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Yi PLUMK IV.
IIILLSBOUOUGII, N. M., AUGUST 14, 18SI5.
NO. 23.
Sierra Land and Cattlo Company.
The brand If uaed
on the left tide In
Iho following man
ner: 8 on i.gliQiildur,
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hip and
act-oaa the noun.
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. ft. anil J. If. HlHMoys fc- il!',' TlKh! mar 1
I Trrn VllWt Wir'ir v ; Samuel (Jre
if '. Z A !-" id; and for t S .jtwLvV.'J J'ke alley, N. M.
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ii I V- O. ud.lri'. Chloride. N. M. K tT! 1 Jr 3 fllior sKiik.
I A- Juineg Kulclit.
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t I ieU'v:o.iir.l, ( ' Lake Valley Land , and Lie Stock To.
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Ilermau (irolte & Fred Shaw. iil' VV J" ""hip?"
! Ta '"attic l.randed " ' tnuel Apodaea. aWvlewTiUr.
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1 ' ?olT Sfi! f C C iPiL) l'Red rn riK'it "Ida.
I John It. Alley. rT''liS l A K,lr "'aik: ltound
I v -.'-- If "S h(le in each ear.
.lose Taftiya y Harcla. f yj4 jr addre:
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Ifl i'ij w m,- jfjil itjasyV f I fitvn i ''" Ilorseson
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" . -vrr'istV Jl bolta ear. V. M V. O. address: Grafton, N. M.
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' !tm Jjm Qfl J7 f"r H ranch and
L Miiry Yaple. mSi VBTafjj y road brand. Cattle
I r Kafael Olqulen. 7 R SftJo.
I fej X D 5 now on the ranaea
1 CtfftS : jf 1 ill are l.r.tvled thus:
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II. I' I f - . ikmAa (i ration, N. M.
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J i A s- fffl f"-"d uwd on c.t-
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A DIFFERENCE.
The piny done, an 1 toward thu st:','6,
linpntlent t lie urine.
Tin' plciume I.ivim-.s turned their hacks,
H rir many a sinirtlieivd yuv. ri.
h' hour' iih late, and encn man strove
To niiihe In. exit throii ill
lno . i ,Hv,. ihrnr, with tooth and mill,
Ah wtdl bred people do.
And one. a tmih nrl. as ho pus'ied,
"'an aided In the elrltrt
I!y her hum he had snnieilme ni:id
Ills Iiim -fill, woil led wile,
lioi" 7.enia womnn's zii t outrun
Hit renson iismIih ivrmljht,
i ho IohI her hn. bund In iho crowd,
Nor found him when alio noii'lit.
Bui he, nil pnnllnx frntn the fray,
I'Spled a hU'ihler form,
Arinyed In mtien wIiohh cost lie knew;
He sr-l.i'tl Iht ly the arm,
And, lir-in hontr'Uhrit wrrrir-rl In
'I'llO I'dllllM't ition piist.
Wlih nn-ry words he areete I lir,
And isrippc 1 her hnid ami tnt.
Hlio answered not as some might do, ;
lint, with a ilinid yr.iee.
f-he lifted ton aril Ills reddened ili a
A Kiveet, r ' l . i ri 1 1 r 1 1 1 frieo,
A fin e that made Irs i-onxeicnco stlnrr
Ills inaiilio.id like a knife;
"Km (five my rinleness, miss," said ho.
"I thought It was my lie."
I'ilttlmrg't :jHitch.
A SAD CjpICK.
An ArtiBt'a Love of Eeso Blights
His Manhood,
TV evening was warm t!n stirt of
evening that makea one tlitnk of grwn
liuUU ami I'laciil nu a lows ntitl the union
risfn over lloweriiiir IioiIl-os.
