The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-07-17
The Lost ouarrv.

Ia ysss 81 age, 10 the little hamlet s'
Tovspd.. 10 Batter sossiy. Ksssss II
vu The bssSsositsrs Of htGili"pis \
Evsss, bs,srs Of bssi-",tls ssd bsss.
/, nd o, the South Central K,nsss Marble
ssa Frs,Coss company.
This company bed had tbs eurious 81
psfisres Of losips oos Of ito qssrriss by
the srsst f,.d Of the Pecan creek 10
1877. The original owssr. who alone had
Lusva precisely whsrs to begin spsrs
tous, hsd been drowned, The marble
spssinsns, on the slr,p psth OF sAich hs
bsd suecssdsd 10 iptsrsstins the company,
we're Of pink and IN 9ttlsd stone. close 10
t,Itsrs, free OF cleavage, End susssptisls
Of . doe polish. None Of the directors
had bees sbls 10 nnd the exact plscs
after the frssbst hsd radically ehsnssa
the conformation Of the valley. DO when
they we're snssssd in developing other
properties. they offered three hundred
dollars to any ens Who should rsdiseovs'
the quarry for them. and there The mel
ter had rested for three years.
MsGill.pis L Evans, the stock ds''
ev, boush, thsussnds Of fsi steers and
hogs daring sssh season, aud sissr sollss'
,ne them In their big oorsls beside tAs
Sss.tvstsr river, would dive thsm ten
miles across coap.ry to FL Dorado. sh'
county seat where they we're shipped BY
rail to K.nsss City, 81, L,uis or Csicss'
These trips we're ssually made d night
to avoid the hest OF the sun, and wsr'
deeply Interesting to the boys Of The con
musity.
After much pleading. l had been pei
mi,tsd to accompany one OF the driv'
and thereafter VI. reeululy engaged 81
MeGillsspis's assistant whenever my
parents would permit mo to 20. Ususlly
The drive wss m,de on Friday night
In Ssptsm bar MsGille,pie was throvr
by . mustang, and hsd his LEFT leg brol
es. His psrtusr. Evsds, with Tosy. ts'
bsrdsmsp, was down in 'ths Nation" s'
the Indian Territory was called, baylni
cattle from the Cnsroksss.
The big corsl ws allied slm.st to ovs'
flowing with yellow. black sna psrsi
oolorta hogs. bought within The ps'
week, sud 90 the price was rspo,ted lik'
II 10 fall suddssly, II vas necessary u
get the hogs to Ksnsss City at onos.
Ia his pain snd anxiety MeGIllsspi'
sent for me, and asked il | osuld gs
the hogs safe to Ell D,rsdo tht night
Alone7 I asked,
Wsel. not exactly. but pretty nssr, pre-
" pssr. cried the old Ssotshmsn. imp
tisntly, Ys can have sisksr and Sasi'
end young Tony, bat nose o thsm youi
kers from the school. I've trisd Them
en- they're no mortal use
slicksr and Susie, the trained dogs o
the htn. hsli Scotch cellis ssd bel
woIihound, were invaluable assistants
Ten.ymr.old Tony, the italian drsver'
son, had grown up beside sstoek csrsI
but our force ws pitiiully weak to man'g'
four hundred hogs.
There vss net fence, aside from lev
Omss orange hedges. between Towsnd'
sud Eldorado, sad the rosd vs lins'
with sornnslds Of from l0ts 200 scre
ea OBJ.
MeGillespie told me hs wsuld psy ~
tventy.nv dollars il got tho drove sal
to Ell Dorado bsisrs sunrise. but voslt
deduct . dollsr for every shoat left b!
tbs wsysids.
Just d sundown " opened the cora
gates. Slicker and Susie we're Oh opposite
sidss Of the main street Of ths hamlet
sbout one hundred ysrds 10 sdvsncs
Tony and l skirmishsd on the rear flank
End Kitty. the experienced road mare
walked slowly bshiod. dragging . ratilinI
buck board. Ia this usupsr ws mad
good progress, end TO my suszsment pas
Cd through the settlement. sad bad son
fully four miles beyond before dark
sithout the loss Of Q bog.
Then ws reached . point where th
road skirted Coobrsos's ons-hnndrsd scr
corn field. o. tbs left VAS ~ cid, III
csred.for hedge 40 feet high 10 places
Here the drove lsmmsd. 10 spite Of tb
doss tff,rts 10 keep the lead moving
and sems OF ,bs hogs we're eie1ds'
sssinst The hedge snd severely prioke
by the long. sharp tborns These hoe
se, up fesripl ssusslisS. snd bolts
over the bscts Of tbs Others iste ID
sors 6sId, where they vent scurrying q
s.ill squssiing u they rsp.
Here vs pretty met" BY Ton,
sdvlos / paid no attention TO the fsa
tiyes, bat in,tssd hurrisd the drove pss
the corn Geld srd turned them 10 Coe
rsoss big corsI, which happened TO b
eepty,
Then; going back 10 The fsrtter eds
Of the eorl l.6sld for the slrsy hoss v
bsst COR usy through 1t With lbs dogs o
sithu h,nk, spd found our quarry sroo
ID 10 . sslch. They h,d 10 be bite
freely sbont the GERS by 5li'ker bslof
they sonld ,tsit
Then tbsv rsa like deer, making
tbrscnils dstour before ~ hnsliy hssde
them into so srgle Of the Coebssss cor.
When vs hsd RECESSED the nsin tod
ths strsy, nipsIei With them. sni y
eonar.tui.tsd oarsel,a that tho Won
sss over.
4 Betn vs ter one O'Clock 81 nistt. y
wsrs sIrsssy tired, sod hsd made OIL
tvo.flths OF or i,srSsr
| For The bsI, three .iIes us bad lit
trcuhls. Bat tone ei its older sld 4
Ter hoes we're bsseniss tired. They too
10 isssiss. ssd oof switches td YER
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