The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-31

and led lNu olhtrt. and therefore va
exempt nom blfro driving. oblerled
him VITO lIIa7elI 81 md Brad
shaw had ST. u way behind tlia rest
81 fhe party.
AZ Last lrlhuf feaIstahct, patidnce
hnd PIES. STAINED 10 the bfealEihE
point, gave VA. inddenly Primitive
Instincts if5se 70 THE surface and over.
whelmed him like hood. He de
hberately sat down on & fallen tree
BY the side of O. trail. the bafro halt.
Ing obedisptly turned and faced him
With hanging head. apparently con.
scious that he Herited the disappro-
baton that was being heaped upon
him, for from the desperate tender.
foot there burst forth. 50 ,aniaxing, SO
fluent, 50 comprehensive q torrent OF
assorted profanity. that even the old
past master IN objutation was aston.
lshed and bewilderedis Where, did
Bradshaw, mild and lnofensive, get
IT. His proficiency would have ap.
palled hlsSrector and amazed his Eel.
low vestrynen. Not the. Jackdaw OF
Rheims himself was so cufSsd las that
little burro, Kifkby sat on his horse
in fits Of. silent laughter until the
tears ran down his cheek. the only
outward and visible exprsasior OF his
mirth. ettilSs " -
Arthur only stopped when he had
thoroughly smptied himself, possibly
OF an accumulation OF years OF repres.
Bion. u - $50
"Wall,y said Kifkby, tyon sure do
oyermatchs any Que / eyef, heard wen
II comes TO seufsln': IVY, you could
gimme cards an spsdes an beat me,
an l wan thought to have some gift
hathaway in the Sold days"
Il didn't begin 10 exhaust myself.
answered Bradshaw. shortly, land
what ] did say didn't equal the situa.
ton. I'm; going home.a ~
= wouldn't do that urged the old
man. Here, you take the horses an
I'll tackle the, hurro. p
,'Gladlys said Arthur, Il would
rather ride an elephant and drive q
herd OF them than waste another min.
ute on this Internal little mule"
The story was Z too good to keep,
and around the camp FIRE that night
Kirkby drawIed It forth. There was q
freedom and business OF Intercourse In
the camp, which was natural enough.
Cook. teamater; driver, host, guest,
men, women, children and, l, had al.
most said bttros. stood on the same
level. They all ate and lived together.
The higher up the mountain range you
go, the deepersinto the wilderness you
plunge. the further. away from the
conventional you draw; the more
homogeneous becomes society and the
less obvious are The irrational and iln.
scientific distinctions of the, fowfands.
The guinea stamp fades and the man
and the woman are pure gold or base
metal Inherently and not by any ar
uhclal standard.
I. George. the cattle man, who cooked,
and Pete, the horse wrangler, who as.
sisted SKirkby In looking after the
stock, enjoyed the episode uproarious-
ly, and would fain have had the exact
language repeated to them but here
Robert Maitland demurred, much to
ArthuEs, relief for he was, thoroughly
Inundated by the whole perfof mahce.
2, It was very pleasant lounging
around the camp fire, and one good
story easilyled to af6ther. 80 ..
q. .1t was IA these Very mountains"
said Robert Maitland. tlast, when his
turn came, that thefs happeheds one
Of the strangesti aEd'most terrible ad,
ventures that / overheard or. phava
pretty much forgotten the nay Of The
land, but / think fl Wasn't vefytfar
from there that there is one Fofathe
most stupendous canons through ethe
range; nobody ever goes there; don't
suppose anybody has ever been there
since. ftSmust have been atrleast
five years ago tfaty trail happened,n'q
at was four years an nine months
exactly, Bob" draTled old Ktrkby,
who well knew what was coming.
Eyes. / dare say YOU are right. /
was up at Evergreen at the time look.
ing after timber interests, when q
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