The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18


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brought out the rugged Nuareness OF the
chin and the deadiy SET OF the Jaws; g I
little had they pressed IN the cheeks TO
throw the h1gn pones INTO broad reiae1.
But these were lms u1nosl OF lneir de
vastations. otnerWise WISE re.er Bines showed
MS - Years oniy Wy .ile narks ol "a We'll
ordered maturlty. neauIng the eyes anu
mouth togethef one peIceiVeu gentieness
and sternness to pe Wen matched, work
ins. 10 any given emu ~ aa,1B amlaple ana eI
fectlve compromise. Onciest l FelerSs ne |
had long been called by the public that I
knew MIN, ana ms own grandcnildren
had come to call nj mpy the same term.
finding him too young 10 meet their ideal
OF GRANDPA ather.
Billy Brue, riding up the trail, halted, |
nodded, and was silent. The old man re-
turned his saNtatlon as briefly. These |
things by men who stay much alone come
to be managed with verbal economy.
were awkward.
Billy Brue took one foot from its stirrup
and turned in his saddle pulling the leg
up toSa restful position. Then he spat
musingly. and looked back down the can
Won aimlessly throwing his eyes from
showed thru the tall spruce and pine
| trees.
! Rut the old man knew he had been
sent for.
..Well, Billy Brue, what's doin'?''
R;1l, Rrue souirmed in tho saddle en-,
again as with sudden resolve and said.
=..Viv.-uh-DanI J.-he,s dead
/ The old man repeated the words. da-
zedJv.
..Dan'l J.-he,s ead;-why, who else is
dead. too?'' -.z
| Rillv @Brue,s emphasis. sc,1nninslv con-
triyed by him to, avoid giving pron1inence
i to the word dead had suggested this
i INQUIRY in the first moment of stupefac-
il tion. 5.-,s5-
! .'Nobody else dead-jest Danl J.-he's
= dead"
II %"Jest Danl J.-my boy-my boy Dan,l
! dead!" "a Ia
4 His mighty shape was stricken with a
i curious rigidity,s erected there as IL it,
!, wera a mart of the maintain flung nm IF
81 old from the earth's inner tragedy. CON
J, fo1,nfed desolate. ancient
R;IIv R,11e turned from tho ctony
interroaa tion Of his ewes and took ?, few
81 stems away waiting. little wind snranp
E IN among the higher trees. the moments
? passed, and still the great figure stood
) transfixed in it's curious silence. The
: feathers creaked as the horse turned The
messenger, with an air Of surveying the
t CANYON. stole an anxious glance at the old
ON ont things Sc that We're m not; ' they looked @
vaguely as If in search.
"Dan'l!' he said.
E plaintiye in it. It was only the old man
: calling his son; David calling upon Absa,-
/ lonn Then there was a change. He came
: sternlv forward.
r .sWho killed my boy?',
h "Nobody. Uncle Peter; twas stroke
-
e out at Kaslo fer a day sos Dan'l T. could
: see about a spur: the Lucky Cuss' people
wanted-and maybe II was the clirnbin
!; brought # on -, <! @.a,r: ~: $50 -
a The old man looked his wears. AS he
!. came nearer .Billy, Brue saw tears tremble
d cheeks. Yet his voice was unbroken anl
n he was indeed. unconscious Of the tears
v "T was afraid of5ithat: He lived too
It high .Heset too much and he drank too
S mucl, and was tooz soft-iwas Dan'l-tot
+ soft.--, ,,~,:5,.r.-, .,.-7.sa@es 3.S- .,T ~
$ stonned to look aside into the little xpocke
y ts' I,ed heen exnlorine - RiHv Rrue locke,
' hack dawn the CANYON. where the lsWif
f straa m hrawled itself into white foam IA
/. below. .~.:-'-.,r:z III. 80. -
+ Tic uo,,1dn,t ,ise his legs. T nrodde1
;, IL, ahawt - oons+.n+ .-.-.f-S) :. :
. . III inUa stonned 'a.pain 70 hraca- .shinse1
r oa inst The shock - Rillv Rrue stilj .looke,
: away. .Sl,..s.s.'s ~ -.
h I ~ told him high attitudes and high livin
r. ~ would 10 anv ma 49, Again he was n 81 81
nj lent. rs aJ,,ar., aid 40 'svsl ssss.- !
I'll ,-..But all The' d. even say was times 11a,
- changed since my day, and + wasn't t
$ mind him. fsti.
d He had himself better in hand now.
,fj why, nursed that boy when he was
p dear, funny little red baby with big roun
1t eyes rollin' around to take notice; he. too
& notice awful quick--fur a baby. Oh. my
Is Oh, dear! Dan'lH' ass
!, 4 Again he stopped.s ~ .a
0, And it don't seem .more'n yesterda
t, that was a-teachm hlm TO throw Tn
t diamond hltch; ne could throw tne dla
IN mond h1tch with ms eyes smut reck9
50 Dy the time ne was = or ~. lie nad ~
is faults, but they didn't hurt MIN mons
Q. Danl !. was man, now he nalte
er once more.
Ihe DEAD m4lloha1re' pegan Bill
~ Brue, feadmg from the opltuary IN ~