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WISHES
\ wish that friends were always true ,
And motives always pure ;
I wish tlie peed were not so few ,
1 wish the bad were fewer.
I wish that parsons no'cr forgot
To heed their pious 'cachings ;
J wish that practicing was not
So different from teaching.
Inter Ocean.
AN OLD STAGES.
Forty years ago. before the Penn
sylvania railroad < reeked and sidled ,
wormed and climbed its way among
the Alleghanies. a famous stage route
swept over hill and dale from Harrisburg -
burg to Chambersburg , and thence up
and down , up and down , over the six
great parallel ridges to "the wilds of
the Ohio. "
As Sir. Martin , after his supper
came out into the open air. ho saw
that old Kate was harnessed by the
side of the team , and that a boy whoso
name he had learned was Joe Hartley ,
had curled himself up on the trunks
which were strapped to the back of
the stage. Mr. Martin ; nidged beside -
side him , for ho had taken a strange
liking to the boy. Moreover , he pre
ferred to walk much of the way. The
trip had been very tedious to him ; ho
was impatient to reach home , and had
little taste for the beauties of the
scenery about him. There had been
frightful gorges and beautiful cas
cades , rare Alpine llowors , glorious
wide stretching views from lofty sum
mits , misty sunrises and flaming sun
sets ; but none of these things allev
iated the tedium of the way for John
Martin , and much of the way ho had
walked far in advance of the horses ,
as though striving to inspirit them
with his example.
"I have a daughter 'way out in
Ohio , just about your age , I should
gues ? , " ho said to Joe. "Are you the
landlord's son ? "
"Oh , no. " replied the boy ; "I
Haven't got any relations except old
Kate. Father died when I was a little
fellow , and mother last winter ; so
Kate and 1 hired out to the stage com
pany. You see. father used to be a
stage driver and Kate's the best horse
that ever was. and she loves mo better
than anything in the whole world , un
less it is apples. "
The sun had sunk behind the ridge ,
and Mr. Martin noticed that the road
had assumed a wilder character.
"I generally ride on top. " explained
Joe , "but two or three times lately
the stage has been robbed ; fcomo one
has cut the s-traps and lifted off the
trunks from behind , to I am going to
sit back here and watch. "
"What good could you do ? " asked
Mr. Martin with an amused smile.
" 1 could holler , " replied Joe , con
fidently. "And any way I ain't afraid.
There was a text that mother taught
me : 'And who is he that will harm
you if ye are followers of that which
is good ? ' "
"You are a plucky little chvp. : I
hope the robbers will not coma to
night , for my daughter Patty would
be greatly disappointed if I should
not bring back a tortoise-shell comb
which I bought for her in Philadel
phia , She is hardly old enough to
wear it , but it was what she wished
me to bring. She wanted some pea
cock feathers , too. but those I could
not find. "
1I wish I had known it before , "
said Joe ; "there's a couple of peacocks
at the tavern. I could have sent
her some feathers just as well as not. "
Mr. Martin stepped ahead with Joe ,
and patted Kate while the boy pave
tier part of an apple. She seemed to him
an intelligent horso. and there was a
white star on her forehead between
her gentle eyes. He was beginning to
tire of his rough walk ; so bidding Joe
good night ho climbed into the stage.
The passengers' heads wore wagging
sleepily ; they lunged heavily against
one another as the stage lurched from
side to side , or jolted over the "hum
mocks. " He could hear Joe whistling
cheerily without , and ho did not
imagine that ho would fail asleep for
a long time. Nevertheless it was not
Long before ho foil into a confused
dream. It seemed to him that ho was
rolling down a long precipice : whack ,
whack ! he bounded against the rocks ,
and yet it did not hurt him very se
verely. Joe was standing far up on
the mountain-side , stretching out his
hands to him , and calling in a far
away , stifled voice : -Mis-tor Mar
tin ! " He woke suddenly , to find him
self within the stage , but the cry
sounded very real and seemed still to
be ringing in his ears. He thrust his
head out into the darkness and lis
tened , but there was no sound other
than the tread of the horses and the
grind of the wheels. He called "Joe , "
but there was no response. Possibly
the boy had fallen asleep , and it would
be unkind to waken him. He dozed
off again and when ho finally awoke
it was daybreak , and they had reached
the summit of Laurel Ridge. The
driver stopped to rest his horses , and
Mr. Martin alighted to speak to Joe.
To his astonishment there was no Joe
; here. His cry of alarm brought the
driver to his side. The straps had
3een cut as before , and two or three
3OXC5 belonging to persons in the
West had been removed. Only one
trunk , the property of the little bride ,
was missing. She wept bitterly when
told that it was gone.
All my wedding presents. " she
cried ; "there was a quilted silk petti
coat * too. and our wedding certificate ,
three silver spoons and a pair of brass
candlesticks. O. dear ! O , dear. "
"It can't be helped , ma'am. " said
, he driver. "They got o\en a better
jaul last time. How in this world ami
.0 send the mare back.without the boy ?
I suppose I shall have to lend her on
, o the next tavern , and send her down
) y the stage from the west" '
"Are you not going back to searcher
or the boy ? " asked Mr. Martin.
