La Junta tribune., 1912-01-27

tioo Of the taller ! had bsasd ~ -.
lswies~n-~s Of tl,s~~ cAircosi burnsrs
who were bm brirands after MI.
lay cIo-~ 10 III. cL!mu~y. whIch
made the place quite warm. spd s,ou
] found fbr roic~s of thoae helo
could be di>',a.u!sbsd ctaariy By "
Ing near sh~ crevics heard the sui
len nnn snd the satnsn taking
They seemed TO b~ d,xcusasn4 some
ching The discussion vas sis.os; q
quarrel The man said:
no. then. suusf ve xiii ihs.m boshy
Yes" Then they apiurrniiy slept
That n more than ! did ! grew
cold from head TO foot. ! must hay.
looked IKE = dead man. Even tos1zy 5
! grow cold when think ~ II aii
the little children pu, to bsd With
their hearts nll,d with toyou.
thoughts Of the expected vlsit Of The
Petit Jesus. then ten OF twelve lawIes.
men and the blocd'hifxty woman. and
we shut In that sf,ic. frUm which
there was no escape and -irnosi with
out means OF defense. did no'
even dare 10 try 10 wrkea Juae~. To-
thcy would have fenrd us t~iow. ani
that would only have pr~stpitated our
death. And sven n We could hav.
got out OF the window. there WEIR
docs-blg heavy oncs-below. No. w-
had no possible chance. snd ! exp~c,
ed death each instant.
AT III. end Of the longest quarter
Of nm hour that ever lived ihron h
I heard step. on the ladder and In
\ momen, more saw the light which
was carried by the sullen man from
below ! sew In -ii- right hand ,bc
CLEAN Of long knife His wife camr
behind him. and she took the Iamp
as well as the woman. and she hid
the light Of the lamp from nv face
by shading II wifi her hand LAY
there too overcome 10y fear. sdmii
10 move What could ! have don.
iu any cnsef
Whispering softly. the couple pass
ed by whcr- We lny aud on 10 wber,
had seen the shapei.-s mnsses
hanging To rh. rafirr,. and they un
covered sack dlicd with hnms-th-ir
provision for winter. n ! now know
They cut two slices from one ~ The
hams and disappeared again down tht
ladder with sauiiau not 10 rouse US
After ihis. while sny Ing Ia myself
IL Ill g.F
III. might have been . fcipt. dill
~ to sleep and knew nothing NOR.
nntil Jules reused me
-No-i. Noei''' he shou'ed and rnn
whcr,. the children wcrr doing ss otb.r
children d. on this day. examining
sud comparing their presents and eat
Ing n io, Of sweet stuff not nj nli good
'or them I soon followed and had
pleasant greeting from all.
After n good btenkfas, OF ham an
Eggs and coffee our horses vel,
brought. They had t-~n well carr
:os aud danced aiso1t. All The mn
mrany Of men. the ehI'dr~n snh ~
0ptuAb WITT ObeASFu w tOrH OS'AAsy
GARMENT. 10 20 TO the village do~u
trIow TO masa. When we oder,d -
J~y for our hdE,nr no one would ae-
eept IT, And. moee. there bad t-~s
one chicken for breakfast. and a. 80
were s'artina smother was brought ~
ell cooked 10 take along % our journey.
The little Giri said to me In confdencr
ss she aat on my tap showing her loOs
little toys:
- like chicken too. We h.d naly
tWo. but mother had 10 XII them fos
you | don't know what IN d. With
ous N, Pickey. The other belon s-i -
Joseph Jo-sph Is my brother shs
died last month Aiy father lovei hir
50 much
Here was the key 10 the riddle rhs
only thing they hat that mishi u
considered = luxury had hs-n snrr ICED
for sirangrr~. snd what I had th0ught
sullcn rogu-ry was but = fathers hops
les. grief over the death of hl. dst
horn.