Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-02

1 who was a sort of high flyer, he had heard. Suddenly the horse came to a standstill and began shaking the snow off himself with 2 !ong-drawn out | snort of satisfaction, and from some. where nearby came a shining of wei come. They were in the long shed. Uncle Billy was kicking himself free of the robe, when he saw a figure in a mans long coat and man s old fur cap running through the snow to him..
 "Oh, Billy. m so gladl" It was
 woman s voice. She caught hold of Uncle Billy and almost swung him off his numbed feet.
 She was unhitching, talking as she worked. Run along in the house. Tn be in in iiffy and take care of you, "a about given you up."
 Uncle Billy had been very cold, chill, cd to the marrow Now he was warm, hot all over with perspiration starting on every pore, Could it be? Yes, it must be that awful woman he d run amuek of!
 Madam" Uncle Billy began, his teeth chattering, "there s some mis, take. IT didn [ mean to come here; m going on to-
 Not with my horse, sir"
 Uncle Billy looked into the brown eyes and broke into a laugh that made the bundles in his pockets jingle. Then he hastened to explain that he was Will | liam Blank of the firm of Blank, Blank
 X Co.,, and he used to live on the Black | Barn farm, third from the corners, and was going there to visit his cousin Jim and got lost.
 And Ben gave you Sally by mis- 1 take Jim lett her there for Billy to drive out and Sally brought you right home. The Black Barn farm is on the cross road and is all of three miles from here, but you must come in and get warm, she insisted An so they crossed over to the house, and Aunt Helen, for twas she, of course, told him thqt she had heard his cousins speak of him often, she was well acquainted with them. She told him how she had written her Brother Billy to come out that day, but she very much feared he | wouldn t come now, the weather was so very disagreeable. She said she wanted her brother to come and live with her and take over the care of the farm Uncle Billy said that Brother | Billy ought to come, it wasn' right for woman to live alone like this, and
 then he thought of that letter and blushed.
 | They had reached the house by this time, entering the big hall which cut the house in twain. It was grand old hall. and stepping into it was like step | ping back into Colonial times, with its grandfather clock and it heavy ma | hogany furniture, it's spinning wheel in ore corner and cumbrous loom in an other There were thick warm rugs about the floor and a pair of slippers warming by the fire, which just fitted | Uncle Billy. His hostess urged him to stay for dinner and he stayed. He Sug | gested serving it right in front of the | bio fire in the hall and the folding bed ! which stood agaist the wall and on which Washington, Burr and Hamilton are reputed to have dined, was drawn | forth and the best damask cloth was spread on it. When the dinner was drawn forth and work was done, Uncle Billy wiped the dishes. They went out and did up the chores. When they came in and Billy spoke of leaving, his hostess looked anxiously at the clock and spoke of the possibility of her brother Billy coming yet, as she had written him so urgently to come out. Uncle Billy did not tell her then that he had the letter in his pocket, the let fer which had sent him out of the city in an effort to run away from her.
 outside the wind moaned in the pine treos and howled around the house, lay iny the snow in great fantastic shapes and ridges. It rattled the window shutters and the doors. Inside two people drew their chairs to the spark | Iing fire, and in the dim fickering light of the candles talked in low, subdued
 voices of the old neighbors and the new. Then came a great humping and stamping, and the big door was pushed open to let in gust or snow