The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-03-02

Inside and resumed his place In front
Bill, now broadly communicative,
infinitely detailed his tastes In food,
horses, liquors and saddlers in a mono.
logue which would have been tiresome
to any one but an imaginative young
eastern student Bin had a vast
knowledge of the west. but a distress
ing habit OF repetition.
In this informing way some ten miles
were travcrsed. the road climbing ever
higher and the mountains to right and
left increasing in grandeur each hour
till OF sudden and In a deep valley
on the bank Of another swift stream
they came upon a squalid saloon and
minute postoffice. This was the town
Of Moskow.
Bill, numbering down over the wheel.
took a bag OF mail from the boot and
dragged II into the cabin. The girl rose,
stretched herself and said: This stag
In Is slow business. I'm cramped I'm
going to walk on ahead"
MAY go with your asked Nor
cross
| Sure thing! Come along"
As they crossed the little pole bridge
which spanned the food the tourist
exclaimed What exquisite water!
It's like melted opals."
Comes right down from the snow"
she answered. impressed by the poetry
Of his simile.
He would gladly have fingered. lis
tening to the song Of the water, but as
she passed on he followed. The oppo-
site hill was sharp and the road stony.
but as they reached the top the young
eAsterner called out, See the savinsw
Before them stood q grove Of cedars.
old, gray and drear, as welrdly impress
sive as the cacti In a Mexican desert
Torn by winds, SCARED by lightnings.
deeply rooted. tenacious as tradition.
unlovely as Egyptian mummies, fantas-
tic. dwarfed and blackened. these un.
accountable creatures chung to the
lodges. what do you suppose planted
those trees therer'
The girl was deeply impressed by the
novelty Of this query. 81 never thought
to ask. ! reckon they just grew"
mo, there's reason for all these
paintings" he insisted.
I'VE don't worry ourselves much
about such things out here" she re-
piled. with charming humor I'VE
don't even worry about the weather
We just take things as they come"
They walked on talking with new In
tfmacy. Where Is your homer he
asked.
"A few miles out Of Bear Tooth. You
are from the east. BIZ says-'the far
east we call II"
From New Haven. I've Just finished
az Yale Have you ever been In
cy.
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kno" every sto'epipe In TINS park
sne answered Joe Meeker is kina
reiated 10 ne-uneie Dy marriage ne
ives ABOUT nrteen thies over the NIL
from near iootn'
lnis TACT seemed 10 prlhg tnem sun
closer togetner I'm giad OF tnat, ne
said polnted'y' ferhaps ! shall De
permitted 10 see you now ana again
I'm gong 10 % lonesome TOR awniie'
IN AFRAID
Don't you believe II! Joe Meekers
boys VIII keep you Interested she as
sured him'
The stage overlook them at this point
and Bill suriily remarked, IF you'd
been alone. young Teller. I'd "a give
you a chase" His resentment Of the
outsiders growing favor with the girl
was iudicrously evident.
AS they rose Into the higher levels
the aspen shook Its yeilowish leaves In
the breeze and the purple foothills
gained In majesty. Great new peaks
came into view on the right, and the