The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-06-02

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"No WHAT'S fhe tfoubleT'
"Iief mother Fl down again. I tele.
pboued her. and she asked me 10 come
10 her, but ! cannot go. Tor ! have
ensc ~ smnllpoz ~ on the hlll Am.
bro. the Basque hcrder, Is down With
n, and another hefdcr Is up there alone
with him must 60 back 70 them.
But meanwhile ! wlsh you would go TO
the Fork and see what you can do for
her"
His voice. flied with emotion. touch
cd Red1eld. md he said. Cant 20 TO
the relief ~ the hprdrrT
NO you must not think Of H. You
are IMAM with family l'ut II you
cnn find any one who has had the
smallpox send him up 'fhe old herdef
who Is nursing the patient Is not strong
and may drop at any moment. Then
IT'S up to me"
The men came bnck 10 the campfire
conyersing In low tones, some Of them
curslng IN tones OF awe. Ono or two
OF them were small farmers from Deer
Greek. recent comars TO the state. or
men with punches Of milk cows. and
to them this deed was aweson1e
The sheriff followed. saying: Wei
there's nothing to do but wait III
morning The rest Of you men better
go home. You can't be Of any use
here"
For more than three hours the shcr.
iT and Redneld sat with the ranger,
waiting for daylight. and during Thu.
| time the name OF every man in the re-
gion was brought up and discussed
Among others, Ross mentioned the old
man In the ditch.
'IIe wouldn't hurt bumblebee." de.
clarcd the sheriff. Hes got bunch
OF cattle. but he's the mldest old man
In the state. He's the last rancher in
the country TO even stand for such
work, What made you mention himT'
~ passed him MS was riding back"
replied Cavnnngh. land he had scared
look In his eyes,
The sheriff gruntcd. "You imagined
all that. The old chap always has a
kind of meek look"
II was nearly noon Of glorious day
as Cavanagh, very tired and very hun
cry, rode up to the sheep herder's tent
Wetherford was sitting In the sun
calmly smoking his pipe. the sheep
were feeding not far away, attended
by the dog aud an air OF peace covered
his sunlit rocky world
How Is the Bnsque?" asked the
ranger.
Wethcrford pointed upward. IAN
over"
"Then II wasn't smallpox?'
81 reckon that's what 1t was; II
sure was fierce. | judge it's case
of lnjun burlal-no ceremony--right
here In the rocks I'll let you dig the
hole Q'm just about all in), but mind
you keep TO the windward all the time
l don't want you spotted"
Cayanagh understood the necessity
for these precautions, but first OF al
came his own need OF food and rest
Turning his tired horse to grass, he
stretched himself along n grassy. sun
ny Granny between the rocks and there
ate and afterward slept, while all abou
him the lambs called and the COME,
whlned
lie was awakened by pebble tossed
upon him, and when he arose, still ant
sore, but feeling stronger and In bet
ter temper, the sun was wearing low
Setting to work at his task, he threw
the loose rock out Of hollow in tn,
ledge near by, and to this rude sepul
cher Wetherford dragged the dead
man, refusing all aid, and there piled
a cairn of rocks above his grave.
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