Boone County Recorder . u darter II tea lag wiltowi hair dxegg o» teader freea. _ Sana was rtaslag flow behind a distant hill; f aajgard • |»Ue mortnnr from » neighboring *,* n hurrhd tween IU tiuki of green, down*8%a* old red mill. bM Ik* kaa «f Isaeot-ltfe filling all the even- fjHIH b^*%tUne»s broodefl * is shade, above In llght-the world «c*n^wsseatooyeiiC • Th» wSlawg Hmobw grew; the oaks were tall gad Itreng;T?esn *«J> e bidden ne*> I henrd • »ooag> bird • AM the owning ihtdowi dinted dark endtag. ta glooB the oakt end willows stood burled half their height;-The tirkuN


Boone County Recorder . u darter II tea lag wiltowi hair dxegg o» teader freea. _ Sana was rtaslag flow behind a distant hill; f aajgard • |»Ue mortnnr from » neighboring *,* n hurrhd tween IU tiuki of green, down*8%a* old red mill. bM Ik* kaa «f Isaeot-ltfe filling all the even- fjHIH b^*%tUne»s broodefl * is shade, above In llght-the world «c*n^wsseatooyeiiC • Th» wSlawg Hmobw grew; the oaks were tall gad Itreng;T?esn *«J> e bidden ne*> I henrd • »ooag> bird • AM the owning ihtdowi dinted dark endtag. ta glooB the oakt end willows stood burled half their height;-The tirkuN wrapped their trunks, hot their top* were bathed In light;SlM nty heart grew lighter, ttronger, ae It caught from my Inner tight A rklea of how the feet of] man through dark-nag gloom* must tread— Glooms ot tears and toll, pain and deep mistakes, earth-oare and dread— The) while abore the olouds Faiths light wittglory crowns his lifted hood.—Lanra M. Johns, in Womans WAS the onlypissenRer onthe froig-httrain. I was onmy way fromTrinidad, Col.,to Raton, whichlies just acrossthe Ratonmoan tains, adistance oftwenty -eightmiles. On leav-taf Trinidad we struck a steep grade,which extended for ten miles. This is a pretty high grade, I re-marked to the conductor, who was apleasant appearing young man of someswanty-three years of , he replied, and it is one ofi, the longest on the line. It is to this.(Trade that I owe my present positionon the road. Tell me about it, I cried, eagerly.^*0m there an accident?r , Well, not much of an accident, butthere might hare been had good lucktoot favored me. It waa fire years ago. I bad come tract the east to seek my fortune in . Colorado. After spending nearly two wean in prospecting in different parts of the state, I resolved to go to Los I Vagal, New Mexico, and try to get a position on the railroac, as I always had a liking for that sort of work. Well, 1 only got asTar as Trinidad,when I found myse


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