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THE OUTCASTE OF POKER FLAT A horseman slowly arouded, the tail, you're used to the things at Poker Flat," a pair of snow-shoes, which he hail fashion
From the Uperland Monthyr)
In the fresh, open face of the new-comer, said Pinay. The Duchess burued away sharp-ed from the old pack-saddle. Mr Oakhurst recognized Tom Simson, ly to conceal something that reddened her one chance in a hundred to save her yet, Oakhurst, gamblet, stepped otherwise known as "The Innocent of cheeks through, is professional tint, and he said, pointing to Pinoy, but it's strapt of Fuker Flat on the Sandy Bar. He had met him some months Mother Shiptor requested Finey not to there," he added, pointing toward Puker the twenty-third of November. Before over a "little gante, and had, with chatter But, whan Air Oakhurst re Flas if you own reach there in two Was, conscious of a change in its perfect equanimity, won, the entire fortune turned from a weary search for the trail, days she's safe. And you asked Tom tibusphere, from the proveedamosting to some forty dollars of that he heard the sound of happy laughter echo Simson. "I'll stay here," was the our Two or three, mon, conversing guileless youth. After the game was finishing from the rocks. He stopped. in some reply, estly together, peased as he approached, Mr Oakhurst drew the youthful specu alarn, and his thoughts, first naturally
of lieutenant Edwardes, who observed in a Potatoes, Macao, od, and exchanged significant glass lator behind the door and thus addressed reverted to the whiskey which, he hail pru"You are not going too," said the Duchess could be beaten on the 18th of June
The Lovere parted with a long embrace. letter to a friend that "No Englishman There was a Sabbath, Inli in the air, which, him: Tommy, you're a good little wau, dently eached And yet it don't some as she say Mr Oakhurst apparently waiting The British force (British only in its lea in:lefilement unused to fabbath in but you can's gamble worth a cent. Don't how sound like whiskey, said the gambler. to accompany him. As far as the canon, dots) then advanced upon Mooltau, driving ences, locked onunous...
try it over again. He then handed him. It was not until he caught sight of the blaz be replied. He turned suddenly, and kissed fe win before thom. On the 1st of Mr. Qakhurat's eat handsome face be his money back, pushed tim gently from ing fire through the still blinding storm, the Duchese, leaving her pallid face alate, July, however, another battle took place Yams, trayed small concern at these indications. the room, and be made, a devoted slave of and the gap around it, that he settled to and bor trombling limbs rigid with amazont Bassin, when the enemy was again Cocon Whether he was conscious of any predis Tom Simson... -
the conviction that it was square fun. posing way, another question. "I There was a reuniebrauce of this, in his
ment,
defeated, and lost four guns. From this reppy they to after somebody," ho reflect boyish, and enthusiastic greeting of Air Onk cards with the whiskey, as something debar brought the storm, again the whirling snow. remained befora Mogitau,
Turais, Salt, Whether Mr. Oakhurst had cached bis Night came, but not Mr Cakhorst. It date until the 18th of August, Edwardes Carrots, Salt, edy likely it's me." He returned to his hurst He had started, he said, to go to redo free access of the community, I can. Then the Duchess, feeding the fire, found a prisoner. The troops andor General keeping Mooira
Fresh, pocket the handkerchief with which he had Fokes, Flat to seek his furtune. Alone" not say It was certain that, in Mother that some one had quietly piled beside the Whish then arrived, and houtenant Ed- Spinage, been whipping away the red dust of Poker No, upt exactly alone; in fact giggleShipton's words, he didn't say cards hnt enough fuel to last a few days longer watdes, being of inferior rank to that Indian Corn, Fiat from his meat bouts, aud quietly die he had run away with Pinoy Wugds, once during that exoning Happily the The tears rose to her eyes, but she hid them for table only a subordinate part in the Young Bamboo shoote, catty 120 110 changed his mind of any further conjecture. Don't Mr lakhurst remember Pinoy She time was beguiled by an accredean, prada from Pinay.
