Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-26
"That's more like it, p'rhaps."
"Iou must have a very lonely life

hat > hboic lihc ~, TIlapS.
"You must have very lonely life
hcre?''
"Well, il amt cxcitin', but folks
can be as lonely in ayrcat city as any.
where here OIL the plain. Artcr q
man hns been through with them
things he gets TO be contcntcd any
where. / put it down that living In
cities is unnatural and bad. 4 mars
going to have hissclf for company
three quarters of the time, and lie has
to take good care of il, aud when l,c
dies he's got TO play lone hand any
way, and don't git no cbuns in his
six-by-two."
"Still 1 think the pleasure oflivins
is in having good friends
$50 thought when l was young
and foolish. ExpcIic sc,,i everything,
young fellar. Which don't mcal,
book lcarnin, but facts which is
Knocked inter yer by hard bumps. 1t
makes Inc laugh to read them books
ut the colleges, which says rs how we
are advanced jn education. Why,
down in Australia there's tribes of
Indians that can holy-stone them all.
They've got Weeping they calls a
boomerang, which is only q bent
stick, but them niggers will jerk it
into the air till you can't see it and
wh.z. it comes back and hits ANYTHING
they want, before or behind 'em.
Them learned beggars can't do nor
explain that. Them niggcrs have
trained their eyes to look into mi d
dy water. and CAN see fish to spear
cm-and train porpoiscs to catch fish
as well. So much for eddicatiom."
| You have been i'll Australia,
them"
! "Ofconrsc, or couldn't tell yer of
! this. But It's time 10 turn in. Come,
Brucc,' and here dog that had not
seen before answered Iii, III stcr's
cali. As they came to the light l
thought | recognized the dog Ga
grandson of the one | aftcrwar,I
lcarned,) and.on scanning the man
closely found lie was Five, my old
mining friend.
"Why, old man from Tuolumnc,
! don't You remember me?"
Cant say do"
"Don't YOU remember our camp in
cary days, and Sim, and Braui.an,
aud Bunyan aud mc!'
cloud Of recollection seemed to
pass before his eyes, and ut last hc ex-
u!s:i'ned. lis it possible that you re
! thc little 'nu:"
"Ics, am
~ c!! this is surprisin, to say the
least. l AIN glad ter see yer. How :
gii the toiks.'
Il! talk TO you Tomorrow, old
man~-ita.too late TO spin yarns II W.
aisd we all rolled up i'll our blankets,
and soon evcrythin. was quiet.
Still, dark and rainy was the morn
;n@, when at an early hour we were
aroused by the sound of voices, and
conq"ering disposition for one more
nap, we arose and made ready for the
fragrant coffee and biscuits prepared
by The busy hands of "Wacks," who
sang to his toll.
Ny love she is iandsontc,
| 1il~'s not very tall.
AMI 10 think her behavior
| II does ,Nce.i all
Ny .ove sh,. is handsome,
| Err Aair II grows down,
| And she i, the bright mDrning star
! ihit l"prs aruund tnis town.
| Five silently swallowed his break
fast, slipped quietly from the house,
opened his corral, aud followed his
sheep out to pasture. The air was
filled with the blcatings of hungry
animals, and the baby lambs frisked
ga'iy along after their feeble notes to
the chorus. went out, too, and
socn came up with Five.
Old man, | hardly expected to see
/ you again, and here
Yer may say that. 1t is funny to
me sometimes"
Where have you been all these
/ years?
"S.,ifting."
''ln this country all the timc:"
No. Seem you made Inc kinder
trenlbliug-likc about the ei'1s, and
brought back old times, I'll tell you
about where I've been. Ar,cr vou
LETT the ''iggins. 1 struck it rich for Il
while, and had . good lot Of dust in
the locker, and thought Id .teer OH
hon to see if that mothcr-im-law
! liadn't died, and how my babies WAS.
! And ! went down tolriSco. and went
home by steamer to Providcuce-but
didn't find much Providence liz it.vou
bet. Nobody knew ne .here, where
unst knew every one. i suppose
lad changed i'll ,h:m yeas was
agonc. | wouldn't break in upon my
wife, so went to hotel and cast an
chor. Very curious man. they thought
me. askin' questions bout every
body"
Did You fiud your family"
| Il found she was married to an
other fellcr.'
Did they think you dead?"
Il suppose 50. as Didn't send any
dispatch while was gone. She was
rich and happy, they said, and had a
good husband, hut the uIot.,eT-in-law IL
hadn't yet begged out. Icouldn'i help
feeling mcan ill heard the last; but
when I found she was n livin' with
'cn, didn't make no more-sighs.''
"But your chiidren--ynu surely
made yourself known to them?"
Not as the roads are. There was
only one l cared for, my little Mag
gie. my bluo-eyetl darlin', and found
where she played in the park, and
spoke to her one day. knowed her
by her sunny lair, and she had a lit
tie dog on the end of a spun-yarn.
She had the same pretty ways,
though she was hemp grown. OnceI
walked up. toshcr,. when she was alone,
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