fiUulglit ahead, wiul It will take you Into
towu."
'Iain to be lu Plymouth for a few
dayn longer," cuiil Herder, "and I hope
we nlmll see each other again."
"I hope so, too, sir," answered the boy
heartily.
The two new friends parted very cor
dially. Before Herder reached the town again,
lie had resolved to visit Mrs. Vallanee.
When he had parted from his aunt In
the morning, she had told him he should
do so, and he had answered her with a
half-promise, not himself certain that he
wished to follow her advice Immediately,
though the lutenflon of making himself
known sooner or later to Mrs. Vallanee
had been in his thoughts Bluce his con
versation with Hammond. The events
of the morning had had the e fleet of
quickening his intention. He knew the
cottage lu which Mrs. Vallanee lived, he
had been directed to it by Miss Field,
and he had to pass it in returning to his
aunt's house. He rang the bell, and
instead of its being answered by a ser
vant, the door was opened by Mrs. Val
lanee herself. The single maid servant
-of the family was out for the afternoon.
Brought thus suddenly face to face with
Mrs. Vallanee, George was for a moment
taken somewhat aback, but lu the next
he felt almost certain that he was recog
nized. A quick, half-doubtful look came
into her face.
"Mis. Vallanee," he said, "do you
know an old friend ?" His voice con
firmed her recognition.
"You are George Herder," she an
swered In a low voice,whIch, despite the
effort made to control It, trembled. She
led him into a little sitting room.
"You know me again, very quickly,
Mrs. Vallanee," George began lu a rath
er hurried manner; "as quickly as I did
you. I saw you the other night at Mrs.
JSorcoit's."
"Were you there i How did I never
see you ?" Her voice was still not very
firm.
"Eisily enough. I was with Fred
Hammond. We did not stay long, and
I kept a good deal in the background,
for I knew no one. I did not see you
-till just before we left, while you were
,j)laying."
The meeting might have seemed to a
-casual on-looker a very ordinary one,
and to one of an emotional nature, who
was aware of nothing further than that
the two were old friends, less cordial
than the occasion warranted. But Her
der w9 an undemonstrative man, not
through sluggishness, but through shy.
uess of temperament ; aud Kate Val
lauce's life had been such as had tended
to subdue in her the outward expression
of emotion. George Herder narrated to
liis listener the chief events of his colo
nial life; aud Kate related her history
.since the two had parted. And thus it
was, with old memories, waked to new
'life, stirring in the heart of each, the
two met and talked with scarcely the
-expressed warmth of old friends. By-aud-by,
Katy Vallanee, returning from
afternoon school, entered the room, and
was Introduced to the stranger.
"You will stay to tea with us, Mr.
Herder, will you not, and wait till John
comes back ?" Mrs. Vallancesald ; and
George consented, although he was due
at his aunt's to 6 o'clock dinner.
John Vallance's sport improved as the
day wore on, and he lingered late by the
river. His mother and sister, with
George Herder, were standing In the
verandah of their cottage, awaiting his
return, and John saw, as he drew near
the house, the third figure of the party.
The sight somewhat surprised him, for
"visitors of the male sex were not frequent
at the cottage ; but his surprise was in--creased
ten-fold when he made out the
figure of his friend of the morning.
"John," said Mrs. Vallanee, when her
son had approached, "this is an old
friend of mine, who tells me that you
-aud he have already met. He is the
nephew of Miss Field, and went to Aus
tialia mauy years ago, as you have heard
her tell. His coming back has taken us
all by surprise."
"Why, when I mentioned Miss Field's
name this morning you never said any-
tning," said John.
"No ; I must ask your pardon for that
JiHle deception," said Herder, with a
smile. "I was not sure at the time that
we should meet again so soon."
There seemed to John Vallanee to be
net a little mystery about the stranger.
but lie was content to leave events to
explain themselves. Herder staid a
.short time after tea at the cottage, and
then took his leave. A day or two after
he was there again with his aunt. George
found himself lingering iu Plymouth far
ionger than he had Intended. His aunt
pressed him to extend his visit, and he
fell in very readily with her whh. Soon
'John Vallanee and his sister became ac
customed to the sight of Herder's brown
beard aud kindly sun-bronzed face at
their home, and the friendship between
George and the young people grew and
ripened.
