. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . alf resting upon the upturnedend of a second box of like character, and partitioned off in pigeonholes of rude structure with the refuse lumber of the broken around this inelegant structure was the busy hum of the awaitingthrong for the little rectangular packages, with Uncle Sams stampaffixed thereto, that should bear to them, in the vast wilderness, newsof business success or defeat in
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . alf resting upon the upturnedend of a second box of like character, and partitioned off in pigeonholes of rude structure with the refuse lumber of the broken around this inelegant structure was the busy hum of the awaitingthrong for the little rectangular packages, with Uncle Sams stampaffixed thereto, that should bear to them, in the vast wilderness, newsof business success or defeat in the varied departments of human lifeand exertion—news from the great world behind them, with all itsthrobbing industries and exciting events, or words of cheer from lovinghearts at home, whose electric chords of affection and adorationstretched from Eastern hearthstones to campfires on the frontier. 190 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. I had not been long in the town, not over two hours, when I wasapproached by Judge Miller, who became subsequently one of themost distinguished lawyers and politicians in the Territory. He wasengaged as counsel for a distinguished member of The Society for the. POSTOFFICE AT CHEYENNE. Prevention of the Public Peace, who in the exercise of his high func-tions had skillfully murdered a man the day before, and now, withplethoric purse, invoked the lawyers aid, to show the court by a clearand concise analysis of certain technical points of the law, that hishonors court was of limited jurisdiction—that he could not tr}r the ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 191 case, and consequent^ should discharge the prisoner! The argumenton the jurisdiction of his honors court was set for the following day?and the object of the lawyers visit was to retain me in the case, agree-ing to fairly divide the fee, which was $2,000. This may be considereda large fee for a small amount of work, but it must be rememberedthat in those early days lawyers were scarce and mon
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