The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-11-23

the family were lnVlpeu anu tno GPiSSS
pal service was read at the grave. NC
cards, however" o-
"Whatl no seven up in the carriage:
going to the fnnerali Why / thought
that was the regular thing"
"Oh, yes; we had that of course. Bui
/ mean cards of invitation"
"By the way, old boy" CALCULATED But
falo Bull, speaking of your daughter
she's regular straight-out, gamboge
skinned, aboriginal angel, with no dis
count on her. She's nobby bit OF call,
CO; and, while think oft, understand
young Grizzly Bear, the festive brave o.
the Algonquins, has viewed her with
critics eye and passed her imperfection'
by, and concluded to go for her. do"
sayest thou n
tHe has, has he 7" Well, permit me to
remark that he has probably Skinned NJ
the incorrect tree. Himi why I'd just a:
leave marry her to some wooden headed
cigar store Indian, would upon my sa'
cred word of honor, as a gentleman"
"She's too good for him, ,peradventure,'
observed Buffalo Bull sententiously.
"Venture your whole pile on that. my
boy. She wears low-down bonnets, and
has her linen embroidered, she docs; be-
sides she chews gum, and has a -four
ounce ring through her nose. No girl
like that is going to throw herself away.
is shei Well, should think not. Not
while her pa can dabble his hands IN
gore, at any rate, L reckon"
"But, my friend, )" observed Bull, with
a trembling voice, show much these ebul-
litions of youthful affection remind me
of me childhood days. Look at me while
Iweep; listen to these bona fide tears as
they patter in the spittoon. Oh, where,
where are the friends of my youth. Oh,
where are the loved ones gonep
"I give it up" said Fiery Nose, after
few moments calm and patient
thought.
"Don't you recollect how we used to
20 out on the trail and capture little chill
dren and gouge their eyes out, and
chop 'em into bits, and then come home
and learn our catechisms and knife
our next door neighbor, and then pray
to the Great ManitOu before we went to
bed. All, those we're happy, happy
days, and we were hilarious little In
gins, weren't we. But now all these
things are mingled with the irrevo-
cable past, you can bet they are"
why you're drunk amt you 7" asked
Fiery Nose, "yeur'e talking first class
drivel. Where do you get your fire,
wateri Pll have to get Senator Yates
to come and lecture you on temper
ance."
To this Bull deigned no reply, but
pretending to see something on the top
knot of Fiery Nose, lie asked him to
stooP down while he picked it of. He
then clandestinely jerked out his scalp
ing knife and lifted his hair, after
which he jabbed the knife into his vi
tails, and then threw him on the CRATE to
die.
Just then Prairie Flower returned
with the tobacco, and perceiving at a
glance that her parent was reduced to 4
cinder, she observed to Buffalo Bull that
it seemed pretty well up with the old
man.
"Hem-m, yes" said he; "but thought
strikes me-will you be mine"
"Well, don't know; let me see, what
was your income tax last year"
IL paid tax on two horse blankets
Barlow knife, and thirty-seven scalps
Besides l love you to distraction. Come
to this loving heart; rest on my bosem
rest. Say, will you ~
~ am ever thine own," said Prairie
Flower, as she nestled against his hunt.
ing shirt,
And on her lovers arm she leant,
And ronnd her waist she felt it fold;
He said Il do not care a cent
She said "Tll bet he's sold"
Thus were these two aboriginal say.
ages made happy in each others love
She grew old and ugly in time, and he
in the depths of his unspeakable affec
tion, used to sit day after day smoking
on the front doorsteps, while she hoed
corn and wheeled home potatoes in 0
push cart. Until at last she was called
home to the happy hunting ground, and
he Immediately put fresh Grape on his
hat and began browsing around for an
other girl.
But does not this teach us all lesson
that-that-teaches us, l say, lesson
that we-that we, say, may-let that
pass, however, doustless it does teach a
lesson, but it's of no consequence.