The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-04-23

The grrer1mQ spectacle bthind
what cUaid 81 donef Hos shoaid
thef BE- ~tieDosfd 0fg-b8t there vas
30 time ior queaiion
~Can yoa baah a Bard hyah. via
cent. snd qaickf
He Turned The driver had already
lifted ne shoulders 81 ones Alfred
took the feet.
~Risht toward syah. round The
POINT
You-you aren't gsias Toto
Leave
Yes. wen have %. 81 We don't
want v look the same way mighty
soonf-
Can't We put them 10 fhe STAGE
irE awful 10 leave them
~ may BE- worse 20 take them: and
I'm afraid weu need the stage fos The
living Tiff We get through
Alfred said no more; and Uncle Billy
warmed 10 him az be ssw the cleaFcut
iaE set and q Eteeiy light creep into
the dark violet eyes.
He's Eame'~ Uncle Billy whispered
70 himself
Gently they disposed Of the poor,
mutilated bodies. and hurried back 10
the stage. The driver armed each
passenger sith a rife and revolver:
and ordering Alfred beaide him ard
PhineaE % keep the lookout from the
TOP. be swung his team into the road
and drove forward through the CIT
with slash and oath.
Dark vas stealing on, yet the suns
goodnight glory still fingered its
flaming banners striking into the over
head darkness. flooding earth and
heavens with strange. sinister color.
Alfred thought Of what lay behind. and
gripped his gun sharply. The team
slowed and Uncle billy no longer piled
the lash.
See that light there away yon to
the lefty"
Yes.
That's Anthony's. the next station.
Some ones alive there, and thar sons
one IS white. or there wouldn't be a
candle light; the whole place would
be alight Relief unspeakable
breathed IN his words. and q half mile
passed Ia silence.
This is a terrible way % earn q
living, Alfred said at last
yes; bur this Jobs easy compared
70 The trick the. pony express boys
used 70 play.
This IS dangerous enolgh I Won
der the company can induce men TO
undertake the work Don't you and
Il wearing1
@Oh, yes. ] suppose Il IS. It's right
smart skeery sometimes. specially at
night when ] make the trip alone And
wondeh ~passeagehs don't buck
against being sent GRO without es-
eort Ike now
They would II they knew what
they'd see. But fits infinitely worse
for you driyers.
We'll ! reckon the Lord knows his
business. an mine. too. ! aREer ali 1
sol 20 DO is e see be don't catch ne
asleep Of the box
A sudden admiration for this hero
o. the desert warmed Alfred's heart
This time I'd hated 10 let them
ba~eon-coIored critters get me before.
I got 70 Anthonys Those tracks are
AL from AnthOnys; and there's more
than men and propery-here's An
thongs little gal and
Alfred shivered at the significant
pause.
-Anuony's had hard luck Hes one
Of Gods best 10 he is sci un q mite
queer.
Does he uve alone? on. no; / sup
pose he has a helper as they have az
other stations. hasn't he Alfred
hoped the driver would tell him more
Of the station scent not because Of
his own interest In the assent bnt that
he might be saved from thinking
YES. he has a helper Gid Ingram
but he's only a boy. II be Is blk And
Stella. pore little chickenl She
Alfred waited discneetiy.
Away back in the mites Anthony
struck Il rich oyoh washoe way Tn.
Gle Bily began again IA a sieadier
tone Struck Sc powerful rich: psnned
out money lasteh'n be could count g.
and what did he DO but put up the
durndest b'gses; palace this side %
Frsco-put 81 up right there where
he struck un it was a haug-up place
90 Eho'. big rooms with noueh cyan
dens Ia the carpets and aoweh Fyar
dens on the walls. gold Chairs and
looking glasses tNl you see yoeclf SO
many times yod think yod spt EN-
assiu.
THAT there house be continued
presently. stood IN a little ARTIFICIAL
looking Eyarden Jast as SASSY as a say,
bird. setting there on the bare nank
OF the Sieery Neyaydya nai tAe
whole blamed OUTFIT looked awful lone.
some m spite % bella 30 grand aud
handsome u scented burned out %
place like a peaioVl 90 nun spread On
a snowbank