The new enterprise., 1905-08-24

Il determined 10 attract at
M M tcntion. And it was usu-
any successful. In addition TO the
name Of the inn 1t bore a wcathcr-worn
representation of something that faint
ly resembled an oycrgrown soldiers
knapsack,
"What does that signify" inquired a
traveller glantnc up at the picture,
"Ah. They don't carry things Of that
sort nowadays" answered the gray
haired landlord, pointing TO a pile Of
commercial travellers sample cases,
"hut the road boys were not such aris.
Gratis when was younger Thea. they
used packs just like you see pictured
mp there, ] was a bit hard on ihom
long ago, and ever since I've tried 10
make up FOR it by treating them as
well as | can. II was in one Of their
packs that the biggest slice Of luck
I've ever known came TO me-" As he
spoke lie shuddcred and sighed IN q
manner that betokcncd mystery behind
his words.
We wore high mp on the wagon road
that runs through Scrahna Pass. and
the name Of the little inn. The Tray
elers' Refuge" was thoroughly appro-
PIRATE, for not a hagman that Went that
way but was faiu TO rest TO. space
within It's hospitable doors
The landlord. 1t was clear. was most
anxious TO have an opportunity Of uG-
bosoming himself further, but he
waited until his daughter, n buxom
matr0n, had left the room. Yes he
unused. half to himself. II was Il bit
hard on one Of 'em-there's no mistake
about il. II amt pleasant story, but
like to tell It just to remind myself
that the worst thing man can have
in this world is a hot. obstinate temper
You see, | came TO this coast soon af-
ter the gold fever broke out. and set
tied down in the .Josita Valley, below
here, ranching l was widower even
then, and had brought with me from
tho States my only child-a daughter,
past seventeen.
"She was pretty girl, If DO say it,
and, being as good as pretty, you can
imagine | was quite wrapped up in
her. OF course | was anxious 10 keep
her with me, and, If not that, at least
] looked for her to do something better
than fall in love with a peddler.'
And did sbeT"
"Yes; you see in those days the coun-
try was full Of young fellows who had
struck out for themselves, and were
trying TO get a start by carrying knick-
knacks around from one mining camp
to another. Some Of them were lively
chaps enough, and well educated. but
i was fresh from the States, with all
the Eastern prejudices, and it almost
drove me wild when Mary told me she
wanted to marry a young fellow who
brought his pack through our district
a good deal oftener than the trade
seemed to require. was n hot-tem-
pered fool in those days, so l stormed,
threatened, locked Mary up for a week
and sent word to her lover that l had
loaded my gun for wildcats and ped
dlers."
what did Mary do?"
'You might have guessed 1t. One
day when l came back from a cattle
sale she was missing. chased her a
couple of days, but they had taken to
the tall timber and it was of no use
After a while l got a letter, and
wrote back, saying that l disowned
her, and that he had better keep out of
range Of my rife"
"What did you do then?"
"Suffered, mister-just suffered. l
knew l was wrong, but I'd have died
rather than give in. For three years /
lived like toad In a rock, hating the
whole world All the pleasure had
was In watching for peddlers. One
evening. after terrible rain storm.