Herder had been more than a month
At Plymouth, when one afternoon he
made his way to the Vallanee collaRe
with a fixed purpose lu his mind. He
found Mrs. Vallanee sitting alone In the
little garden In front of the house.
George came direct to the matter.
"Kate," he said quietly, but not with
out a tremor In his voice, "I don't know
whether I can ofler you the same sort of
love as I did long ago. I suppose a
young fellow's love is necessarily some
what different from that of a middle-
aged man's, but I can promise the true
affection of one who has not thought of
any other woman since he gave up hope
of you. Can you accept It V I am going
to London to morrow, to write and ar
rauge matters with my business men In
Australia. I have staid in England
about as long as I had Intended. Am I
to return to my bush life, or to remain
here for good V It depends upon you."
Kate Vallanee placed her hand in Her
der's. "Then I thluk we should all like
you to stay, George," she said.
It was but a few minutes after this that
John aud Katy Vallanee returned from
an afternoon's walk.
"John," said Herder, with his hand
on the boy's shoulder, "stepfathers are
not always represented as popular peo
ple, either in books or real life. But
supposing I were to become yours,
would we be the worse friends, thluk
you?"
"No, sir, I think not," answered
John, with simple heartiness ; "I have
never known a father, and I will gladly
take you for one."
"And Katy," continued Herder, turn
ing to the girl, and drawing her to his
side, "I know you will say the same as
John."
Next morning Herder was in London,
and in the evening of the same day
found himself at Hammond's lodglugs.
Fred listened to his friend's brief state
ment with a quiet smile. When it was
finished he said : "A month ago, you
remember, I asked you how your little
story was to eud, aud you gave me but a
doubtful answer. I had my own thoughts
at the time, though I did not venture on
prophecy. You have answered me now
in the most satisfactory way, I con
gratulate you, George, most ' heartily ;
and all I ask Is, that you let me be your
be9t man."
THE MURDER OF COL. HOBLITZELL.
COL. W. H. HOBLITZELL was a
contractor on the Denver aud Rio
Grande railroad with his camp and
workmen in Black Canon, Gunnison
county, Colorado. He was a resident of
Ursinu, Somerset county, Pa., and for
merly a contractor on the Pittsburg aud
Connellsvllle railroad.
An Italian, who demabded his pay,
called at the tent of Col. W. H. Hoblitz
ell in the Black Canon, on Tuesday
morning, Oct. 27, and got into an alter
cation with that gentleman, the result
was that the Italian was very severely
pounded. He then left Col. Hoblitzell's
tent and, procuring a pistol, returned
and shot the contractor, inflicting a
wound from which his victim died on
Thursday night.
The story of the pursuit and capture
of the Italian is a thrilling one aud reads
with all the interest of a western .novel.
Col. Hoblitzell was shot early on
Thursday morning. At eight o'clock
that evening Sheriff Yule reached the
camp. His horse was smoking from the
hard ride, and he exchanged it for a sure
footed and tolerably fleet mule. Col.
Hoblitzell was alive when the sheriff
reached the scene of the tragedy, but he
died shortly afterwards. .
The first move of the sheriff's was to
hunt up from the men employed at the
camp a couple of honest and faithful fel
lows, who knew the Italian and could
be counted upon to stand by and aid
him. The task was not a difficult one
Col. Hoblitzell being popular among his
men, and a hundred hot-blooded fellows
were eager to accompany the sheriff in
the pursuit of the Italian. The sheriff
selected Peter Smith and A. S. Albright,
and just before nine o'clock on Thurs
day evening left the camp, keeping to
the west down the canon. Smith, who
is a young man of undoubted courage,
and who swore by all that was holy that
he would catch the murderer or never
return to camp, rode a small sorrel pony.
The sheriff and Albright were mounted
on mules. The wagon road led the men
from the camp across a prairie of sage
brush. It was a dark night and cold,
and withal a dismal ride. Trustworthy
information had convinced the purBueis
that the man they pursued was well
armed and desperate.' It was known that
immediately after firing the murderous
shot, be had hurried to his cabin, aud
taken there-from a double-barreled shot
guu. Tills weapon, with the English
bulldog with which ho committed the
murder, made him a formidable foe to
overtake.
