Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

"To be sure it is, and he will be here. Our
William is wild, but he never tells falsehOOd
He is to proud for that Heaven bless him -
said the mother, in low, earnest tone.
. He is not coming alone, said Lille. He
brings two friends with him"
At the same instant Lille, who had been
glancing through an avenue which led westward
| in the grove, cried out:
"They are coming They are comingp'
And three minutes later, their horses frOthy
and hot, three riders at full speed dashed up to
the gate fronting the cottage.
ooh brother brother u cried the two sis
ters, joyously, and all needless of the stranger
eyes now looking on them, they rushed out to |
embrace and kiss him.
Buffalo Bill, for this was he, had learned to |
hide all his feelings but with gentle tender |
ness he shook himself out of their embraces |
aud presenting his two friends by name, hur-
ried on to meet the dear mother, who, with
gllstenlng eyes, waited to greet her idol and
her pride.
"My good mother !" was all he said, as he
pressed his manly lips to her white forehead.
" Ny dear son y was all she said, but pages
would not describe the reverence in his tone,
or the undying love in her look.
Bill now presented his friends in more form
to his mother than he had deemed it necessary
in the case of his sisters.
"This, mother, said he, presenting young
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himself very closely, though he was an inch
taller and hardly so muscular, 't this is my
mate-this is Bill Hitchcock, the best friend
ever had, or ever will have, outside OF, our own
family. Three times he has saved me from be-
ing wiped out. Once by the Ogallaas, once
when was taken with the cramps in the ice
cold Platte, last winter-aud once when old
Jake M'KandIas and his gang had sure set
on me. He and [ will sink or swim in the
same river, and that's a safe bet. Bill, that's
+; my mother, and better never trod the foot
d stool ~
$ Wild Bill, with a natural grace, bent his
! proud head and took the hand of the lady, say
L ing, in tremulous tone
a 81 m glad to see you, ma am L We got good
Is old mother that | haven't seen this many a
o day, and this rather brings her up afore me u
p And this other" continued Bill, =" is Dave
Is Tut. He is good on hunt death on the reds,
/ and as smart as bordermen are made now a
davs Now, boys, you re all acquainted, make
y yourselves at home. The darkey out there has
II got the horses, and he'll see them all right"
al Three more perfect men in point of personal
beauty never trod the earth.
ei Wild Bill six feet and one inch in hight
III straight as an ash, broad in shoulder, round
:, and full in chest, slender in the waist SWELLING
IN out in muscular proportions at hips and thighs
lr with tapering limbs, small hands and feet, hi
an form was study" His face, open and clean
ng His large bright eyes, now soft and tender i
expression, we're blush gray in color, shade
as by lashes which often dropped over his bronze
ne cheek as he looked down, somewhat confuse
in female society, to which he was unused. Fl
ed long brown hair fell i'm wavy masses over b
DOT shoulders, but it was fine, soft and glossy a
silk.
er- The same picture will do for Buffalo Bill
I'VE only this difference noted The eyes of the la
:! ter were nearer a blue color, his hight one inc
-ed less, and his hair little more wavy and shaC
vas lighter.
nd Dave Tut nearly of the same hight WI
or equally well formed, but there the resemblan
ceased.
yer His eyes are black as Jet and deeply sc
AXIS though his features were perfect, and, when
for chose, his expression soft and winning II
ay, hair, curling slightly, was black and gloss
cad But with all his beauty, there WAS a sensual
i. preston about his mouth, SO utterly difere
. from that in the other two, and fierce, pa
sionate longing in his eyes, which made Il
as two girls, instructive in their purity, shril
d from him.
his After supper the reunited family and tn
guests were costly seated in the sitting roo
ad, when Mrs. Cody, whose face toward the w
was dow, screamed out in sudden terror, and re
to her feet with face so deathy pale that
my seemed as if she was death stricken.
90 What is it, mother2" cried Bill, spring.
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IN she gasped, and then she swooned away
atm He? Girls look out for mother I'll s
my what he was at the window u cried Bill, and
sprung to the open easement.
lght As he did so, bullet whistled past his
Omo and struck the opposite wall, while hundI
Ign, wild yells proclaimed that Indians had S
rounded the house.
md Wild Bill, cool and collected, instantly bl
9th out both the lights, excaiming:
q up Darkness here and moon light out thi
Well be all right in shake. Jump for "
min tools boys mines handy Gals, lay low
I'd a O. range, we II let the reds know old hands
here.
nan, The three young men, reinforced by th
'oys, negroes and one white man, the farm han
we're ready for work in less than minute, a
shed as the Indians did not seem disposed to ms
fam a rush for the inside of the house, crept quc
to points where from the doors and wlndC
,tlful they could pick the iends out from their
ioor- verts among the trees around.
xnelt Meantime the twins had succeeded in res
been ing the mother to consciousness, and to
:. hurried inquiry of her son as to whom she
Nor seen at the window, replied that she had
They c1gnized the face of Jake NJ Kandlas, the I
sense derer of her husband glaring in with looI
full of hate and vindictlve cruelty that she
:. completely horror stricken.
dis "lhere's too many reds out there, or
retty make rush and settle his hash - said her
ks all g If he'll only stay till we thin EN- down
lie re- I'll accommodate him with private entert
- ment. Look out for yourselves, glrls-the
e sits are giving 'em Jessie, and it's about tune
N for hand was in -
ured, A rapid firing had been going on from
twin moment Wild Bill got TO the door, the Ind
early shooting at random, for all in the house
dark except the fash of the guns, but e'
are now now and then yell Of agony told that the
tacking party we're not going unpunIshed.
the Tho1. could only he seen as they sprang f
Vt by. ros 20 tree for cover, but their terrible
ming r;nG;no throu0h the air told that in mum
ea.et thew were at least ten to one Of the defenC
aSaass sS t5ss party. x,r a.,
killed " w har 8 the SIOck W ou ency Wy W
name, ltot % aakad Wild Kill. his mate St