Jeff Briggs's Love Story

Francis Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was a famous American author and poet mostly known for his short fiction stories about adventures of miners, gamblers, and other fine figures of the California Gold Rush.
"Jeff Brigs's Love Story" is a heart-touching story that happened to the proprietor of a wayside inn, Jeff Briggs. One night during a violent storm stagecoach driver Yuba Bill and a male passenger come in. Yuba Bill fetches the wife and Jeff brings in the daughter. He thinks he is carrying a child and soothes her accordingly. Aside from stagecoach robbers, the major plot complication is Jeff's pride and Jessie's money. Read the rest of the story that won't make you fall asleep.