An hour's ride brought the sheriff and
bis companions to camp 1 (Fay & Cari
co's), where, however, nothing had been
seen or heard of the fugitive. Fay &
Carico's camps No. 2 and No. a were
also passed with equally unsuccesses. In
all these camps men were found awake
and eager for news of the murder.
The new moon had set as the pursuing
party left camp No. 8 aud started a long
and cheerless rldo for the first camp in
contractor Hutchinson's division. There
was scarcely enough light to enable the
men to see the road. When seven miles
had been traveled the smouldering ashes
of a camp fire were made out, close to
the road ou the right hand side. It im
mediately occurred to Smith that tills
fire had been kindled by the Italian, and
that he could not be far distant. The
three men at once reined in their ani
mals and held a hasty consultation of
war.
The smoke from the smouldering fire
arose from an open garden of sagebrush.
The nearest timber was between a quar
ter aud a half a mile distant. It was
obvious that if the murderer lurked In
the vicinity of the fire, he had his would
be captoraat a decided disadvantage.
They knew that he was well armed and
desperate It was therfore decided, as
nothing could be seen of him, to con
tinue ou down the canon to Hutchlug's
first camp, aud to return over the road
in the morning. Arriving they remained
in the camp not more than ten or fifteen
minutes, aud then remembring the
smouldering fire they had seen began to
retrace their steps eastward. Coming to
the house of a ranchman (whose name
they have forgotten or failed to learn)
they applied for shelter, and upon stat
ing their mission were well taken care
of.
After a rest of three-quarters of an
hour, just before daylight they were lu
the saddle again on their way to the fire
by the roadside. Albright rode in ad
vance, Smith rode a horse length or two
behind him, and Sheriff Yule rode in
the rear. The first streaks or daylight
were making their appearance as the
party came lu sight of the camp fire by
the roadside. Involuntarily they slack
ened their speed, aud just as they did so
the figure of a man was seen to desceud
from the left bank aud move Into the
road. It was clearly the intention of
ilils person to hail them, and they ad
vanced slowly and cautiously. There
was not enough light to make his feat
ures distinct, and he evidently failed to
recognize the approaching horsemen,
for he stood In the middle of the road,
and as Albright drew up to him asked
for a match. Smith, who, as has been
said, rode close behind Albright, recog
nised in the indistinct form the murder
ous Itallau, and riding his horse close up
by the side of him said, "Hello Pete."
The Italian started, but recognizing in
Smith a fellow workman, replied " hel
lo," and extended his hand, which
Smith grasped with a tight grip, calling
out at the same moment to Sheriff Yule,
" cover him George, this is the man!"
The Italian held his shot gun loosely in
his left hand, and In his right hand car.
ried a rabbit. His pistol, the plBtol with
which he had shot Col. Hoblitzell, was
stuck in his belt. He was dressed in a
canvass suit, aud wore a soft black hat
At the words of Smith Sheriff Yule In
stantly covered the miscreant with a
Colt's " forty.five," and then riding up
to him deprived him, by a single wrench
of his shot guu. The Italian was at first
disposed to make fight, but seeing that
he was outnumbered, submitted to be
searched. The pistol was taken from
his belt and in his pocket was found $48.
He was then made to mount behind Al
bright, and Sheriff Yule and Smith
placing themselves close behind where
they could see every motion, the journey
toward Gunnison was begun
It was broad daylight when the party
came in Bight of the Hoblitzell camp
They approached it cautiously, fearing a
discovery of their prisoner. Groups of
excited men were Been standing iu the
road as they reached the summit of a
hill commanding a full view of the camp,
There was nothing to do but make a run
for it. Albright plunged the spurs into
the side of his mule and the sheriff and
Smith keeping close behind, the danger
ous gauntlet was successfully run. The
crowd of angry men at the camp were
taken too much by surprise to do any
thing. The three animals and four men
had passed them before they recognized
the Italian.
