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by the Apaches, he thought. Glancing
at.tBeae poor creatures, who were' hud
dling together in a corner of the room,
t he aoticad for the first time that one of
"' tweaa,ay6iagwt3anwllomhe:tootld
be Don Enrique's daughter, waa pos
aaased of more than average baauty, and
he trembled wi thine thought thathia
aught be the hand that must end her
lire.
The Apaches were within rifle-range
of the station, and the rapid pounding
of their horses' hoofs waa distinctly
heard, when the rails began to vibrate
asd hum besjeath swiftly turning wheels.
The next miuute, witfi a deafening roar
of escaping steamand with every wheel
sliding and sending showers of sparks
from the raits, the train bearing the
soldiors swept up to the station and
came to a atop. Stentorian commands
rang out, followed instantly by a rattling
asd cockiog of locks, and a thunderous
volley craohed from the car windows.
Tne surprise of the Apaches waa com
plete; several of their number reeled and
almost fell from their ponies. A whoop
and a wave of their leader's hand sent
them flying back -towards to mountains,
and the soldiers, quickly pouring from
the train, started in hopeless pursuit
of them.
Don Enrique was as one who sees a
vision so sudden a transition from
dumb despair to a sense of safety stupe,
fied him. With round, wide-open eyes
he stareJ a few minutes at the fleeing
Indians, at the dusty soldiers above
whose head floated the flag of his coun
try, and then, in a sudden transport of
joy, he rushed to J2vans and clasped
him in bis arms.
"My friend, my very dear friend!" he
cried, kiteing the surprised American,
first on one cheek, then the other. "Nay,
thoir art more than friend saviour
saviour of my property of my family
of all that I hold dear Thou hast "
"Oh, hello! Say, drop itf Turn me
loose, you old fool! D n you, quit '
' "klaain' me,"' sputtered Evans, speaking
English, as was natural under such cir
cumstances. " performed a miracle, thou and
thy railroad, and thy telegraph!' Don
Enrique went on.uot noticing this inter
ruption, and holding tight to Evans,
who was struggling with all hie strength
to get away.
Evans gave up, and to escape, further
osculation, pushed forward his head on
the Mexican's shoulder; his face waa
flushed with shame, and his eyes were
rolling ludicrously from side to Bide,
iairly-tpeaking the-disgust be felt..
"Aydemi! I did oppose the build
ing of thy railroad. 1 thought it the
.work of the devil, and. I denounced the
government for permitting it. But I
waa wrong I, Enrique del Toro, do ad
mit that I was wrong, and henceforth I
am the friend of railroads of the tele
graph, alfeo. It has been the means of
.saving our lives, and therefore can not
be harmful to our souls. I am the
friend of thy railroad, I repeat, and I
will now accept the pass I once did re
fuso. Come to my bouse, my friend; it
is thine; all that I possess is thine at thy
(pleasure."
He waa trying to' kiss Evans again,
when a" voice that shook with laughter
called from the window: ''Say, Evans,
"wTfat's the matter with the good look
.lag daughter? I'd rather kisa her than
.the old man I'll take her if you'll let
me get into the game."
"D a yoa an' th' daughter, too!"
.Erase retaraed, wrathf all, glancing at
the grimy frafce of Cussin'' Jimmy,
which waa treated in the window, and
with a aaighty effort be wrenched him
self free aad ran out of the room.
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A year paased.-and one day Evans :
tailed the engineer of a train that waa
wiBgiaioIDiciu:MSaV,JrmK.y,''
be called, "do yoa remember th 1 i ti
Mexican girl you saw oat here last year
th' time you pulled th! extra, bringin'
soldiera?"
. "The one that waa lookin' ao -loaeeome
whifeyOnwere-huggin''thB--o!d man?"
answered Jimmy. "Well, yea; wbat'a
become of her?"
"She doesn't get lonesome that way
any more," Evans replied, grinning
sheepishly. "Slip on your beet clotbea
and dead-head out here tomorrow, and
you'll aee her become Mn. Evans."
Bourdon Triton, in the Argonaut.
Lessen of the Tombstone.
"IwaswcIL
I wanted to be better,
I sent for the doctor,
And here I am."
Grand Gorge, N. Y., Nov. 1.
J.N. "Wright
"Ihey say that Margaret Vanderslice
has refnsed seven offers of marriage' this
year," said Mr. Fruyn to Mr. Varick.
"I don't know about the numter, but
the men now call her 'the girl with the
noes'." Town Topics.
The Eternal Feminine. "It is you
women who make all the trouble in
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the trouble." Life.
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