The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-14
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BY. WALTER BURR.
from Sunset"

oh lliI S. Is SSaassed sdf for few moments to
CastS ,br embracing air and scenery. Az
sS hm hIa1t5es tas away Sae'ah%s the toS.his sisped
heaps; Il' do downward. and still farther
GraGnlGI1f G,Sn IN the valley and out over the mining
camp he could 70 sfs the tHe Westward wa ' He was
strctCheqlb lbase aW"s scenes. having recently come
neWyvyominc new from his home In Boston, and
he was drinking IN the atmosphere o' Tue
nTT.,ya-s. drawled the girl as sneovertooK
,or companion; "but I'm thinkin' as how
We better start Ter 70 home some Twelve sa miles
hgrfy Er9ni town. own. We can't much more than git
'OsiS Osfiwobts: os said George, taant!nsly; ord ~
SoiS' bor., and raised in this country, and you're
scgred about being out In the hills after
dark. Now. I'm tenaefLoot,, Il, amu nra- sta sthose
XII from now until morning"
George Casey was indeed deed feaderhGo ten faIoss
Rs S9 as in was %salths ass thy % family, " he had been
SI. SI.'F father's th' % house to suit himself That
he was the most important @ rponent pop1anft S Doubt
anT Il was his greatest desire that Others
gII"Id gsR"uId share that opinion with regard TO
him When he found tnat ,n ne was fter 70 spem some
mining interests, he determined that of all
"ther things he would show the people
fhttrp that mere WIS one IchOCiiooe Liza
,l,S't aot so " tender after all. The few friends
wGom he had made on first arriving At
CoId springs, had soon tired OF, OF MS m iord1y on;
and the s Shy yysrieus hS
al.ls arasnd Nix ike faithful dog.
Dg6s NSe0ds She eoVa was 't rough uneouth Gil Of
fmrteen years, born In the wilds and true
to her brthpaes The high tggta cheek nf ,bSnn bShes
Ppa pSoas swafsey faey Of esshs Whies she
No two Characters could possibly have
heen more Opposite than those of George
Casey and rWobits sfS ha1 with awa rourhy
dressed. brown-featured. bow-legged cow, ',
bows. who treated her like one Of their own
Snd and ef the gang An admir-
atipn had been awakened in her for this
snooth.shaven, we'll dressed polit,s, ,,s yGnng ,nnG
Of which she had heard such wonderful
stories, She had dreamed Of such lndiV1d-
nails but had never seen one before. he
appreciated the fact that she admired MN, n,
vicinity seemed to share the feeling he
gladly allowed her the monopoly of 1t.
So the two had formed & sort TO OF ciasses soS.ss
system all their own, with JUST TWO classee
Na-w. she drawled y amt no GO coTnrd: hnck
9shsp But ss fsq it's we too long 20
TS priass sss sG sn Sa rs stlasd good four hours walk
Nebbe yer don't know tnet thein tnTt NJ ~
iest above the camp has got hre all nnatr
en- They is great big cracks thar tine tnet in ls
en-. Mebbe yer wouldn't like ter fall down
one of 'em inter the fire. .oo.,
"Ho, no, hor' laughed the tenderIoo5'
such a ghost story. Now Miss" he addea;;
do you see that big pile OF rocks Eonoet! y
wel that's the highest Place Pn So tbere fnsTe
neither, /" A while back yer thongnt ms ms
was the highest-her yer are. an t, thets tine tine
highest It'll be the same way ,Wnen yer
tell yer it's time to go home.
afraid. I'm going on. 1t isn't more than
ITS ali Of five milesv' she declared: but
he slave Followed obedlently.. If he were
going, there was nothing for 1t but that that
She must accompany him. They trndged
along in silence for half an hour. and still
,he neak seemed as far away as ever ,.,.
"Eonfound it, said George, at last, N
we had not stopped so long to talk about put II;
suppose SUI s'ii it's too late to go any farther"
learned. iIe Il is likely she. would have said,
II told you so." But she only tuFneo "s