Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-16
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&c From Sunset"

oh. this is grand!'' exclaimed George
,aspy. as he paused for a few moments To
c4iog the embracing air and scenery. All
about him the mountains lay in tumbled
aasps, farther away the foothills sloped
.ratefully downward, and still farther
IaWn in the valley and out over the mining
.qmp he could see the old trail that
sfretched away to the westward. He was
now to these scenes. having recently conn
m wyoming from his home in Boston,, and
he was drinking in the atmosphere of the
new life to the fullest.
,iY-a-s," drawled the girl as she overlook
her companion; but I'm n thinkin' as how
We better start fer home. It's a%-gettin'
rom town. We can't much more than git
NY ssfiFwos'bits. said George. tauntingly. II
bpIieye you're ii coward. Here you were
horn and raised in this country, and you're
,aared about being out in the hills after
dark. Now, I'm a tenderfoot, and yet l
wouldn't be afraid to wander all over these
Hills from now until morning"
George Casey was indeed a "tenderfoot,''
buf this was not the worst of his failings.
siren everything he wished, and had ruled
his fathers house to suit himself. That
he was the most important portion of the
familv. he did not for a moment doubt,
md il was his greatest desire that others
shonld share that opinion with regard to
him When he found that he was to spend
he summer in wyoming looking after some
mining interests, he determined that of all
,tber things he would show the people
ara that here was one tenderfoot that was
not so tender after all. The few friends
whom he had made on first arriving at
cold Springs, had soon tired of. his lordly
uavs and the only one who cared to accom-
pany him on his various journeys over the
ills was Two-bits; who followed him
Nobody could tell where Two-hits got her
name. She was a rough, uncouth girl OF
fourteen years, born in the wilds and true
and swarthy features told of Indian
hlood-a fact of which she was proud.
Ne two characters could possibly have
been more Opposite than those of George
casey and Two-bits. She had always been
accustomed to associating with roughly
dressed. brown-featured, bow-iegged cow
Ioys. who treated her like one of their own
far the amusement of the gang. An admir-
alton had been awakened in her for this
smooth-shaven, well dressed, polite young
gentleman who had come from the land
0f which she had heard such wonderful
stories. She had dreamed of such indiyid-
UaIs but had never seen one before. He
aunreciated the fact that she admired him,
and since no one else in that immediate
vicinity seemed to share the feeling, he
Gladly allowed her the monopoly of 1t.
So the two had formed a sort of social
sgstem all their own, with just two classes
N.a.w." she drawled. II amt no coward,
neither. But | tell you, we cant 20 back
thq way we come, fer it's too long round.
We GOT 10 20 SlIdlGuI bdih lbNdlu TIT
s~nrings, an it's a good four hours walk.
N,hhe yer don't know tibet them there hills
frsf above the camp has got fire all under
eu They is great big cracks thar, tibet Is
so warm yer can hardly bear Yer hand in
em. Mebbe yer wouldn't like ter fall down
oue Of en- inter the fire"
aHo, no, ho!" laughed the .tenderfoot;
such a ghost story. Now Miss he added.
do Won see that big pile of rocks yonder?
We'll, that's the highest place there Is
around here, and I'm going to go there"
HUH" muttered Two-bits. Yer kent
neither. " A while back yer thought this
WIS the highest-her yer are. an thet's the
highest. ltli be the same way when yer
rlt thar; the highest will be Just beyond. l
tell yer, It's time to go home
9Go home, then, If you want to, and are
afraid. I'm going on. 1t isn't more than a
mic farther
Its all of five milesi' she declared: but
tn master started along. and the faithful
slave followed ~obediently. If he We're
going. flrre was nothing fer it but that
she ms. accompany him. They trudged
sIoHg II silence for half M hour, and still
the pgaE seemed as far away as ever.
"rolfouud it" said George, at last. IF
W. had not stopped so long 10 talk about 1t,
NE could have been there before this. |
suppose it's too late to go any farther"
Had Gwo-bits been more cultured ana
learned. it is likely she would have said.
Il told you So" But she only turned as