I point of fact, Poker Flat was utter that used to wait for hum on the table at the sed somewhat ostentatiously by Tom Sim-
subsequent operations. He ressived the Cabbage, Large Maono, each tihad lately suffered the loss Temperance House? They had been ensen, from his pack. Notwithstanding some morning, looking into each other's faces, the affair, and, as erected, au extra matu
The women slept, but little. In the brevet risk of major for his conduct in Cabbage, White Canton, catty 25 of eyed thousand dollars, two valuable gaged & long time, but old Jake Woods had difficulties attending the manipulation of they read their fate. Neither spoke; but he horses, and a prominent citizen. It was objected, and so they had run away, and this instrument, Piney Woods managed
Piney, empting the position of the st; but by special sistute, of the Order of, the experiencing a spart of virtuous reaction ware going, to, Poker Flat to be married, phuck, several reluctant melodies from its er, drew near and placed her arm around C at Oxfited in 1880, was reethployed He received the honorary degree of quite as lawless and ungovernable as any of and here they were. And they were the acts that had provoked it. A secret out, and how lucky it was they had found on a pair of bonu castanete. But the crown dute for the rest of the day. That night in 1801, and created K.C.B. in 1860 for keye, to an accompaniment by The Inuocent the Duchess's waist. They kept this attic in the til sdministration of the Punjab comfattede had determined to rid the town a place to camp, and company, All this ing festivity of the evening was reached in the storm reached its greatest fary, and ia services a commissioner of the Pps. of all improper persons! This was done The Innocent delivered ally, while rude, oamp meeting hymn, which the randing asunder the, protecting pinos, in- bawur. frontier in the mutiny of 1857 permanently is regard of two men who were Pineya stout, comely damsel of fifteen lovers, joiniur hands, sau with great earu-vaded the very hut. then Hauling from the boughs of a syca-emerged frina behind the ping tree, where eatness and vauiferation. I fear that a cer
receivel the honorary degree of LL.D. at mrose in the gulch, and temporarily in the she had been blushing austen, and rode to taju defiant tous and Covenantor's swing to unable to feed the öre, which gradually in the Punjab as commissiouer of Cis-Sutlej Toward morning they found themselves Cambridge in 1860; was again employed banishment of certain other objectionable the side of her layar..
its chorus, rather than any devotional qua died away. As the embers slowly blacksi-States in 1802; left India on sick leato in chacters regret to say that some of Mr. Uakhurat geldom troubled himself lity, caused it to speedily infect the others, ed, the Duchess crept closer to Piney, and 1864, and was created K.O.S.L in 1866 these Were ladies? It is but due to tho sex with sentiment. Still less with propriety, who at laat joined in the refrain: however to state that their impropriety But he had a vague idea that, the situation
broke the silence of many hours: "Pinay, married in 1880, Emma, daughter of James professional, and it was only in such was not felicitous. He retained, however,
can you pray?" "No, dear," said Pipey, Sidney, Eng. simply. The Duchess, without knowing cally tablished standards of evil that Pohis presence of wind sufficiently to kick ker at ventured to sit in judgment, Uncle Billy, who was about to say some
head upon Finay's shoulder, spoke no more. exactly why, felt relieved, and putting her. - Me Usklibret was right in supposing that thing, and Uncle Billy was sober enough to
And so reclining, the younges and purer he wis uuded in this category. A few of recognize in Mr Oakhurat'a kick & superior
pillowing the head of her solled sister upon the committee had urged banging him as a power that would not beat trifling. He vow, possible example, and a sure method often endeavoured to dissnsde Tom Sunson
her virgin breast, they fell asleep At midnight the storm abated, the rolling reimbursing themselves from his pockets of from delaying further, but in vain. He clouds parte, and the stars glittered Reen-them. Feathery drifts of snow, shaken The wind Ialled as if it feared to waken the money he had won from them. It's even pointed ont the fact that there was ly above the sleeping camp. Mr Oakhurst, from the long pine boughs, flew like white agit justice" kaid Jim Wheeler to let no provision, nor means of making a camp we profesional habits had enabled him winged birds, and settled about them as This yar young them from Roaring Camp But, unluckily, The Innocent met die toe the smallest ossible amount of they alopt. The moon through the rifted a Batllo stranger carry away our money objection by assuring the party that he was
sleep,
in dividing the with Tom Sin clouds looked down upon what had been Bub aerate sentiment of equity residing in provided with an extra mule loaded with bon somehow managed to take upon him the camp. But all human stain, all trace INS Urchats of those who liad been fortunate provisions, and by the discovery or used himself to The Tunocent, by saying spotless mantle mercifully dung from above. Self the greater part of that duty. He ex of earthly travail, was hidden beneath the envogto win from Mr Oakhurst, over attempt at a din-house near the
trail, ruled this murrower local
prejudice.
