The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-08


consent and grudges his daughter he doth his boarded
wealth, and will rot suffer his house, desiring
weather. suito1 for her that shall pay him for the
bridal
SO that ye driven meet thus2" put in, with
smile at the cir! that was as good words, for
iaade her take up with this long winded church abber
ing. mir-Tnouhed of curate
You have guessed rightly sir" says he though
deplorc the necessity
Deplorc your wig and wastcoat." SAID l. "You
should thwack old hunk. until he cried for mercy
Sir" he cried, in surprise.
There is only way with fools and madmen"
said, and that's the cudgel There be some that add
women to the list, said giving the maid look, "but
not l. am of another kidney
i fear we have taxed you with the idle talk
begins this sacristan, but stopped his mouth.
"Oh, drink" says I. drink to better and
more spirit, and confusion to old Hunks, the Mser"
winkcd at Miss, and tossing off my liquor, 60
II was to reach my destination that night be
ahorse and, to- say the truth. was weary of the
parsoI;ea youth, though | should haye, liked we'll
enough to have had the girl for company longer He
rose and gave me bow this pew-opener, and DOTTED
to Miss. and SO got forth
Twas fine night and, though twas late for my
errsnd trotted gently forward along the lanes pretty
content in mind, and singing like innocent child at
nurse, | had got mile away when deserted
against the twilight of the sky man jogging along
toward and at the time caught the measured
tramp tramp, tramp, tramp Of horses pads, the
highway. rened in, and waited with the silly wine in
nodde; and OF sudden burst out the traveller
he reached the turn OF the road where / stood
Lord, like roampadding of sheep for all his
squcals. He elderly thin man, something lanky
but bowed in his shoulders and he carried bundle and
great blunderbuss This latter he slowed round about
towards ME with cry OF terror as came up if it
swung swivel. and bang went the contents right
across the mares crupper, startling her.
Damn your silly head" said l. Dye think that is
the way barkers should be used? have half mind
to give you lesson and take you for target. Mean
while and whilst | ponder it, friend out with purse
and baubes."
And thus despite his protests, ransacked his poe
kets and found therein purse OF good yellow guinea
about in his saddle, moaning and bewaing his hard
fate, and | that he held hand behind him. So
says suddenly reaching out and catching at this:
Shake hands on it. old friend" l said, and pulled
his forth.
He uttered howl of misery, for what was clutched
in his talons bag. and in that bag, slit me-
pile of goldhnches.
"Ho! HoI" said I, but ere could say more he had
begun on his old note, crying that he poor man.
that these his masters and that he should die
dshonored and the like of that. I slowed the bag
about my waist and was for giving him some lessons
in truth and honesty.
This learns US, old gcntleman"-I began solemnly.
when he broke in, paying heed, and to my surprise
in quite another voice
"Sir. you are of your hands" he said, "and
that takes the hazards, suppose
"Al to me, ! said merrily
"Then," he said earnestly, here is something for
your digestion You have small spoil there, wrested
from me, after hard years Of labor and toll But
what if you had the chance to double, nay, to quad
rupc. s" he asked, pushing his nag close to mine
in his anxiety to be understood.
What ye!" | asked.
"'Tis true" he said that l poor But
have abored hard and have collected few pieces
Of gold / should lose them with an i'll mind. Yet |
have, like yourself heart for hazards, and will make
you an offer" he says / stared on him in wonder
"You shall come with me-, he pursued, catching my
eagerly ito my solitary house, and there you shall dice
against me- and. if SO be lose you shall have not only
what you hold now, but all that is mine therein which
is four times this little But if so be the lot falls to me.
then you shall surrender what you have, and leave
in peace ,oo.;,a ,b;. .,r,,.. c-...ur. with bic
strange proposal for minutes in silence for what
he suggested perplexed me, And yet IT ticklcd my
curiosity could the perils of it, but II he played
me fair there something attractive in the notion
/ am not glutton for a guinea but like game OF
chance And so, said l. at last revolving it all in my
mind;
Lead on, old beetle, and follow But beware lest
you play me false .
"Sir, it shall be say, he answered. not without
some dignity And so logged along together IN the
direction he had pointed, but, you may suppose. with
one eye upon the lank old rogue
Presently twist of the lane brought US to an open
green in which twinkled few lights, and now pushed
my mare abreast of the other nag and redoubled my
watchfulness OF my shifty companion.
"Sr." says he now IN trembling voice we are
nearly at our destination and am obliged to you Tor
your courtesy
"You may quit civil terms" said shorty until this
Straight across the grcen said he mildly, and we
turned the horses ththcr.
was not afraid OF village, let alone pulling
hamlet but somehow ! disrusted my companion, and
was not for being tricllcd by old knave. So |
was not taken abacl when Our horses swinging into
lane off the green, abruptly under the lights
OF tavern, .
Joshua Peter! Help Thieves" screamed the old
man. suddenly seizlng my leg.
But the old villain had reckoned without Dick Ryder.
though there arc plenty that would have been put
about by the uncxpeccdncss of the trick. ! seized
his rein swiftly leaving him to pinch my leg as he
wled and giving his nag the tip OF my boot simultan-
cously in a moment we in sharp canter. The
tavern lights slipped by, and though ] could hear the
tramp Of feet and the sound OF Voices and guessed that
some within had responded to his shouts had old bag
of bones safe and sorry.