Ht'll, wulelrnp; In" the wimlnw from
wlietp'C she conhl Miotiest hear a step
v, li'ch cu'.iii! not, smotliei'inl a aifjlt. S!io
t- is net linieh ailrl'iteil to t-i irhiti'r, sims
Iv. Ilefi'.ajs were too busy. Hut tliis
pnrt'tWat'ilay hal linen so long tinil
ti'ing an.l.tlii! ehihlr.-ri liail Immmi so
troublesome Aunt. Hell V hands luu
been liioi-o than 'full; not large hands,
(rllier. Kalli T vorf small and delicate.
though tin! lingers Mini litthe rongfi-
nod bv onta with this nnd thah
Vimo Sli'i'lii'iison had re. u4 t
nim-mit of helihiln:t. H-oiun!
tliosi! Kiiuill lumrls moro tbiul tm f '
''Why do you drudgo fo?." lis h:'.d
sa d, angrilv. 1
Then Hell, ptitientlv. Would enlain
Jivsii! jo del'eate, and noor Tom out
fif fl Jiosition, and the children w hat
else could she do? 'iino would Ik) si
ne d.
Vfi;i're n lilUe naint, Td'H'"
This, or au' other word ofendr'ai-
tiii nt from h in, was almost enou'di to
bring the roses to hi r checks, even
1hi;U!;h Iho chai ininir face in'"hl have
Hiked a trille pale and wan before. Tins
dor came now with a sudden rush, as
the Wi ll-known form turned the corner
- at hist,!
Yanu was absent-minded tr-n!ght. He
took no notlei of iheprcttv dre w, niadn
by Iter own deft lingers, in colors his
artist's eye approved, it had cost, her
many a deprivation, that dress, cheap
end simple as it was; and it had been
ma le oniv that she might be pretty i n
da sight. Poor little Hell's eves sank.
Hut she sat d.nvn by his side in the small,
fchabby parlor in silence.
"What's made you late, Vane, dear?"
the said, softly, ai lenglh. It. was rare
ly she even ipnslioneil hint thus far.
Her reserve and ret'eenee ama'.cd and
ii'eensod her a'ster. It was not that
Jessie was unkind wilfully, only she did
not believe in ihese long engagenients.
"tlh, I've b 'en harrassed in a hun
tlri'd ways," replied Stephensim, ir
rilablv. ' "The whole thing is a beastly
jrriinl. My 'Traneesea da Kimini' has
bci'ii sent bark from San l'ranci.-e i.
I-'.elv thought he could sell it so easily!
Well, this is the result. And oh, widl,
lite usual troubles. No us. retailing
them over to you, Hell. We ought, to
talk of something ol-o besld lillhy lucre
or the want of it.''
lie laughed, though a Irille harshly.
'I am very sorry," murmured Hell.
' l!y the way," he continue I, ( hang
ing to a 1 ghlcr tone, in wit eh there was
pel haps the least liltle sign of embar
rassment, not unnoticed by Hell's gcnllo
cars, ! am go ng oil' to leave you for a
fe.v days out of town. My brains
(what liie.ro is of them) are fairly dry
ing up. I'nless I give them a soaking
into some refreshing fluid by change of
peone and atmosphere that great picture
u Inch is to make one person immortal
mi l two eternally happy will never get
itself done. 1 o you mind my going!1"
"I think it will do you good and lai
Ill-tier for your work, too. An artist
( an not drudge in one groove forever.
a, 1 do not mind And ii is gett'ng
to hot now also in the city."
'-I wish you could have a change,
i;1'l a girl," taid Vnnc, taking her slim
hand in his. "Jton't you think you'll
pet away for a few davs?"
"No,'"' said Hell, Miflly. "Poor Tom,
yo I know "
Vane could not master a movement of
imp ilicneo. "Poor Tom!" If ever there
was a shiftb ss individual!
He stayed ipiite hit , and was more
t- ndi-r than he hail ls-cn for some time.
As ho was g i ng away he took. her deli- j
( ai.; lac; il iiiuk. tl u U tile, ttirtttu, uu. I
there woro rings about the dark ryes in
b til ids palms.