" Stop," yelled the crowd, " bring the
- here 1 give him to us," but
the sheriff's party spurring up their
animals continued and made the ercape,
Shortly after 4 p. id. the party reached
Gunnison with their prisoner, and avoid.
ing the main streets arrived at the county
jail unnoticed. The Italian was then
hurried iuto the cage and was securely
shackled.
As threats of lynching the Italian
were made by the railroad men, the
prisouer was shackled at his ankles and
removed to the court room, and Sheriff
Clark himself guarded him.
At midnight Mr. Clark was silting in
the court room when he heard steps on
the stairs. He says he thought it was
an extra guard for which he had sent
and that he therefore opened the door.
In an instant he found himself confront
ed by half a dozen pistols in the hands
f men who wore black masks. At the
same moment other masked Individuals
entered the room and approached the
Italian, who was sleeping upon a bench
lq the back part of the court room. Just
what was done to the Italian Mr. Clark
was unable to say. Not a word was
poken, and as he was securely held by
wo masked men, he was unable to
obtain a view of the room. All he knows
la that the mob, having the Italian in
their possession, passed hlm'and went out
of the door.
As they reached the hall he heard the
muffled shrieks of the poor wretch.
From the Bound it was evident that the
murderous gang had attached a rope to
their victim's neck and were dragging
him down stairs. His body bumped
upon the stairs, and his cries were heard
the entire way. At this moment the
men w ho held BueillT Clark released
him, and, slipping quickly out of the
court room, turned the key, locking him
lu. From this imprisonment he was
subsequently released by his wife.
The rest of this wretched story is
plainly told by the tracks iu the snow
and the lifeless body which hung at an
early hour next morning suspended
from the sign board iu front of the
livery formerly kept by Kelmel & Alli
son, ou Tumlehl avenue. The path In
the snow shows that the poor wretch
was dragged by the neck from the court
house by an easterly aud circuitous route
to the stable above mentioned, aud then
strung up like a dog. Jt is evident that
he could not have been alive wheu the
stable was reached.
About 2 o'clock next morning the
body, bruised and bleediug, was still
hanging from the livery sign, a Bplendld
monument of Gunnison's efficient city
goverumeut.
How to Pray.
There is a great deal of praying which
is simply an insult to the Almighty. We
have heard a man say grace at table not
because he was grateful for food, but be
cause it was his habit to say something
before he begau to carve the turkey, so
he said it in such a low tone that nobody
could hear a word, and so rapidly that it
sounded like one whispered German
word of twenty-six syllables. The pray
ing machine of the East would save
such people a greal deal of trouble. A
large number of prayers for every con
ceivable blessing are written ou awheel.
The devotee while continuing his con
versation turns the wheel rapidly and
every time it turns he is supposed to
present a petition for all the blessings
which are written on it. This kind of
praying saves time and in no way inter
feres with a man's secular business. He
could have a wheel placed in his front
hall, and while he is putting ou his hat
and coat he could give it a twist and
askfor a quantity of thinirs too numer
ous to be mentioned in detail. He
could have another wheel at his bed
stead, and just before he turns over to go
to sleep he could put out bis hand, start
the wheel and then dose off while the
machine was expressing his opinions ou
religious subjects in good orthodox fash
ion. By adopting some such method as
this we could pray more and have less
religion than any other people in the
world. iV. Y. Herald.
Hymns that Didn't Suit,
ltev. E. P. Tenny, the genial and
witty president of Colorado College, was
at one time the beloved pastor of the
Congregational church iu a sea-coast
town in Massachusetts. To eke out his
salary, his people gave him a donation
party, among the presents being a fine
new dress-coat for the pastor and a
tasty bonnet for his better half. On the
following Sunday as they walked up the
aisle in their new habiliments, the choir
Inadvertently struck out with the vol
untary, much to the discomfiture of the
sensitive clergyman and his wife, "Who
are theBe iu bright array 1"'
At the same church, a few weeks ago,
the funeral of a prominent and highly
respected citizen of the town, by the
name of Knight, occurred, on which
occasion, by a singular contretemps, the
choir sang as their first selection- the
usually . fitting hymn, "There will be
no night there." The effect, as soprano.
alto, and tenor successively took up the
refrain, was well calculated to excite tne
rlslbiea or tnose wno uau gainereu in
any but a humorous spirit.
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