The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-11-19

voice. vont the boy be Mere insi The sac
In The noftirsi
Net . BIZ of 10, ssid l. npsoo. He
iast sive Gorssl,I his message aud sts
back. lie doesn's keos sby be 10 Ten
N'hOdy but The Loftsburs aseut snd u
sapstin,endssi 1. .upposss TO huov theI
IL tseLty-6e rouand dollars 10 bill
rolled up 10 . bsls Of blankets. Th,
much conss every month 10 psy "a u
men u the mioes on the Htsi. The col
psty Is s.rsid 10 ssnd Il By The stsee. II
the stage 10 hs!i up By ,he ROSTERS 70
often. Nobody you'd ever think OF bun
log ihfoue the freight Tor money. To
frsishter bInseli hss1'i On ides Of whs
be is carrying. Tney have been doing thi
Tor long tipe and bsve never bed 90
trouble. bnt the boss esn's help feeling
little spxious. 60 be slsays ohAses the bo,
of dosn the road to make ture ubers ih
moo.y train 10.
Joes Hs. impulse hsd been TO shou.
greeting bo. - the words reached him b,
resizst in 10 fl.sh chat tte7 rissnt. Th,
mystery OF bis 10 monsniy mission that hst
20 puzzled him was mystery 90 longer.
don't sec uby we sbonld have . bin ol
trouble. ssii L'mpsop. III jas. tell Cor
l,z that the company is 10 . hurry iol
the blankets for some ptospectins parties.
and bas sent me with the buckbosrd 10
fetch them 90 ahead OF him. He koovs
ne from seeing me 10 the ,', knd will
probably not ask q q questiop.
Bot. asked one OF the others, suppose
the boy hM told bin you we're thrown
outi
II ] can't convince bin the boy lied. we
sill have to make a 'sou.play.' Nov quit
talking. We'd better ell get soms sleep.
Soon there wss silence. broken only by
Ihs regular breathing OF the three men.
30 cautiously tbs. mol even . iustling
|esi bstrsyed him, Joe rsissd bis head and
peered through the bushs. He saw three
men lying sslsep, The buokbo I'd standing
Il the side OF the road, and the horses 90
,itohed end pioketed b. it.
His frst thought was to clip the stake
opes and stampede the bore's: but be real
: I'd that the slsepers might be swskened
y the pInueiug snimsls, and the thought
4 what they might do 10 their anger made
,s feel lonesome for th. frs. tine.
As silent Is o fox stalking avid fowl.
os skiited the cleared patch snd msde for
be river bottom Hs vac soon beside the
Iity mare. There vas On anxious moment
hen be vas afraid Kitty would greet him
Iith . neigh bot she ONLY raised her hesd
iom the tall ersss snd put ous her nose
D be petted.
he had ridden her bareback as often as
ith Q ssddl,. and 10 . moment he vas
o ber. msking bis way by vide detour
sst the sleeping men, A. soon Is be
as yond esrshot be gave KITTY ber / cad
I'D sped away.
His idea bad been that ell be bsd to do
O. TO tell Cor 2 .lez OF L,mpson's plot.
ow the words Of L,mpson bimseli OCCUR
ID to hin. Nobody is supposed to know
10 money is there but the agent at Lords
arg and the superintendent II wss the
secret ,aud Joe dared not betrsy
v,n to The ireishter.
Al lest . sparkle far shesd showed him
Ie embers Of dying csmp.dre, and soon
. was near enough 10 make ont the big
bite prsirie-scbooners. he bad found
onz,ltz' outfit.
The voice Of timidi.y whispered that be
light dischsrse bis miseion With safety to
useli. All be bad to do vas 10 deliver
. message to the freia ahter o. 1t wss given
m. turn round. snd galIop back home
"a say nothing Of sbst be bad overheard
the river. The company would lose .
ien,y .fvo thonssnd doll IRA. bat nobody
,nlt blnme bim. Q
Ba, another voice The voice OF duty
oke louder. insi Ting that taking care Of
nseif was ot sli he vas there Tor.
TIE bos, wante you 10 hurry up: be !
Q g that q ,ur ssid Joe to the hesd freish
!. when be bed roused him.
Gotz,lz eromtled Of bling ssksned 8
such messsge:ibut be wee too sleepy .
blame the boy. end 6uslly told hin be Il
d better spend the night With hin.
IN sleep 10 The wagons II you don'' q
I'D. sid Joe, 10 vbcm . plan hsd oc b
fred.
ost % you like, ys~ued the freishter I,
ers's Q big bale OF blankets bsck 10 the
iler. o.
30 Joe ts,herei X tsy to the wheel Of p
trailer sud crswled 10 on top OF the il
nkeis "a rough bale covered with bur o
snd laced With ropes.
3siore dssn ae got . cup Of OFF from g
c,mp cook, borrowsd . saddle, end
b . bundlo rolled 10 bis eoa end tied N
behind. stsrted on bis long ride home. Il
lie G,rEi z and bis cfev we're yet yok ID
the oxen 10 the wagons, y
live miles up the road joe IN I Limr o.
and tLetso tia men rolling siong 10 th
buekbosrd, b., heart stopped beet y,
nn il be sse p.st. bnt the discharged bi
kkeeper merely waved bin . greet ol
oe sslloped on, BE fslt sale enough to
J TO chuclks 81 the scene thst vould =,
en sc,ei bsck there vben the robbers, is
. carrying "a the heavy bale. sould sI
o IL end dad nothing. y,
.i,ty vas very tired mare when she bi
usbt Joe irto tosn tbst matt. he
be supsfintendent hailed the boy - be
Q up 10 the eli 30 OF the copper con th
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