Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-05-05

IAN waste of time and the role
- OF entertainer for women.
Most of the women / have known
have been a nuisance" he said audi.
Oily. In his growing annoyance.
Me, too. Mack" piped up a small
voice beside him.
mccarthy turned and swore. His
oath was answered with such an EN-.
phatic string of profanity that it al
most drowned the whistle of the in.
coming train.
me superintendent looked reprov-
lngly at his companion, Sanders. the
stage-driver. The latter, nearly four
rect In height and thirteen years old
returned the gaze unblinkingly from
pair OF wise-looking Irish-American
eyes which belied his age, meanwhile
wrlnkling his freckles into a mass that
served as harmonious fresco below
his red hair. Again he gave speech.
Most women he said, "is like ore.
wagons; take up too much room on
the trail"
The train groaned and creaked along
the rails, and came to a whining, per.
spring halt
Sanders drove frantically through
the crowd, swearing with earnestness
as he went, and planted himself before
the platform. Down the steps surged
prospectors, miners, commercial tray-
elers, and women, humping each 9TH
'er's legs with bales, bundles, and bags,
and all in hurry. But 1t was not
Sanders day. There was none who
knew him-and those who were at.
tracted by his shrill voice crying
"Stage-line to Horne" paid small heed
to his appeal and traficked with his
rival. He lodged to and fro to avoid
being trampled upon, and tried to gain
a fare from the other stage-driver.
The rival looked the part, thought San
ders enviously, as he gazed with ami
mostly at the six feet of Drawn sur
mounted by SLOUGH hat, and listened
tc the voice which came with hoarse
below.
Sanders turned disconsolately to-
ward his own stage, and in emulation
of his elders of the wilder mining
camp up in the hills from which he
came, again swore with proficiency.
Here, you, Sanders" hailed Nc
Carthy's voice from the diminishing
crowd, here are some passengers for
you"
The wise-looking little, old face
frightened up hopefully, and he came
forward unabashed, but colored with
eelf-consciousness before the outburst
of merriment of the most beautiful
lady he had ever seen. He recalled in
stantly a story his father used to tell |
him before he went to rest back up |
there In the hills, and from then on |
she became to him the Dream Lady"
But 1t wouldn't do to blush, he |
thought furiously. He must play the |
part, because, after all, he was real
He braced his feet wide
ly apart, assumed a hoarse voice, and
in answer to her question. Are you a
stage-driver?" vociferated, you bet
your damn life | am"
The Dream Lady laughed with such
that the superintend-
ent's sharp reproof was unuttered.
Mccarthy led the way to the stage,
assisted the presidents wife and
daughter to a seat, and then deposit
ed his own huge bulk beside the driv-
er's cushion.
Sanders crawled up to his place,
using the spokes of the wheel as
ladder, clutched the reins In his small
hands, tripped the brake with much
effort, and started his horses with
yelp. He reasoned over the intricacies
Of the situation, and decided that he
had been TESTED with, Inundated, set
upon, and ridiculed. 1t hurt because
the Dream Lady was so beautiful and
had such shining eyes,
It was too much, and as a big lump
came suddenly into his throat, San
iers almost swallowed the ample
chew of tobacco that distorted the
contour OF his face. Hitherto he had
relt the pride of position. Why
shouldn't he Joy In his independence?
He had always made his own way and
lad been no mark for humor. Why,
wen when he wanted to go into the
,tage business after Old Patch, ow-
ng to too many stops at the road
,ouse. had simultaneously lost his
,old on the reins of horses and OF
life by falling from his seat, the min
rs MAO not lIGdlCd hAiA 49, $780,
With great gravity they had subscri6-
d for the purchase of the outfit and
ad called him Mister Sanders" True, |
ONE of them had winked and grown
ed in the face when they put their /
,ames and their money down, but |
bey had not laughed at him broadly
s the Dream Lady did.
Sanders recalled that entry into
tagedom with a warmth in his heart
or Mccarthy, who was SO outspoken
nth all men and whom so many fear
d. The big man, he remembered,
ad read the list without change of $
xnression and had even taken the
aims to test his ability, or, as the boy
aid tried him out" Sanders well I
enembered that trial. The superln- '
sndent had hailed an ore-wagon with t
Here. Jim; take this boy up there
v Won. let him take the ribbons and {
rive TO the bottom of the hill Watch I