"Oh ! the boy is well enough , " the
driver replied , carelessly ; "you may
)0 sure the robbers would not trouble
themselves long with him. "
"And so they have possibly rolled
T
him down a precipice , or strangled
him. to prevent his bain" ' a witness
against them. ' ' replied iir. Martin ,
indignantly. 'vJivo me old Kate , and
I will ride back and examine the way
carefully. If I do not discover him. I
can at least return the horse , and
give the alarm at the tavern. "
j "Hotter give it at the next one. "
grumbled the driver. "Wo can send
a sheriff bade from Connollsvillo to
morrow. 1'ou can't reach the
Travelers' Host by hard riding until
two o'clock in the afternoon , and
you'll want your break ast pretty bad.
I icckon , by that time. ISesides , I
thought you were in a hurrv to get to
Ohio. "
I am in a hurry. " replied Mr.
Martin. "Send along the sheriff as
soon as you please , but before ho
reaches the spot I fear the robbers
will bo miles away. "
Keckon you'll wish you had given
them a chance to clear out. if you
fall in with any of the gentlemen , "
muttered the driver , as he strapped a
blanket upon old Kate and assisted
Mr. Martin to mount
Here. sir. take my lunch basket. "
proffered the bride ; "the cymbals are
pretty hard ( they were fried in Hart
ford , you know ) , but they will stay
your stomach till you get to the
tavern. If you should find my trunk ,
please have it sent to Mrs. Robert
Stockstill. New Carlisle. Clark county ,
Ohio. " The last part of the direction
was added at the top of her voice , for
Mr. Martin was urging old Kate down
the ridge.
He looked keenly from side to side
as lie rode on. but for some time ho
saw nothing to excite his suspicions.
Ho had passed over nearly two-thirds
of the way down the mountain when
ho noticed that some ferns and wild
flowers were torn up from the cliff be
side the road. Ho dismounted and
examined the ground carefully. It
seemed to him that hero were signs
of a struggle ; some one had been
dragged away who had clung frantic
ally to the very weeds. There wei
indistinct footprints , too , but the
ground was hard and dry and these
soon ceased. He determined to push on
to the tavern for help. Old Kate
seemed as anxious as himself to got
over the ground , for she was headed
for home. Suddenly she exhibited a per
verse desire to stray up a narrow path
which led into the woods and around
a spur in the hilL Mr. Martin jerked
her bridle vigorously , but all to no
purpose. Old Kate had spied some
thing beside the road which pleased
her , and her sensitive nose went bet
anizing among the . ysido shrubbery ,
as though there were no more import
ant matters on hand.
Suddenly she gave a determined
puli to the slack rein and her teeth
closed on something which lay in the
center of the path. Mr. Martin
sprang to the ground and relentlessly
opened her unwilling mouth. The
object was one of the gay-cheeked
lady-apples which Joe had stowed
away in his pocket It suddenly
flashed upon Mr. Martin that Joe
must have dropped them at the point
where the path diverged from the
road on purpose to attract old Kate's
attention. Ho followed the path
around the cliff into a lonely gorge ,
at the head of which ho saw a small
cabin.
It did not occur to him that , if the
robbers were within , their rifles could
command the road , but ho did not
draw rein for this until ho reached
the door. Ho beat vigorously upon it
with a stick , and ho heard Joe
answer from within :
"The door is locked on the outside.
I think you will find the key under
the door step. "
There it was. sure enough. The
robbers naa left Joe locked here , ana
had gone away with , the more valua
ble part of their booty. They had
tied the boy to the stove in the center
of the room.
"They said they would build a fire
in it and roast me if I tried to get
away. "
"And if you did not try you were to
starve to death here I suppose1'
"Oh no , sir ! " criecLthe boy. who ,
now released , had his arms around old
Kate. " 1 know Kate would come ,
but I did not think anyone else would
be so kind. "
"But Kate could not have unlocked
the door. "
1 'She could have kicked it in , if I
had bid her do it , but I am glad you
came. Wo will go right back to the
tavern , and 1 can get those peacock
feathers for your little girl. "
The cabin was lined with rifled
trunks. Among them Mr. Martin
saw the cowskin-covered , brass-nail
studded trunk of the little bride.
Wrapping the brass candlesticks and
the wedding certificate in the quilted
petticoat ( the silver spoons were gone )
he placed the bundle in front of Joe ;
who was mounted upon old Kate , and ,
walking briskly by his side , they
reached the tavern just ii time for
dinner.
That afternoon there was a regular
levee at the stable- . Old Fate re
ceived her friends , and JOG and the
other children feasted her with lady-
apples until it was feared the services
of a veterinary burgeon might be re
quired before morning.
Patty Martin placed the peacock
feathers over her mirror , and she
never looked at the rejection of her
pretty face beneath them without
thinking of plucky Joe. After old
Kate's death Mr. Martin persuaded
him to leave the services of the stage
company and emigrate to the wilds of
Ohio. He settled in a small but
promising town called Cleveland , and
if this were a love story instead of a
plain account of one of the incidents
in the life of an old stager , wo might
tell how , on Patty's wedding day
( which happened very qu&erly to be
Joe's as well ) , Mrs. Dr. Stockstill
made the happy pair a present of the
identical brace of brass candle.-ticks
which had been rescued from the
thieves' cabin in the mountain. Lizzie
W. Champney , in Wide Awake.
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ATTORNEY - : - AT - : - LA\\ ,
AGENT LINCOLN LAND CO.
MCCOOK , - - NEKKASKA.
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ing north It. & M. depot.
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MCCOOIC. NEIJIIASICA.
l practice in all courts. Commercial
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INDIANOLA. NEH.
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