"Don't forget me while I'm away,"
1 e fad, smil ng down at her. "And
take good cans of yourself. Don't
t.icrilico yourself too much, child. Do
) o i heat ? "
Mi managed to smile in return,
"i shan't forget von." she said verv
doabt. Among the art'sti he v ent by
the name of "Ilea ily Va n." Then Ii "t
stoop d and klss vl h er, anil at h got
tu the e iruer lie turtieil egn n ttml from
her post jit the win low she saw him nod
at her. smiling once more, standing
there, in t'm m lotiliglit. She remained
there a moment after he had d sappear
ed, and thu hand that rested aga ut tho
curlains trembled a little.
"Well!" cried Jessie's aoinewh it
'ir 11 voice from the back room, "has
Vane gone? When is he coming
again?''
Jt-s e lay on the loung V a sh ipelem
mass of wrapper and shawls, as usual,
despit t tho sullriness of the night.
She had ha I one of her "attacks" dur
ing the day and was more iju 'rulom
than rusto:iiary.
"'ane is going away f ir a little
while -out of town."
"doing to some fashionable plane, I
suppose, with a mie of his fashionable
friend- !" cried the inval d. 'Then, as
her s'sl. r made no reply; "If he saved
up his money instead - of spending il
this way von could have been married
bt fore thV. Hut 1 always told you. Hell,
you were too weak with him! What
d'd von ;1y () iiim about his going
away?"
"Nothing," replied the girl, wearily.
'I.et Hell alone, Jew," mid Tom's
Soft, slow voice, from the depths of an
uriu-eha'r. In which ho sat in a state of
neglige coital to It'swife's. "Thouliihl's
tired; let her g l to bed."
Hell cast a grateful ghOice toward her
brother-in-law's large, mild face, She
and poor, unlucky, alwaysi-oul-of-n-posi-t
loll, and if the truth must be confessed,
lazy Tom word the best of friends. It.
was not the first t mo that he had
shielded her with a delicacy that never
fa'led from her s'ster's well-meant but
harrowing onslaught a.
Hell crept up stars. (Hi, those golden
summer tlavs down by the sen when
lirst she tiu i Vnn Stephenson had met
and where ho had asked her to be his
wife -how far. far off they were!
When Vane Stenhcnnm alighted nt
tile little stii'ion. of Springs the fol-
i-'-Yin" evemm Ji s spirits rose with a
mi -ljli i sbilarallon. He
4t nuM 1 1 rf( and a's.i some
' "ii;J.;,;ri(wvs.jrbout a-'Miiing-f.jr what
:n tl rPx'on he li.mt.cll best knew- but
they eviipoiuied now. The piazzas of
the hotel were full of graceful forms in
thin drc-'S 'd and a band within was
playing dance music. Vane repaired
the damages u Hie'cd upon his uppi'ar
iiijee b t -., r! hp tlu'.i sen! his card to
- ' I, with his mother, as
-.'.us. a. ;il Ail'- uiv: 'it tun! maid."
"iliss i.awton wasdi i s crl tliat even'ng.
as was cu-toinary uitli her, into the
nearest apiiroaeli to beauty in any way
compatible wit'i the materials granted
her tnol loo lavishly) by nature. Iter
Tr neh dressmaker had onee remarked,
with the approval of an artist whose
etVoi ts are too often wasted upon a pur
blind generation, that Mi.-s l.awtcm hail
the gout somewhat tapitgetir. but that
sho was ink resting to dress, tievcrt he
less, because she was so "responsive."
In some way Vane frit grateful to her
at that moment for look'iig so well. It
secine I to put lein more nt rights with
);!ins.-!f.
"I did not expect you," she said with
a little laugh that in subie fashion con
tradicted her words.
"Did you no!?" in It's iinprcss'vc
tone. "You might have known I
should come - after you had said I
would not be iiitc unwelcome."
She sat down and drew a gaudy Ori
ental shawl about her shoulders. Mie
was ijuite harmonies from the top - of
her artistically coiflivl head to her nar
row
ipper-t p.
