Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-04

poor man. muFmured EAfu.
~But why7H asked Philips.
~Thsy we're Ave days away from a
settlement, there wasn't q human be-
ing within . hundred and ffty miles
of them, not eve an Indian" contin-
ued Maitland. @Shs was SO ~frightfuliy
broken and mangled that he couldn't
carry her away"
"But why couldn't be leave her and
go for heip?" asked Bradshaw.
*The wolves, the bears. or the vuI-
lures would have got her. These
woods and mountains were full OF
them then and there are some OF them
left now / guess"
The two little girls crept closer to
THAR big cousin, each casting anxious
glances beyond the fire light.
"Oh. you're all right, little gals
said Kfrkhy reassaringly, they
wouldn't come nigh US while this IRE
is burnin' an they We been pretty
well hunted out I guess: sides there's
men yere who'd Hike nothiR, better'n
DRAWN q bead on q big bar"
And 90" continued Maitland, when
she begged him to shoot her, to put
her ont Of her misery. he did 80 and
then he started back to the settlement
to tell his story and stumbled on US
looking after him."
What happened then7~
II went back to tho camp said
Maitland. we loaded Newbold on a
mule and took him with US; he was
so crazy he didn't know what was
happening; he went over the shooting
again and again In his delirium. 1t
was awful"
did he die?"
Il don't think &C., was the answer.
"but really I know nothing further
about him. There were SOME good
ome In that camp: we put him In
their hands and / left saortiy after
wards"
II kin tell the rest" said old Kirk
by. KNOWN more about the noun
tains than most people hereabouts
led the men that didn't go back with
Bob an Newbeld to the place were
he said his woman fell. an there we
found her, her body leastways."
But the wolves?p queried the girl.
He'd drug her into q kind OF a
holler and piled rocks over her. He'd
gone down into the canon, witch was
something frightful, an then climbed
up to were she'd lodged. We had
plenty of rope, havin' brought 1t along
a purpose, an we let ourselves down
to the shelf where she was a lyin'.
We wrapped her body up in blankets
an roped 1t an finally drug her up
on the old In5un trail, leastways I sup
pose 1t was made afore there was any
Tnjuns, an brought her back to Ever
green camp, witch tie only thing about
1t that was green was the swing doors
on the saloon. We got a parson out
from Denver an give her a Christian
burial"
ia that ail?" asked Enid as the old
man paused again."
Nope"
sAs mani" exclaig4d the WON
an with quis intuK ana s5st
He recoveNaAI
told us. an wsssn we sJ LA
gone"
"Where?" was the instant question
Old Kirkby stretched out his hands.
Don't ak me-" he gsid. he'd jest
gone. I amt never seed or heerd OK
him sence. Poor little Louise Rosser.
she did have q hard time
"Yes," said Enid. 'but ! think the
man had a harder time tnan she. He
loved herr"
ut locked like It." answered Kfrkby.
III you had seen him. his remorse.
his anguish. his horror" said Malt.
land, you wouldn't have had any
doubt about II. But 1t II getting late.
In the mountains everybody gets up
at daybreak. Your sleeping bags are
in the tents, ladies; tins to go to
bed
AS the party broke up, old kiFkby
rose slowly to his feet; he looked
meaningly toward the young woman,
upon whom the spell of the tragedy
still fingered, lie nodded toward the
young brook, and then repeated his
speaking glance at her. His meaning
was patent, although no enc elsa had
seer the covert invitation.
"Ccne Eirkhy." said the sfvi IN
quick response, 'yon shall be my ss-
cort. / want a drink before / turn In,
No, never mind she said. as Brad.
shaw and Philips both volunteered
mot this time"
The old frontiersfnan and the young
girl Btrolled or together. They stop
ped by the brink Of the rushing tor.
rent q few yards away. The noise
that 1t made drowned the low tones Of
their voices and kept the others. busy
preparing to retire, from hearing WHIST
they said.
THAT amt quite all the story. Misf
Enid" said the old trapper meaningiy,
sThere was another man"
WHAT" exclaimed the girl.
"0h. there wasn't nothin' wrong
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