Piney can stay with Mr vakhurst, said that he bad "often been a week without The Inndbent, pointing to the Duchess, Bicep, Doing what I asked Tam. "Por did they waken when voices and footsteps They slept all that day and the nest, nor replied Oakhurst, sententiously broke the silence of the camp. And when **when a man gets a atreak of luckigger-pitying fingers brushed the snow from their Nothing but Air Oakhurst's admonishing judges! He was too much of a gambler foot severf Uncle Billy from bursting into a luke don't get tired. The luck gives wan faces, you could scarcely hats told fron Toto uccept Fate. With him life was at spar of laughter. As it was, he felt com-idfires. Lick, continued the gambler, re- the equal peace that dwelt upon them which bes an uncertain game, and he recognized pelled to retire up the cañon until he would, fectively, "is a mighty queer thing. All was she that bad sinned. Even the Law of the usual percentage in favor of the dealer. roogver his gravity. There he confided the you know about it for certain is that it's Poker Flat recognized this, and turned Joke to the tall pine trees, with many steps bound to change. And it's finding out away, leaving them still looked in each of his leg, contortions of his face, and the When it's going to change that makes yon. other's arma usual profanity. But when he returned to We've had a streak of bad luck sitios we the party, he found them seated by a fire left Poker Flat-you come along and slap for the air had grown strangely chill and you get into it, too. If you can boki your the sky overcast in apparently suble cards right along you're all right. For," conversation. Finey was actually talking added the gambler, with cheerful irrolay in an impulsive, girlish fashion to the Du
shec, chess, who was listening with an interest and animation she had not shown for many days.
J
M-Okkiliirst received his slitence with
philosophie 'calinuésé, une the lose coolly that he was aware of the hesitation of his
and I can shift for himself."
I'm proud to live in the service of the Lords And I'm bound to dia in Us Army," The pines rocked, the storm eddied and
waited above the miserable group, and the in token of the vor heavenward, as
if
ker
I'm proud to live in the service of the Lord, And I'm bound to dio in His army."
