The Delta independent., 1906-06-15
- from Sunset"

.'Oh. this Is grand!" exclaimed George
Casey. as he paused for few moments TO
enjoy the embracing air and scenery. All
heaps, farther away the foothills sloped
gracefully downward. and still farther
down in the valley and out over S, the e mining q,
stretched away to the westward He was
new to these scenes, having recently come
TO Wyoming from his home In Boston, and
he was drinking in the atmosphere OF the
new life to the fullest.
"Y-a-s," drawled the girl as she eovertook
her companion: but I'm thinkin as how
purity late. an we're some twelve miles
from town. We can't much more than git
there by dark"
.'Twobits," said George. tauntingly. II
believe you're coward. Here you were
born and raised In this country, and you're
SaS gsnS Saa IN
wouldn't be afraid to wander all over these
hills from now until morning"
but this was not the worst of his failings
Raised In a wealthy family, he had been
given everything he wished, and had rnled
he was the most important portion of the
family, he did not for moment doubt,
and II was his greatest desire that others
should shar. that opinion with regard TO
him. when he found that he was to spend
the summer In Wyoming looking after some
mining interests. he determined that of all
other thing. he would show the people
there that here was one teDderfoot that was
not 80 tender after all. The few friends
whom he had made on nrst arriving at
Cold Springs, had soon tired OF his lordIy
ways and the only one who cared to accom-
pany him on his various journeys ever the
slasna sis wfs Ike ITGh, ssiisfa aSs Sa0 followed MIN
Nobody could tell where Two-bits got her
name. She was rough, upcouth riri OF
fourteen years, born In the wilds aud true
20 her birthplace. The high cheek bones
and swarthy features told OF indian
blood fact of which she was proud.
Ia
been more Opposite than those OF George
Casey and Two-bits. She had always been
accustomed TO nssociRtinI with roughly
dressed. brown-fea;rred. bow-legred cow
boys. who treated her like one of their own
kind and sometimes enjoyed teasing her
for the amusement of the gang. An admir-
sfnoo, !, ,shaven. well dressed, polite young
gentleman who had come from the lanu
OF which she bad heard such wonderful
stories she had dreamed OF such ibdiNid-
unls but had never seen one before. II"
nppr.cin ted the fact that she admired him,
aud since no one else in that immediate
vicinity seemed TO share the feeling. he
gladly allowed her the monopoly OF II.
50 the two had formed sort of social
system all their own. with just two classes
Nav" she drawIed. II amt no coward.
neither. But ] tell you, We can 20 . nas.
tn. way We come. fer lts too iohs rouno.
Springs. an It's n good -four hours walk.
Msbbe yer don't know thct them there hiils
Jest above the camp has got nrr All una.F
'~m They Is great big cracks thnr, thet Us
90 warm y.r can hardly bear yer hand In
'em. Mebbe yer wouldn't like ter fall down
one Of EN- Inter the hrr
''Ho. no. hoI' laughed the tenderfoot;
snch a ghost story. Now Miss" he added.
''do you sr. that big pile Of rocks yondcrf
Well. that's the highest place there is
around here, and ], IN going 10 80 there.
Huh muttered Two-bts. Yer kent
neither. % A while back yer thought this
was the hirhcst-her yer are. an thet's the
highest. itll be the same way when yer
git thar: the highest will be Just beyond.
tell yer, It's time 20 go home
Go home. then, II you want TO. and are
afraid. TIN going on. IL isu't more than a
mile farther"
az, all s ave miics'' she declared: but
the master started along. and the faithful
slsve followed obcdicntiy. II he werr
going. there was nothing for IL but that
sh. must accompany him. They trudEcd
along IN silence for half an hour. aud s,ill
the peak seemed as far away AZ ever
''Confoubd it,'' said George. at last. III
we had not stopped so long 10 talk about IL,
We could have been there before this. ]
suppose It's too late to go any farther"
Had Two-bits been more cultured and
II II likely she would have said
81 told you So" But she only turned as