The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-12-21

QOOU Iarulup auu plOAtuUAC ACSuieS.
On the embowered porch OF this cot
tage sits the widow, still in her mourn
inc parb, worn for him whose death we
have already pictured, and near her
stand two lovely girls--the twin sisters,
Lille and Lottie, now in the early bloom
of beautiful womanhood.
They look alike, are dressed alike and
are exceedingly beautiful
Lille held letter in her hand which
the mounted mail-carrier had left as he
swept by.
sOh. mamma, mamma, brother is COM
ing home! He says he will be here be-
fore the sun sets on the twenty fifth
The letter is from Fort Kearney, and
has been long in coming
is not to-day the twenty fifth ?
asked Lottie.
ssTo be sure ii is, and he will be here.
Our William is wild, but he never tells
falsehood. He is too proud for that
Heaven bless him J. said the mother, in
q low, earnest tone.
HE is not coming alone,' said Lille.
He brings two friends with him.
1T lacks scarce half hour of sun
set.' eaid the mother.
At the samo instant Lille. who had
been elancing through an avenue which
led westward in the grove, cried out:
They are coming They are COM
ing /"
And three minutes later, their horses
frothy and hot, three riders at full
speed dashed up to the gate fronting
the cottage.
sOh brother! brother!' cried the two
sisters, 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 tenderness he shook himself
| out of their embraces, and presenting
his two friends by name, hurried on to
! meet the dear mother, who, with glist-
ening eyes, waited to greet her idol and
her pride. .s<asae @
| my good mother!' was all he said ,as
he pressed his manly lips to her white
| forehead.
NV dear son' 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 q
young man who, in form and appear
ance. resembled himself very closely,
though he was an inch taller and hardly
so muscular, this is my mate-this is
Bill Hitchcock, the best friend ] ever
had, or ever will have, outside of our
own family. Three times has he saved
me from being wiped ont Once by the
| Ogallalas, once when I was taken with
| the cramps in the ice cold Platte, last
| winter-and once when old Jake
/ M'Kandlas and his gang had q sure set
on me- He and will sink or swim in
the same river, and that's safe bet.
Bill, that's my mother, and better
/ never trod the footstool!
Wild Bill, with a natural grace, bent
his proud head and took the hand of the
lady, saying, in a tremulous tone:
I'm glad to see you, ma am. for I've
got good old mother that / haven't
seen this many day, and this rayther
brings her up afore met!
And this other continued Bill, is
Dave Tut. He is good on a hunt, death
on the reds, and ns smart as bordermen
are made nowadays. Now, boys,
you're all acquainted, make yourselves
at home. The darkey out there has got
the horses, and he'll see them all right
Three more perfect men in point Of
personal beauty never trod the earth.
Wild Bill, six feet and one inch in
hight, straight as an ash, broad in
| shoulder, round and full chest, slender
in the waist, swelling out in muscular
proportions at hips and thighs, with
tapering limbs, email hands and feet,
| his form was q study His face, open
and clean, had regular features the nose
| slightly aquiline. His large bright
eyes, now soft and tender in express
| ion, were blush gray in color, sha-
ded by lashes which often dropped over
| his bronzed cheek as he looked down,
somewhat confused in fema lie society,
| to which he was unused. His long
brown hair fell in wavy masses over
his shoulders, but it was fine, soft and
glossy as silk.
The same picture will do for Buffalo
Bill, only this difference noted. The
eyes of the latter were nearer a blue in
color, his hight ono inch less, and his
hair little more wavy and shade
lighter. r..
Dave Tutt, nearly of the same hight,
was equally well formed, but there the
| resemblance ceased.
His eyes were black as jet and Deep
~ set, IuCuSn nlS lea6ureS were per-
feet, and, when he chose, his expression
soft and winning. His hair, curling
slightly, was black and glossy. But
with all his beauty, there was a sensual
expression about his mouth, 50 utterly
different from that in the other two, and
a fierce, passionate longing in his eyes,
which made the two girls, instructive in
their purity, shrink from him.
After supper the reunited family and
their guests were costly seated in the
sitting-room. when Mrs. Cody, whose
face was toward the window. screamed
out in sudden terror, and rose to her
feet with face SO deathly pale that it
seemed as if she was death stricken.
What is it, mother P cried Bill,
sprineing to her side.
The window-he was there ? she gas
ped, and then she swooned away. 49,