harmony would also have found little
to cavil at. unless his too fine drawn
perceptions had deemed the aspect OF
Miss Boadicea Reed, who sat negn-
gently in a grapevine swing TOO uh-
sylphlike for perfect accord
Miss Boadicea-called "Dlcey py uer
Immediate family and friends, a d1min-
ntiye evolved from their original anu
arbitrary pronunciation OF her name
sounded note which may have been
n dissonance, but it had it's true power
of accentuating the soft melody OF the
wood. AS she half reclined upon Tue
giant vine her freshly starched whi'e
muslin cracked about form WHOSE
measurements faltered not an lncn
from the modern standard OF perlec-
ton. Her glossy black hair was ar
ranged In the latest fashion shown IN
the most recently arrived ladies' maya
, zine in Lava Canyon. Her features
were clear cut and regular. She had
> the ewes of Melpomene and the hearl
} Of the ancient British queen whose
] name she bore.
t Miss Boadicea Reed also had Sc
. cret Being a woman, her uearesl
: friends had often heard 1T divulged,
e Int as 1t was a secret there needs must
l. he those to whom it was not impaired.
It That portion Of humanity was the one
IS denominated by Miss Reed as the gen
g tlemen." This awful secret was that
" she had never-no, never-feit the
slightest sensation Of fear or apasn-
L. ment at any person or thing since she
d could remember
ID Miss Boadicea despised and contemn-
If ed all the little feminine weaknesses
and terrors of her sex with all the pref
&c udice of one who did not understand
ly them. Had she been born with time
of and circumstances in her raVor sue
o., would have led the overturning of a
es dynasty or two, captured by force the
a crown Of some social queendom OF al
ed least have gone up in balloon as tne
ed special female representative OF one o.
~ the several greatest newspapers OF
se earth. Snakes, mice, dogs, spiders, COS
id. sin. lightning, men, the partial list O
IT. the things regarded by Miss Reed will
nd a serenity approaching contumely, vii
he afford a slight conception OF her ID
be- trepidity of spirit. In the presence o
his man, the lord of creation, she felt n
his ave- Living in a frontier mining TOW
he and possessing the attractions she dlo
his offers of marriage had come years be
in fore. but her suitors had never awah
ge- ened in her feeling softer than con
d.. radeship. She had laughed at most c
the them. pitched one out of the windo'
to and informed them all that they mad
zee. her tired" In fact, there was nothin
uilt in all creation. with or without III
O that had ever caused her a qualm
ain tremor She regarded robbers as WI
lied gar persons beneath notice, serpent
the horned toads. mice and ella monste
f a as uninteresting and unterrifying We
the min too insignificant to dread. Her 5
.ent cret ambition cherished in good fai
tile until she was 49, had been to dress
the mans clothes and travel round Il
Itch world selling SOAP or diamonds,
gan patent quartz crushers = anythil
.ood would do Since she was 20 her ide
met had toned down to a firm resolve
Ieal- be prima donna of an opera trouI
am and the gulch had for many mont
tain echoed daily warblings that for Gle;
own ness and volume, if not melodiousne
title surpassed easily any voice In La
over Canyon. The form within the cr1nkll
icea, white muslin was storage battery
Use. impetuous life and force that need
noon continually some object upon which
the exhaust its energy
sand AS Boadicea swung in the gra
lass vine, some 300 yards up the gulch fir
inter- the house, she turned her gaze idly
slugs ward thick clump Of bushes and S
their an eye with good deal of red In
It too normally white portion of 1t look
fear at her between the leaves.
nten- She sat bolt upright on the vine,
zness as it appeared to be mans eye
hand without any special volition
vents her brain went to the knot OF hair
izing the back Of her head, smoothed l
cap little and thrust in the pins securely
who ''Come out of there" she said
good Red faced and heavy eyed II
be vi drink, Arizona Dan, hitching up
izona revolverless belt, shuff1ed his b
,vival form through the flexible branches
lmon- the bushes into the path.
num- "Sh-sh-shv' he said, his heavy
ender folding into dull smile intended U
blood reassuring. Il amt a-goln TO
It the you, miss"
II an ssIIurt met, said Miss Reed