West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-25


gctic crook I'm the knees and certain
furtive way OF glnncng over the shout
der ms II anticipating niissi,cL
"Pshaw now, ladio4! why didn't you
let me know that you was coming,
and ia have tidi0d up the place aud
organized few drIed arpic p;cs"
where's your wifcr STORMY dc.
mnndcd the fat lidy.
"Oh. presume she's dnucin' whole
lot over 20 Ervay. She vicl,ed her ball
gown I'm grpsaclS md l,i lt Or hero
two days ng0 Printing tlmt Nay. A lo-
comotlve couldn't stop her none if sho
got chance To go cycloaing round n
dance"
After supper when the fat Indy was
40 busy talking "goo-goo" language tn
the baby ns 10 be- oblivious OF every.
thing else Mary Carmichael took the
opportunity 90 ask Johnnie ~ hc know
anything about Lost Trail. The nnme
OF her destination had come 10 sound
unpleasantly omlnous I'm the oars or
the tired young traveller. and shc fear
cd That her inquiry did not sound us
casual as she tried TO have Il. Nor was
Johnnie's candid reply rcassurlng.
ITS pizon moan country, from all
ever heard tell. Tho citizens tharof
consists mainly OF coyotes aud noun
tain lions. with few rattlcrs thrown
In just 10 make things neIshborly.
This ycre place. waving his hand to.
ward the arid WASTES which night was
making more desolatc-"is summer
resort, with modern improvements,
compared to IT,"
Mary screwed her courage 20 II still
more desperate point nnd inquired IL
Mr.. Dax knew n family named Yellctt
living In Lost Trail
Never heard Of no family living
there excepting the blun ut fnmily life
maintained by the Wild boasts before
referred TO. See here, miss. I in't
maxim no play 10 inquire into your NJ.
fairs. but you amt thlnl<ln' a. vistln'
Lost Trail. bc your
Perhaps" said Mary family. and
then she, too, talked "goo-goo" to the
baby.
All tint long md never TO be forgot.
ten night tie stage lurched through the
darkness with Mary Carmichael the
solitary passenger The fat iady had
warned Johnnie Dnx that hc waa on no
account to rcplenish ChugGs ln * N lo
had the whorewithal for rcplenisbment
on the premises Johnnie. hurt q tho
quick by the unjust suspicion that hc
could fail go signally i'm lis duty To- n
lady, not only refused TO rcplcnish tho
Task but threatened Chugg with a con-
ditiOnal vengeance iu the event OF nc.
cident Detailing the stngc. 10 wn1 with
partially s0bered ana much threat.
cned stage driver therefore. that Mary
continued her journey after the suppsr
at Johnnie Daxs but the knowledge OF
it brought scaut reinsurance. and u Is
doubtful II the red stage ever harDored
any one more wakefu than the pale.
tired girl who watched all thc changes
from dark 10 dawn at tho stage win
dow
The hoofs OF the horses beat the
night away as regularly as the ticking
of clock 10 grew darker M the night
wOro on and sometimes % coyote would
ycip from The fringe Of willows that
bOrdcrcd % creek boo way that made
Mary recall tales OF banshccs Aud
once. when the first pale streak OF
dawn ircmbled in the east and tho
mountains looked like Jagged rocks.
hcavcd against the sky and ln danger
OF toppling the whole dread scene
brought before her one OF Veddor's
pictures that hung IN the shabby old
library at home
They brcakfasted somewhere and
Chugg put fresh horses to tho stage.
sho knew this from their difference of
color the horses fhof fhov hod loft fbo
second Dax ranch with had been whlto,
aud these that now toiled over the
land ana desolatiOn were apparently
brown. She could not DO certain that
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