My mark and
braud used on cat.
tie and boraef; cat
tle branded on rlaht
hip, honws oa left
ehoulder. iVinier-at- i .
tie hranded thuf iov.
"A" on lelt hln. t
I-. u. aonre-s: ,, j
Urn I too, H. m. ! "V "' ' " " ""'
irc,n would I. iv e iove i. j nc ia r, jaie
; . r 1 with th - ihil k i vi s, un I (Jie t.rll.
Ii m I.-Ji:ie' tr-llow; lor hub MepnetiMin iy:
1 wa cousuituuitely hiUidiOiue, without a bf
t thus a moment longer.
A del cate suggest ion
of il perfume so few women know how
to use scents -was watte I toward him
by each slow motion of her scarlet
feather fan. Voices ami subdued laugh
ter came from the other cud of the pi
azza, mingled willi the strains of tho
waltz then in vogue. I'p in the Hky a
full moon was hanging and a low wind
blew front the south. It was very
pleasant, altogether. So pleasant that
Ih't city, with its hot pavements and its
din, its luyrassing documents from
p'cture-ileaicrs, and its unpad bills,
faded ipi le tuvay Into the. dim recesses
of "Heauty Vain's" memory. His
monetary ( oniphcations, in fact, seemed
to assume a far less pressing aspect in
the propinquity of an lieiresa kindly dis
posed. 'There are certain potentialities of
riches in the atmosphere that make
poverty, to the most indigent artist, ap
pear altogether a far less present and
p 'isonal matter. Not that Vane Ste
phenson directly contemplated the pos
sibility of ever proting tiniruo to Hell.
Hell was a dear liltle thing, and there
was a world of character hidden lm.
Heath that delicate body of hers. She
was wrapped up in her lovo for him
also. No; he would not wrong her.
Hut his ease nnd pleasure-loving artist's
temperament was agreeably rnrcsscd
and stiiuulat' d by that atmosphere of
luxury and artilieiality in which the
!.u,vt his and such as lliov moved ami
had tli -ir being. The llatk ry his talent
and his personal good looks brought
li'iu in such cirri h fed his vanity do
lig hlfrill. Ii h. n lit l,..s u.ilute to o
with tho current. And tho current here
Imported to exercise a particularly
pleasant compelling power.
The next day was one of these vonch
f afrd oeras'onallv to mortals that lin y
may know how tlio earth looked w hrn.
the world was young and "Sang with
her M-tcr spheres." A day of long,1
runt, ilrentn-like hours. A bright blue
morning, w t'l a hazy veil over lakes
and mountain", a drowsy noon, a still
aflcrpoon, sjiellbounil under its slanting
shadows; n pale moonlit evening, redo
lent with fa'tH odors and full of mvste-
tis sounds, as of a myriad of voieui
whispcring nature.
They had lie:n off on a roach'ng
party and gone all day.
When Mrs. La '.i ton went to her room
that, night she wat pensive and rtb
striielel. "Don't fl'rt too much with Vans
Stephenson, Khoda," aim sa'd to her
daughter. "Of course he's a charming
fellow iu his way ami all that. Hut
don't push matters too f tr."
"Flirt with him!" repented Miss I.aw
t in in wide-awake wonder.
"Yes, flirt with hjm." Don't play
Innoeetiee. You flirted outrageously
with him all tl iv. If you lead him on
iu that way 'ho will bo proposing next.
And you know how vour father would
approve otir marrying a poor man!"
Miss l'.awton .mada no reply. Sho
smiled a li'tle behind the shielding
screen of hair the maid wits lettinsj
down over her shoulders. Miss I.nw
ton wai that not uncommon product of
American o',l -a daughter who did as
she pleased, , . .
She had had n number of at nsoni?
"out" and exhausted very much of her
capacity for receiving fresh sensations
from the round of experiences her soci
ety lift.- atl'ordod. Vane Stephenson was
dill'erent from tin stylo of men from
whom she came in customary contact,
and she hud fallen in love with him.
