The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-08
rom Sunset !"

''Oh this Is grandr' exclaimed Georg,
Casey, as he paused for few moments {.
enjoy the embracing air and scenery. Al
about him the mountains lay In tumblet
heaps, farther away the foothills slopee
gracefully downward, ana still farthel
down IN the valley and out over the mining
stretched away TO the westward. He was
new to these scenes. having recently conn
to Wyoming from his home in Boston, ant
he was drinking In the atmosphere OF tbs
new life TO the fullest
''Y-a-s," drawied the girl as sheovertool
her companion; but I'm thlnkin as how
we better start fer home It's a-gettln
purity late. an we're some twelve miles
from town. We cant much more than git
there by dark"
''Two.bits,' said George. tauntingly, Il
believe you're a coward. Here you were
born and raised in this country, and you re
scared about being out in the hills after
dark. Now, I'm tenderfoot, ana YET l
wouldn't be afraid 70 wander AL over these
hills from now until morning"
George Casey was indeed 'tenderfoot,
but this was not the worst OF his faillngs.
Raised In a wealthy family, he had been
given everything he wished, and had ruled
he was the most important portion OF the
family. he did not for moment doubt.
and L was his. greatest desire that others
him. When be found that he was to spend
the summer In Wyoming looking after some
mining interests, he determined that OF all
there 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
WAYS and the only one who cared TO accom-
pany him ON his various journeys over the
hills was Two-hits, who followed him
around like faithful dog.
Nobody could tell where Two-bits got her
name She was a rough, uneouth girl or
fourteen years, born in the wilds and true
to her birthplace The high cheek bones
and swarthy features told of indian
blood--a fact Of which she was proud.
No two characters could possibly have
been more Opposite than those OF GeoEe
Casey and Two-bits. She had always been
accustomed to associating with roughly
dressed, brown-featured, bow-legged cow
boys, who treated her like one of their own
kind, and sometimes enjoyed teasing ner
for the amusement OF the gang. An admlr-
alton had been awakened In her for this
smooth-shaven, well dressed, polite young
gentleman who had come from the lana
OF which she had heard such wonderful
stories. She had dreamed of such indiyld-
nails but had never seen one before. He
appreciated the fact that she admired MIN,
aud since no one else In that immediate
vicinity seemed TO share the, feeling, ne
gladly allowed her the monopoly or IL,
SO the two had formed a sort of sociai
system all their own, with Just two classes
and vassal.
''N-a-w,'' she drawled. II amt no coward,
neither. But / tell you, we cant go back
the way we come, fer It's too long round.
we got to 20 straight back toward the
Springs, an It's a good four hours walk.
Mebbe yer don't know tibet them there hills
Jest above the camp has got fire all under
EN-. They is great big cracks thar, tibet is
so warm yer can hardly bear yer hand In
en-. Mebbe yer wouldn't like ter fall down
one of em inter the fire.
"Ho, no. hol laughed the tenderfoot;
such a ghost story Now Miss" he added,
lido you see that big pile of rocks yonder1
Well, that's the highest place there is
around here, and I'm going to go there. !"
"Huh.' muttered Two-bits. eyer kent
neither. A while back yer thought this
was the highest--her yer are, an thet's the
highest It'll be the same way when yer
git thar; the highest will be Just beyond. /
tell yer, It's time to go home"
eco home, then, II you want to, and are |
afraid; Kun going on. 1t isn't more than
"It's all of FIVE milesr' she declared; but |
the master started along, and the faithful |
slave followed obedently. If he were
going, there was nothing for 1t but that |
she must accompany him. They trudged |
along In silence for half an hour, and still /
the peak seemed as far away as ever.
"Confound itl' said George, at last, IF |
we had not stopped SO long to talk about 1t, |
we could have been there before this. l |
suppose it's too late to go any farther"
Had Two-bits been more cultured ana /
learned, 1t is likely she would have said,
II told you So" But she only turned as ]