Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-30
Buffalo BiIl's Mistake.

During the engagement of the Ned
buntllne company in indianapolis. it
was observed that Buffalo Bill had grown
Sad, silent, and detected The Sentinel
undertook to discover the cause. with
this result
1t is well-known fact that not the
most trivial incident of the great escapes
the eye of history; thus it was with the
untamed hunter of the buffalo-his de-
Jected looks ere nightfall were accounted
Tor: He had grown tired of the slow
monotony of life in the gay cities, and
longed once more for the bracing air and
untrammeled freedom of his native
plains, even as the thirsty topper after a
lively attack of the jim-jams pants for
the flowing bowl. But he did not intend
to fly alone The arrow of Cupid had
pierced his heart, and long association
with Dove Eye, of the blood and thunder
troupe, in which Bill is a shining light.
had made him slave to her charms. 1t
may be well to state here that DOve Eye.
who passes for dusky maiden,-an IN
tutored and gentle denizen of the forest.
is native of the County of Wexford.
and passed her early years in the City Of
Cork, In the Gem of the Sea. How she
derived her Indian descent, according to
the bills and posters of the company. is
not stated, and remains a nut for the
coming ethnologist to crack. However
that may be, Bill was in love with Doue
rye, as before remarked. He loved her
with devotion which was only equaled
by his love for red eye. Yesterday he
approached the object of his affection. and
In accordance with the dime-novei code
OF etiquette, cast..a longing look at Dove
Eye, and exclaimed " Fly with me. Let
us once more live on the boundless
pralrle, never to return to the haunts of
the pale face. Toward the setting sun
we Will rear our dusky race, and swear
them to eternal enmity to the whites in
general, and constables and other var
mlnts In particular. My steed awaits,
let us go; or, mean to say, we can take
the hankakee route-time shorter, and
fare low as by any other route"-said
Bill, remembering that steeds were play
ed out. Dove Eye, fly with me to the
desert remember that there is but one
change of cars on the great Kangaroo
through line. The heart of the buffalo
slayer is lonely there is no one to share
his w1gwam, none to cook the leathery
puftalo when he returns home weary from
tne chase, and he boils the Joint of roast
dog and other aboriginal luxuries in
solitude. There is no charge for omni-
bus transfers, and two experienced doc
tors, with full complement of amputat-
ing apparatus, on all through trains. y
William would have said much more had
ne not been pretty well charged with fire
water, and had he not tried to encircle
the slender waist of Dove Eye to give
emphasis to his wooing This change of
tactics brought conversation to sudden
close. Doue Eye, the real and loving
Tor further particulars see small bills
has temper of her own, the warmth of
which is accounted for by her auburnrin
lets. She made no reply, but picked up
war club used on the stage and laid it
with such gentle force and precision over
the bison hunters occiput that he rolled
to the floor. "I'1 tache yees, We long
haired spalpeen, to be calling dacent
girl all thimnames, said she, in brogue
OF the untutored man from over the wa
tiers. With this sole observation she pro-
| ceeded to sit down on Williams manly
but PROSTATE form, with heftiness that
left him httle.breath for war-hoops in the
evening performance. He has also dim
recollection that few handfuls of blonde
locks that he lost were twisted out in the
tray. AS soon as Dove Eye got out of
breath, William left the room, a sadder
and wiser man, and will at once adver-
tlse for another Indian maiden, prefacing
the same with the positive assurance
that no red-halred ones need apply.