The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
BOB'S CHRISTMAS GIFT

from the denuded foothills
La INTO the dim. dark forests on
iii ,he upper TANKS Of the Sler-
iii rne old man Hogan. the lumber
u ling, had led the way. Black
~ nastes. dotted here and there
t.ilen redwood giants, deserted
h% 1s and empty CABINS, marked ms
re nm the mountain sides. y tres
n ~ ehutc Of unprecedented length and
" G.,t had enabled him to reach Vir"
;oycst hitherto inaccessible 10 tue
.ass of man, and on TINS not art
a'x Hogan g Mills. the town, wore
t;;..svs,ted aspect because Hogan 8 Mills
iSSselyes were running at full force,
,hc Chinese cook having been
fsn ~ INFO service, Mrs. 0 'Byrne and
y, Monaghan, the feminine element
VI. nlacc, were resting IN their cab
Z 'ur ybc upper hill. In front of the
syarc.housc. " cooling their bare feet
en- .So dust sat Maggie and Terry
,.p.r,e the sole representatives of
Us US and youth in the camp.
itm.,nst an hour had passed since they
,@ ,ecn down in the valley. the spiral
~ s ~ dust that hcralded the ap-
'ob of the stage; now they knew it
f rrbaking slowly up the mountain
in moment they would hear the
W ~ Nciers 5 whip. the rattle of
us.s - and tearing around the corners
iast desperate rush would appear
,.;.,e Inc leaders. the wheelers and
As ,he weather-bcaten, dust -bcgrimcd
ng. ~ ,,,.o
.a,,snce 10 the children. No pas
-l,n,s ever came 10 the Mills at the
.Iof sumner and the weekly mail and
"a. of provisions did not interest
- but there was. pcvertheless, a
-'-,ptons question. Would Meters
M, the white or the brown leaders,
aThe white asserted Maggie
Brown" conirsdicted Terry. iust
!, ,abe the other side.
IN was the brown last week, re-
,,nbsred Maggie.
.Yes, and il viii be the brown this
,,,E " persisted The boy.
Their sharp little voices claShed. and
,,sir ewes shot wrath and defiance,
rn,lr Tory, putting his hand into his
nsket and searching among the treas"
,1s therein, said:
III ii 5 the six ii s the brown. sure
s lfe.
\ small ivory cubc. abstracled from
~ sweeping Of the barroom appeared
his dirty little hand. aud six half
1Teys;cd do;s were visible. Now there
r7s good and sufficient reason why
lrsp SIX spots did turn up. and the
vnc reason accounted for the Thing
king been swept out with the dust
ior under ihr bar. Lawrence. the
esrcr, who Ind left the Mills so sud
blk. nigh; have enlightened Terry on
n subject. But The boy knew nothing
;soai the small cubes except that i'm.
,a;sni questions werc decided through
iicT agency. and nc had heard the tri
r-rhant shout over ;hc six 50 often
Asi naturally il stood for success IN
i small mind. or at least. If not sue
sS for signal that things were
gne as he desired or expected.
"There' Didn't I tell vou?* And
\ staggered with masculine brayado
"Wdat do girls know about horses 20
Maggie, though inwardlv admitting
Ne augury, yelled even louder than
eiore
~ ,ciI yOn it's the white. just the
are.
And there might have been an
DByTne the less at Hogan : Mills if
vneTs had not cracked his whip at
70 very instant when Terry, standing
Esr Maggie in ungovcrnahlc rage. was
rady 10 anDihiljatc her with words or
s,spons,
But the long lash sang through The
u, the dusty white leaders spurtcd for
Uri tO rho hoa r1j n a.. house ap1 t1,.,,
glcd deiectodly down into their har-
re as though their work in life was
re-. Beyond the horses the children
y not look. but Maggie 5 triumph was
aor'lired. for Terry. lodging the
HIKING end Of The lash with which
Atffn greeted him, saw in the stage
passenger. TWO passengers. a man.
sils, steTn and forbidding, and, living
'fshe him IN the seat, child with a
ElIIe. drawn face and big black ewes.