big body of armed mon pccompanied the deported wickedness of loker Flat to the viniskirts of the nettlement. Besides Mr Uakhurst, who was known to be a coolly des. perkte man, and for whose intimidation the kimiel escort was intended, the expatriated pity consisted of a young woman familiar Jyuown as The Bhchees;" another, who had ganed the infelicitous title of Mother Shipton and Uncle Billy, & suspected sluice-robber and controsed arun-
The Innocent was holding kard The Cavalcade provoked no com forth, apparently with equal effect, to Mr through the white-curtained valley, saw the The third day came, and the sun, looking ments from the spectators, nor was day Vathast and Mother. Shiptoir, who was outcasts divide their slowly-decreasing store word uttered by the escort. Only when the actually relaxing into amiability, la this of provisions for the morning meal. It was gujek which marked the attermost limit of for a dd picute?" said Uncle Billy, with one of the peculiarities of flat mountsio Puker Flat was reached, the leader spoke inward scorn, as he surveyed the sylvan climate that its rays diffused a kindly brisgy and to the point. The exiles were group, the glancing fire-light and the tether warmth over the wiatry landscape, as if in förbidden to return
verish at the peril of their od animals in the foreground. Suddenly regretful comissoration of the past. But an idea mingled with the alcoholio fumes it revealed drift on drift of snow piled high As the bicort disappeared, their pent up that disturbed his brain. It was apparent around the but a hopeless, uncharted, feelings found vent in a fow hysterical totaly of a jocular-nature, for he felt impelled trackless sea of white lying below the rocky four The Ducices, some bad language to slap bis leg again and cram his fist into shores to which the castaways still clung from Mother Shipton, and a Partheinn vol busmouth kons
Through the marvellous olear air, the smoke ley of explatives from Uncle Billy. The As the shadows crept slowly up the moun of the pastoral village of Poker Flat rose plitomatic Clakhurat alone remained silent,tain, a slight breeze rooked the tops of the miles away. Mother Shipton saw it, and He listened calilly to Mother Shipton's plus trees, and moaned through their long from a renoto pinnacle of her rocky fast
Spinebody's heart out, the and
and gloomy aisles. The rained cabin, fatness; hurled in that direction a final male- repeated statements of "The Dutchess ched and covered with pine boughs, was dition. It was her last vituperative at that she would die-in the road, and to the aut apart for the indies. As the lovers part tempt, and perhaps for that reason was arming otha that seemed to be bumpeded, they unfectedly changed a parting kiss, invested with a certain degree of sublimity. out of Uncle Billy as he rode forward. With an honest and sincere that it might have It did her good, she privately informed the the assy gohd-tumor characteristic of his been heard above the swaying pines. The Duchess.Just you go out thero and dlash, he insisted upon exchanging his own frail Duchess and the malevolent Mother cuss and see. She then set herself to the riting-Worke, *Five Spot," for the sorry Shipton wore probably too stunned to re- task of amusing the child," as alie and mule Which the Duchess role. But even mark upon this last evidence of simplcity, the Duchess were pleased to call Finey. this act did not draw the party into any and so turned withont a word to the but. Piney was no chicken, but it was asoothing olower sympathy. The young woman read The fire was replenished, the men lay down and ingenious theory of the pair to thus justed her sdtewhat draggled plumes with before the door, and in a few minutes were accounts for the fact that she didn't swear
feeble, failed coquetry Mother Shipton asleep:
and wasn't improper. eyel the possessor of "Five Spot" withi dalevolence, and Unele Billy included the Whold party in one sweeping anathenis,
désire
Mr Vakhurst was a light sleeper. -To- ward morning he awoke beaumbed and cald. As he stirred the dying fire, the Tip road to Sundy Bara camp that not wind, which was now blowing strongly, having as yet experienced the regenerating brought to his cheek that which caused the influences of Poker Flat, consequently nod to leave it snow! Ecomed to offer some invitation to the cmi
He started to his feet with the intention tay over a atoe montain range of awakouing the sisepets, for there was the It distant a day's severe journey. In time to lose But-turning to where Uncle that advanced season, the party soon pase-Billy had been lying he found him gone. ed dat of the moist, temporato regions of A suspicion leaped to his brain and a curse the "foot-hills," into the dry, cold, pracing to his lips. He ran to the spot where the e of the Sierras. The trail was nairo, mutes, hal been tethered; they were no anti dificult. At zoop the Duchess, roll longer there. The tracks, were already ing due of hot waddle upon the ground, rapidly disappearing in the snow. decated her intention of going no further, and the party linltál, -