She hail heard in a vague sort of way
that ho had been "attentive" to some
unknown girl not in society, but she did
not hold then! was any definite engago
in 'tit. Stephenson hud been rather care
ful about leaving her unenlightened on '
that point. I do not know whether it
would have made any dilTereuee with
her if she had known. Her belief wan
that any woman was entitled to a "fel
low" if she could "get" him. For her
own part, she did no? despair of "gut
ting" this particular one now. She w as
clever enough to know what she. was
about in suggesting his coming to the
Springs, lhe hourly propinquity of a
fashionable hotel lit a country resor',
the horseback rides in common, tho
rows, the moonlight santiterings -they
were doing their accustomed work.
And Hell Hell at homo iu the hot
city with complaining Jessie and Tom,
wljii could "et nothing to do," ami all
the ehildrei.-. Hell with hollows deepen.
Ing under h ; sad eyc was forgotten.
Miss l.awlon's marriage to Vnno
Stephenson was among the first of tho
autumn weddings. It made quite a
ripple of excitement. I.awtou pern had
liecoinis reconciled, having had no al
ternative left him. 'The artistic coterie
ileeitleil that "Heauty" had done n good
thing for himself.
"Hang that fellow's luck!" s.rd one
kiiiglit of Iho palette. "I thought ho
w as engaged to some girl as poor as
hinisi It - waiting to make bis fortune to
marry her."
'o'h --engaged! I don't think that
Spooney, perhaps."
' And i bus here, loo, among his asso
ciates, no ono knew of Hell. Immedi
ately after the wedding Mr. ami Mrs.
Stephenson had gone abroad. Vane had
seemed rather anxious to get away
from old scenes for a time. When they
returned the following spring Vane ono
day met 'Tom upon the street. Sineo
his ring, his letters. Ids photographs
nnd his few liltle g'fts to her had been
sent back without a word or a line, it
was the lirst time anv one belonging to
Hell had crossed Vane Stephenson's
path. 'Tom was going to pass on. Mo
h as very shabby. 'Tom had always been
nioreor h'sa shiftless, and money in his
Killers had never been plenty, but Vano
had not seen him look like this before.
He stopped and put out his hand, pal
ing a liltle. Tom did not seem to no
tice the hand.
"How -how is Hell?" asked Vane, un
comfortably. Tom looked nt him with a sudden
flame is his usually mild blue eyes.
"What do you want to know for?
She is nothing to you.'1
"Hook lu re. You may say what you
like to me. Hut I want - 1 want U)
know if Hell is well ami happy."
"Then you wont lie gratilied," said
'Tom, with a bottomless contempt. "As
to her being happy-if vou mean
whether she regrets you, I don't sup
pose she does. She knows what you
are now, doesn't she?" He stopped
with a inrer. "We're poorer than ever,
and she has to work harder. What bt
it to you? You've put yourself in a
soft place, haven't you? Well, let Hell
alone!"
lie went on up the striset, the momen
tary dignity of Ids anger collapsing and
leaving lit iti as limp nii l shullling as be
fore. Vane Stephenson stood n mo
ment motionless, lost in what thoughts
who shall pretend to say? .V. P. Aler-
A Sermon on Funerals.
Tho "dates Ajar," the "Hroken Pil
lar," the "Cross and Crown," the
"Sheaf of Wheat" and other hideou
invention of the funeral ilorist, the
Vacant Cha'r," wera all there.
Knough money had been spent in the
useless and ostentatious things to keep
the dead man's lamdy lor several
months. His cotlin was piled high with
"floral emblems," nnd twenty-five car
riages waited around the corner to join
the regulation aix which were jt-r-mitted
to statid before the church door.
This was a pleasing wav of "go. ting
ahead of the priest," who had wisely
forbidden that more carriages than the
lialf-doze i should attend any of his par
ish oners' fnniM als. Tho ' next work
the friends of the deceased were cn
g.vrrd in arranging a collect on for
the procuring of a sewing machine for
-t,i the print -d card of apjicai said "a
ttarviiig family. " 'reewa.' JuumaU
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