The shot was singularly wild and impres
sive. A wooded amphitheatre, surrounded
which, fortunately for the party, had been stored within the lut, and ao escaped the felonious fingers of Uncle Billy, disclosed
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the Bou of Pelene Mr Oakhurst listened the battle of Moodkee on the 18th of Capons, with quiet satisfaction. Most especially December, where he received & wound, for Hen Eggs, was be interested in the fate of Aelt which a pension was awarded him, In heels," na The Innocent persisted, in dono February, 1846, Mr Edwardes was declared
Dack Egge, minating the "wift-footed Achilles," qualified as an interpreter, and having Salt Eggs,
So with small food and much of Homer resumed his duties as aide de camp to Sir Dried Ducks, and the accordeon, a week passed over the Hugh Gough, was in the thickest of the Snipe, heads of the outcaste. The sun again for fire at Sobrann. In April, 1846, he was Partridges, sook them, and again from leaden skies the appointed third assistant to the commis now flakes were swifted over the land. sioners of the Trans-Satloj; and in Jan-
Rabbits, Day by day closer around them drew the uary, 1847, first assistant to the resident
Wild Geese, snowy cirule, until at last they looked from at Labore. It was not, however, till April,
Wild Ducke, their prison over drifted walls of dazzling 1948, that he goumenced those independent Sand Hill Birds,
incidents of that poon-having thoroughlyAugust, 1840; arrived in Calcutta about Teal, The momentary, uzvitement brongbt Mir mastered the argnment and fairly forgotten the end of January following, and was Turkeys, Oakhurst back to the fire, with his usual the words in the current vernacular of immediately appointed to the lat Turopun Pheasants, Cock, colur. Be did not taken the sleepere, The Sandy Dar. And so for the rest of that Regiment. Having passed the usual 6- Innocent slumbered peacefully, with a smile night the Humeric domi-gods again wathedmination in the Hindustanes language, ho on three sides by precipitous cliffs of naked on his good-humored, freskled face; the the earth, Trojan hully and wily Greek was, in November, 1845, appointed aide de Pigeons, granite, aloped gently toward the orest of virgin Finey slept beside her frailer sisters wrestled in the winds, and the great pines camp to Sir H. (now Viscount) Gough, Quail, another precipice that overlooked, the valas sweetly as though, attended by celestial in the cauen seemed to bow to the wrath of commander in chief and was prosent in Fuels, ley. It was undoubtedly the suitable spot guardians, and Mr Oakhirat, drawing his for a. camp, had camping been advisable. blatikut over his shoulders, stroked bis mus But Mr Vakhurst knew that scarcely half tachios and waited for the dawn. It came the journey to bandy Bar was accomplish slowly in a whirling mist of snow-flakes, ed, and the party were not equipped or prg that dazzled sud confused the eye. What visioned for delay. This fact he pointed could be seen of the landscape appeared ont to his
surtly, with a philo magically changed. He looked over the companions sopinio commentary on, the folly of throw-valley, and summed up the present and fu- ing up their hand before the game was play- ture in two words" Suured in I"; ed out. But they were furnished with A careful inventory of the provisione, liquor, which in this emergency stood them in plaes of food, fael, rest and prescieúce. In spite of his remonstrances, it was not long before they were more or less under the fact that with care and prudenes they white that towered twenty feet above their operations which have attracted the atten- Woodcock, its influence. Uncle Billy passed rapidly might last ten days longer, That is, beads. It became more and more dubioult tion of his countrymen, and won for him Sparrows, from a bellicose state into one of stupor, said Mr Oakhurat, sutta se to The Innos to replenish their tires, even from the fallen the marked favour of his Sovereign. Rice Birds, the Duchess became audlin, and Mother cent, if you're willing to board us. If trees beside there, now half hidden in the Messrs Agnew and Anderson were Shipton-shoped. Mr Oakhurst slone re- you sint--and perhaps you'd better not drifts. And yet no que complained. The sassinated at. Mooltau on the 18th of April. muned erect, leaning against the roc; you can wait till Uncle Billy gets back with lovers turned from the dreary prospect and Lieutenant Edwardes was then at Deran cality, gurveying them.
provisions. For some occult renson, Mir looked into each other's eyes, and were Futteh Khau, on the fudus, with one regi Mr Oakhurst did not deink It interfer Uakhurst, could not bring himself to dis happy. Mr Oakliurat settled himself roolly ment of the Lahore troops and 300 horse. Live Fish, ed with a profession which required cool close Uncle Billy's rascality, and so offered to the losing game before him: The Duchess His first movement was for the rescue of Eels, Bos, passiveness and presence of mind, the hypothesis that he had wandered from more careful than she had been, assumed the British envoys; but, on ascertaining Uystors, and, in bis own language, he couldn't the camp and had accidentally stampeded the care of Piney. Only Mother Shipton they were murdered, he resolved upon Shrimps, afford it." As he gazed at his recumbent the animals. He dropped a warning to the strongest of the party--seemed to raising levies from the border tribes of the Crabs, fellow exiler, the loneliness begotten of his Duchess and Mother Shipton, who coure Bioken and fade. At widnight on the tenth Soolaiman mountains, and occupying Iariah trade, his habita of life; his very knew the facts of their assosiata's defection. day she called Oakhurst to her side. Ta mush of the zebel provinces as possible Lobsters, Vlows for the first time sorously oppressed They'll find out the truth about ne all, going, she said, in a roles of querulone too fat on the enemy's resources Volun. Frogs, fimé bestizo him in dusting his when they find out anything," he added, weakness, but don't say anything about troops from the enemy's resources. black o'othes, washing bis hands and face, significantly, "und, there's no good fright it, Don't waken the kids. Take the bun tears flocking to his standard in largo Small Turtles, and other acts characteristic of bis studiosoning them now.”
de from under my hand and open it." Mr numbere, he determined to endeavour to Large Turtles, ly nest habits, sud for a moment forget his Tom Simson not only put all his worldly Oakhurst did. It contained Mother shifts up the rebel Moolraj in the fortress of annoyance. The thought of deserting his store at the disposal of Mr Qukhurst, but Shiptou's rations for the thes week, in Mooltan till a British forse perirect, The Large Fresh Figh wesker nou more pitiable compations never seemed to enjoy the frospect of their en touched. Give 'em to the child," she Nawab of Bhawulpore, who tendered lis
Snibil do,, perhaps, occurred to him. et he could forced acclusiou "We'll have a good said, pointing to the sleeping Pinay. Aid, was requested to cross the Sutlej, and Mackerel Small, not help feeling the want of that excite caup for a week, and then the snow it all You've starved yourself," said the gant threaten blogitan from the east, while Congor Eels Small, gent, which singularly enough was most go back together." The cheerful gayets bler That's what they call it, and the Edwardes advanced with his levies from Salt Fish, conducive to that palin equanimity for of the young man and bir Onlhurst's calin woman quefulously, as she lay down again the west. Thus was covered. and ocoupled Emull Fish, which, he was naturions. He looked at the iufted the otura. The innocent, with and turning ber face to the wail, passada territory producing an annual value of Fresh Soles, gloomy walls that rose a thousand feet the aid of pine bonghs, extemporised a quietly away.
aight laws of rupees. On the 20th of May Canton Salmon, sheer abore the circling pines around him; hatch for the roofless cabin, and the Duck- The secor leon and the bones were put Colonel Cortlandt, an officer in the Sikh Book Fish,
the sky priponsly clouded, as the valley ese directed Piney in the rearrangement of aside that day, and Homer was forgotten, service, came up with the Sikh garrison of below, arvady dopening into shadow. the interior with a taste and tact that open. When the body of Mother Shipton had Dera Ismail Khan, about 4000 mep, and
Shark Fish, And doing so, suddenly he heard is owned the blue eyes of that provincial maiden been committed to the now, Mr Oakhurst some guns; and the Bhawnipere troop
Skate, Bame called.
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